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Early Access: STORMWEAVER 3 - Chapter 20 [ROUGH] (Patreon)

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No "THE STORY SO FAR" just yet, because I'm 95% sure I'm doing major revisions on both 19 and 20 before moving on to 21 (which will probably drop in 2 weeks, just a heads up).

So that will come with the next drop!

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A FEW RULES & REMINDERS:

  • Chapters will be dropping as Bryce completes them. That means anywhere from every 1 to 2 weeks on average, though sometimes waits may be longer.

  • Recall that these are rough chapters, with no editing other than a single pass-through as Bryce writes.

  • On a similar note, we are not asking for advice or corrections at this time. If Bryce wants feedback, we will certainly reach out, thank you! If you want to voice concerns or complaints about the chapter, you may now do so over on the Reddit discussion thread below! Notifications are turned off on those conversations, so they're a free-for-all now (within the rules of the subreddit, obviously)!

👉 👉 👉 THE REDDIT THREAD 👈👈👈

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Iron Akela

Doesn't seem to be a file with the chapter attached...

Iron Akela
>>144074151

I see the link to the Reddit, no file attachment like usual though

Sugoi

Gotta love when IP drops Friday!

Jason Bradford

Lennon fighting WITH the Stormweaver?!!? That’s gonna be AWESOME!!!

Polaris

Lennon has a script that keeps tabs on Rei? That’s hilarious! Also, I take it that one of the edits will be changing the last chapter so he hits B1? Awesome stuff!

Kuriizma

So we get the a team up which means the LashingStorm is about to become a deadly duo during training. (Or does Storm Lasher make more sense as their duo name, if they ever team up?) EUTHER WAY LETSSSS GOOOOO

Todd Smith

I tend to blow through books pretty fast. This format is really making me re-think that. A big part of it is Bryce's writing; the way each chapter escalates into the next. Normally, I'd devour the novel then save it for a re-read. Now I read & re-read each chapter as they're released and my anticipation builds for each.

Todd Smith
>>144075413

It's almost making me miss old format TV shows. Everyone had ONE chance to watch the latest episode then the excitement built for a week to see what would happen next. Audiobooks are another revelation. I've listened to the two Stormweaver audiobooks 2-3 times each while walking the dogs. They have no idea why they're getting longer, more frequent walks but they like it. :D

Iron Akela
>>144074880

Yeah evidently! Cassidy Moran is going to get whiplash or something :oD

Heather Herren

Awesome chapter but I thought dice was in the top 4?

Andrew Tobin

Huh, okay, so Dice might be filling in for Viv, if she hadn’t qualified, and they may train against Lennon’s group? I’m imagining with the amount of training Rei would want, Lennon would want with his own squad? Unless it’s just the morning training… But it also would make sense for Dice to fill in, to help her training, until Viv is back.

Iron Akela

Well damn! A short but lovely slice of life chapter, good to see Lennon and Dice hanging out and stuff, plus their concerns and the like. And it’s interesting that Lennon hasn’t accepted a sponsorship, and Dice is an A6 Duelist… What’re the chances Dice fills in too, and Kamiya makes sure Rei’s other friend ends in the SCT’s? I’m calling it right now! And Lennon helping out and thus getting to Pawn class… Kalus is gonna be well jelly, but Lennon deserves it! Glad to know the future rewrite of 18 and 19 will have Rei getting to B1. Given the other advances since sectionals, from Book 2 plus earlier chapters, gotta admit I was very surprised two ranks in every spec wasn’t enough. And gotta admit, ‘B1 badarse’ sounds better than B0 :oD A small part of me is a little sad we didn’t see the exact aftermath of Dent laughing like that, but this is great too! :oD

Voror

I keep forgetting they haven't officially announced about Globals being canceled and first year entry to Systems and beyond being a thing. Curious about rival Veragoth making an offer to Lennon. Could mean nothing but given they are an established rival of Kamiya could always lead to something. I won't lie for a second I actually though it might be Dice getting called even though they haven't fought with her since I forgot she was a Duelist. It is sad to see her concerns a bit but then one can't help but compare. Also lol that Lennon really is on a similar wavelength to Rei in that he did tweak his NOED and specifically to keep an eye on Rei's rank. I bet a lot of people are doing that now. But B1? Did he do more offscreen training? He made B0 last chapter. Von Bor even seemed disappointed that was it.

