Runic Bullet [Timeloop, Progression, Fantasy]

Memories make you who you are, but some threaten who you must become.

Val awakens totally amnesiac in a mysterious forest surrounded by insurmountable cliffs. At its center yawns a massive, eerie pit. Dying almost immediately, Val is resurrected to a few seconds prior, and an ominous number in her vision counts up toward 860.

She starts only knowing her name and holding a gun. But through trial, error, and many, many deaths, Val slowly overcomes the challenges around her. In the process, she gradually recovers her memories, and even starts gaining the memories and abilities of others who descended into the Pit before her.

She remembers her mission to reach the bottom of the abyss, and put a bullet in the head of the tyrannical being who resides below: Refrir, a god-like entity known as The Fox.

What led to Val taking on this mission? And will each memory she regains and each death she dies strengthen her resolve, or weaken it? 

A wolf fears not the cunning of the fox.

What to expect

-Daily 1500 word chapters, with 50k words already  written.

-A finite time-loop that doesn’t reset the MC’s progress. Val has 860 deaths before her quest ends for good, but she retains her position and memories after each death. 

-A grim, magepunk fantasy setting with occasional humor and expansive world-building, inspired by Norse mythology.

-Progression fantasy with lite litRPG and dungeon crawler elements.

-Fans of All You Need is Kill, Expedition 33, and Made in Abyss will enjoy the plot, mechanics, and themes.

-A weak-to-strong MC, whose power primarily increases through trial and error and personal growth, but also through recovering lost memories and unlocking new abilities.

-Encyclopedic entries of items, creatures, and locations interspersed throughout chapters.

Credits

No AI was used in creating, writing, or editing this story or its artworks.

**ChatGPT was used to generate 2 advertisement images.**

The cover art’s reference photo is by Mikhail Nilov on Pexels, used by me under Pexels’ free-use license. 

All encyclopaedia artwork is created digitally by me in Canva and Procreate, using photos from Pexels or taken by me as reference images.