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
- B4—Chapter 28: Sometimes People are the Worst Monsters
- B4—Chapter 29: The Cost of Compassion
- B4—Chapter 30: Awakening into Possibility
- B4—Chapter 31: Intro to Mana
- B4—Chapter 32: Sticky Fingers
- B4—Chapter 33: The Council of Mothers
- B4—Chapter 34: A Chasm of Joy and Sorrow
- B4—Chapter 35: The Best Looter in All the Worlds
- B4—Chapter 36: Mitigating Some Damage—Hopefully
- B4—Chapter 37: The Gift of Magic
- B4—Chapter 38: A Plan for Winter
- B4—Chapter 39: Northern Clearing
- B4—Chapter 40: Back to Grinding
- B4—Chapter 41: Monkey Business and Boring Plants
- B4—Chapter 42: Weird-Ass Dungeons
- B4—Chapter 43: Personal Progress
- B4—Chapter 44: Rue’s Culinary Paradise
- B4—Chapter 45: Tasty Occurrence
- B4—Chapter 46: Rue’s Culinary Retreat
- B4—Chapter 47: Tactics Over Chaos
- B4—Chapter 48: From Prey to Predator
- B4—Chapter 49: Harvested Victories
- B4—Chapter 50: Ready to Move On
- B4—Chapter 51: Too Easy
- B4—Chapter 52: A Rocky Adventure
- B4—Chapter 53: Two More in the Bag
- B4—Chapter 54: Affinities
- B4—Chapter 55: The Journey in Photos and Prose
- B4—Chapter 56: Water is a Bitch
- B4—Chapter 57: From Bad to Worse
- B4—Chapter 58: … And Worse
- Book 5 – Multiversal Smorgasbord
- B5—Chapter 1: Rock Part I
- B5—Chapter 2: Rock Part II
- B5—Chapter 3: Drifting Through the Sea of Green
- B5—Chapter 4: The Dilemma of Diving Into Madness
- B5—Chapter 5: Doctor Dolittle
- B5—Chapter 6: Doctor Dolittle’s Hospital
- B5—Chapter 7: All Hail the Healing Sage
- B5—Chapter 8: The Article Wasn’t Bluffing—They’re Bonkers
- B5—Chapter 9: Why Us?
- B5—Chapter 10: Daddy Issues
- B5—Chapter 11: Money Money Money—Life in Richmens’ World
- B5—Chapter 12: Moving On—Oh Wait Another Fight
- B5—Chapter 13: A Glitch in the Matrix
- B5—Chapter 14: Throwing in the Towel
- B5—Chapter 15: At Least It’s Profitable
- B5—Chapter 16: A Sword to Soar By
- B5—Chapter 17: I Did It My Way
- B5—Chapter 18: A Song of Fire and Fear