Zac

Mr O'Connor, if you revise this chapter, can you please keep the "Lasher-Mode" line in? Because that was hot... 😅🤣🤣😏 Great chapter though, loved it!

Iron Akela
>>144077140

I think the change to B1 will be covered in the rewrite of 18 and 19. Also, did we know Dice was a Duelist previously? I searched through book 2 but couldn’t find it. Even re-listened to the whole book to make sure and couldn’t find it. As for B1, late in book 2 were told Rei had a couple of spec upgrades in the event sessions, and Rei upgrades Endurance after the first class session back earlier in book 3. So with the stuff we saw in chapter 19, I think B1 is fair

Iron Akela

I just had a thought. Dice going through all the duelists on campus, wouldn’t there be six type instructors for the 2nd years and another 6 for the third years? After all, there have to be some 2nd and/or 3rd years doing combat training the same time as the first years, unless they don’t need sub instructors. Which seems weird if that were the case. Maybe the current first years lucked out in the rotation to get all the really high ranked instructors, but somehow I doubt the other two duelist sub instructors are below A6. Just doesn’t feel right for a school like Galens.

Iron Akela
>>144076508

I get the feeling Lennon would be the one filling in, but your scenario would certainly work for sure! Steelbound versus Firesong would be sweet to see, but not sure how useful it would be for Steelbound. If Firesong could hold out against Steelbound, they can probably handle multiple C rank teams at Systems, but I’d have thought a bunch of 2nd year B rank teams would be a better training tool

Andrew Tobin
>>144076508

Yeah, but that is the problem in my head - if he’s training with Firesong then Steelbound is getting the short end. However, if the teams are against each other, they learn from the trainers, they learn from teaching the first years, and at least everyone gets more than they do now. The addition of all of Dice’s worry and ambition leads me there.

Alexander

You are pumping these chapters out fast my man, and the Quality isn't dropping at all thanks for the chapter!

Machina Ex Deo

This chapter felt a little rougher than the last few. Also is it just me, or does Dice's interiority/voice sound very similar to Arada's? Especially with regards to the way Dice feels about Lennon, it reminded me strongly of a chapter in the last book where Arada was in a hotel room and thinking about Grant

Scott

Lasher and Dice taking turns filling in for Viv? Did Chris just find the right fit for a sponsor? And where is Sarah? And - no nothing on the parents and grandfather meeting? So many questions - and now we have to wait two weeks! Sigh.... :)

Voror
>>144077140

Could be the first time. We'd definitely met her but I realize we perhaps didn't find out what her device type was. Oh I don't think B1 is outlandish. It's just last chapter said it was just B0 so I'd wondered if they'd maybe had another session in between the chapters.

Robert Sartin

Didn't Dice make it to the 3rd year Dueling semifinals at sectionals in Fire and Song? It reads like she lost to Paul Williams in the semi-finals.

Polaris
>>144078045

I was under the assumption that the 6 type instructiors work with all three years.

Iron Akela
>>144078045

As was I for the longest time, but… with five first year blocks for combat training, across the daily timetable, I just don’t see how the six we know and love can attend to the other years in any way as we know their combat training happens at the same time as the first years’ classes

Iron Akela
>>144079308

No she’d been eliminated before then. It was Paul Williams that beat her, but the day before I think. Though I did get the impression she was last 8

Robert Sartin
>>144079308

It does state explicitly, but here is the language. “Oooooh right!” Rei felt a jolt of excitement, moving with the Lancer to clear the floor. Candice Meyer had already been eliminated from the upperclassmen brackets that morning to crown the Galens Phalanx Paul Williams – the only User other then Aria Rei had met who possessed Third Eye -as the first finalist of the older years. Among all the second-and third-years at the tournament, every one of the four semi-finalists had been from the Institute, just like in the first-year bracket. It wasn’t unexpected, but was still impressive.

Kory Leach

I’m pretty excited for the revisions! While I do hope we can get those next week as in two weeks my annual Somalia veteran reunion weekend retreat is taking place so I’m going to be far too busy catching up with my old paratrooper brothers in arms to read until I fly home Monday. I’m certainly going to be happy either way to have something to entertain myself with on the plane!

Linda Thompson

Another great chapter, building on the characters we love…

Devin Jaros

Oh now that was a warm hug of a chapter. I loved it so much!

