Eldritch Night

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Eldritch horrors descend from the sky to consume the world. Only a last-minute intervention by a mysterious Hegemony of Worlds saves Earth, albeit temporarily. Skills, levels, and battles with twisted monsters are part of the new reality the survivors will have to face.

Augustus Finn is a young man driving home when the new system is imposed. He is thrown directly into danger as a twist of fate places him in an area designated, by the automated systems of the Hegemony, for the containment and disposal of eldritch energy - areas also known as dungeons. Without the aid of tutorials, or the orientation areas commonly known as "newbie zones," Augustus will have to make his own way to survive in unforgiven circumstances.

He will face monsters, aliens, other humans, and his own darkness as he struggles to grow strong enough to face the countdown to the apocalypse.

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Author's Note: The rewritten version of Book 1 is here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/19458

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2018
Author
hammbody

Tags

LITRPGFANTASYADVENTUREMAGICHORRORGRIMDARK

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Rating
4.5/ 5.0
Followers
1,233
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631,754

Chapters(71 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • SamPennRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    the choice of 1st person and the vivid description really give me a feel of what the MC is experiencing coupled that with the "Analyze skill" give me a sense of what the main character is up against overall im really interested in what comin up ;D
  • SlayterRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Great story and I love how it has that little touch of love craft seen it tried a few times but this is a huge success and I love how tech still is supposed to work like in another book I love enough lead will bring anything down
  • TheGreatOneRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I’ll start off by saying that I’ve read so many lit-RPGs on this site that I’m quite tired of them, but this story’s summary managed to catch my interest anyway, so I gave it a try. I don’t regret it.
    Style- Very well written story with vivid descriptions that immerse you into the MC’s perspective. I feel like the great style of this story alone gives this novel a major edge above other lit-RPGs.
    Story- Obviously writing a lit-RPG on RoyalRoadL and staying original at the same time is near impossible, so I won’t fault this story for giving off Change: New World vibes towards the beginning. Actually that’s probably a good thing, now that I think about it. Regardless, the story starts off quite entertaining, drags a bit around chapters 3 and 4(at least comparing to its own immediate start), and takes off faster than a rocket after that. As of this review, chapter 6 is the one most recently released, and I kid you not: if the story continues like this, it will become one of the best rated on this site, hands down.
    Grammar- Not much to say here. I didn’t see any grammar errors so far and the story is very easy to read.
    Character- All the characters feel real, fleshed out, and interesting in general. However, there are some moments where I couldn’t relate with the MC or felt that the interactions between characters could have been better.
    Overall, if someone who sick and tired of this genre(me) is looking forward to reading this story to the end, then most likely you will enjoy it a lot. You won’t regret checking out this story.
  • ZazkRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    With its own dash of originality. If you like either of those stories then this one is for you.
  • Mighty MoushieRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Only seven chapters so far, but it is an excellent read. No grammar errors, fairly fast paced and the MC isn't overpowered. Definitely looking forward to reading more.
  • ZedredRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    The story follows the adventures of Gus, a man who when the apocalypse started, had the bad luck of seeing the horror that is an eldritch God.
    The style is good, with descriptions of places and emotions that manage to immerse you in the story, better than most other stories out there.
    The story itself isn't the most original but managed to stand out because of not having an unnecessary overpowered class or cheat for it's MC, besides it also manages to portrait eldritch beings as that, not just mass of tentacles, but abominations.
    The grammar is very good, I haven't seen any obvious error.
    The characters feel "real" And aren't just there for the MC but have their own motivation and Personalities, bonus points for not having the MC being an edgy teenager or master strategist, and for making a true eldritch mage.
  • MelcontentRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    This is actually one of the best litrpg books on this website. I did expect a bit more horror but overall it isn't bad.
