The story isn't really my favourite. Not because its bad, but because it doesn't live up to my expectations I think. It started out really slow with a lot of background knowledge almost being thrown at us. I think the MC actually spent 3 chapters straight scrolling through a forum.... and while I'm fine with novels having good world building the way this was written just didn't catch my interest. I stuck it out until chapter 20, but the MC still hasn't done anything. The flow seems to be extremely... more>> slow and doesn't look like it will pick up anytime soon. Again, it's not a bad book, it's just really not to my tastes. <<less

This is the novel I look forward to every week tbh. I love the interactions between lee kyung and dawon, as well as his interaction with the other characters because they're all hilarious xD

The storys pacing is a bit slow but it also somehow gives off the calm before the storm vibes, so it definitely helps in establishing a sort of thrill for future developments in the novel.

Overall, it's a great novel! The BL elements are everywhere ... more>>

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MC is gaining a harem lmao

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fellow BL lovers come read this novel, I'm sure you won't regret it ✨ <<less

Currently, one of my FAVORITE novels.

I legit pulled all-nighters to catch up to the recent chapters, but that's just shows how good this novel is.

I was honestly surprised when I first started to read it, I dead ass thought I wasn't going to enjoy it since it's still ongoing and it had over hundred chapters out.

But BOY WAS I WRONG.

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It was just so interesting watching Seo Dawon get attached to CLK and being in denial about it.

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I legit need friends who read this so we can discuss the plot BC IT'S THAT GOOD. <<less

Honestly, I didn't expect much when I started reading
I started reading just to pass the time
But it was really beyond my expectation
The development of the main character in the first 100 chapters is not much, but if you wait a little, you can understand what I mean... The plot revolves around revenge, but this is only the beginning, the main character really shocked me, improving his skills as well as his control over his servants
Now that I'm at chapter 300, it's really moving to remember where he started from...

Romance can only be seen after chapter 250+, and before that it might be nothing but a toxic relationship (not in that way bec thay just are not sure about thair feelings so in MC view point it might not call a romantic relationship),

but after that you will gradually get to know ml's point of view, his character has always been one of my favorites.
Undercover work that eventually gives way to honesty and the main character and ML begin to establish a proper relationship.
Also, both of their views are strangely understandable

I'm a little unhappy with the limitations of the system, I prefer to think of the mc's relationship with the servants as a family relationship.

The villains are really interesting, I don't like them, but I can sympathize with them in some situations.

The seemingly perfect Bae Jaemin is nothing more than a broken doll upon closer inspection.

Despite their painful past, the story points out that they are still the fault for that wrong choices, life circumstances, and trauma still don't mean they're completely innocent.

Anyway this story is 5 out of 5 for me, the translation is really good and the author has done a great job.
If the reader waits, thay will get to the exciting parts
But if you're looking for a quick romance and fast progression, this is definitely not for you

This is top tier. First off the translator did an amazing job. They clearly are fluent in both languages and they provide notes and really I’m not sure I have ever seen a better translation on anything.

Story is long and involved. Characters are very well developed. This is not really a dungeon story. There have been only a couple dungeons, and even now MC is pretty weak. Better then he was, but what he lacks in power he makes up in guts. He is frequently horribly hurt, he is often... more>> terrified, but he puts others ahead of himself (honestly way too much) and keeps going through the fear.

MC has undergone a lot of character development but I feel like he really deserves to start kicking bu*t by now. He has been through a lot of pain.

Romance and his relationship starts very unhealthy, and MC and ML both have issues but it gets addressed. So far MC still has too low self astern and ML still is a bit too controlling but they are both getting better- and they have had to deal with way too much.

There is some fluff, lots of teasing, and also some full on horror. You won’t be smiling all that much reading this, you will be more in suspense and want to know what’s going to happen while being afraid or feel sad for MC. At the same time low lows make the highs feel so much better.

necromancy feels like a broken class, but not broken good. Sure no other class can you do what MC does, but without a crap ton of luck MC would have died like 20 times by now. This class was not written to function. I think it’s like winning the lotto but in order to cash in the ticket you have to cut off both your hands. MC is crazy enough and desperate enough that he would do so- but no one else in their right mind would. <<less

Honestly, it's a good novel. Many leave it because the progress is slow, but I say be patient because it is worth it.

The MC never seemed particularly annoying to me, a little silly yes, but not annoying, I empathize with him a lot because of what he has been through from high school to the present, he is very human in my opinion, he has his flaws. but little by little it matures and improves.

Regarding ML... I hate him xd, although in the chapter I'm going he already had an... more>> improvement in terms of his perfectionist personality, I still don't like him

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It is the fact that in life he was a playboy, although his relationship with MC is improving so much that you could say that it is already something healthy, I still feel that they have to fix some things

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I really like villains, my favorite is Ryu Haerin, but I don't like her at the same time

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Her point of view was interesting, we saw why she was like that and what her mental processing was to do what she did, although honestly her mental processing of her was complicated... the truth is that she seemed more like an obsessive yandere. Although I hate Seo Dawon, I can't blame him for Ryu Haerin's actions, although I honestly do hate that he is actually a playboy but that is something problematic for me.

