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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?
Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian-era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, different machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts…
The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions.
Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of “The Fool”.
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One entry per lineLord of Mysteries
LotM
Penguasa Misteri
Senhor dos Mistérios
Señor de los Misterios
لورد الغوامض
ราชันเร้นลับ
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序列的戰爭 (old)
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신비의 제왕
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- The plot. Everything from the little details to the overarching storyline is amazing. Reading this didn't even feel like a webnovel, but rather like a genuine, published story.
- The world building IS SO GOOD HOLY CRAP. its one of those series that, only after multiple read-throughs do you notice that there is foreshadowing for major events hidden in the historical myths and legends that are described at the very beginning of the story
- Characters are a solid 10/10. Some quick background, the story follows the MC and a group of people from differing backgrounds called the "Tarot club". The characters and their development are so well written that literally every single one of the tarot club members are capable of being their own MC.
- The challenges that the MC faces are genuinely difficult. Also his enemies actually have an IQ. Pretty sure everyone has monocle PTSD after finishing... read if you wanna know what I mean ;)
- Did I mention comedy? like legitimately funny moments and running jokes?? (IKR??? HOW CAN SOMETHING BE SO GOOD AT EVERYTHING????)
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Cons- Your expectations will increase substantially after finishing and it becomes increasingly difficult to find and enjoy another series
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Overall, best thing I've ever seen. Read at your own risk though, it's been half a year and I'm still stuck in this hell-hole.The story of Nighthawk Klein introduced me with the Beyonders life and left me in tears at the end. The crime solving journey of Detective Moriarty got me reading non-stop for clues. The adventures of mad Sparrow and the comedic Blazing made me want to travel to the sea again.
#TheWorldNeedsJustice The author is not that creative on names tho.. I'm fine with it.. Until.. Ed Sheeran.. Why was my favorite bard's name bestowed on a scumbag dogsh*t side character?!
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- machinery/firearms/airships
If you keep avoiding this title because of those tags in description, just like me before... just stop deceiving yourself and take a look! I really don't like novels with 'modern' weapons (especially if it's the main theme) but it's not the case here, It's only pivotal at the start of the story (mainly used by muggles and weak 'power' users), so it's relevant until MC gets to the threshold (sequence) where the supernatural aspect leaves firearms way behind, it's just that until this point, firearms are the best complement of shortcomings. It's also flourish of firearms, so nothing sci-fi like, just the beginning of technology on global scale, not only for wars but also in daily life. I'm reading novels for like 4 years now and I didn't even hope to find anything on decent level anymore or at least something fresh... but here I am, I've got both in one package. I'm pretty sure this one is TOP2 on my list right now.-
- The MC has minimal personality and the things he says motivates him at the beginning limits his interactions with the world around him.
The reason I enjoy it so much though is because it is a journey of discovery. The main character tries to steer his actions but he is a small character in a big world. Thus we get to see him slowly getting stronger and the world expanding as he is able to find out more and more about it. (It also helps that the characters mostly have English style names so I can associate and remember them better.) The side characters actually lead their own lives. They don't just show up in their interactions with the MC and then nothing happens to them until he shows up again. Seeing the world through multiple eyes also allows for interesting scenes to take place with minimal time skips. In many ways it reminds me of One Piece. The power system is more structured, the story overall more serious and less focused on action (especially long combat isn't there) but many of the things that make me like One Piece occurs here as well. A character caring about justice and his colleagues while focusing on a journey with a clearly set goal. The world and cast slowly expanding as the MC gets more powerful. Minimal focus on romance while not ignoring it are some of the things that strikes me directly. If you don't like an overly complex world that is slowly being shown to you as the characters discovers it then you will dislike this. It has plenty of action but it isn't action focused, it simply occurs due to the bigger movements in a natural way. Recently this has been slightly less true as he took a profession focused on battles and sought them out for wealth.I thought I was emotionally prepared when I picked this final volume up, but no preparation is enough. I can still feel my heavy heart. Maybe because I'm so much invested with this novel that I'm not yet ready to say goodbye. I want more, but I know I wouldn't get it so soon.
I know that Klein entering his slumber for an indefinite time isn't equivalent to him perishing. It was his way to stabilize his control over his own body and mind and not be able to lose himself to the old Lord of the Mysteries. But despite entering his slumber that can last for a long time, he's still fighting for his life and for his chance to protect the people he cared about, alone. With no one but himself to rely on. And it's still not clear if he would be able to completely stop the awakening of the LotM in him.
Klein leaving different tasks for the members of the Tarot Club before going into slumber and trusting them to wake him in the future, seriously made me so emotional. And Leonard getting so sincerely worried when he learned about Klein going into a slumber just hit so hard. Leonard is really the best friend Klein could ever have.
The whole scenario of Klein advancing into an Above the Sequence and his final showdown with Amon is just so freaking epic and intense. I wouldn't wish to meet Amon because he's seriously terrifying. No matter how good looking he is, I don't want to see him around Klein anymore in the future. He's unbelievably overpowered. But being overpowered doesn't mean he's without weaknesses. And that loophole was what Klein used to defeat the seemingly undefeatable God of Deceit. 'The Fool's Gambit' is really an accurate title for this volume.
The one who wasn't afraid of true death would yield the absolute advantage. Clearly, Amon wasn't prepared to sacrifice himself for this matter.
This volume cannot be considered as the end of the story. Actually, it can be regarded as a massive prologue before the apocalypse happens sixteen years in the future. The story is just getting started, is what this is. It's like the journey of how Mr. Fool came to be, the Mr. Fool who I know would play a big role in the apocalypse. I've learned that the sequel of this novel wouldn't have Klein as the main protagonist. There would be a new main character, but I know that Klein and the Tarot Club members would appear again in the future. There are a lot more of the plot left untouched so I know that the continuation of the story involves not only the OG characters here in LotM but more equally important characters that will get introduced in the sequel. I think that the new main character in the sequel would become a strong ally of Klein when the apocalypse comes. I'm not too sure if they will really become Klein's ally, but I'm sure that they will also play a huge part in the future events. Within sixteen years before the apocalypse, many more events will occur. I just hope that Klein will get out of his slumber at least in the second part of book 2. I already missed him a lot.
"From the beginning, you've been a guardian. You mimicked others until you were mimicked by others"
And that last chapter about Melissa and Benson's daughter praying to Mr. Fool! That was so unexpected that I was literally left speechless for a few minutes. So she knew that Mr. Fool is his 'dead' brother?? Because that was what my puny brain interpreted! And if so, I really want to know how she was able to discover that!!
I've said this in my review in the volume 1 of this series, but I'll say this again. Klein Moretti is easily one of my most favorite fictional characters I've ever known. And Lord of the Mysteries is definitely one of my favorite series I've ever read, not just this year. This is a masterpiece I'm glad I discovered. This series also introduced me to more webnovels that I'll sure be trying in the future. Unfortunately, the sequel of this novel titled Circle of Inevitability is still currently ongoing and just started last month, and I don't think I'll pick it up soon. I just want to stack more chapters before I start it.
I highly, HIGHLY recommend this novel to every fantasy reader out there. This is massive and has a rather intricately detailed and slow world building. There are people who have asked me about my opinion of this novel because they personally think this is boring, but please take note that this has a total of 1430 CHAPTERS. You won't be able to take a glimpse of the whole picture of the plot in just mere 100 chapters. Just give the first arc a try (213 chapters). If you still couldn't get into it after finishing the first arc, then you can choose not to continue this. Maybe this isn't your cup of tea. But I swear, this is so good!!! No words can express how much I love this series!!
PS. I would love to have a chat to those LotM readers out there!
even the transmigration