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Warlock of the Magus World
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.When a futuristic scientist is transported into the body of a young man in a fantasy world, his curiosity and desire for power push him to pursue magic. In a world without mercy, Leylin has no qualms about doing anything if it means benefits. He is cold, ruthless and calculating, never forming attachments that could impede his ultimate goal…
Honor? Who needs that… Hmmm… that guy seems too powerful for me to take on now… I better keep a low profile for now.
You want me to help you? What do I get out of it? Nothing? Bye.
Hmm… that guy looks like he might cause me problems in the future. Better kill him before he becomes a problem…
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One entry per lineVu Giới Thuật Sĩ
WMW
Wujie Shushi
巫界术士
WMW
Wujie Shushi
巫界术士
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- "Harem"? This is tagged harem, but lets get something straight here -- this story has 1 character, Leylin. The rest of the characters are all forgettable and there is next to no time paid to developing them. In fact, I think the author trips up and forgets he/she killed a character previously in the story, only to mention them being alive again later on.
- Leylin. He's an anti-hero MC. I guess because he was formerly a scientist he's suppose to smart and logical to a fault. The author spends a lot of time writing about how he's so in control of his emotions (ditto for most other mages). The problem though is that it makes him have pretty much no personality. Besides wanting to get more powerful, I couldn't tell you what things he loves or hates.
- World building. Based on stuff in the story, one can assume the planet Leylin is on must be about 2x the size of Earth. Numbers get dropped here and there about how one region has millions of people. The history of the world seems to stretch back at least 100, 000 years. The problem is that there is 0 depth to any of this. There is no sense of structure or rules to anything in the world so you can't get a good feel of what can or can't happen.
- Deus Ex Machina. This is one of those things you get use to in this genre, but holy cow do I feel like I'm drowning in this device in this story. This kind of ties in with the rules thing, but its also because the author loves to write very vaguely about everything and doesn't bother to cover things that occur. Often times the MC will get into a tight bind only to turn around and make use of some new spell, some new item, or just jump an entire power level after only a few chapters ago having no clue how to do so. The author will then spend 2-4 lines talking about some breakthrough that was made or just hand wave it all away making it seem like it wasn't anything much. A good scenario is MC attacks a place and in the writing he spends most of his time fighting and has to take on the big baddy and then promptly flee. As the reader you look at this and go, "Dam, he got hardly anything out of this adventure." only to find out 4-5 chapters later when the MC needs some item or money, he pulls it out and casually mentions the spoils he was able to get during that adventure.
- Repetition Repetition Repetition. Expect to read a description about the ranking system of something or some magical thing, multiple times throughout the story. I think I've read something to the effect of: "X thing would usually take others much much longer but because I have the AI chip its not a problem" or a rehashing of the magic ranking system, at least 30 times now. Maybe the author does it to refresh people's minds but if you are binging the series, it stands out a lot and sometimes feels like its thrown in just to add more text to the chapter.
- No emotions, anywhere. Finally this the last thing that really bugs me. Ya, the MC is this cold-blooded and calculating mage, and I have no problem with that. Real life has a few of those people. But every single person that the MC interacts with is this way pretty much. The author hand waves it away as "this is just how magi think" but even among the powerful and rich people in real life, you still get people aiming to good things. So it comes off feeling more like the author has something wrong in his head or is just a bad writer. For a brief period there is a character that has a sense of justice and wanting to fight the good fight but that quickly passes and its back to a slew of people that are only in it to F- the other person over.
What's good in this series?- Imaginative. There are a lot of different monsters, spells, items, and situations that come up. They aren't always well thought out or described particularly well, but you can fill stuff in how you like.
- s*x and death. This author doesn't shy away from mentioning that the MC humps around. The author never goes into any detail (this isn't an erotica novel) but at least in this respect the MC feels human. People also die in the series. Whether you feels any heartache about them dying though is a completely different matter since most characters are ever developed.
