A Guy, A Latte and Status Screen.

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Description

Wa Lui Qi is an ordinary 19 y.o guy that has a weird power. Just when he thought his life couldn't get any weirder, a floating message appears in front of his eyes and bestows him with another extraordinary, if not supernatural powers.

And there is no apocalypse, no alien invasion, no demon lord, or evil organization that planned to take over Earth. Then what is the point of having the skill to use a bow or dual wielding swords in Manhattan?

How about Fire Magic? Fire Magic is cool but totally useless.

Lightning magic? at least he doesn't need to worry about the electric bill anymore.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2019

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.2/ 5.0
Followers
143
Views
22,736

Chapters(16 total)

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Community Reviews(7)

  • VenomRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    *As of chapter 12*
    Nice, something different so do give it a try. Really liking it as of now ❤️❤️
  • Undead WriterRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    So far, so good.  Love to see where this goes.
  • obranRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I’m not sure why I enjoy this but I do.  It seems to be about a guy who wants to put as little effort and imagination as possible into his life being suddenly given magical powers and finding a way to contnue just getting by.  LitRPG for slackers.
  • DeideRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    ...
    I don't know what i just read but i like it!!!
    I don't give five star only because the grammar(and consequently the flow) isn't the best.
    If the author can correct that, then this story here is 5 star guarranteed!
    Whatever happens,
    Keep up the good work!!!
  • argusthecatRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    This is the kind of weird urban fantasy litRPG thing that I like.  The system has the author's own personal flare to it, while still being recognizeable, and it goes a long way to making this particular story feel like we're discovering stuff right along side our protagonist.  The escalation of events also feels organic, with the main character apparantly having oopsed his way into a darker world where things don't quite make sense, when all he really wants to do is be able to afford the rent.
    Let me tell you, as someone who writes a power fantasy myself where the fantasy is 'paying the bills on time', this story speaks to me in that regard.
    So far (chapter 12) it's been a fun ride, and I look forward to seeing the author get progressively more creative with skills and their modern day applications.
    Now, criticisms.  First off, the protagonist is sometimes a bit abrasive.  I get that this is a character thing, and *usually* it fits.  But there's a couple instances where it feels like he's just a dick for the sake of being a dick, and that didn't really work for me.  Even if there was just a sentence where he considers the fact that he's being spiteful on purpose, that would have made it flow a lot better.  Overall, though, that's a small point.  Also, conversations are sometimes hard to follow, with dialogue being sort of unclear, like both characters are providing exposition to the camera and not actually talking to each other.
    The big point, though, is the grammar.  It's not the worst thing ever, it's still readable.  But there are a lot of little errors that add up over time, and make the experience of the story a bit difficult to parse in places.  This *especially* comes up in terms of the conversations, as mentioned.  They're hard to read, hard to follow, and leave me feeling like I know less about the characters than when I started.  That, mixed with several idioms that don't seem to translate well into English, leaves the story looking kind of messy in places
  • blahblahblahblahblahRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Fun to read. keep it up. The story is promising and looking forward to it.
  • MidnightKissRoyal Road
    ★★ 1.5
    err, self-correction, the saving the entire part involving the kid was basically ripped from the manwha 'ability' with a few alterations to make it sync up to this story, not trying to knock the author or anything, they've got a good style, but perhaps not doing such things is a good idea