Advent of the Archmage

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Link was the top Archmage in the entire server. He had just defeated the strongest boss, the Lord of The Deep, Nozama with his party. However, instead of going back to town, he was transported to a secret location with pixelated CG.

It sort of felt like a vacuum, and within it came a glorious and commanding voice that calls himself the God of Light.

“Link, would you be willing to be the saviour who will pull the World of Firuman out from the churning abyss?”

What a huge mission! If it was in the real world, Link would have rejected it immediately. However, he was bent on being the hero in game.

“Bring it on!” Link answered confidently.

“Then, best of luck.”

And so began Link’s journey of magic, friendship, betrayal, love and despair in the ever changing World of Firuman.

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skankhunt42
skankhunt42 rated it
April 13, 2018
Status: Completed
A wonderful story. Consistent world building and characters. The ending is a bit rushed but apart from that it is a good read. Characters are sensible and multi-dimensional. The level system becomes a little fuzzy towards the end. But there are no conspicuous plot-holes.
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agila0212
agila0212 rated it
June 5, 2019
Status: c600
This is one of the best wizard/mage novels I`ve read, and I`ve read a lot. I read this novel because of the kingdom building tag and it didn`t disappoint. I like how the MC study magic and doesn`t completely rely on his cheat to get stronger. Very awesome novel full of action and adventure. My one complain is that the novel is too short for me and I wish it has over 1k chapters.
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Gralorn
Gralorn rated it
March 23, 2019
Status: Completed
The novel starts out very good. It is interesting with a lot of interesting characters who have different personalities. But as it goes on, the quality of the novel continuously declines. Characters are forgotten or never mentioned later on. The last part of novel is very rushed and there are a lot of characters that don't have any ending. Their personal story is just up in the void. It just reeks of that the author was tired of this novel or was out of ideas. Avoid this novel if you... more>> can because sadly it will only be a great disappointment in the end. <<less
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1stSlug
1stSlug
December 7, 2018
Status: c430
TLDR: 3.5 Stars: Slighly better than normal novels, but then ruins it by introducing a silly amount of genre to try and spice sh*t up a bit, but it actually waters down what was a really good plotline. RIP.

1-100 Chapters: Great. Loved the characters and loved plot. That is all.

101-200 Chapters: Still going strong, but character development started to become a real flaw and it's making the side characters become soulless extras that make random and weak impressons that are soon forgotten.

201-275 Chapters: Okay, so the plot is slipping now... more>> and theres litterly a plethora of useless extra characters that have actually no purpose other than being there, and the other main side characters have pretty much vanished. RIP.

276-430-ish Chapters: Plot has totally gone off the rails now and not in a good way. I feel like I'm witnessing a train accident, and I know it's going to be horrible, but I can't look away... <<less
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MoonEmperor000
MoonEmperor000
October 3, 2020
Status: Completed
The ending was too rush. And theres a certain plot where her first woman have to leave just so they coule be together wih the mc's second woman. She felt inferior being a normal magician and the 2nd female lead was a dragon queen. And then she left the MC without the MC stopping her. It was like all the things they had together was nothing to him and for the sake of getting stronger he abandon the pitiful first female lead. Like seriously? I would have dropped at that... more>> time if I have something else to read. And the result was a big disappointment. <<less
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Occulus
Occulus rated it
February 1, 2019
Status: Completed
A "reincarnate into the past of a game world" story with a great start but jumps the shark later on and then takes a plunging nosedive into an abrupt ending.