- Time passes. This is small, but I like when there is some mention of days, months, years, passing buy. The author never really does anything to make you feel like huge changes have occurred though; even if he just wrote "100 years have passed in a flash."
- Steady growth. I like it when it feels like the MC is growing steadily instead of just going from weak to godlike in the span of 10 chapters. However, because the MC is never written into situations where he'd be in trouble, it can sometimes feel like that's happening.
This is a good series to read if you've been binging JP Light Novels as the pacing and writing are different and better, but it still has a number of short comings. I believe in time this author could actually put out a well rounded serious novel if he got a good editor to keep him check.-Lore, setting and backstory are somewhat interesting although its pretty much cliche stuff. The Bad: -Lots of useless chatter and poorly thought out storyboard with weird turn of events. Character conversations and thoughts feel awkward. Seems like author never thoroughly plan the narrative and plot progression but instead just writes whatever comes to mind.
-Plenty of Xianxia cliches in the storyline.
-Has an interesting cultivation system with potential but unfortunately not expanded on with very little technical details offered but instead lots of gibberish jargon are thrown in just to make it look cool.
-Combat is probably one of its weakest point. Its basically rubbish. The Ugly: -MC's special ability generally kills the novel. The A.I. Chip is literally the answer to everything. Defeats the purpose of him being a scientist. Moreover it substitutes for any substantial plot points/armor that could have been used in the novel, essentially lazy writing if not simplistic narrative.
-Dull and bland overall storyline. Verdict: I really love the MC. A Neutral Evil alignment is a refreshing take in Xianxia genre though I imagine many readers will dislike the MC for obvious reasons if they can't get out of the cliche troupes. Unfortunately everything else in the novel fails at almost epic proportions.
- Excessive use of exclamation marks. Whenever I see exclamation marks in a conversation, I see the picture of someone yelling. Hence, I always picture people yelling at each other's face in this story.
- MC is not a scientist. He has an OP AI chip, and that's it. Like reviewer @Yin says, this 'get out of jail' is used too frequently.
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- Thirdly, the AI Chip is way too OP. Ok, at the beginning, it's fine. Perfect memory and body control, Analysis, etc. It's whatever. But as Leylin grows in power the AI chip is constantly getting stronger and stronger to the point of ridicule. I have no problem with Leylin himself relying on the AI chip, my problem is the author making the AI Chip a Deus Ex Machina for every single problem Leylin encounters. That feeling you had at the start of the AI Chip not being invincible never comes back.
I think people praising the world building are overselling it. The world building is decent enough for a magical realism novel; nothing too amazing or mind-blowing. It's not as well thought out as some other novels nor is every single environment rich in detail. Ironically, the best part about this novel is the character interactions and dialogue. Yes, this novel is 90% MC monologue and AI chip shenanigans yet my praise for the author is the thing that he does the least. There is not enough scenes of the MC outsmarting and intellectual face slapping with the power of the AI chip. The comedic relief moments are far and between, although they are hilarious in my subjective opinion. The writing is fine, although you will see some blatant instances of plagiarism or references to pop culture in this novel out of nowhere. Kinda weird but the translation by Wuxiaworld is very good so I can forgive it. All in all, it's a very 7/10 novel. It may seem like I hated it since most of my review are my pet peeves about Warlock of the Magus World, but frankly I just wanted to rant. Perhaps these are minor annoyances that arise from me setting my expectations far too high after reading Reverend Insanity. It does the whole "villainous transmigrator seeks eternal life in another world" 10x better so I couldn't help but have it in my mind as I read this, constantly comparing the two in my head. If you liked Warlock of the Magus World then I highly recommend people give Reverend Insanity a try. But if you recently read Reverend Insanity then don't read this one until you've lowered your standards again. Otherwise you'll end up like me: constantly thinking about why Fang Yuan is better in every way. In any case, this novel is good. Not great, but it ain't bad. Magic system concepts likeSpiritual force, Dreamforce, the power of laws, magic particles, elemental affinity, spell model constructs, faith system, world origin force
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