Class: 1,000,000 and None [LitRPG]

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1,000,000 Monsters VS 1 Sixteen-Year-Old British SchoolboyNot all at once; that would be insane!

Elijah slipped on his way home from school, transporting him to another world… nearly.

A three-headed dog charges him, claws out, muzzles snapping. He dies. He comes back: again, and again, and again. The System won’t let him escape to the game-like world of magic and wonder right outside. Each time Elijah clears a level, ERROR messages fill his view. With the sound of exploding fuses, he is forced to run from a fresh horror.Death is only a temporary setback.

Thanks goes to LBJames for helping with this synopsis; very snappy writing, go check his stuff out!

Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2025
Author: Merlin Pendragon

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.2/ 5.0
Followers: 298
Views: 118,632

Chapters(83 total)

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Community Reviews(7)

Locnav LivocRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Technical/objective: good grammar, good writing technique and good pacing. The mc is not uni-dimensional and we find out stuff about him spread along several chapters, we don't get an infodump.
Personal: I've read some manga/manhwa about glitched systems, but i never finished them. This one i like a lot. First of all we have a good writer. And this format also has a lot of potential. Maybe some god/administrator notices the error. Maybe there was an update and the old system clashes with the new one. Maybe these errors were created by an imprisoned demon/warlock so they could obtain a certain hybrid human in order to unlock their prison. The posiblities are endless. Combined with the fact that we have a believeable caracter it means i won't get bored reading this
ViUlRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
First off, the pacing is tight, which works well for an action-heavy scene. You drop right into Elijah's desperate struggle, and the mix of physical pain, confusion, and frantic decision-making keeps things engaging. The game screen works great like a progress bar, working as a reference for what happens. Amps up the LitRPG aspect.
king1234kingRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I've been really enjoying reading this! The style, the story, the grammar, and the main character are all great! As someone who hates endings, to the point that I have been known to never watch the last episode of a show because that way it never ends, I love this concept. I feel like there are endless Trials to explore, each one fresh and exciting and adding to the overall story.
Style: I really like the author's style. It's fast-paced, but the world is still being built. It's witty; I've laughed more than once, but they never seem to take it too far and lose the seriousness which the protagonist's situation demands.
Story: The story is drip-fed to us through the interludes and little bits in the main characters. I've enjoyed this. I'm not being overwhelmed by dense lore, but I still feel like there is an end goal: to escape the Trails.
Grammar: The spelling and grammar are impressively good. I've only spotted a couple of typos, and when I commented, they were fixed the same day, so kudos to the author for that.
Character: The main character is well-developed and behaves like a real person. I like that we actually get to learn about their history, their fears, and who they are as a person. I certainly find it more compelling than the John Doe audience surrogate that a lot of LitRPG seems to have. The next biggest character, Faun, also seems intriguing. I think that his story could be compelling, though he does strike me more as comic relief. He actually reminds me of Nick Bottom from A Midsummer Night's Dream, with the same level of humour.
If you want a fresh LitRPG with definite game elements, a compelling style, an interesting story, immaculate grammar, and amazing characters, I highly recommend giving this a read.
D.N. NewynRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I enjoyed it! This story is a fresh take on the classic trial-based progression format, delivering the kind of system-driven adventure we expect from Royal Road while still managing to surprise with its structure and creativity. It's an all-around 5 star with a 4 for character. Let me know if you'd like me to post this review :)
Style: What impresses me the most is how seamlessly the system is integrated into the story. The author says he has a huge spreadsheet running in the background, and I can see that, yet he gives us just enough to not clutter the flow. The presentation of system notifications is amazing, it looks so clean and pleasing to the eye. Regarding prose, it's generally very easy to follow and although I was a bit overloaded with the adjectives in the first chapter, this problem doesn't persist in the later ones so it'd do you good to read past the first chapter.
Grammar: Grammar is clean. No comment there.
Story: The constant death is a really well-executed theme of this story. I love the idea of passing trials and gaining unique abilities pertaining to each class, and there are so many of them we won't ever run out of content. The pacing is great and each chapter flows like a breeze, I didn't even notice I've chewed through thousands of words worth of content.
Character: Now this part is the more underwhelming part of the book. Elijah takes the back seat and constantly has to react, but he does have moments of momentum and initiation. Elijah just reads a bit too much like a stereotypical 16-year-old for my taste, and without a strong enough backstory to boot, his motivations feel thin and his emotional beats don’t always land.
Stoney TaterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love this take on the genre. A lot of authors are afraid to touch on how death works in a game world with a real person, but not Merlin. He doesn't just allow it, but embraces it to where its a central theme of the story (at least so far as I've read). It leads to some truly hilarious moments early on. There are certain tropes we've all come to expect, and Merlin does a great job of either turning them on their head, or weaving them in a new and fun way. Really enjoying his work!
GreenDragonRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
A tale as old as time (maybe):
MC minds their own business, MC gets dragged off to some sort of system trial, some sort of glitch results in MC fighting things which are overpowered, or infinite, or gross, or all three. MC gets stronger.
Done well, this is a classic. Done poorly, it can be a real drag. 1,000,000 and None nails it.
A smart (but not smart enough to instantly solve everything) MC is dropped into a series of trials, and must solve them via multiple deaths before moving on. The trials start small but get more complex, but each is unique enough to make you anticipate the next one.
It's not all fights either - sometimes the creature must die, but sometimes there is a puzzle to solve, or a story to explore.
Grammar is solid; nothing that dragged me out of the narrative. Interestingly, and this is an odd thing to find myself complimenting in a review, the author makes really innovative use of meta-textual stuff like text alignment and horizontal dividers. It's hard to explain, but you'll see what I mean in just the first few chapters. I enjoyed this, but it might not be for everyone.
It's also worth pointing out there's a ton of content here: seems unlikely the author will just fade into the mist like so many do. The downside of this is I had to forcefully put the brakes on my binge at like three in the morning, so you know, watch out for that.
The author does a great job of slowly expanding the world and the MC's powers without sacrificing pacing for exposition. If you're in the mood for a good fast-paced trapped-in-a-trial story, this is definitely worth your time.
GrumpsterRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Class: 1,000,000 and None follows Elijah, navigating rough a twisting and complicated system of a LITRPG world, where the mechanics of the world are twisted and geared for him to fight. With each passing attempt, Elijah learns more, through willpower and intelligence. The style of the narrative is quite immersive and can easily enamour readers. The prose and the formatting of certain sections I have found to be quite interesting, especially with the errors that we can see, which strangely amplifies the reading experience - instead of detracting from it. Readability has been an issue in certain sections, but they're rather limited and I have found the prose to be acceptable in most circumstances.
Narrative-wise, C:1m and None grips both survival and endurance into a package from Elijah's perspective, both taxing and interesting to see how he may circumnavigate the issues around him, lying in front of him. Elijah is compelling, with most of the action and introspection coming from him. The emotional core of the story stems from him, but there is a distinct lack of meaningful side characters in the early chapters that can make for clear distinctions between Elijah, but that's acceptable due to the pure strength of Elijah's current character. No comment on grammar.