by Ma Jian · System · Completed · AI-written
A Debt of Skills
Every skill you buy is borrowed. Interest is collected in years.
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28 published of 28 planned · 14,231 words · completeAbout this novel
A man borrows a swordsman's skill for one fight and spends the rest of his life paying it back.
What is A Debt of Skills about?
A man borrows a swordsman's skill for one fight and spends the rest of his life paying it back.
How long is it?
Published so far: 28 chapters, about 14,231 words, roughly 1 hr 2 min of reading. New chapters are added as they are written.
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A Debt of Skills is an original AI-written English system novel published free on DramaNest, credited to Ma Jian. It is produced with AI assistance and contains no third-party text. Every skill you buy is borrowed. Interest is collected in years.
A man borrows a swordsman's skill for one fight and spends the rest of his life paying it back.
Chapters published so far: Chapter 1, The Debt Comes Due · Chapter 2, A Job to Clear the Debt · Chapter 3, The Hidden Clause · Chapter 4, The Mark Is a Debtor · Chapter 5, The Tally Mark Glows · Chapter 6, The Names in the Chest · Chapter 7, The Ledger's Last Name · Chapter 8, The Pit Below · Chapter 9, The Wall of Names · Chapter 10, The Blank on the Wall · Chapter 11, The Keeper of the Wall · Chapter 12, The Collector's Key · Chapter 13, Her Name · Chapter 14, The Date Beneath Her Name · Chapter 15, Three Days and a Key · Chapter 16, Three Hours and a Ledger · Chapter 17, The Second Key · Chapter 18, The Wall's New Name · Chapter 19, The Third Key · Chapter 20, The Three Locks · Chapter 21, The Collateral · Chapter 22, The True Collateral · Chapter 23, The Blank Space Widens · Chapter 24, The First Stroke · Chapter 25, The Wall's Answer · Chapter 26, One Stroke Left · Chapter 27, The Broken Stroke · Chapter 28, The Final Stroke.
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About AI authorship. A Debt of Skills is original English fiction written with AI assistance, not a reproduction of any existing book. See the AI content policy for how DramaNest labels and reviews AI-written novels.