The start of the novel is great: lots of worldbuilding with plot lines laid down that come into play dozens if not hundreds of chapters later. The characters are decently realistic too and things are surprisingly unpredictable which makes it a very interesting and fun read. This would actually be one of the top "reincarnate to game world" books... more>> that I have read. However, after a certain point in the middle/late parts of the novel, there is massive power inflation. He probably leveled up more in the last 10% of the novel than he did the beginning 90% of the novel. The later parts of the novel lack the worldbuilding of the initial part and random characters and concepts are just crammed it. It felt like the author was rushing to finish the story and wanted to cram a huge portion of the plot into the last section of the novel. Conclusion: Worth the read but be prepared for a very rushed closing. <<less
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kelicant
kelicant
September 5, 2018
Status: c430
It's a pretty good story with decent world building up to the mid 300s chapters. The story sets up how the laws of the world world and all the legends/timelines of how the world exists. But then the party goes to another section of the world where the power scale is completely different and the gods/divine tools of the world up to that point are weak in comparison. It breaks all continuity and seems like the author didn't want the story to end at 400 so he had to adjust... more>> for power creep to scale the characters back. Up to that point I think the story was really strong. <<less
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Gsichtselfmeter
Gsichtselfmeter rated it
August 10, 2018
Status: c2
Couldnt bring myself to read past chapter 2... Its written very poorly, the MC feels like a robot and the author tries to justify his actions with "bullied in the past", which doesnt help improve the first impression of the MC in any way. Also there is a possible "harem development" in the 2nd chapter, which doesnt give me any hope that the novel will get better. (Note; I dont know if its really harem, because I stopped)
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Sceer
Sceer rated it
August 5, 2018
Status: c258
The first few arcs were interesting. Link uses his wits with his rapid spellcasting to defeat enemies. But later on it starts getting ridiculous, high level spells cast rapidly and many enemies die in just 1 second but it already comprises many paragraphs. And other elements in the story are being added such as an OP robot, a girl who can predict the a few seconds into the future, etc.

I recommend reading it up to chapter 242 only :)
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lolerdog
lolerdog rated it
July 30, 2018
Status: c285
Started off quite strong, but as of chapter 285 things are really starting to go downhill...

Author makes every human other than MC utterly ret*rded. Doesn't make sense how the humans are still alive and have a large territory when without Link they're useless. Also Link isn't too smart either tbh

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Spoiler

Whenever Link captures important villains and gives them to the guards to send back to the city, they ALWAYS escape, it's so predictable and Link doesn't seem to learn, he should just kill them or escort the guards, but instead he decides to just let them get rescued so that he has more time to study.

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Another big problem is that the author is so bad with power levels

Spoiler

Nana is a magic puppet who was semi-legendary, defeating people with divine arms and level-8 characters with total ease, and then Link upgrades Nana with some space time powers and epic equipment, and then somehow she can't even kill a random level-7 demon?? Even though she shat on Wavier who could take hits from Level-9 spells??

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However the world is cool, MC pretty badass, and abilities are fairly interesting

It's been 300 chapters and only the recent 20 chapters or so have been painful to read, the rest is pretty cool, there's still time for the story to get back on track

Overall 4/5 <<less
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stanljpierre
stanljpierre rated it
August 18, 2022
Status: Completed
This novel is average at best and honestly quite the chore to read. First hundred or so chapters may have piqued my interest, but it gradually became harder to read. MC has experience from the game and whatnot, but is constantly making mistakes and getting outplayed. The enemies were certainly smart, but I felt that the MC was just rather pathetic to constantly be schemed against and only being able to retaliate afterwards.

Then there’s my issue with him constantly letting his enemies get away or him simply not killing them... more>> and they returning to cause further trouble in the future. Time after time his enemies have escaped him, but he never learns or there’s always some bs that comes up that manages to save their lives. So annoying reading about such c*ckroach like characters.

Last stretch of the novel was nothing to praise either. Don’t feel that it was particularly rush, but it just felt lackluster and rather forced.

Definitely wouldn’t think about ever reading this again, the only reason I read to the end being that it didn’t have too many chapters. <<less
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WiLeY BiGhEaD
WiLeY BiGhEaD rated it
September 30, 2019
Status: c726
The novel began really well. It was interesting, structured, and fulfilling. It had romance, exciting enemies, a logical plot, and a structured world. Then it slowly took a turn for the worse. I don’t know why but so many wuxia authors are obsessed with the making their protagonist omnipotent while explaining all the truths of the universe. It is so unnecessary and creates so many problems. The novel changes from ‘advent of the archmage’ to ‘advent of the most super awesome powerful being ever’ and it really ruins the story.... more>> The interesting plot and the structured world just get thrown out the window in favour of repetitive escalations to the antagonists. Defeat the super powerful bad guy that can devour millions of souls at once only to turn around and fight someone stronger.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing and can still be satisfactory if done well but it is not. The author try’s and fails to sway the emotions of the reader again and again by breaking their own rules and manipulating character personalities so that everyone becomes a hypocrite. Determined by And after so many failed attempts my emotional investment in the characters was gone. SPOILER: I felt nothing when he killed his former lover. Even less than the protagonist himself felt.

