Broken Core (A Progression LitRPG)

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Description

The world has been shattered, shifted, and rebuilt with the passing of each era. Long dynasties, continental empires, heroes among heroes, felled by the Champions of the Beyond to usher change. An era dominated by true monsters, an era where power is absolute, an era where humanity is at its edge from the apex predators of the period. Monsters unlike anything that the world has seen, machines of precision⁠; merciless with endless ambitions ⁠—Dungeons.

Once again, a new Champion is selected by the now fading power of the Beyond.Leah.A just formed Dungeon with fragmented memories of a different life and world, a Dungeon with the memories of a human of a different realm. She must learn the harsh reality of what this new world is while trying to stay alive, and more importantly, find outwhat she is.

Information

Status: Cancelled
Year: 2022
Author: Azrie

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Rating: 4.0/ 5.0
Followers: 363
Views: 44,517

Chapters(16 total)

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Community Reviews(5)

1Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I'm typically a fan of any dungeon core story, although this story is so far from the norm that I'd hesitate to even call it part of the genre. However, it's certainly unique and fresh, with a nice mix of mystery, fantasy, and adventure. The character is technically a dungeon core, but she's more of a person, and she definitely isn't restricted to living in an area. There's a whole lot of glitches and weird things going on, something is off about the whole system. Overall, this is really enjoyable, and has a lot of potential.
Subcategory Justification:
Style : Unique formatting and tone result in a unsettling tale. At the same time, I can't quite look away, not when I'm so invested already. The compelling style is an unusual blend that hits all the right spots.
Story : The plot thus far is veiled in mystery, and nothing yet makes much sense. Things are being revealed, albiet slowly, and I'm increasingly sure that the explanation for Leah's situation is less than benign. Great use of foreshadowing.
Grammar : Grammar is quite good, while the technical writing on display is solid. I haven't seen any kind of error yet, which is a good sign.
Character : The main character is very introspective, her thoughts centering the narrative around herself and her surroundings. Her future development is something I'm quite excited to read about.
DinDinRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The book doesn’t have that many chapters yet... But from the current chapters I have read, up to 7, it was looking pretty good. First of all, the best thing about the book are the enjoyable characters. That’s the most enjoyable part for me in the story — the main character, Leiah was well built.
Characters: 5/5 - I love the characters so far. The characters are unique and lovely to read and enjoyable... so that’s a plus for me!
Story: 5/5 — The pacing doesn’t feel off and it’s quite interesting concept. I love the system... and I usually don’t like systems lol.
Grammar: 5:5 — There are nothing wrong with the Grammar that disturbed the flow. It was great. And I love the 1st Pov.
Style: 5/5 — The style was quite enjoyable for me.
So... I think you guys will like this one too! Thanks for Azrie for giving us this great book!
Ember32Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love this. I read a *lot* of isekai, a junkie for the genre despite so many of them being so similar that they might as well share an initial outline. but this... this is different. instead of being overpowered out of the gate, the protag is repeatedly reminded of their present weakness, their status as a would-be hunted race, and just how bleak the world they've been drawn to is. they aren't special. they aren't powerful. all they have is potential, and it's on them to do all the work, despite the massive level of adversity.
and, I can hear you saying... why would you read that? isn't it just torture porn? where is the wish fulfillment? and you know what, I get what you're saying... but to me, what I see is a worst-case-scenario where the protag *still* manages to survive, and is making progress despite the terrible situation. they're making tangible progress, and there are already indications that as they continue getting stronger, their situation is going to improve. and, I am *here* for this.
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★★★★ 4.0
I was a long-time reader of this story, since it was posted in scribblehub as Leah.
I remember it as a compelling and emotional tale, with a somewhat unclear system and worldbuilding, as well as a rapidly shifting tone from chapter to chapter during the latter part.
I would definitely support a rewrite, with how much potential this story holds, but would recommend, for a more meaningful feeling progression, making every character feel less like a glass cannon, as well as maybe changing the system a bit.
luda305Royal Road
★★★ 2.5
This is really quite the strange fiction.
To begin, let's be clear about the protagonist being a "Dungeon." She's not a "Dungeon" in the typical fantasy sense of that word, i.e., being an underground murder cave full of monsters or any variant thereof. She's also, somewhat obviously, not the underground prison of a castle either. A "Dungeon," in this story, so far as we've been explained, is just an exceptionally powerful type of monster, and though there's no (known shapeshifting) a Dungeon can appear like any sort of monster or even a sapient. And no, they don't seem to have any powers of digging holes or spawning monsters.
So, that fact that the story calls this monster-type a "Dungeon," is beyond strange. It'd be like if a story called a bare-chested barbarian a paladin. Or a fish-person a kobold. It unsettles expectations.
So, to the story itself. The first several chapters are basically just the protagonist suffering really awful emotional trauma. It's rather extreme what happens to her. Some of it is external, but some of it is self-inflicted. This latter part is rather awkward to read about because it's so hard to understand. She has a pattern of self loathing that's explained, but explained so poorly it backfires leaving me more confused. And this goes on for at least 3 chapters, if not like 4 or 5. In any event, the story definitely ought to have the "psychological" tag and maybe the "tragedy" tag.
Of course, this emotional trauma arc ends with her meeting her logical alternate persona. Arguably, she's a split personality with the main character being the pathos and the advisor being the logos. At the end of the trauma arc, logos advises pathos that following her emotions will literally cause her neural collapse and death. Not that it causes bad decisionmaking leading to her death in a deathworld. But that her emotions will literally fry her brain.
God that's awful.
Moving on, through the first ten chapters, the story also has a recurring theme