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

Although it appeared to be one, mushroom mountain wasn't actually a mountain. It was more like a hill, and the two participants didn't have to climb to ascend.

The hill, while steep in some parts, was riddled with the mushrooms of varying sizes and colors. Some were firm enough to act as footholds, others broke under the weight of their steps, releasing faint puffs of spores that sparkled momentarily before vanishing into the air.

Repeatedly, Deremiah adjusted his grip on his sword as they continued upward. He needed to get a swordhold or a sheath to hang by his belt for his sword. Carrying it this way was not doing his posture any good.

As he thought of this, he glanced toward Elora and saw her moving up the hill with no stress at all. Her boots found steady purchase on the uneven terrain and that made it clear to him that she'd probably walked up here many times before to hunt down the NeonSquid.

• Mushroom Mountain