Good day! Before anything else let me express my gratitude for the effort and time you expended to review my work. This is my first time to experience critiques that were both informative and serious. It has been an eye opener for me. And fun too...(Let's not forget that.)

I would also like to thank you for giving me a chance to give my response to your queries and suggestions.

First off, I would like to say that the novel really had some issues with grammar (Yes, shame on me! I used to teach gremmer. I should've known better ). I'm really sorry for those of you who had to read through it (I know how you feel. I was reading my work just moments ago before I started writing this).

I really like to blame it on the "alcohol" but I don't drink. I do feel drunk all the time. I guess that counts too, right?

***I attribute those issues on the following things: a) I'm lazy (Let's be honest. :D) b) this is my debut in writing a novel- which is not really a valid reason c) Of all mediums I wrote it in my ever trusty tablet- which is an awful decision d) I felt the need to tell the story first before my ideas dry out (I wrote the 1st half of the 1st PART in one month... non-stop w/ only G*torade to fuel me).

With regards to libranages suggestion on the description of the "Conquistadors" (by the way Ferdinand Magellan was actually an "explorer" not a conquistador). It was a deliberate move on my side to have them as bare as possible. I was focusing my efforts on the "native" side of things. But since you have a very valid point. I shall rectify this in the 2nd draft. Pwamis! :D And btw "Good Call" on the Mingming part. He gets to do something stupid in the later chapters.

With regards to ChantalCruz30 the "just desserts" part was ammended ages ago. I substituted the word "ice cream" in its place because it sounded better. And about the "curses"...

In my research, I found out that most of our curses were from the Spanish Period. I also collected some Cebuano curses but they focused more on the private parts/nether regions- which really sounded awful if taken to context. I also rectified the POV shifts (I posted the wrong version but eventually edited it out. I also deleted it accidentally when I was on my mobile. Which is really hilarious if it didn't happen to you and to someone else- preferably a friend). Once again, Thank you for giving me and tsos the chance. Kahit na ang salamat ay kulang!

With regards to purple_porpoise please refer to ***. And about yhin2x 's question if "imbento lang"... all "accounts are fictive" gawa- gawa lang talaga ang lahat! Very Pwamis! I also agree on the paragraph framing that you pointed out. And shipping Lam and Malaya is really funny...

And about your question ( w/ purple_porpoise) regarding the missing "FANTASY PART" you'll have to ask ChantalCruz30 since she has read most of the story. Short answer: Yes. But I have to warn you that it's just a subplot. This is a Low Fantasy novel too. Sadly, there are no Michael Bay Explosions with the use of Magic in the 1st Arc: Names are Important.

SUPER SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO:

@NowhereGray (cool name btw), @aftermat ("More reads for everyone" should be a campaign platform) , @yoshiro_hoshi (add sensei to your name and you'll be way way cooler than anyone I know) , @blackpearled (Iike Jack Sparrow? or the drink? ), @GreenLime8 , @kit_mccartney , @MatiDemers , MikeKhael90 , @Be-real (stay real...)

BESTEST COMMENTOR (I prefer this word because it sounds eerie and foreign and very Harry Potterey...)

Should I follow the criteria about the COMMENTOR who is the most helpful in reviewing 3 chapters? Or give the award to the person who helped me for the entirety of the work? Tsk tsk tsk...

Okay, It's really a toss up between ChantalCruz30 - libranages - purple_porpoise because their comments were the most helpful to me!

After pondering about it for so long that I grew a beard...(elapsed time 3 seconds).

I have decided that we shall do it like the olden days... We shall have a contest! It'll be simple. I shall confine the three in a deep pit (Of course, w/ their consent) whose walls are covered with spikes, making all of them huddle in the center.

I will then throw the sharpest...keenest...razor-edged KAMPILAN blade. They will then fight it out and whoever survives will be the BESTEST COMMENTOR in the Island! (She will then be shot by a musket by yours truly, for being the best).

Three will enter.

One will leave.

All shall die.

The End.

P.S.: I'm sharpening the kampilan blade right now! (licks blade with bare tongue to scare people) Regrets decision one minute later... forgot about the razor-edged part. :p