Magical Girl Gunslinger Chapter 36 - Arcadia Spire
This delay brought to you by my poor physical health (I got sick, again) and me trying to finish the chapter but it just getting longer and longer. In the end, it was getting so long I decided to stop trying to get to the end point and cut it off where it was so I could have a chapter out to you all sooner.
Now, for those of you who haven't been keeping up, I went through and edited all of the story. Some of these edits are minor, such as making dialogue more consistent, but the occasional section was changed or added to. For those not wanting to reread the entire story for changes, check out these patch notes which include the most major edits:
Patch Notes
Entire Story:
Minor dialogue changes.
Minor grammar changes.
Minor sentences added/deleted.
Fixed ammo and point counts
Rarities now number only 5, as those are the only known ones: Common, Rare, Masterwork, Arcane, Legendary, Mythic.
The personal shield a Guardian has in their Astral Shift has been renamed from "Aura" to "Astral Barrier," which is often just shortened to just "Barrier." Later uses of Aura will be fixed as the edited chapters are posted.
There was some rewording about the explanation for Darks, mostly to help emphasize courage as part of what they represent.
Chapter 02
Changed the final Emergency Alert notice. Old version was:
Reality Distortion: Moderate
Localized Dream Level: Restless
New version is:
Miasma Quality: 150
Miasma Density: Extreme
Chapter 5
I forgot to explain that Vault/Grimoire rarities are locked behind major milestones. So at level 1-99, Guardians only can buy tier one (aka common rarity) things. At 100 they unlock the next tier, 200 the one after that, and etc. Secondly, I also had more tiers/rarities shown than there should have been. Seeing as the highest level Guardians are only in the 500s, there should only be six known rarities. That has been fixed, so the current rarities are now Common, Rare, Masterwork, Arcane, Legendary, Mythic.
Chapter 19
Added a mention by Selene saying that the Zenith and Earth classify Anathema in two different ways. While the Earth classification would take too long to explain, she does explain the Zenith one of Common/Elite/Rare/Aberrant, which was already previously in the story.
Added to Mai's reasoning to return without spending her Stat Points or waiting to regain mana to summon Selene as a scout. Mai now realizes that if she waited, it would take a long enough time that there would be a risk of Officer Oh or O'Malley heading out to rescue her. As her trip was supposed to be relative quick, they never planned for how long she was going to be gone. If she waited for her mana, there would be a decent chance of one of them going out to rescue her as they grew concerned with her status. As for not spending her Stat Points, both Mai and Selene agree it would stunt her long term growth as she'd have to put lots of points into mana and regeneration. As there should be no risk with Mai returning, it doesn't make sense to spend the points for a safety net she shouldn't need.
Chapter 22
Added a sentence mentioning anti-air Anathema being the reason why a Strike Team couldn't just paradrop onto the shielding station and reactivate it.
Error's mana regeneration was incorrect, it is now correct at nearly fifty-nine mana regeneration per second.
Chapter 24
Mai states she spent all her points buying thing in preparation, but I did my math wrong and missed 20 points. She has now spent it on buying an enhanced shirt and leggings to go underneath her other enhanced clothes and provide her the slightest bit more protection.
The amount of ammunition Mai has for her Umbra changed slightly due to a miscount earlier in the story. She now has more filled magazines, so during a later part of the battle, it was emphasized she was going very quickly through her ammo in an attempt to stem the Anathema tide.
Additions near the end to show Mai's building pain/exhaustion/shock
Chapter 25
Everglaive's Glade of Glaives was incorrectly referred to as both a Finale-class spell and her Signature magic. It is now properly referred to as a Finale-class spell in both instances.
Everglaive previously thought she had hit her first mana regeneration penalty for using so much mana in a short period of time, but she's actually just under it, so that bit was adjusted.
Error Machina's special ritual room was originally estimated at costing over 50,000 points. It has now been changed to over 100,000.
Chapter 32
Added some sentences about Familiars being the primary entity responsible for looking after a Guardian’s well-being when it came to personal matters instead of other Guardian healers.