    Plot: the author pulls out the apocalypse dice and rolls up lovecraft. The main character, Gus gets caught in a dungeon and then ends up fighting in the same dungeon. Add in another apocalypse on top of the first one.
    Yeah, the world is ruin but it can always get worse.
    The game system reminds me of a lot of So I'm a Spider, so what? Skills evolve from other skills and you can easily become god king. This is by design the monsters get weird and strong pretty early. But it doesn't feel that the characters are too strong.
    I am picky about what books I read. Too many grammar errors, too much unrealistic story telling and I have to put it down. As I have read this a few chapters shy from the ends I can tell you it is worth a look at.
    My main problems is that I think the author jammed a big twist and he didn't make me care or know enough about that character. Also the book is in first person perspective.
  • God_is_GoodRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    This story is a rollercoaster ride of adventure, danger, and suspense, and had me on the edge of my seat for every word.  It follows a boy named Gus (Augustus) as he navigates a game style world and fights for his own life.
    The style is fresh and original, although a lot of times the pace was a little too fast and I felt like you needed to step back and go into a lot more fleshing out of the characters, the setting, and the plot.  Your descriptions were really good, but I think that if you took more time to focus on the characters and what you are bringing out of them in each scene, it would make your writing a lot stronger.
    The grammar is fine, although I try not to judge based on that.  It's far better than most grammar on this site, and I rarely saw mistakes.
    The story itself is my favorite part.  It's really gripping and suspenseful, making me want to cling to every word and find out for myself what is going on and what is going to happen next.  The plot is amazing, and the story is fresh and original despite being a very common genre.  I look forward to continuing reading the next chapters and seeing for myself what happens next.
    The characters could use a little fleshing out- there were times where Gus's behavior felt a little irrational and wasn't really backed up.  But he is an extremely unique character who is not in any way OP, who has quirks and flaws just like anyone else, which I greatly admire and commend the author for.
  • BeetleJuiceRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    This is written at the time of chapter 28 and there'll be spoilers in here up until then.
    If this wasn't a different account to the guy who wrote Randidly Ghosthound (RG for short), I'd be thinking that the author was exactly the same.
    Let's start off with the MC. The similarities between the two are staggering.
    Both started off in a dungeon (which should be impossible in both cases). Both needed someone else to save them from it. Both then had that someone else train them, the only difference being that these guys are a faction whereas the one in RG was a single person. Both have an external force helping them out and giving them an edge over everyone else. Both also have something trying to control them (that same something probably being the reason they started out in a dungeon in the first place).
    The 'system' is pretty much a carbon copy. You gain skills in exactly the same way (not that that really means anything since most litRPG fics on here are the same in that aspect). Feats here are Paths in RG. The descriptions of them are written in exactly the same style. The way to progress in Feats are exactly the same as how RG does it with Paths (when you level a skill, you get a point that you can use to put into whichever Feat you want). Even the way the MC looks and analyses Feats and chooses which ones to pick next is exactly the same as how RG's MC does it. The way the 'system' let's the MC know that something is wrong (talking about that corruption Feat) is the same as RG's method (that heretic Path). I wouldn't be surprised if the 'system' sent stuff to take out the MC because of that corruption the same way RG's 'system' did because of heretic.
    The 'bad guy' plot is different though. The 'bad guy' wants to destroy the world and the 'system' is there so you can level up and take it out and... oh no, wait, that sounds familiar too...
    Even the writing style is almost identical to RG's author's writing style, that being the reason why I'd think the author is ex
  • LucasnoxRoyal Road
    ★★★ 2.5
    Like a lot of stories on royal road this starts out pretty good and promising but after the initial premise its like the author has no idea what to do next and falls into all the usual bad tropes
    thats why most reviews for stories when there are less than ten chapters tend to be very postive artificially inflating its rating and what the readers see in reviews
    but now we start to see the slump after the initial burst of creativity, the power scales are all messed up, the MC is just stupid and not in a realistic way, plot armor and god powers abound making this your avarege Overpowered main character with no personality and suffering from everything most bad webnovels/lightnovels suffer from