Chapter 67: Author's Note for a Few Words, and Asking for Monthly Tickets

Chapter Sixty‑Seven: A brief interlude, and a plea for your monthly votes

Comrades, friends.

As all can see, the book’s reception has been respectable; indeed, it long ago satisfied the criteria for release.

Per the original schedule we laid out, it could have gone live on the first.

Yet, weighing narrative continuity and the desire to let you experience a full mid‑arc before launch—and also to win you over with sheer quality—we have set the release for midnight on the thirteenth.

At that juncture, the free portion will conservatively swell to two hundred thousand characters, a considerable volume among works of comparable stature.

An excessive word count at launch brings a host of inconveniences—not only does the protracted new‑book window keep it off the fresh‑release chart, but a mid‑month debut also sacrifices half a month’s standing on the new‑book monthly‑vote list.

When a work remains unpublished, it holds no place on that list.

Needless to say, you can imagine the traffic that would be forfeited.

Thus, I humbly ask of you:

If you possess any monthly votes to spare, please begin casting them for this book starting today.

Doing so will inflate the tally by launch time on the thirteenth, propelling the title to the forefront of the new‑book monthly‑vote ranking, drawing richer traffic and somewhat ameliorating the loss from a delayed release.

The book’s early success owes everything to your backing; now the world‑building unfurls, and further thrilling plotlines await.

Including the enigmas you hold dear and the tale’s forthcoming path, they will gradually unfurl according to design.

This is a work of grand ambition, a subject I have long yearned to pen; though set in an apocalypse, its essence shines clear to any reader who loves this book.

In short, I will devote even greater effort ahead, ensuring you will not be disappointed.

As for a burst of ten‑thousand‑word updates on launch day, that is, of course, a certainty.

Send some monthly votes.

Thank you!

(End of chapter)