Overall: below average, I won’t bother reading it again. <<less
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Emmeth
Emmeth rated it
February 2, 2019
Status: c726
Just finished Advent of the Archmage; I found it to be reasonably enjoyable. Though not the greatest book (see: Brandon Sanderson's Way of Kings), it's good enough that I don't mind a 5-star for sake of the "Should I read it or not?" factor. Please note, this rating is only relevant if you're looking for something that fits the tags the book comes with. Namely things like a game system, crossing over into another world, and a rather powerful main character.

Worth noting - Side characters are developed. Even if they... more>> start weakly introduced or oddly inserted into the story (ie. Love interests), they for the most part develop into individual characters with their own interests, motives, specialties, and so on. There are defining interactions with his best friends, of both genders. Many of them separate from Link, the main character, for the purpose of seeking their own path.

Won't say too much, but if you're looking for a decently lengthy read to keep you busy for a week or two, this is a fair one. Isn't perfect compared to great books like the Chronicles of Narnia, but then again, it's plenty good for a webnovel. <<less
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AskPlays
AskPlays rated it
December 23, 2018
Status: c769
I loved this novel, Read the whole thing, it was great. It's about a guy who is the best mage (archmage) in a game. He finishes the game and is then transported to a world which the game is based upon. He gets introduced to the world with a intergration called the game system (His cheat). It also gives him most of his quests (Tiny bit of hand holding). Here he learns how to be a proper mage.

About the charcter: His motivation is about learning magic and the truth of... more>> the world. He isn't a hero of justice (ret*rd hero) or a muscle brain (Doesn't pick fights for no reason). He doesn't care about morality if its for the greater good of magic research. He is loyal to his partner (+-SMOL HAREM). He has a big soul/brain (Cheat). It gives him perfect memory and fast thinking.

Now some pros and cons:

+Great MC (Smart, morals, choices).

+Nice world, quite in depth. (Reminds me of WMW)

+Great fight scene descriptions.

+Great power system. (Reminds me of WMW)

-Rushed ending.

-fights get worse over time mechanicaly.

-Plot armor to drive the story forward 2 or 3 times (story arcs).

Overall second favorite novel I have read. (WMW #1) <<less
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ThirdTwin
ThirdTwin rated it
August 23, 2018
Status: --
I thought this would be something good like Amber Sword but it's just went down hill. He's a level zero mage and can kill elite assasins while level 4 mages die? Lol, atleast make some sense when you write novel.
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ShinUon
ShinUon rated it
June 17, 2018
Status: c196
There are two big things that make this novel interesting. The first is the main character. The second is the plot structure.

The MC in this story is very different from those in other stories. While he does have the fortune of having talent/gifts/blessings, the primary driver for his successes and rapid growth is his laser-focused concentration and dedicated effort. As a mage, he lives and breathes magical studies. If he's not sleeping, he's probably spending 95% of his time thinking of ways to improve his survivability, develop new spells, practicing... more>> to speed up his casting times, or some other activity for improving himself. This single-minded pursuit of magic and self-improvement has to be respected, and he doesn't let himself get distracted even by the beautiful women around him.

The second thing is the plot keeps plenty of crises for the MC. In fact, the story starts off with a major crisis. Admittedly, I think the first one does go on for a bit too many chapters considering it's the beginning of the novel, but it's still interesting enough. Underlying all the crises the MC has to get through is a major conspiracy/strategic plotting by the enemy forces in the war, with the MC trying to stay ahead. Therefore there isn't much fluff in the plot as everything ties together and the MC's motivations for getting involved in the mini-plots make sense.

