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by beeplebeeplehoy
Hello dear readers, Enchantment Protocol is taking a temporary hiatus while I work on building a backlog and remastering some of the earlier chapters. As my first fiction I care a lot about it, but due to some unforeseen health issues I’m not able to dedicate as much attention as it deserves right now. I’m going to be tinkering away in the background to fix up some issues and build up a backlog, and it will be back ASAP :) For now, please do check out my main fiction, Runic Bullet, for which there is a significant backlog and a now far more experienced author behind! Len woke up late, disastrously hungover, to Message Zero, a text telling everyone on Earth they are living in a simulation that will shut down in 100 days, and that those who survive the 100-day period will be rewarded: born into a body and a life of their choosing in the real world, whatever that may be. But surviving isn’t going to be easy. Everything that isn’t human has undergone the Enchantment Protocol, potentially imbuing it with magical, deadly effects. Even worse, everyone on Earth has been transported to Russia, and told they’ll only progress to the unknown next zone if they kill ten people, reach a 'safe' zone or find a legendary enchantment. And of course, Len didn’t manage to be transported with his loved and trusted friends and family. Instead, he’s stuck with his enchanted talking phone, Clippy, and the scary lady who followed him into his parking lot, Bea. Len and his team must now survive their fellow simulants and the deadly world they inhabit, all while trying to answer: who has done this, why have they done it, and where will Len, Bea, and Clippy end up if they survive? What to expect: 1500 word chapters, Monday Wednesday Friday. A progression sci-fi set in a virtual reality with fantasy, dark comedy, and litRPG elements. Plenty of fights, strategy and characters powering up, all set in a theoretically possible but fantastical simulation. New mechanics will be introduced, and the meta-world outside the simulation will be expanded upon.
Current
8/11/2026
Peak #45
2d
#3
8/11/2026
Peak #44
0d
#2
7/27/2026
Peak #34
14d
#1
7/26/2026
Peak #49
0d
Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
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