Finished reading the novel.

It's a masterpiece. It's not the generic story like reincarnation, regression, isekai, transmigration that's a win for me. And just like the keyword is a multipov. All the characters are three dimensional even the villain. The author's writing skills are excellent man. It's poetic like you're reading a poem here. Almost like an old literary story but packaged more lightly and beautifully. The story is not light but not too heavy either. The drama, the fight, the comedy, the angsty all well packaged👌 I'm rereading it now... more>> after the manhwa release and I still got the impression I got when I first read it & notice the details more that I'm missing before. Chefs kiss <<less

This is a very honest and good novel and the translator (s?) did a pretty great job.

The novel describes the saga of a boy who starts off on one of the bottom most rungs of society and rises up in strength and authority with a lot of effort and a somewhat lucky encounter.

You might say that's cliche and unoriginal and honestly, I can't disagree. It's like eating an amazing cheese burger - nothing too fancy or unoriginal but hooks you in with its generous filling and harmonious blend of... more>> flavor and texture.

The chapters are very very wholesome, as is the story. Each chapter ends with a satisfying conclusion which is such a stark contrast to today's cliffhanger bait novels. It's also not isekai/reincarnation trope so props for that.

Compelling characters, engaging plot, wholesome chapters and an honest writing makes this novel worthy of recommendation. 9.5/10 <<less

Filler review until there are more chapters, not leaving a rating for now.

These first 10 chapters are like a prologue. A boy from the slums works for a gang, but conflict leads to him needing to escape the city for his life. He is going to take the path of the sword and is probably going to get super powerful and get revenge.

So far so good. It's way more serious and is different stylistically compared to other East Asian webnovels. NOT a reincarnation/transmigration story, at least not so far. Still... more>> establishing the story, it hasn't gotten into the meat of the plot yet, but it's promising. Preliminary 4/5. <<less

So far the novel is good. I read this after read the manhwa. It's good that there's no different, easy to understand and look interesting. I was never interested in novel with Sword master or that kind of Fantasy genre. B'cuz I can't imagine the Sword fight scene, so I prefer the manhwa. But this one is good. It means, the novel describe the event very well even a dumbass like me can understand a Little.

GRADE:

9/10 (Good novel, a ol' knight novel)

TLTR:

Its a nice story, zero to hero, a nive protagonist, and a interesting setting, you can say its simple, but sometimes, simple things are the best, personally I like the magic/spirit system, and the only downside is the obvious plotpoints, you can already see some plotwist from miles away, but nevertheless, such a nice reading, and personally I will be waiting for the rest of the chapters.

Read it if you are fan of knight stories, stories of heroes and growth.

It's a decent novel don't get me wrong but... the main thing is

Atleast by chapter 87, which is where I stopped. The MC simply does not make a single decision by himself; every single decision is made by other characters for him, marriage proposal? entire decision made by another character.. basically being forced to marry some random Nobel women he has spent perhaps... a few minutes with at max and he's completely fine with it.

And that's ignoring everything else, anything he does or will do is just decided by the... more>> actions of others; the only thing he did because HE wanted to do 'it' is saving his childhood friend and someone else...

I just want the MC to have some depth, make decisions himself... be a character and not a self-insertion. But seems like that's asking for too much. <<less

note I didn't get far enough for the main plot

The novel was too slow paced with too much emphasis on world building for me. It isn't the good kind of slow pacing either. As there isn't anything really going on. In essence, at least so far, it's been a slice of life type filler on world building emphasis before it goes to the main plot.

It's also only been like 2 chaps yet the guy has a female lead he super close with from get go and some prostit**es offering... more>> to mingle for cheap cause they like him 🤷‍♂️

I didn't want to invest my time reading this anymore. <<less