The Gate Traveler

The Gate Traveler
SUMMARY
A Low-Stakes, Cozy, Slice-Of-Life World-Hopping Adventure
John, a 37-year-old widower, is feeling lost. Grief, regrets, and the weight of the past push him to long for something new, something different. So when he finds a way to travel between worlds through dimensional Gates, he takes it. Some research, a bit of training, and he’s off.
Sure, his class has the potential to be overpowered, but he’s not in it for fights, fame, or power. He’s here to breathe again. To heal. To see what else is out there in the multiverse. He moves at his own pace, helps out when he feels like it—sometimes as a healer, sometimes as something else—and keeps track of it all in a kind of diary. It’s more about the journey than the destination. About magic, new places, and figuring out how to live again.
This isn’t some dark, gritty tale full of battles or world-ending stakes. It’s about traveling with friends. Awkward conversations, good food, learning magic, and way too much shopping. It’s about the little things that make life worth it—and how even small actions can sometimes ripple out with a butterfly effect.
Scattered throughout the story are short side stories. Glimpses into other worlds, other travelers, or the consequences of his choices. They all circle back eventually, adding layers to John’s path and filling in the bigger picture.
This is a different kind of LitRPG. It’s slower paced, written in a semi-journal style, and focuses just as much on the inner journey as it does on the outer one. Big parts of the story happen on Earth, before he leaves, and when he occasionally comes back. You can also read this novel here: Read free novels online
Chapter list
- Book One: Shimoor—Prologue
- Chapter 1: Wait What?
- Chapter 2: Mapping the New Reality
- Chapter 3: OP MC? Me?
- Chapter 4: A New Kind of Farmer
- Chapter 5: A Different Perspective
- Chapter 6: When Pride Hurts More Than Training
- Chapter 7: Medicine to Magic: A Bridge to Becoming a Healer
- Chapter 8: My Second Gate. Destination: Perfect Boredom
- Side Story 1: The [Very] Difficult Childhood of Guar Shum
- Chapter 9: The “Manuals” are Missing Vital Information!
- Chapter 10: A Judgmental Text Box
- Chapter 11: Who Buys Used Shoes?
- Chapter 12: Anger Management by the Cubic Meter
- Chapter 13: One Last Thing to Do…
- Chapter 14: New York Is Not a City It’s a World
- Chapter 15: Whispers of a New Foundation
- Side Story 2: A Chance Meeting on The Road
- Chapter 16: Making A New Friend?
- Chapter 17: I Will Not Break!
- Chapter 18: Looting for Dummies (Step One: Don’t Blow It Up)
- Chapter 19: Gangnam Style of the Looter
- Chapter 20: The Archive Needs a Warning About Nobles
- Chapter 21: Legal Alien in a Magical Land
- Chapter 22: I Really Don't Know Enough
- Chapter 23: Deep Dive into the Archive
- Side Story 3: Working Hard For The Levels
- Chapter 24: Sometimes Slow is Nice
- Chapter 25: Surprises Will Never Cease
- Chapter 26: Luck Stat and its Intricacies
- Chapter 27: Taking Care of Small Business in Town
- Chapter 28: Full Circle
- Chapter 29: What Doesn’t Kill You Kills the Bushes
- Chapter 30: Free
- Side Story 4: The Danger of Very High Mana Worlds
- Chapter 31: Let Luck Lead You to Fortune
- Chapter 32: On Second Thought Maybe I Didn’t Buy Enough Stuff
- Chapter 33: My Dog is a Bard
- Chapter 34: Fine Fine I'll Take It
- Chapter 35: Endless Rain
- Side Story 5: The Beauty of Space
- Chapter 36: Making Money is Fun
- Chapter 37: Traveling Merchant/Healer
- From the Archive no. 1
- Chapter 38: New & Improved Stretch
- Chapter 39: Losing the Sense of Obligation
- Chapter 40: My First Capital in Shimoor
- Chapter 41: Finally A Level in Merchant
- Chapter 42: Peaceful and Boring? Most of the Time
- Chapter 43: Sailing