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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line8 Volumes / 1394 Chapters (Main)
36 Chapters (Side Story)
2 Chapters (Bonus Story)
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All Time Rank: #587
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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 hope to become a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, what lurking evil murmurs into our ears?
Waking up to face a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian-era world. He discovers a realm filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships and various contraptions, alongside Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards and Sealed Artifacts…
The Light continues to shine, yet the mystery has never strayed far. Follow Klein as he becomes entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers through the Beyonder potions.
Like its 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 lineLOTM
Penguasa Misteri
Quỷ Bí Chi Chủ
Senhor dos Mistérios
Señor de los Misterios
لورد الغوامض
ราชันเร้นลับ
ราชันโลกพิศวง
序列的戰爭 (old)
詭秘の主
诡秘之主 (new)
신비의 제왕
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01/30/19 | Webnovel | c85 |
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- I enjoyed the bits where they talk about the reality of poverty, and the inequality of wealth etc
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- The sheer amount of suspense and mysteries meant that I was kept wondering about the truth even till the later parts of the story and every time something big dropped I was kept fixated on the next chapters and then even more chapters till the next morning
Main characterstarting a foundation under Dwayne Dantes to help impoverished kids, and this is focused on education so that they would be able to live a better life in the future
"Uh, that Chief wishes to receive Mr. Fool's blessings? Mr. Fool also needs some blessings right now
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such as Amon being able to steal it, getting his connection cut off etc
how he tries to help Old Kohler by offering him a job, giving him dignity from working rather than just providing the money, how he tries to get Mike Joseph to help Daisy
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- People have meaning in his life - people actually have meaning in this story and do not fizzle and disappear just because they've been dead or removed from the story. Klein doesn't treat the lives of people like weeds and they all play a part in showing his humanity which again, is very realistic, yet rare for a protagonist to have (or maybe authors just do not portray it well/forget about this aspect).
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I would go on and on about how much I like how real he is. Maybe the only thing slightly lacking in realism is how fast he adapted to killing people if I remember correctly?
Other charactersDunn, Old Neil and Mr Azik were always special to Klein as they were people who he could rely on, and he continuously thought about them, even till the end. His family, friends and lifestyle on old Earth was still something he thought about frequently even after knowing the truth, until the end.
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- Mr Azik was also one of my favourites - I loved how he was introduced and how he was always willing to lend a hand to Klein. Even though Klein wasn't able to 100% share everything with him, he had such a big impact on Klein's life that he
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Because of this great characterisation of the side chars, I wanted to know more about them and to see them thriving.
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- One of the side characters I loved the most was Colin Iliad the Chief from the City of Silver - his portrayal was very well done - intelligent and charismatic. He was courageous and dared to take risks without sacrificing the residents.
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- Another side character well done was probably Audrey. The author portrays her as a naive and optimistic girl who matures later on while under the guidance of The World and The Hanged Man, but still remains her pure heart which turns out to be what Klein really needed. Later on, as she expanded her horizons a knew about the reality of people including her family, she fell into a state of dilemma to which Klein told her,
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I loved this exchange because it was a much needed thing for Audrey to hear at that moment.
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- I do also like every single one of the Tarot Club members, but Leonard Mitchell is special as someone who knows Klein the most other than Audrey amongst the Tarot Club members, which can be seen by how Klein often chats with him in private and shows more of his true self in front of Leonard. I found it endearing how he noticed/remembered Klein's money-mindedness? And brought it up during the Hall of Truth. I also found it touching how he
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Antagonistswrote so many letters to update him
"If I wanted to give you my blessings, I wouldn't have said that. I would have said, I hope that you will still love your family and friends after seeing them as they are."
bought the poem anthologies at the end to prepare writing poems for Klein when he fell into a slumber in an attempt to wake him up faster, even though he is such a bad poet
- I find almost every antagonist interesting, but found myself really liking Amon as a character - he only appeared in the later parts of the novel but he left such an impact on me I was shocked. I did see some spoilers about him being a good threat to Klein but the way he appeared and his quirks and powers just blew me off. In the end, after getting to know more about him,
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and I love this aspect of them both.
- Adam was interesting too but most of my attention was just swept away by Amon's style
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- Medici isn't exactly an antagonist I guess but he was interesting as a character. I ended up really loving the Hunter pathway in the end because they were hilarious
Things I didn't like: The pacing of the last volumeit might be a case where Klein seems more "cowardly" on the surface, but is crazier on the inside, and Amon seems more crazy on the surface, but is more "cowardly" on the inside.
Beware of the spectator am I right haha
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- I found that the whole thing was too rushed, and everything could have been fleshed out more. Initially, I thought that it was rushed because the author wanted a build up to Part II, but after skimming through Part II's details and reviews both on English and Chinese platforms, it seemed that it didn't do well as a continuation of Part I. Some people have argued that it's because COI was meant to be a standalone book but if that's the case, the author should even more so focus on properly expanding the details in the last volume and even include another volume for Part I.
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- I want to know more about Klein and Leonard's relationship and bond in the later parts - Klein's bonds with other characters like Old Kohler, Dunn, etc were obvious and well written in the earlier books which made this novel stand out in comparison to others - but in the later volumes the emphasis on relationships and bonds fizzled out which was a shame imo. I also don't think it was fair for his servants under the name of Dwayne Dantes to be left hanging like that too (yes, they had one or two lines describing them in the end but I think it could have been expanded a little more). Moreover, I feel like it would have also added a nice touch if
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Other random things I liked:Emlyn managed to figure out that Sherlock Moriarty was the World/Klein told him about it, given that Emlyn treated Sherlock as his only friend other than Father Utravsky.
That he was single till the end - a series doesn't need romance to be good. I'm sick of the saturation of romance in novels, but even without my own personal leanings, I believe that this choice made sense because Klein just wasn't in the mood for romance. Moreover, he knew that he would be utterly selfish if he were to date someone and return home (at the start) ; and now that he's truly become the owner of Sefirah Castle and bore a heavy fate, it's even more unlikely that romance would be a thing. After all, Klein is mature and focused.
" Believe in the might of deities, but do not trust "Their" benevolence "
"Always remember you are a he, not a 'He.'"
"I won't lose too much, just myself. There are always some things that are more important than others. "
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The translations I would give it an 7.5/10; most of the translations were alright but I would rather frequently encounter paragraphs that were utterly incoherent, or did not convey what the novel was actually saying. For example, guesses that a character made were written as if it was a certainty, sentences that indicated negativity would be translated into positivity (for example, if a scenario was said to not be able to happen, the translations would say that it would happen). In one or two chapters, a small chunk of the chapter was cut off too. I had to constantly switch between the raws and translations just in case something was missing or translated wrongly."Are you scared?", "No", "Great Master, are you afraid?", "Yes."
- Solid history
- Good range of culture
- Unique power system
- Clear social division
Characters: 10/10... more>>- Coming back to add in that there really is a lot of unnecessary filler. An 1/3th of an entire chapter could be spent on describing appearances, scenery, and things of similar nature. Sometimes the description of a single thing takes 3 paragraphs. The pacing usually slow but there's a lot to learn so it's understandable otherwise.
- The MC really does think one dimensionally. He doesn't seem to be capable of realizing that sometimes necessary evils exist. Even though his moral code doesn't get in the way of the progress too much, it's still annoying to witness when a bunch of time is wasted because the MC wants to be a righteous cuck.
- One of the things about this that really gets me though is that the MC never seems to really lose. He seems to have this impenetrable plot armor that surrounds him. Things usually always go his way. He's always involved in matters that have beings that are levels beyond his and but yet he's always coming out on top in the end.
Conclusion: One... more>>