Before They Came (Magical Apocalypse)

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Description

Our way of life it ended faster than we ever thought possible. It didn't happen with a nuclear war, an asteroid, or a damn ice age. It ended because of another war, far away from us. TheRipplesfrom that war changed the fabric of everything. If only we had known that it was just the beginning.

Btw, the beginning chapters are short, but get longer as the story goes on. Thank you for your time and your patience.

CLARIFIER:

The MC struggles with himself.

He has human flaws including IGNORANCE.

The MC starts the story out drunk, which has a major impact on the story in the beginning and way beyond.

The story takes time to unfold, please be patient.

This story does not shy away from the darker elements of life.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2019
Author
nathanv70

Tags

ACTIONFANTASYADVENTUREMAGICCOMEDYSUPERNATURALMALE LEADPOST APOCALYPTICGRIMDARK

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.2/ 5.0
Followers
1,138
Views
1,111,320

Chapters(161 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • readalotRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    MC is from Earth and was an everyman: Check
    Slightly crazy and funny: Check
    Magic and apocalypse: Check
    Mythology: Check
    Inventions galore: Check
    Some base building: Check
    Credible threats with solid reasons to fight them: Check
    Harem: No thank god
  • AquillanRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I follow a lot of books on RRL.
    This is one of only 2 that I wait eagerly for updates.
    Excellent start to an awesome story.
  • ToastdragonRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This was a bit hard to read at the beginning, when he was overpowered, but as i kept reading it got better. I hope you keep weiting this!
  • cantabricapRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This is the first time I’ve left a review here on Royal Road and I have to say that I absolutely love this story. I’m so sad that it ended so abruptly and I would just really appreciate it if you would at least finish the story. I understand that you are trying to create a quality Book and believe me you have so far! So this review is basically just me asking you to continue. I don’t even mind paying for it if you do end up publishing it.
  • 3nd3r5lay3rRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This is a pretty dope story although I don't know why nathanv70 suddenly stopped posting a month ago. Hey, nathanv70 I can't wait for the next chapter! words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words
  • rabRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    The story is the usual system assimilation trope -- Earth is being assimilated into a system-based universe, the MC needs to choose their powers and survive the new dangers with the help of magick.
    Drawing heavy inspiration from the Daniel Black series MC chooses to have sorcery over flesh, earth, water, and finally magic itself -- granting innate, master-level, subconscious knowledge of everything that uses mana (conjuring, banhishment, enchanting, runes, etc). Also like Daniel Black, MC needs to feel he is the smartest person in the room, belittle women, look busy, and solve all problems by blowing or burying things up.
    The story is generally entertaining, which is the main point of reading such novel. Stuff happens with the MC, the universe is plausible -- I particularly like the Chaos waves that progressively change the world as we know it, and that people choose random stuff as their power. There's MC progression, link to known lore, and some good laughs there.
    The author's grammar and style is improving dramatically throughout the story, giving me hope as there are some things that are becoming very problematic and hard to look over:
    - There's no character progression other than the MC. All characters are introduced and abandoned within a few chapters, without explanation. The author simply stops talking about them.
    Spoiler: Spoiler
    e.g.: At certain point, a mystical being advises the MC to recruit Jason Mendoza to help them achieve an important goal, only to have said person not even participate in the event, getting removed from the history with a side note.
    - Female characters only exists to either drool over MC, and/or for MC to put them in their place. At least there's no harem!
    - Male characters all sound like MC. i.e.: like a teenager boy.
    - MC modus operandi is to bury all his problems, both figuratively and literally. Seriously, all enemies are either buried, drowned, or one-shot killed.
    - The author adds and removes elements to/from the story without
  • 8urnulsRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    The main character is a magic user, so far a primary earth mage. The chapters may be short but they are pretty fulfilling reads anyway. A book that seems easy to keep up even with sporadic updates and short chapters. I had no real issues with the spelling/grammar. His fiancee had 0 chance to develope into a character i would give a damn about but i guess it helped in some ways. The MC is well rounded with no real strong points, except his magic/where he learned it, In the 7 chapters you begin to get a feel for his personality which is nice.
  • KulingileRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    This is an extremely well written story. The grammar is really good, the character feels real and the plot is interesting. The author said that he is writting this as a novel even though we get it one chapter at a time and it shows inhow well it is planned.
  • TurdTurtleRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    Super fun read, the MC is both OP and flawed which is fun. sometimes it feels like the author didnt like where things were going and changes aspects of the story relatively abruptly (which they do a good job of writing in btw).
    Definitely recommend giving it a read!
  • SoundTrampRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    It's too early to say if the plot will grow from where it is, or if the story as a whole will develop beyond being a webnovel.
    The premise is familiar, but the powers are interesting. Exploring a new magic and world are definitely the highlights of Before They Came thus far.
    The main two shortcomings as of chapter 71 are the lack of supporting character and the MC's reaction to power.
    Spoiler: Spoiler
    The MC is more or less completely alone. Any second character introduced are quickly removed from the picture (the paladins and Rath being examples). Character interactions are one way this story could improve; changing from an interesting superpower theory-craft to a full story.
    As for reaction to power, the MC has very quickly resorted to killing and enslaving to surmount his obstacles. He has so many creative and new tools and magics at his disposal, that his actions seem callous and thoughtless.
    Overall this is still a short and fun story. Hopefully it continues to grow into a great one.