Forteller

Being the author of the breakout novel, Gates of The Primordials, Jarren Fletcher did not care about the constant critiques claiming he had a habit of treating extra characters as mere plot devices, creating and then dumping them once they’d served their purpose.

To Jarren, it didn’t matter. Extras were just that—extras. All that mattered was the main character.

But Jarren never expected to wake up in his own story, reincarnated as one of the meaningless, disposable extra characters, Deremiah Morcant—a coward who took his own life to escape the perilous challenges of the Gate Trials.

Now, Jarren has to face those deadly challenges himself in the body of a weak, insignificant extra. He must find a way to survive in the rules of the dangerous world he had created, whilst also trying to save it. 

But time is running out. The next Wave is coming, and so are the paragons.

The Author Reincarnated As An Extra

There was a trick he could use. Not necessarily a trick, but a method. One that he had written into the novel and showcased through a particular veteran Voidmancer, who was teaching a student how to tame the dark energy.

The trick wasn't about controlling Void directly but about reshaping the way one thought about it.

Deremiah did his best to remember as much as he could. He took pride in the power system he had created, and had memorized almost everything about it. Including this creative way to best manipulate Void energy.

It was almost impossible to control Void through force or willpower. It was too chaotic, too destructive. Instead, the Voidmancer had likened it to a wild beast, something that couldn't be tamed but could be guided.

But... one had to have a strong imagination to pull this technique off.

• The Way of A̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ Void