I am a Guardian in another world!?

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Description

Lawrence Carstein, a marketing executive from Singapore is a long time player of the VR MMORPG, Ever Dawn. However, a fatal electric surge sends him into another world, a world where he retains his character from Ever Dawn, a Level 99 Guardian in a world full of war, political intrigue and nobility!

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2018
Author: Barzini

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Rating: 4.0/ 5.0
Followers: 1,142
Views: 843,066

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Community Reviews(10)

ChaoticLanSharkRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Me I personally love it the main characters actually likeable but not to nice that he gets stepped on
jlee23674Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A good start so far, the review may change depending on how things go. No grammar errors as much as I can see. This follows the story of Lawrence Carstein, a marketing executive who has "reincarnated" as a Guardian from a video game that he has played. Enter the detailed descriptions of the place and combat, along with interesting dialogue which would otherwise usually be dry.
lVlythicRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
So far it is going great. It has potential so . . . . we'll have to see.
You're doing great! Keep it up!!
GreyIslandRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Good stuff with a lot of potential, look forward to more.
PagemasterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
10 Chapters currently, and I have to say that Barzini is doing an excellent job setting up the story. The chapters are a little short, but I have to say the quality of the chapters more than makes up for it!
I can't wait for more! Keep up the good work Barzini!
kenjinnRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Great story so far, I cant wait for more releases and to build out the MC(main charater) more show more of the skills he has. I blew through 77 chapters in under 10 hours. I found alot of the Charaters lack indept detail about how things are progressing.
Arashi ZarosRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
the writing is on point and there is no grammar error as far as I could see ,the mc so far look like not those "typical japan isekai mc" (may change in future chapter)and also not a fool ,but there sure will be as realistic as possible in terms of political intrigue, backstabbing, wars and strategies as well as character growth. Kingdom building will be extremely prominent in this story
edit at 22/3:well,some other have a point,it feel like the story is quite skipped,and it too smooth that the mc nearly not get any obstacle at all,at least it still good for a read though and the release rate also quite fast
GuideGooseRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
This review is as of Chapter 14. Will be updated as I get farther.
The story is supposed to be this OP MC story where a max lvl character from a game gets put in a real world in a different universe, and now the MC is like 'wow i am super stronk' and can wreck shit with his awesomely OP powers.
Now, besides my terrible description, those stories can actually go pretty good if written correctly. So long as everything goes smoothly, it will work out. This story is able to do this nicely, but I almost feel like it is taking things too meh.
The MC is literally just like "Oh cool guess I somehow got teleported to a different universe where I get to be my own max level video game character. Time to build a city!"
Our MC, Lawrence, is a likeable fellow. A nice guy, and the characters around him are pretty well written as well. I have to give the author praise on how realistic it almost seems. Whilst not the best, it is pretty good.
Though, something that did annoy me about the characters was how lax they were about seeing Lawrence in his max lvl gear. I guess they have been acclimated to the world around them and people wearing full suits of armor shouldn't be too out there, but come on. Shouldn't max level gear at least stand out? There weren't any "wows" really. Sure there may have been some, but not that I can remember.
Plus his first fight. He decimated a bunch of ~lvl 3s effortlessly and while the author did do a decent job at making the reactions realistic, I still can't help but feel it was downplayed a bit.
That's also been the only fight up until this point.
There was also the scene where Lawrence played some cutscenes to that knight captain, but that whole chapter was so meh. He didn't show the guy anything too interesting, and the guy's reaction was just bland. He was startled, sure, but there wasn't much amazement at this "incredible magic." The author could have shown some better scenes instead of those two ones that just seemed lackluster.
Then he up and leav
HorstRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
Edit after Chapter 30:
So up to this point i don't see anything that will keep me with this novel.
Your power balance is totally screwed if a lvl 99 Guardian is afraid of a couple of low level zombies
I still can't imagine anything that even remotely poses a threat to our dear Lawrence and because of this almost everything that involves fights feels really REALLY boring because i know that his enemies cannot even touch him without being skewered 5 times over. And despite him knowing this and being aware of his current power level Lawrence is still afraid of some puny trash mobs, i mean seriously how could someone level up to this point without developing some kind of mentality to go with it.
Original Review :
As some of the other reviewers here pointed out, this story can become something truly great.
But as it is progressing right now i can only say that everything feels rushed and kinda arbitrary, everything that happens happens really fast and decisions are made in a heartbeat even if those decision should have taken the character quite a while judging by his personality as we experienced it in the first few chapters.
I love OP MCs because stories with OP MCs can be really lighthearted and fun to read, but you are kinda overdoing it in this story dear author, up to this point there wasn't a single hurdle in the MCs path and we all know that technically no monster will be able to stand in his way for alteast a few years or till he travels to a more dangerous area.
Also the chapters are too short as they are right now, if you don't cut conversations and stuff, the short the chapter length won't allow for more than 1 or 2 real conversations to take place and for me that is too little content for a chapter.
All in all it's readable but it isn't as good as it could be right now.
P.S. : I have not seen any real issues regarding grammar and the style is also fine.
fishsandwichRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
The first 20 or so chapters are good but later chapters start falling into overused tropes with overpowered chars. Then the chapters start becoming micro chapters barely 2 pages long and barely completing a scene or even a thought. I suggest the author slow down and build something more substantial with more depth.