Have you ever wondered where the non-player characters and creatures in your favorite fantasy games come from? Or where they go after they've been slaughtered or finished dolling out the latest random quest for 35 wolf pelts?

They live in a nexus world that connects all others. And they don't casually hop through World Gates to be killed on repeat for nothing... Every time a Hero gains experience, it generates the energy that sustains their home.

. . .

Hex never thought he'd cross into other worlds or battle Heroes. He's only a slime after all. But when his life is uprooted and his father captured, he finds himself at the famed Academy, where he'll need to learn the skills to become a Gate traveler if he wants to rescue his father.

He quickly begins to realize that there's something different about himself, and there's something broken in the System that controls the worlds beyond the Gates. And it's getting worse.

He just hopes he can find his father before it's too late.

NPC Academy is a fantasy novel with progression, litRPG, and portal elements, plus some peeks into slice of life. It's like 'Wreck It Ralphs' world hopping, crossed with magic school in a classic fantasy setting. It will be a slow burn that starts out with a naive MC and a very narrow focus that expands greatly as the story progresses. LitRPG elements will come into play several chapters in, once the MC reaches the Academy.

There is occasional violence and blood, but not excessive. Light swearing here and there. No harems, blue boxes, or OP MCs.

If you decide to come along for Hex's journey, thank you! I hope you have as much fun reading it as I am writing it.

At launch, chapters will be posted daily M-F.