Death Healer

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Description

Lily, a middle-school teacher, has always dreamed of having the freedom to follow her dream of becoming a doctor. Sadly, she was forced by her parents into a teaching job she didn’t want for herself.

Suddenly whisked away and reborn in another world, Lily now has the chance to pursue her dreams as a [Healer] and as a fighter.

The only problem?

The Church of the God of Light might object to that.

This story was inspired by Azarinth Healer and Beneath the Dragoneye Moons. I wrote it because I’m a huge fan of the whole healer-fighter concept, but I wanted to try and have some politics and larger stakes around it, sort of combining my two favorite stories. I started writing this for fun, so I’m not sure how good it will be, but I hope you enjoy it!

* This story has stats, but they won’t appear in the early chapters.

** The protagonist is very young in the early chapters, but she will grow up pretty quickly.

*** Things won’t be very easily earned.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2025
Author: Maeve McCarthy

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 4,222
Views: 679,571

What readers say about Death Healer

“Inter-family drama, country wide plots, Lucianus' way of thinking and speaking all reminds of times when i was 15 and just started reading Game Of Thrones, just that alone is worth 5 stars from me. But even if your brain doesn't fry itself with endorphins a…”
joeyironRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“I read and enjoyed the original version, though it had had its share of issues — the characters felt a bit flat, there were some inconsistencies, and Lily herself wasn’t particularly compelling. This rewrite fixes all of that. The characters and world are f…”
DeathyRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(10)

joeyironRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Inter-family drama, country wide plots, Lucianus' way of thinking and speaking all reminds of times when i was 15 and just started reading Game Of Thrones, just that alone is worth 5 stars from me. But even if your brain doesn't fry itself with endorphins at the mere whiff of nostalgia it is still a 4 or 4.5 book.
DeathyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I read and enjoyed the original version, though it had had its share of issues — the characters felt a bit flat, there were some inconsistencies, and Lily herself wasn’t particularly compelling. This rewrite fixes all of that. The characters and world are far more fleshed out, the system is tighter, and Lily is a much stronger and more engaging protagonist. Kudos to you, author!
crossfire92Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The tension in this story is so thick that it keeps you on the seat's edge! I wish there was a tad more explanation regarding what some skills she just gained and how they came about, but only a little more information is needed. The pace as it is is great!
fanfictioneerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
So, this is an reincarnation story - in spite of my hopefully comedic review title - and our protagonist is established as being kind, but internally storing up anger until she explodes. Snatched from her reality by a can of soda, she gets one 'cheat' skill (being able to understand all languages) that is somewhat hard for her to abuse so far.
Reincarnated into the upper echelons of a religious state, she tries to go her own way - so far so good.
The story feels a bit slow, but considering that there's a deadline - getting [Class] at age 13 - and there's a lot of worldbuilding alongside character growth/exploration happening, this is fine. I do think a bit of POV from the extremely strict mother could be useful, to explain why she's all about that corporal discipline - perhaps show her side, where she's frantic that her only daughter, the miracle, might get herself a Cursed Class, and so force the mother to put her child there herself. Something to give her perspective a bit of nuance.
All in all, this is a very solid story, with good worldbuilding, good characters, awesome grammar and spelling, and if you liked any of the other action-healing stories on RR, you'd do well to give this one a go.
Be advised that as far as I've read, the MC is around nine years old, so don't expect the action to involve delving dungeons and so on, and there is politicking going on in the background. We also have a few background threads that keep us occupied, with the spunky childhood friend, the circumstances of the Pact that her dad entered into and a few others that spice things up.
Some_Random_CultivatorRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Look, as the setup before transfer goes, it was...goofy, funny and then straight to sinister. And then apocalypse.
Ohoh, promising!
And then, god, then you slide into a quasi-roman pile of repression, exploitation and backstabbing, as the crabs in a pot war over who is going to be sacrificed last. The crap they're all in has layers on layers of nuance and spin, but they're still having to eat it, smile and thank the chef at the end.
Overall Score:
Must read. It's brutal with just a sliver of hope.
Style:
Reads like a fist to the face and a broken instep. Even when you're expecting the worst, it comes as a horrible shock and keeps the tension high. Reread for the shaded fridge-horror, lurking in every background scene.
Grammar:
Don't care, and mistakes are fixed and they don't distract. The readers are feral and for good reason.
Story:
Gods. The Story. Ok, in very brief terms, it's an iskari bildungsroman of a young woman in a male-dominated soon-to-be nightmare apocalypse. But that is such a horrible summary I'm ashamed of how little depth it provides.
Lily is herself, she's coming back into possession of her memories, of a driven, skilled doctor and MMA devotee (Odd mix, but it works) and she's got healing juju that is only enhanced by her so-far patchy knowledge of how people are put together. She also uses said knowledge to take them apart.
Characterisation:
Brilliant, deep, real. Even the 1-scene enemies have more motivation and colour than many MC's in novels I've read. Lily herself isn't black and white, everyone are shades of grey and the morality of each person can be suspended at a sniff of advancement or ambition.
Some people have commented that this is feminism disguised as a story. The fact that this would even be considered is a bigger argument for equality and inclusiveness than any parade.
This is a story of injustice and how to fix it, in a world that sorely needs a purge.
Also, Rage rage and rage. This story is good for the rage. Enjoy.
Quite Possibly A CatRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is very good so far! Starts with the standard reincarnation and litrpg set up. Lady reincarnated into a baby and starts working super hard to fulfill her dream of becoming a punch healer.
Then the fact she is in a zany knock-off medieval society makes things interesting and challenging! Very good 10 half stars out of ten half stars.
Sondrex76Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
A story about a reincarnated former biology teacher whose knowledge from earth, and the ability to read any language, is her only real advantages.
She has the experience of a grownup and the knowledge of someone from earth, but still needs to work within the limits of her situation, and so far she has had a lot of things go wrong for her, but there are definite hints that this is the beginning of her indeed becoming a Death Healer, a unique existence as far as the world she is within is concerned.
Definitely a slow story to begin, but so far it looks very promising, and is qutie interesting.
HowlerOneRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Overall, this story is going in the right direction. There has been a lot of worldbuilding. It has the bones of a VERY long story. I am personally not a huge fan of the political box that the MC has been painted into, but others may like it more.
We seem to be moving into the meat of the story as the MC ages. Up to this point(~100k words), the story has been “prologue-ish”. I am looking forward to the MC unlocking her class and the story really picking up steam.
The bones are great and I am looking forward to more.
CarbonCopyRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
It's a good litrpg. It's not overly crunchy in its numbers and skill.
The MC is isakai-ed from earth to a world with magic. She retains her knowledge from earth, but starts as a baby. While growing up she acts too mature for a child, but too immature for a grown adult.
The story treads familiar ground to stories like beneath the dragon eye moons and azarinth healer, but is an interesting story unto itself.
The world has intrigue and politics, but isn't completely wrapped up in it.
Overall worth the read and you can empathize with the characters.
Lightning_godRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Characters are a little strange, motivations are a little off in the same way the dialogue is.
Also, they put 3-year-olds into the story who had full, detailed conversations. What's up with that?
Action needs some work. If you're in a fistfight with someone, you cannot take the time to roll away from them. You will get your teeth kicked in.