by J. J. Pavlov
I peer around the platform to find a corridor. Beyond it is another room steeped in darkness, but I can tell with my night vision eyes that there's another platform elevated by two steps, just like all the transportation circles I've seen so far.
"Come on, we're getting out of here." I wave at Hestia and Asoko, then motion to pull Adano and Kozii with me when a piece of the ceiling falls right on top of the former. His hand, the only part of him visible under the rocks, twitches and then goes limp.
"... dad..." The boy mutters with a blank face. I pick him up without waiting for him to realize what just happened and run toward the corridor. Hestia lands next to me while my other half goes ahead to check for traps.
"No, don't stop for me! Go on!" I shout at the angel girl, who reacts quickly and spreads her wings again. The destruction of the armory, used by Queen Aurelia as the throne room, grows more extensive as even pillars begin to topple and larger chunks of the ceiling come down. I glance back one last time to realize that underneath a layer of stone, the entire room was made from gold, which is now collapsing due to its own weight.
I now understand that the Golden Queen was constantly holding it all up even in the middle of battle. She could have easily won against us if she had used the full extent of her abilities and simply buried us under a massive pile of gold.
"Seems that we're doing the typical thing in movies set in ancient ruins." Asoko comments when I catch up to her and jump up the two steps to the transportation circle. Luckily, this room isn't crumbling yet, but the shaking is extending here as well.
"Run from falling stuff?" I ask with a glance to the corridor we just came from, where a cloud of dust is rushing toward us.
"Destroy them once the plot is resolved." She says with a grin, and I stare at her for a moment. Then I start laughing while activating the teleportation magic, and the runes start glowing.
"You're right." I reply and input my memory of the transportation circle in the demon castle. Before the ceiling of the room collapses on us, we're surrounded by a stream of light that whisks us away from this precarious situation.
Afterword
Eight months of big ups and downs have passed, and volume three is finally out. Those who were with me all along the way of this odyssey know how hard it was, but I won't bore you with explaining why it took this long.
As it has become a tradition by now, I'm once again going to explain a few things about names and characters. After all, that's the only theme running through my afterword sections.
I don't think I need to explicitly state what the Khurut Sultanate and its inhabitants are based on. Those of you who suffered like me in school and studied Latin will know what the real-world equivalent of the Empire of Terminus is. The Mineva Republic isn't far from there, so you get an overall idea about the Eorath Continent.
Sorry for not including a map, but there's a good reason for that...
Now, for characters. Explaining a joke is bad practice, but I have to do it because it's lost in translation to a certain extent: Asoko.
The lower half of Chaos is actually named after one of many Japanese euphemisms for genitals. Asoko specifically translates to 'that place' and is normally an everyday word used to refer to a location separate from any of the members of a conversation.
However, the reason it can work as a name stems from the fact that the -ko syllable is a common name ender for girls. One of my favorite Japanese singers is Yoshida Akiko (known by her stage name KOKIA), and you will notice that her given name Akiko ends with a -ko.
That's also the reason why Asoko wanted to stop Chaos. Because surely, many of you will know that the Japanese term for the female reproductive organ is (O)-Manko. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
As always, a big Thank You to all the Patrons who stayed through the hard times or even joined to support me in those. If not for your support, I don't think I would have been able to do it. Here are the (currently available) heroes that made this book possible:
Daniel Damari, Aaron DuBose, C.S. Sturmer,
Doctor Fenderson Francis Fieldman the Fifth, SiyZin, John Ubiera, help64, chris, Nanu Nankoo, Ilsig
Amber Powley, Jamie Barraclough, Sawyer Aubrey, Joshua Russell, diesonduty214, Mike Ensoll, Mark, James Daciuk, Noah Lindt, heshimu woods, cosmo hollen, Hauke Saschek, anopuselessmc, Olinn, Steffan Paul Nilsson, John Mantell, MastaDoom, Healerbob, Brandon Totten, Seijax, Glader
taichi1082, mike slamovitz, Zach Shumar, Brandon Kramer, Standing, Rafa P, Mathias, David Hegwood, Lordmod, Liaira, Nicholas Paterson, Demian Buckle, Jeremy Hughes,
Christopher Henry, Skyggesverd, Exodus, Felipe monell,
Dante Perez, Merrick Zeskrov, Naragash, Cryostorm,
Elizabeth Cowan, ^ban^, Aryn, Top Cat 269, Evilynn Thales, Douglas Phillips
Deathbricks, Vantimiglia, Malte Lemke, Lord Lucifer,
Cameron Badman, Jamie wood, Alberto Montalvo, Brian Adams, Otteras, kire, Cel Halcyon, ashadun, Programan, Brandon Wilson, Rincewind, Elsydeon, Zyke Kyzari, CoolToaster, Matthew, Orakuru, Lyndon Crockard, DJay
Cheshire Fish
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Last but not least, this goes out to all the readers that have been with me from the beginning of the web novel, as well as those that joined this journey through the books. You're all beautiful people, and while it's kind of already too late to say it in the third volume of a book series, I will keep doing this: Welcome to the Chaos!
I promise that volume four will be out this year, even if I have to go without sleep!
July 2019
J.J. Pavlov (Meakashi)
Links and References
ebook ISBNs:
Demon Princess Magical Chaos Vol 1 - The Tentacle Awakens
978-3-9819877-0-6
Demon Princess Magical Chaos Vol 2 - Academy Days
978-3-9819877-2-0
Paperback ISBNs:
Demon Princess Magical Chaos Vol 1 - The Tentacle Awakens
978-3-9819877-1-3
Demon Princess Magical Chaos Vol 2 - Academy Days (Paperback)
978-3-9819877-3-7
Web novel:
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/10381
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/meakashi