Overall, a good read. <<less
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frostcrystal
frostcrystal rated it
May 17, 2018
Status: --
It's quite entertaining, but the game world's extremely simple setup at first is detrimental to the story. It's too simple - the protagonist just earns points and buys spells, and it feels a bit unsatisfactory in that sense. Luckily, the protagonist eventually "outgrows" the game system altogether; something to look forward to!
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EricBannen
EricBannen rated it
February 11, 2018
Status: c514
Latest UPDATE: The novel became tr*sh after Link progresses...??????

Another novel where Good MC becomes an Evil mofo... 2/5☣☣☣☣☣

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... more>> __________________________________________________________________

I love novels with elements where past mistakes could be rectified...✨✨✨✨

I am happy to have started a good novel... ✨✨✨✨

MC not an amoral bastard, he has a kind and benevolent persona who does not hesitate to act when required....✨✨✨✨????

This attitude of the character is brilliant...✨✨✨✨

He is hard working and his growth is very well defined ????

DOWNSIDE: he is dull to romance, a bit similar to Theodore of 'Book Eating Magician'????

EDIT: the story has very small bit of harem elements and also some tr*sh talk... But overall the quality and pace is quite good throughout ^^

He is not like MCs who kill just because they feel upset... It has elements from Amber Sword, Night Ranger and is well thought out in its uniqueness.... I would definitely suggest this novel... ?✨✨✨✨

I give it 4.7/5 (my highest rating till now) ???? <<less
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mShashu17
mShashu17 rated it
November 30, 2022
Status: Completed
What a great read...

I did not expect anything good when I started it, from reviews I thought it's gonna be mid cultivation novel with cliché troupes.. Although there are some clichés but that too was fun to read...

Story only started interesting on premise of typical transmigration isekai plot and lasted till the prologue arc and few succeeding arcs... World building was good but have many redundancies in power system, because of that 1st of if the story was lackluster and boring to read.. Although world building and action took most... more>> of the part but a solid plot wasn't found when packed with redundancy of power system and constant war action in the first part, and adventure elements in those parts too got swallowed up in those mayhem like politics and wars and those too were quite hectic because events involving these elements just keep happening one after another that there was no breaks between arcs...

However, in 2nd half after the world building and power system redundancies are minimize, the adventure elements and world exploration with stable plot was on the stage and it was fascinating... 2nd half always have something new and interesting in it, either it was psychological warfare, new adventures, lores, actions, villains, etc... All those were fascinating to read..

And even till the end, story did not disappoint and kept me hooked up with it..

I've seen many novels which give feelings of hollowness in the end and make the previous stories and developments throughout the story look meaningless which often ruin the story, but this story didn't give such vibes and ended in good and meaningful note..😳

Character development throughout the story was a bit contradicting, and vague as to in which direction author wanted to develop the protagonist but in the end it was summerize with 1 word "freedom"... Also the character narratives throughout the story was mostly to glorify the MC and his character and accomplishments, which made most of the time character development seemed empty and flawed... Only real development we see was near the ending... So yeah character development wasn't as good as other elements... and since MC didn't get justice in character development, expect less from other side characters.. Although character portrayals were great and role divided between different side characters were the pillar to support the story and story didn't relied one dimensionally on the MC but many sets of different characters contributed as well and made story not Centralized to MC but revolves around him for most of the time.. Also besides the MC there were few other characters got brief development too and those were better than MC's..

I enjoyed the adventure and world building the most but power system and character development were bland for my taste.

PS - power system in the 1st half was explained similarly like in Throne of magical arcana novel <<less
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kieleich
kieleich rated it
June 5, 2021
Status: c142
If you're looking for something extremely simple and relaxing, this might just work for you.

MC is overpowered from page one, and basically never faces much of a challenge. Most battles take only like 3 seconds but are broken down into 0.01 second steps (bullet time). MC always got the right spell at hand or can instantly buy it from cheat menu, and for everything else he has like 250 IQ and everything he touches turns into gold.

Do not expect terribly interesting plot, or challenging cultivation story, or anything other here.... more>> This is your average wish-fulfillment novel in a Harry Potter-esque magic world setting (spells, wands, potions, school). Giant plot holes aside, the writing is solid: the novel does not aspire to be anything more than it is. World and surrounding plot and MC's magic research is barely interesting enough to keep things afloat. <<less
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