Explanation

There's no abandonment of the story; the hiatus is due to a series of unexpected and unfortunate events happening all at once. It's terrible, but I can't express it to anyone because no one can truly understand my feelings. I don't know if it's COVID-19 or H1N1, but I've had a severe cold and cough for over a week, and there's been no improvement whatsoever. My wife is in the same boat; what's worse for her is that she's heavily pregnant and was only recently discharged from the hospital earlier this month. She wasn't fully recovered to begin with, and now this has happened, so she'll have to go back to the hospital for a few more days.

This book hasn't been doing well. Since its release, it's only had around a thousand readers, and I don't know how many are left now. But I'll finish it no matter what, and I think it will be done this year, or at the latest, early next year. The storyline in the Upper Ring Continent is just missing the final battle, and there are two more maps to explore later. I already had the ending planned when I started writing the book.

I'll resume updates as soon as I recover. (It shouldn't be a break until next month.)