PapaJohn

Oh, buddy, I love how these chapters are looking (and totally agree with your point ab revisions XD)

Sara Shields

What I wouldn’t give for a Lennon’s Ladies shirt or The Lasher’s Ladies shirt. I absolutely love this character.

Igneas

With how that chapter started talking about how good of a duelist Dice is I almost expected her to be the one ending up helping Rei and company this time

Joanne Hans

Loved the chapter !

Grakyn

Can’t wait for a training match of the Lasher and the Gatelicker.

Mh
>>144074696

Right...I had a moment of irrational exuberance when I saw the message. Dropped everything.

Christopher Generazio

1) I was right. 2) HOLY COW! That was an AWESOME glimpse into both Dice and Chris. Really loved the just hey, these are "real" people with concerns and anxieties and feelings that aren't just about their CAD and their stats. This was an absolutely amazing way to go about letting us the reader to know that Christopher "Lasher" Lennon is who they are bringing in. I didn't rememeber that Dice was a duelist... would love to see her get some time with the team too!

Polaris
>>144090609

Still might. Would be the best if one of the instructors fights Lennon or dice at full speed while the other fights with firesong and then they can switch while firesong fights the whole time

Christine Stewart

Loved it! Dice and Crusher are great together. And always nice when my guess is correct..

Greg Cumberworth

I’m guessing this is planned especially with the comment of some re-writes for 19 and 20, but. It was pretty explicitly mentioned that Rei had good spec jumps but only went room C9 to B0 in chapter 19. However he jumped from C9 to B1 in chapter 20 on the Lashers notification.

gratch42

Love the view into Lennon’s world. Maybe they’ll let Dice watch and participate too! Think there’s an inconsistency but will post excerpts to reddit thread so Bryce can decide.

Lyn Shirley

I was out without my iPad when I saw the drop. Can’t read on my tiny iPhone but as soon as I was home with my perishables stored I devoured this. Undoubtedly the revisions will clear up the B1 issue and everyone will be ecstatic. I’m looking forward to everything. Hoping Viv will wake up pretty soon of course but looking forward to seeing Chris interact with Firesong again as well as all the S-ranked instructors. So much fun!

ABTelford

Nice! I was hoping we’d get more of the conversation from Rei, but there’s still time. And I loved this chapter as is!

Oskar Meyer

Bloody hell love the chapter and the other perspective. I just wished the next chapter where out already

Steffen Spraggins
>>144090609

I had the same thought. The only thing that made me think it wouldn't happen is that Rei would never pass up the chance to pay Lennon back. It would have been fun to read Lennon talking about Rei's upgrade and then Dice getting a message from Rei. Or they both get one at the same time.

Candida Hudson

Ok with this insight to Dice’s thoughts. I now want it to be her and not Lennon

Sam

I was actually happy with the increase to B0 and will be a little sad if he increases to B1 and here are my reasons. He spent 15 hours training with Lennon, mostly conditioning/training but a good 4 hours of nearly nonstop fighting with the sole purpose of pushing him from C3 to C4. At that time, Lennon was A8 (25 full ranks higher than Rei). And he did reach C4. During the week of Sectionals, he did not advance. I fully anticipated him reaching C8 after the duel with Aria, but because of the trauma of the six S0 holograms, he increased another rank to C9. I can buy that because of how traumatic that was and I expected him to already be C8 by that time. Now we are saying that after 2 weeks of regular training plus the three times weekly night training with the instructors, one 20 minute fight with an S Pawn rank was enough to push him over and another full rank besides? A fight where the Pawn ranker was just testing him and not really pushing him? Because he only fought with Kalus. Wainwright was one hit at the beginning to push him away from Firesong and one hit at the end with Temporal Step and von Bor didn't fight at all. Kalus is only 21 ranks higher than him during this fight. It is supposed to be harder to advance in B ranks than C ranks. Plus in all the training Rei did, he never advanced more than one rank except for Sectionals and now this will be twice that he skipped a rank. C7->C9->B1.