Comments (29)
Woohoo! Signature magic time next episode!! So excited!!! TFTC
Just reread the whole series again, and I love it soooo much! The bits and hints of backstory, the world and public setting that is given directly, and the little details for everything slipped in, it's all so beautifully done and enticing! If this gets more chapters put out, I will gladly read them all!!!
Thanks for the new chapter! I will have to re-read the entire thing at some point, not only to see the changes, but also because I need a refresher on all things magical. Reading this chapter, I've sort of realized I only have a vague idea on how things work anymore. It's been a while. 😅
You where saying that there are 5 rarities but listed 6 in both the posted content and preview. Thank you so much for posting new material, we are all here for you. Hopefully this series gets subbed like ravensdagger would love to hear this world.
Love the story, thank you so much for making it!!!
1st post, I have been a member here since July 23. Just wanted to say that I love your story and it has been worth the wait for more. Thanks for the chapter and remember we are all rooting for you!
You were & are worth the wait! Thank You.
Yay!! New chapter! I loved it! That cliff was a great place to stop. I cant, but will patiently, wait for the next chapter! I really want to know Mai's signature and grim. Im also still seriously wanting to know more of her backstory, her relationship with her family, and glad to see glimmers of hope on getting out of that situation. Getting an independent bank account, a free meal a day, and even the inkling of a place to sleep, that is away from that situation is enough for right now though. One hot, a cot, and freedom, GLORIOUS FREEDOM is enough to break from that situation. (My early life was not that great in my own opinion, and when I was finally able to break away from my bio fam and never have to return was one of the greatest days of my life. It took me until I was 25 to be able to do that permanently, and that just made the feeling even better. Ive now spent over half my life that way, and still get anxious when I even have to talk with my bio fam. On top of that, from what Ive read between the lines, I never had 'home life' as bad as Mai.)
Hell yeah, thank you
She's going to make so much money selling guns, ammo and gun accessories to Magical Soldiers. It's 1 thing to hear about how Darks are badly treated but to see 2 MG shut a elevator in her face...wow...plus seeing those other 2 Darks alone in a adventuring Guild filled with groups... messed up Looking forward to seeing her seeing her friend Lily again. great story looking forward to your next chapter
Red and green barb are going on the *list*. Also, good gods bookbear is adorable. And apparently familiars can be big.
Tftc loving the world building of all the association info
This chapter really reinforced my suspicion that the contents of the video from Mai's observation period was her getting caught by Katie and her cronies dumpster diving for food
A hefty chapter is a fine reward for my patience.😁
Thanks for the new chapter! Lots of interesting world building and exposition to dig into :)
That cliff was evil! XD
Oooh I think that maybe our bunny girl should have a long chat with dark cowboy dude. Unless his weapon is a lasso, he should be using guns too. Talk tactics. But I suppose she should wait until her weapon choice is public knowledge.
Hallelujah a new chapter 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for the chapter! Hope you're feeling better!
Yay, thanks! Hope you're feeling better! "sessions of the later" should be "latter". "kept them look pristine" should be "looking". "from posters and cereal boxes" should be "to". I think "Arcadian Spire" should be "Arcadia". "adventurer’s guild" should potentially be "adventurers' ", although there seems to be a lot of disagreement on that. I think "tipped her nod" should be "tipped a nod" or "tipped her head". "I smothered forcefully" should be "smothered it". "The words left" should be "word". "survival rates... was" should be "rate" or "were". "hoards of Anathema" should be "hordes". "squinting us" should be "at us".
Yay! New Chapter! Boo! Apple Patreon App trying to trick me into using it! (I eventually got Chrome to work with Patreon’s actual website to renew my lapsed membership. Apple, No 30% for you)
I was very excited to see some new work... and dang you still have the magic Mikasane!!
Thank you for the chapter!
Thank you very much for posting this chapter!
The cliffhanger nooooo
Huzzah!
This is a wonderful birthday present thank you.
Just what I needed today. Thank you, thank you.
TFTC!