All the Way Down [Old and Dropped]

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Description

How does a reformed grim dark monstrosity make a life in a suspiciously noble bright world?

After escaping a looping isekai hell, our hero/ine Max and their handy dandy war golem sidekick Miles try to find semi-stability in a not-dead world. Instead, they end up surrounded by paranormal weirdness, ducking fangs, claws, their accidentally/intentionally acquired god(dess) responsibilities, and dodging any weird romantic entanglements that might cause more problems than they are ready to handle. Thousands of lives let Max see and avoid most trope flags, but being social and actually living is the hardest part.

Can the two find a way to just exist without a looping hero/ villain arc? Can they finally find a way to lock themselves out of the death spiral of heroism/villainy? Will Max ever get the bunker of their dreams?

References to self-harm, suicide (like, right out of the gate), gore, sex, and profanity. Irreverence to gender and gender identity. Irreverence to gender roles. Heresy to gods, monsters, god-like monsters, and monster-like gods.

Please see the CW flags.

(Freshly edited to be friendlier to you Lightmode reading weirdos as of 3/30/24)

[Failed Participant in the Royal Road Writathon Challenge]

Information

Status: Cancelled
Year: 2023
Author: Noon Martini

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.6/ 5.0
Followers: 92
Views: 61,222

Chapters(44 total)

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Community Reviews(4)

AliceUwURoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Seriously, this is awesome. Explores a character who has lived an unholy amount of time and done everything. Somewhat morbid and full of gallows humor, but I hung my humor a long time ago, so it is perfect imho. I like the introduction of the golems buddy, and I am seriously excited to see what havoc our dashing duo will unleash. I am already in mourning over how few chapters there are
Ebil-OneRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Not your usual isekai or reincarnation setup this one, which makes it all the more entertaining. If your looking for the classic good vs evil/harem/reverse-harem ect look else where, this book skirts the rules and looks to break them where applicable. In attempting to circumvent any flags our mc triggers them, allowing hilarity to ensue with the chaos. All in all enjoyable so far and can't wait to see how it develops.
Fnord13Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Are you tired of Isekai/progression/portal stories in which the MC accumulates enormous power and comes to dominate his or her new world? The MC in this story is far, far more tired of such stories, because they have been living such grimdark stories for an uncounted number of lives. At this point, all she desperately wants is to avoid all the tropes found in almost every single Royal Road story, and live a simple, noncomplicated life. Unfortuately for her and her newly found War Golem companion, that's not going to happen.
There are so far only 5 chapters, so we still know little about the setting, but so far this story is promising. The world it is set in seems to be complex and interesting. It has multiple sentient species, and a technology level comparable to our world.
The characters introduced in Chapter 5 are quite diverse, and each of the four species introduced is written in a somewhat distinctive style. Several of them sound like they will be sympathetic to most readers, and one potential villain is a rather brutal and nasty but still intelligent crime lord.
The spelling and grammar are fairly good, although the author occasionally makes mistakes and omits small words from a few sentences.
The plot hasn't really gotten started yet, mostly because the world's System is down and has not yet been rebooted. But it is probably only a matter of time before the Hero and/or Dark Lord programs get reactivated. The MC will do her best to keep that from happening.
kellanvedRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Binged the whole thing, it takes an interesting premise - serial isekai person escaping to post system bullshit fantasyland, with all the baggage accumulated over many many lives lived and died - and just runs with it to great effect.
It has found family, recovery, life as a fae, starting magical Amazon to perform economic warfare, a bunch of murder, and even more entertainingly a look into old monsters' courtships and pretty out there sex lives.
Some minuses, I feel that the characterization has suffered a bit as the case increased in size, and there is quite a bit of exposition at times.