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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.“The son of god Gula has returned.”
I was lost in the world of gambling.
I turned my back on my family and even betrayed my lover.
I wasted every day of my life.
It was a life of tr*sh.
The reality told me thus:
That I would amount to nothing no matter what I did.
In order to change my pathetic life, I chose fantasy, instead.
Even then, it was the same story.
I wondered if salvation would come at the end of the long road.
But, I was forced to kneel down in defeat in front of a powerful entity.
The tower I built up with my own hands crumbled into nothingness.
Just for once, I dearly wished to know the truth about myself.
“Come closer, my child…”
I will not hold back this time.
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Born with “lucky eyes,” Seol has always been able to choose the path to good fortune. But absorbed in gluttony, he exploits his loved ones, runs from debt, and loses his powers. He tries to escape from his life on Earth and travels to the world of Lost Paradise, where he is forced into servitude as a wretched, but powerful warrior battling a legion of evil.
He dies miserably – but a goddess sends a vision of this terrible future to his past self. Armed with this insight of what he could become, can he redeem himself and overcome the horrors that await?
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탐식의 재림
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Date | Group | Release |
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06/26/19 | Wuxiaworld | c5 |
06/26/19 | Wuxiaworld | c4 |
06/26/19 | Wuxiaworld | c3 |
06/26/19 | Wuxiaworld | c2 |
06/26/19 | Wuxiaworld | c1 |
It's an ok read that managed to fix itself before it got worse. The first 30 chapters are probably the weakest parts of the novel. Later chapters are ok but lots of pointlessly edgy content including r*pe, r*pe and more r*pe. Just because it's "mature" doesn't mean r*pe has to be the default theme.
Apparently the author wrote a similar time-travel type novel "Memorize", also a weak MC getting a second chance, but reviews weren't good. Translation quality is decent. PREMISE
A down-and-out man gets the chance to "relive" his life, where previously he had isekai'd into another world as part of a ongoing battle to help the residents defeat unknown invaders. CHARACTERS
MC was born with the ability to "see" opportunity/danger, basically an enhanced "Spidey-sense". He squanders it in his youth, becoming a believable douchebag in the process (author spent quite some time chronicling his fall from grace). Thankfully plot progresses quickly and MC is given some foresight/emotional impetus to change, but becomes conveniently OP way too quickly before it's somewhat fixed. So now he's just normally OP.
His future self sends some memories/emotions to his current self before dying, just so he could make better decisions this time around. Not sure why such a distinction was made. It would've made no difference if he was directly sent into the past instead.
I'm guessing the author wanted a way to handicap MC's foresight so his knowledge isn't perfect, but also gift the MC a strong desire to change himself. Pointlessly confusing.
However the author provided MC with too much plot armor too early (covered below), realized he made a mistake, and thankfully reversed course within a span of 10 chapters.
(1) MC got conveniently OP too quickly
It didn't make sense to be randomly rewarded a whole bunch of cheat items just because of his foresight. And they were such ridiculous cheats --
spell balls that KO everything, diaries/walkthroughs that literally tell you exactly how to complete a mission.
It made the MC's progress through the 1st tutorial completely boring before it got nerfed in the 2nd tutorial. The fact that his cheats explicitly got nerfed tells you the author realized his mistake.
-- The point system math doesn't make sense. Tens of thousands of bonus points are given with pointless multipliers. There's something wrong with author's system design if multipliers have to be added. -- Multiple tutorials with tons of referral agents? Nonsense bureaucracy??
The isekai'd humans go through a tutorial (supposedly to weed out the weak). Then basically another tutorial to "train" them before sending them out to fight for the new world. Why don't the tons of referral agents just choose better human candidates in the first place and have 1 tutorial?
That's the problem with these summon-weak-humans-to-fight-another-world's-problems genre. They never explain why Earthlings are supposed to be better candidates to be saviors of humanity. It used to be just one guy who isekai'd and got lucky with growth cheats. Now everybody and their mom gets to go over for no reason. -- Leveling system is clunky. There has to be a better way to represent attribute levels other than low-mid, medium-high. Either use numbers, or introduce clearer levels.
The introduction of "disposition/temperament" stat is also odd. It's implicitly understood people can change their character (although difficult). Is there really a need to have that noted in a character sheet? Seems like just a lazy way to track down a characters personality. -- The multiple races transmigrating into Paradise, turning on each other and eventually uniting against a common enemy (Parasites) seem clunky. Maybe there's a grander scheme going on, but is there really a need for this odd setup? Why not just do the Middle-Earth thing, all inhabitant races vs Uruk-Hai and other demonic races? -- Pointlessly edgy content including r*pe and forced imp**gnation of humanoid races by Parasites. Really? Why does the author feel the need to go there? The initial premise was Parasites killing and turning corpses into hosts (i.e. ZOMBIES) . It suddenly changed after Chapter 90 for no reason whatsoever. There is a time and place to introduce emotionally difficult scenarios (rape, mu*der, etc), but this absolutely isn't it. Felt like just some random crap thrown in. Literally, it's random named characters who are suddenly introduced, captured, and their miserable fate is made known when the MC comes across them. Very disappointing choice by author. (3) Singular plot, which is good
So far it looks like MC is just being led towards the singular purpose of trying to be a successful isekai'er that helps the new world against invaders. Hopefully it doesn't turn out like "The Novel's Extra" with multiple convoluted/useless plot threads. (4) Novel prologue is badly written, whole lot of useless exposition
I get that the author is trying to setup MC's future-self POV in the new world (his relationship with the gods and otherworldly side characters). But it's pointlessly confusing, way too long, unsure if there'll ever be a proper explanation.
Five people standing/lying around on a battlefield talking to each other in a 3300+ word essay:
(1) an unnamed princess,
(2) an unnamed spearman/enemy who stabbed the princess for some reason
(3) some random unnamed dude that tried to save her and got KO'd
(4) the MC found dying on the ground, and
(5) the god.
That's not a prologue, author needs to go back to writing class.
Was there a need to introduce the unnamed princess, or that the god owes the princess a favor and is therefore obligated to aid the MC to send his memories into the past? Or that it took the author 3300+ words when the average chapter is <2500 words?? That's a classic sin for ALL AUTHORS.
Most readers would have dropped the novel by now with such a weak hook.
Eventually it's just a small reveal that the lesser 7 gods formed a pact to protect the local inhabitants (Paradisians) and communicated mainly with Paradisian royalty. Not even a surprise.