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Also the chapters are not very long so it is easier to read, I recommend it, it is one of my favorite novels now 👍 <<less

Seo Dawon pisses me off with how he treats Choi Lee-Kyung -- it's manipulative, exploitative, and downright mean. He's also a professional gaslighter. CLK is constantly shunned for not knowing anything and being inexperienced, yet whenever he attempts to understand, everyone around him shuts him out. How is he supposed to develop (emotionally, mentally, intellectually) in this environment??

The story's alright and the premise is interesting enough, but I can't stand how the MC is being treated and how he is forced into the role of a timid, clueless lackey.

I totally keep up to date with the releases for this novel. And from my star rating you can guess that I am a fan of the novel already.

The plot is quite engaging and not exactly what you would expect from just the synopsis. Fyi. It's alot darker themed than one would expect there's alot of horror elements, mostly psychological but some truly graphic descriptions of mutilation and the darker side of humanity.

Overall MC suffers so much throughout the story. And anyone who just read like the first 100 or... more>> so chapters and wants to critique on how weak he is just know that you do not know all the facts to be so prejudice. Despite all his trauma he has alot of character development and growth that even helps his servants to develop.

MCs class is not a common one infact it's pretty much one of the least picked and their is not much known about the true depths of it as no one but the MC has explored the details of the class. <<less

Okay, so it's not a helpful review I just want to share what's on my mind. This is one of first proper BL novels. I found the manga first but later switched to novel. I have read to 200+ chapters but I just can't hold onto the slow burn. I want to read it all at once!! So, I'm diligently waiting for it to be translated completely and reread it!

It's a wonderful and unique story that I strongly recommend to all that are interested in this genre. I think the... more>> other reviewers have said it all. So, I'm just going to give my thanks to the author and translator for their hard work! <<less

Great novel, great translation, I've laughed and cried, and cringed with fear and disgust that all somehow make the novel all that more thrilling.

I can't say it enough 😭 read this novel

The translator is also just fantastic, there's a lot of footnotes that really clear up confusion regarding Korean culture, and plus their speculation and fansquealing at the bottom of each chapter really help make you love the characters and plot deeper if that makes any sense??? Also they just graduated grad school?? And still post chapters consistently?? A literal... more>> god. <<less

Absolutely love this novel, its very concerning yet cute at the same time I'm concerned for them and myself. Jokes aside I love how the MC feels really real, like his feelings, reactions, thoughts, it just feels very real to me and I love it. And!!! The MC and ml's development at their relationship is just <333 you can see that they really do have something for each other and the way they treat each other differently compared to the other, but they do need to talk things out and... more>> all ehe. Though a lot of very unexpected parts I did not expect to happen at all before reading this novel happened... anyways, I really recommend people to give it a try!! Seeing the MC grow and get his character development is just the best, I'm so proud at him, was getting bored at first because the explanations at the first few chapters were detailed and long but it was worth reading them all. I'm so glad I gave this a try since I loved the webtoon and now I fell inlove with the novel.

Over all I absolutely completely love this novel I cant wait to what happens in the future! <<less

this novel is my guilty pleasure, a weak MC with a harem, and every guy in that harem is deranged and op, and it has a good plot that keeps me reading, im always refreshing daily to see if this novel is finally updated, im so hooked I finish the chapters immediately and then get sad there isnt more, MC will get stronger but I like him like this :3 every new scary overpowered character introducted is immediately in MCs harem (im delusional) CLK my baby <3

Will edit this part after completing this novel in the future haha..

This is a lengthy novel, and honestly if you are not patient then you'll never see what's beyond it. I really like the world building and how the "servants" are portrayed. I like how they're all different from their previous lives and how they deal with it because after all, they're summoned through necromancy which is from a dark class (expect them all to be in a darker attitude) and the theme itself is revenge so I look forward... more>> to the face slapping in the future lol

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No papapa as of the latest chapter. And mostly fade to black scenes according to the spoiler section haha

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Anyway, thank you so much to the translator for a job well done and also the effort that goes with it hehe. Keep it up ❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰 <<less

Overall the story is quite interesting. MC's personality, though occasionally frustrating, is honestly likeable. The ghosts' personalities are different and unique, fun and playful. Lackey is a great skelly boy.

The relationship between the MC and his summons are well done. There's actual formation of relationships, as well as a veil of mystery. The romance between MC and Dawoon was formed smoothly and solidly, was believable. After awhile though, their relationship starts to get a little funky.

The MC does get decently along with the ghosties, but he really only progresses with... more>> Dawoon, the others are kind of left to the side, which I feel like is a waste. They need more interaction.

The story progression was a tad slow, but I liked that, it didn't try to rush certain events. I think the only thing I disliked/skipped after the first/second time were the ghost memories; it just kind of dragged on to where it just bored me. Also it needed more time spent on leveling, it was kind of skimmed compared to other events.

Upon summoning the 4th summon, the MC starts to act unlike one would expect, kind of a sudden change. Around this part of the story weird things just start to happen.