Sugoi

I’m a fan of the “B1” line so hopefully it makes it way into the revisions! Also this is our first look into Dice and Chris right? I remember Viv comparing their banter to Rei and Aria’s and I can see it. Not to mention Chris’s slight interest in NOED code altering, I can’t help but see their relationship almost identical to Rei and Aria’s - it’s uncanny. Can’t wait for Chris to start training with Rei again. I really enjoyed the chapters of him coaching Rei and I’m so ready for his reaction to Temporal Step, considering how he was towards Type shift in general. Also, A9! When did he advance? I suppose anytime after Sectionals could make sense, especially considering his finals match in a 2v1 and just snagged the win by chance. Glad we got to see more humanity in him. I want to see Chris hit PAWN CLASS!!!!

Polaris
>>144110242

He advanced before sectionals I thought. When he gets on the bus and winks at them I thought he was referred to as A9

Mh
>>144076508

Love the idea of Steel bound in the mix since fighting multiple opponents is and issue. From a confidentiality perspective they also fit well.

Bill Hilliard
>>144110242

I agree completely! They are so similar together you could literally change the names to Rei and Aria and I wouldn’t notice! Also the NOED tampering thing had me laughing, these two (all four really) are creepy similar!

Brett Markman

You've gotta bring Viv back into the story!

Brendan McG
>>144103977

Agreed I'm hoping Jasper will do Jasper things and lure lennen into a sponsorship that lets dice train with them as well. I mean the tutors don't have much else going on while on this job. Lennen gets a nice early morning training and dice can take the team.

Jeff McClure

I’m loving this arc

Brendan McG

My prediction is the Jasper will see the opportunity to use the resources already invested in training rei to sign a deal with Chris. This will push Chris into the S ranks and give him an rare ability thanks to all the training time with rei and that he's the first S rank that's trained with shito. This will allow Chris to put dice in his place as training partner. From a business perspective it would be silly to not make the offer. Lennon is guaranteed to make a splash outside eyes will see a like to rei and Lennon also grabbing more attention. This will also open the door for kamia to pull Lennon back into training rei once rei starts catching up in level.

Carolyne

I love it! Nice to hear this chapter from Dies/Chris perspective. It give variety, depth of more characters and flows well.

Tim Kilgore
>>144109666

It seems to me, though, that this is where His growth spec comes into play.

Sam
>>144109666

He does have a very good growth spec, obviously, but if it was going to help him continuously jump multiple ranks, why didn't it do it in the lower ranks as well?

Victor
>>144109666

Don’t forget that when they discovered the jump to C9 Viv and Dent were talking about Rai fighting in the team battle. Viv states that the C9 jump was not his first time Rai jumped a rank. Dent then goes on to say that it happened before he was known. I have thought that he jumped C5 to C6 because when Rai got hurt right before sectionals, during parameter testing, he tells them that he ranked up and evolved. There may have been enough time for him to have ranked up one rank at a time, but it was stated that he had done it before.

Sam
>>144109666

That was stated but yet never mentioned during the story. I attributed that to a continuity error because I felt that would definitely be something that would have been mentioned among the team when it happened.

Sam
>>144079059

Grandfather and parents apparently already had the meeting because he mentioned that he got the "real story" this time.

Iron Akela
>>144079308

Yeah I stand corrected. Dice was a semi-finalist. I misremembered, apologies. So Dice was definitely top 4. And losing to a phalanx with Third Eye is no shame surely

Iron Akela
>>144127926

I would not be surprised if you end up being correct. For me, the kicker is when we see Lennon in the same room as Rei when Shido is called… is Lennon outlined in blue like Firesong, or white? Because I think those in green, denoting ‘ally’, are the ones Shido is in the process of linking with. If Shido links with Ourouboros then 100% Lennon will hit Pawn Class and maybe even evolve into a new ability! If not, then I doubt there’ll be another evolution or ability for Lennon.

Iron Akela
>>144110242

Yeah, Lennon’s (and Dice’s) reaction to Temporal Step will be fun to see!!

