CHAINS: The First Link

Death Isn't An Escape. It's A Curse. CHAINS is an Iceberg **Layer 1: Book 1 Plot** Damian is just your average adventurer. Looking to improve his standing in life, his party has decided to climb one of the Great Spires, the largest dungeons in the world. But not everything has gone to plan. Instead of finding fame and fortune, they have stumbled into a grand conspiracy that threatens to upset the balance of power. To survive and even thrive, they will have to break away from the ordinary and become extraordinary. [Skill Evolution | LITRPG-Light | Weak to Strong] - **Layer 2: Larger Story - Early Spoilers** All who die in these lands are cursed to return as the undead. The lands of Tania have been plagued by this curse for over 1000 years. The four goddesses have been missing, and only their guardians, the Valkyrie, remain to enforce stability in a slowly crumbling world. Our heroes must uncover this world's mysteries and piece it back together before it's too late. They will not start as the most capable, or the smartest, or even the most courageous. They're just the ones who keep getting back up after getting knocked down. Updates W/Th/F - **Layer 3: Grand Plan** This story is a progression-adventure litrpg that will span multiple subgenres across books. Sometimes it will be a mystery adventure. Other times, it will be a slice of life or a dungeon crawler. Mix in a little horror episode here and there, and eventually, it's going to become a weak-to-strong adventure with world travel. The reason for this is that Tania is a complex world fraught with strife. A world that will change and evolve as this adventure continues. Book 1: Action Adventure Book 2: Slice Of Life Book 3: Disaster Survival (In Progress) - **Layer 4: Humanity** I've used NO AI to write my story. Not for writing or generating ideas. I use Grammarly to fix spelling and grammatical errors, as recommended by Royal Road. All the AI tools on Grammarly are turned off, and to my knowledge, it's a much better version of Microsoft Word. I do use em and en dashes because I think they look good. (Alt + 0151) - **Layer 5: Bonus** Just a helpful all-around tip I wanted to share. If you or anyone you know has a crippling addiction to YouTube and/or YouTube Shorts. I found the best way to break it isn't to uninstall the app or block the website. Instead, Turn Off Your Watch History. YouTube Shorts will not work outside your existing subscriptions, so you won't be constantly fed new content. YouTube's Home page also stops working if you disable your watch history. So basically, you stick with your Subscriptions and the sidebar, which shows similar content tailored to the video you are watching, not you. Hope this helps someone. Even if it's just one person. If you want a stronger fix, PewDiePie put out a video with a stronger, but more complex fix for media addiction. It was named 'I Fixed YouTube !' if you're interested. Take care, and I wish you the best. **Layer 6: Legal** I am the original author of this book series and have not uploaded this story to either Amazon or Google Play Books.