It is simply written. Forge, improve, get attacked, overcome, win, forge, repeat.

Not much character development or world building.

Very simply written but not a bad time pass.

However it is INCOMPLETE - it ends at chapter 200 however the story does not end, it just stops mid-way. So even though it says completely translated and finished it is not.

The concept is pretty good. The writing, not so much. The world building is pretty much non-existent. The side characters even seems like disposable. For example, he got someone the MC loved deeply (as described) but their interactions are minimal. She is very rarely mentioned. The plot is also quite forced. But, although those are glaring issues regarding the novel, it is still readable. The novel seems like the work of an amateur but who knows? We might an improvement as the story goes

Jeez. I made a whole NU account to rate this. Well in my opinion it isn't bad. There's just no description about literally anything.

The lack of world-building is insane. All the setting we've had is the blacksmith shop. And that one time he went out to buy ores or whatever. I don't even remember where he was and I read that like 3 mins ago. We don't even know the name of the city he's in, the continent, or the world. We don't even know anyone apart from our main character, his lover, foster father, and the father of his lover, love rival, and love rival's father. You might say that it's only the first 8 chapters and I shouldn't be so harsh. But the thing is that I can't even try to enjoy this with how hollow it is right now.

But anyways, the story is just like the description and it's nothing more nothing less. Don't expect a fantastic love story, or a great plot with beautiful world-building. From the first 8 chapters I've read, every character has been extremely 2 dimensional. There's no reason for why the characters do things. It just happens.

As someone who has only read somewhat decent to great novels, this is really a step down for me. Maybe I'm just being picky, but I feel like this novel is hollow. In my opinion, you would have to be a new reader to even try to enjoy this. I can't feel any emotion, and the novel is pretty fast-paced from the first 8 chapters. Maybe it'll get better later, but I hope my review can give some insight.