I'll take a look.

Thank you, I appreciate it and I will make sure to update the link.

See this! I just gifted the story: Inspiration capsule

That's getting modded

Nope, just trying to get my life together, expect a chapter soon.

I don't see how anyone can write a paragraph like this and see nothing wrong

This again?

Sorry about that, a chapter is now out.

The boss monster that spawns after the lich, you will see shortly I think. I must have made a mistake in my original reply by failing to realize that character was not yet introduced.

This ain't quite right...

I appreciate your honest thoughts, thank you for sticking around thus far.

My finals are officially over as of today. This whole week was finals week for me which is why I was forced to take a break. I appreciate your thoughts, however. I am considering taking say Sundays off though since it's the only time I don't work or have class and I like staying in bed.

Not harem.

I think it's just like you say though it applies to everyone. I imagine you might have mentioned Ed specifically since he gets the most time in the spotlight but yeah, scheming, teaching, explaining, I tend to have a lot to say on those topics.

I've updated the chapter to hopefully make things a little more clear. If you have any questions however I will gladly answer them.

I missed this reply in my inbox but the answer to that is that the assimilation fails, the specific reason was answered in the story before if I am recalling correctly and fairly early on. Of course if I am wrong anyone can feel free to correct me.

Thank you for reading, I'm also glad to see you've stuck around. I appreciate the support.

Does it...? Whoops! I've insulted myself.

You know, you are pretty nice for someone called Needlessly_mean. Anyway it's no problem, feel free to ask more questions any time.

The matter of Ed splitting himself has a logical reason and a narrative reason. The logical reason is well that it weakens him. As you are well aware losing some of his mental skills could cost these 200hp splits their life in an urgent situation. That would mean losing a portion of his memories, admittedly a negligible downside, and also potentially losing some skills or just their levels. Then there is also the act of following all of these Eds. Since all the Eds are technically still the main character knowing which one to prioritize would be tough. The other option is to not focus on them but it doesn't really sit right with me. A and W for example are at times lacking in screen time but they are just 2 so it's more or less alright. Anymore and things could get messy. In conclusion the answer to your first question is it's too risky, though you might not believe so, and also it would just be hard to follow all the Eds. As for your other two questions the answer is more or less the same. Ed is built different. Ed is a consciousness being from another world, he is untainted and pure. This doesn't make too much sense now but hopefully it will in the future. The conclusion for this is though is that Ed and the mobs are different, and thus mental and body skills behave differently for them both. If any of these are not a satisfying answer for you, I can try to elaborate further.