Iron Akela
>>144109666

I can see your point. However, there’s something else to consider. Rei has a lot of spec rank ups during the week of sectionals, which almost had him ready to rank up anyway. Then the duel with Aria and the S0 dummies, which collectively caused every spec to jump 2, some of them 3, points. So C9, but with several specs boosted over where you’d normally be due to all the stuff that happened at sectionals. Then, when Rei gets back he has a few evenings with the sub instructors, which we’re told yield a spec rank or two. And then the week (or is it 2, can’t remember) of normal classes plus the additional hours. Those yield some more spec ranks. So when Rei goes into that training session with the three S rankers, I believe he’s close to hitting B0 anyway. Like one or two spec ranks away. Add that to the effect of that one training session - granted I think the 20 to 30 minutes we’ve so far seen perhaps should be extended some to an hour or more - with Kalus and Jetway, and I can totally see why B1 happened, as so far Speed and Cognition went up by 2. B1 feels more appropriate to me, given the smattering of spec jumps during sectionals and since then, but I can also see B0 being a thing. I do 100% agree that the fallout of C7 -> C9 -> B1 will likely be… extreme. But by the same token, Rei probably won’t see a BIG boost from Kalus and/or Jetway again since it seems to only really happen once.

Iron Akela
>>144103977

Can totally see that happening! Even if the Ivory Shield is only interested in working with Firesong, Kalus and Jetway would help Lennon tremendously

Iron Akela
>>144092744

I’ve looked and can’t see anything saying Dice is a duelist previously, so I suspect this is the first time we’ve been told. I’m glad she is, she can help too, and bond with Viv once she’s back

Lorenz

Loved it! Nice to spend time with Lennin and Dice.

Sam
>>144109666

I do get what you are saying, but remember that Rei ranked up and evolved the week before Sectionals (because of the parameter thing). Then he was on light training and only really had two more days of normal training. Then it said that he went up in 4 specs over the week of Sectionals, which is why I figured after his duel with Aria, he would have hit C8. I do not think that is enough even with the hologram fiasco to send him significantly past C9. The first few days after Sectionals, he was again on light training so I don't believe he would have made that many spec upgrades (I think 2-3 at most) before his fight with Kalus. And I just can't believe that a testing fight with a single Pawn class user that only lasted about 20 minutes would be enough to push him up most of one rank and another entire rank. In the B levels.

Sam
>>144127926

Seeing as Chris is waiting for "the right fit", I too, really hope that it is with Kamiya.

Teragram
>>144109666

Wasn’t it more than 20 minutes? They fought over two chapters. It was at least 20 minutes with him using temporal step.

Scott

Last line of this chapter should be something like - Chris, talking to Dice still - "Grab your combat suit, they need us in sub 6, come on!" :)

Iron Akela
>>144109666

Between the Boneyard jump and others at sectionals, I’m fairly sure Rei was close to C8 before he started his duel with Aria, and he had two specs that went up three points after the fiasco. We’re told half of Rei’s specs had gone up by 1 in the week of just evening sessions with the three sub instructors after sectionals. Add in one or two more from the following week (or 2, can’t remember off hand) from Rei resuming full practice with his class and the first Kamiya session, and that’s 4 or 5 specs up by 1 since he hit C9. Now I don’t think it’s 6 specs going up to a single rank, not for Rei. His S skews his averages still. But the boosts we saw in the first rough of chapter 19 were +1 everywhere with +2 in Speed and Cognition. To me, all that combined is enough to hit B1. But by the same token, the S may well throw things off even more, thus it only being B0. Personally I’d like to see the segments of that first session extended… as written right now it’s 20 minutes or so of admittedly hard combat. But still, I feel that should be extended to 30 to 60 minutes. Either B0 or B1 is believable to me, though I’d rather B1 personally

saynt

so.... lennons getting more training, means rei is taking his time away from dice again, not going to be best pleased. jokingly

PNB
>>144109666

I see your point, but as others mentioned, Rei has been training for weeks with the sub instructors without ranking up so he was probably pretty close to B0. That first hit from Kalus when Shido wasn't even called would probably be enough to push him well past B0, and then all of the fighting with an S rank culminating in the hit to Wainwright could potentially push him up another level. All of this is to say that B1 is not outside the scope of possibility and in all honesty, given that he took a solid, unarmored hit from an S ranked user, an argument could be made that he could have evolved even further.

Sugoi
>>144110242

So I finally got to the chapter where Chris and Dice shoved Sidorov away from Rei, and Rei referred to him as A8 in the moment. So He most likely just got his A9 rank up off screen during the 2 ish weeks after sectionals.

Rasmus Salling
>>144077140

Why would B1 be a rewrite? Presumably they were around 30-40 minutes into a training session, makes sense that the chapter only covered the initial part and that Rei jumped a few specs later. Would make sense that the lashers script checks once every few hours and only saw the change after B1, therefore missing that it wasn't a straight double jump.