I read the original story over 20 years ago. I am pleased with the way the story is progressing and can’t wait to listen for the others. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong. From what I remembered, in the original story, Lindon achieved gold ranking by the sacrificial death of the giant turtle. In the duel between Lindon and the Jai clan member, he wins. He surprises his opponent with the use of his control of the black flame. Lindon goes back home and saves his family from would be high ranking bandits. He becomes a mercenary traveling to different places. He uses his construction skills to create spider automatons that travel with him. It gets cloudy from there because it was a long long time ago. I don’t have my books because when I moved out of my parents house, they donated all my books to the local library. Yes, this story is worth it.