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The moment when the MC are supposed to view the ghosts' memories he instead starts experiencing "fictional" events rather than their memories;

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which could be due to not wanting to be repetitive on the events; however, it just doesn't feel right.

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Also, the moment MC gets assaulted by Koo Hui-Seo in c173, and NOTHING HAPPENS, but discomfort and anger. BUT NOTHING ELSE. It infuriated me. They, need him, sure, but like glaring and cursing doesn't help. Ahhh, the ghosties get super protective over MC, but they did absolutely nothing about it! Not even after they were able to actually be summoned.

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Even with a lot of flaws, I still found this story enjoyable. I do still hope to read more in the future. <<less

The MC has low self esteem and I would say shows depressive tendencies such as bringing himself low, feelings of burden to his parents and basically everyone he knows. He is also attach to Lackey who is his sole solace in his lonely path as necromancer. I find parts of story hard to read as it couses me to feel bad and lose some sleep. The story needs some trigger warning for mental health as characters inner talks are very life-like

I usually don't like reading Kr novels because they're usually very heavy when it comes to emotions and I stay away from those deep oceans. Lol.

But I got hooked with the reviews so I'm putting it on my lists and maybe I'll have the guys to read this in the future.

I'm waiting for more reviews that didn't state of deep emotional troubles that MC faces. Cause Kr nvl loves to do that very much. Specially since I saw that betrayal tag up there. It gives me goosebumps.

Though that average looking... more>> MC tag is really tugging my heartstrings. Maybe I'll read this right away. 😬 <<less

It's not for me, so I didn't rate it.

This is yoai bait first, coversations seconds and combat third. By chapter 35 we haven't yet had a combat scene with the MC. We have however, had 2 men (and 1 skeleton) attempt to flurt with him. It was much more than I initially anticipated (coming from RIM and ORV). It takes over 20 chapters to even get to the description. Short chapters combined with a lot of background information and talking means it takes a while to get anywhere.

The other reviews... more>> are high so people clearly found what they are looking for. <<less

Edit: OMG this is so embarassing I misclicked 1 star for my rating, it's supposed to be 5 stars lol

So this is one of the rare Korean BLs that are translated, and by god am I loving this one so much. The worldbuilding is quite heavy, especially in the earlier chapters. The author was really leaning towards the dungeon/system aspect I was honestly impressed. And looking at the 380+ chapters of the original and still ongoing (at the time of this review) I think that I would not be disappointed... more>> by the dungeon/system of this novel. The MC and the ML are so funny together, I was really holding my laughter reading about them bantering and just flirting with each other lol. The early chapters can be quite heavy, given that it's just exposition for quite a lot of chapters, but have faith since the tradeoff is so sweet. You can just feel the tension when you finally meet the ML and it was so satisfying. It's still very early in the story though, so I still don't know where it's gonna go next.

So let's talk about the writing itself. This was honestly really interestingly written, since the writing style changes so much throughout the 47 chapters that I've read. Of course, there's the standard novel style, but then it has forum posts, chats, live stream chats, and even news articles. It was just so fun reading about the story and the world through these different mediums. The translator is very good, I reckon the novel had a lot of slang, and they translated it perfectly. Like the translation's really good, trust me. I really really really highly recommend reading this! <<less

A tonne of information dump in the first few chapters, and I mean a tonne. The chapters are kinda short and the pace is slow. But it's super fun to read ! The MC starts out as a wimp. He has a tonne of insecurities because of his powerlessness but he is growing bit by bit. Really fun novel.

My biggest issue with novel is it's world building. There are a multitude of systems the author brings up and never does anything with. One of the first things we ever learn about the MC is his health value yet we never learn how much damage anything does. When he gets injured it's described in terms of real injuries not in health values which is fine but then why have health be stat to begin with. It's the same with basic mobs we don't get a single health value. The... more>> lacking context bleeds into everything with no health values we have no way of telling how strong any one actually is. How much damage anything does is a guessing game.

Skills are brought up though the method of acquiring them is anyone's guess. The author in of the earlier chapters brings up how the Priest class gets skills at level 1. This would lead one to think that skills are gotten by leveling up. Yet the main character is level 42 at book start and hasn't gotten any skills past the first 3 he got upon selecting his class. There are also skill books which are brought up a fair bit later. These could be how skills are generally learned, yet just a bit earlier the MC gets a skill out of no where with neither skill books or levels being the source.

The lacking world building also extends to outside of the game-like systems. Why doesn't the Government take over the dungeons, or if the government isn't strong enough too; why don't the top guilds take over the government. This is never explained. Korea's role geopolitics should be under question as their near neighbor China should be the global superpower due to it's tremendous population. Yet it's not brought up either. The relationship between the dungeons and the world at large is non-existent. The dungeons may as well be in a sperate dimension for all it's worth.

The lacking world building is a detriment to the story as the characters have potential to be interesting and the plot could many ways. However the world may as well not even have systems because the author clearly can't write them. What I mentioned earlier aren't the only inconsistencies. Are the dungeons instanced or not. There is contradictory evidence of either being the case.

All in all of you can look past the major lack of good world building. You may be able to enjoy this novel, but as it stands I cannot recommend it <<less