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Update
🕑 Added 2025-04-13 14:30:52 +0000 UTCFirst of all, for those who didn't see it at the end of the last chapter, Patreon will be following RoyalRoad's M-W-F schedule, so the next chapter is tomorrow (Monday). This is because Patreon reached the target of increasing the backlog to 30 chapters ahead, which has been my goal for almost a year now. My gf has also started her Japanese black company job, so I only get to see her on the weekend.
Next up, regarding the last patreon chapter, there do seem to be some continuity errors, as I feared. Once I've got those ironed out and updated the chapter accordingly, I'll let you all know and list out the changes/fixes.
Now for the main thing I wanted to announce. For those unaware of the deep Xkarnation lore, almost 4 years ago now, I wrote a series called The Villainous Vampire. It was the first novel I ever got a publishing deal for and is the fiction that allowed me to start this whole thing as a career.
Because of that, the fiction naturally holds a nostalgic place in my heart. Now, after two years of being locked in contract hell, I recently got the rights returned to me. To my bafflement, Audible Studios purchased the audiobook rights for it, which left me in a slight dilemma. For those who read the earlier Tree chapters, you can tell I've grown as an author a lot. This book was written over two years before I even started Tree.
So, during my break last month, I decided to edit it. Not as heavily as I would like, but I think I've done a decent job updating it into something people are enjoying.
I've uploaded the edited version for free to RoyalRoad to get feedback, and it's currently nearing the top of Rising Stars. I felt now was a good time to announce to you guys that it exists. So, if you want to see an earlier but polished version of a story I wrote a while ago, I'd appreciate it if you all checked it out.
I made a separate patreon for this story and any future side projects. If you guys click this link, you should get 6 months free of access to that patreon :) though it's limited to the first 1000 people to click the link, so be fast!
HOWEVER, I advise you to read the chapters on RoyalRoad first, as they are the most updated.
Here's the novel:
Synopsis:
Damien Nightshade, a discarded royal masquerading as a Professor in one of the continent's greatest magic academies, is considered a mid-level boss—one fated to die in every playthrough.
Now, I have transmigrated into his body.
A game-like world has become my reality, and instead of being its hero, I am cursed to die a pitiful death as a fated villain.
But why should I accept life as a third-rate villain when I can strive to become the unbeatable final boss?
Thanks for checking out this update post, see you tomorrow with a Tree chapter!
-Xk
Comments
XKARNATION
It’s supposed to follow the normal tiers schedule but there’s only a handful of you on that tier and editing the chapters permissions is a massive hassle so I usually do it in batches. I really apologise about that and will try to do it more regularly
ariel maoz
Question about the 10 chapters ahead tier, how does it work? Do you release the chapter once a week or something? It just feels like you just post a bunch of chapters once in a while, for example now the 10 chapters tier is only 8 chapters head, and we haven't got a new chapter in the past week or so, so just want to know if there something i missed or is it also suppose to follow the other tiers schedule
XKARNATION
Judging by its current performance, I don't think I will be continuing it past the current written content, which is around 220k words or two books worth. Right now, I'm just editing old chapters, so it's not much of an increased workload. The earlier chapters were more heavily rewritten, but that was done during my break.
HiBye
How long do you expect before you reach the end of the written content for fated villian? And do you expect to keep the series going afterwards? Don’t get me wrong, I’m loving the series, but I’d be slightly concerned that writing it on top of Tree would cause a drop in quantity, quality or both for both series.
