Mageblood [LitRPG/Progression Fantasy]

Self-Published

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Description

Kelsey is a young woman who is ripped from her comfortable life as a software developer and brought to a world of magic, monsters, and a System that rewards those who are willing to take risks and push their boundaries.

Her brother is missing, she's alone, and she needs to find a way to survive in the dangerous forest she has found herself in. Despite all of this, she couldn't be more excited.

Magic? Check.

Adventure? Check.

Monsters to fight? Check.

Dungeons to explore and secrets of the universe to uncover? Check.

The ability to grasp immortality, become the strongest, and explore the world to her heart's content while helping people along the way? Check... That's the plan anyway.

Follow Kelsey's journey to find her brother, make some friends, become an Immortal, and gain the power needed to protect those who can't protect themselves.

Hey everyone. Mageblood is the first writing project I have ever taken on. I do hope you enjoy it.

The story is a mix of action, adventure, slice of life, and a whole lot of hitting monsters really, really hard.

The relative strength of the setting is comparatively higher than most. Expect the main character to feel extremely strong in the beginning.

I will be posting Mon Wed Fri

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2024
Author: QueueBit

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 798
Views: 264,574

Chapters(62 total)

Reviews

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Community Reviews(10)

nakmiraxRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Tonally this one reminds me of a story of a somewhat OP battle healer, in a good way. So far it's a fun romp with OP flavor and numbers going up. With how many super dark anti-hero litrpgs are out there this is a breath of fresh air. Yes hunting and killing things to make numbers go up happens, but there are considerations for the sapience of creatures and contemplations on ethics.
Our MC is positive without the saccharine sweetness of some overly bubbly characters and seems to take to this new opportunity well. There's been some, but not a lot of character and world building done - though by chapter 13 this is fair. Not too bogged down, but not ignored. The pace is rather quick, so I'm not sure if it will keep up or if we're going to slow down as things are established more. Honestly, a slightly slower pace wouldn't hurt and may keep this from hitting the problem some litrpgs have with overly quick power escalation turning the story absurd. Not a problem yet, just something for the author to consider.
Finally, one thing I am already appreciating is that the story has many places where it is refreshingly anti-trope. I won't go further on that for spoiler reasons; however, it is something I found myself liking.
kwoghRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Wonderful story and well written interactions between characters unlike the unresonable hostility from strangers that is so common in litRPG. I usually read a lot of Grimdark style stories but this one is just pure joy and relaxation with an interesting plot. The system is not that intrusive in the story and more of a world building backdrop wich i really like.
My one critique is that the pacing is very fast so far (chapter 32 currently), a bit of a slower rise in power would have set a better tone and spread out the world building a bit more.
But i really enjoyed this story and hope there is more to come.
mdgainRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This has become my favorite RR story. It has a Azarinth Healer vibe without the constant doom and gloom. Noticed a few editorial errors, but they were mild and didn't detract from the enjoyment. I'm not much for Patron as every time I subscribed in the past the author stopped or severely slowed chapter releases. However, if you release on Amazon, you will have a purchaser in me. Thanks for your work!
Chele42Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I started this story this afternoon and was immediately drawn in. I love a female MC, especially an OP one. Kel is an interesting character, and her motivations are understandable. I appreciate the leveling system and the background to her skills. The way they evolve is clear and well done. I will continue to follow this story.
SkylarGRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I honestly hate writing these reviews. But I am really enjoying this book. I never have 50 words. I just enjoY the book. It's a great read without a lot of immature angst. I like the MC. I really like her magic. It's fun. I think I'm om chapter 32 and still as interested as when it began. I skip around a lot on RR. Not while reading this book. It holds my interest.
SylStarlingRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I have loved every part of this story so far and encourage anyone and everyone to give it a try!
The story is well written, grammatical errors are minimal, and characters are easily recognizable.
My only critique is that all characters besides the MC are somewhat shallow. More time should be taken to flesh out their motivations and lives.
Was.Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
So where do we start? I read this all in one night forgetting what year it is, and not realizing this story was on hiatus. Yet, I do not regret that.
This is a great story, I do think it tends to move a bit fast in some spots and slow in others, but otherwise is well written, especially as we get to the later chapters .It reminds me heavily of Azarinth Healer thematically and the characters are enjoyable to read. The interpersonal relationships feel mostly real, and the world lore is quite interesting as well.
There are some grammar mistakes, and I do think the style of the author actually greatly grows throughout the story, but time skips can definitely turn people off and there are a few of those in the story that feel like we could have seen more of the daily life instead of a time skip.
I hope the author comes back to this story to finish it, as this story is highly enjoyable and readable.
Alternatively if the author ever does a rewrite, my advice would be to pad out certain arcs slightly more, but the extremely fast progression of the Protagonist is actually explained quite well and is a good twist in my honest opinion.
PhantryxRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
Seems alright, but not exactly my cup of tea.
I'd describe what I've read so far as "Basically Azarinth Healer but with instant gratification"
It copies beats of AH but leaves behind any sense of danger or gravitas behind. It is probably a more story/character driven approach than AH, but it feels too easy.
The Protagonist earns a hug amount of levels in what seems to be seconds at most?
and Instantly, without any requirements gets access to basically every class there is.
Rando99Royal Road
★★★ 3.0
This is another fiction with Azarinth Healer vibes and distinct enough to enjoy the story.
It feels a bit less focused on battles and gives you more a slice of life of Kelsey.
The skill set of the MC differs greatly from the typical battle healer. Kelsey is more a ranged mage caster combined with an overpowered bird view 'sphere' and an unlimited teleport ability and exactly that's the problem. This combat style will let her easy win all fights without real danger for her life.
It's fun to read, but the MC feels a bit too overpowered in a cheating way.
I have to add: She would be terrible overpowered and nearly perfect safe if she would use her skills in an intelligent way. But no, for some stupid reason she tries melee combat, gets her ass beaten, teleports away and only now uses her powers to win easily.
luda305Royal Road
★★★ 3.0
This is a bit of an odd fiction. Some commentary seems appropriate.
First, the story sets up two main goals for the protagonist: find her brother and reach immortality (level 250). The problem is that both of these goals are met surprisingly quickly (both in-universe and out-universe) and somewhat lukewarmly.
She find her brother in chapter 11, and she gets immortality in chapter 38. And not only are these low chapter counts, but in-universe it's very quick: like a few months and a few years respectively.
There's no big excitement when those two goals are met. It's just... meh.
On top of that, what's next? There are some hints, but it feels like it's just power creep.
Now, the speed of her advancement in part has to do with her frankly ridiculous and overpowered classes. She's basically both a tank and a mage, able to soak up huge amounts of damage and also dish it out. YMMV, so you should know that coming in.
The last point I should make is that the protagonist is a bit of an idiot. It's unclear whether it's like an idiot plot problem or she's just constantly picking up the idiot ball, but I found that there was a lot of yelling at the screen. Part of this is that when she fights, she tends to lean into her weaknesses rather than her strengths. Another part of it is that her classes are so overpowered that she has so much flexibility in how to address a problem that it's hard to run through all the possible permutations for doing so.
Grammar is fine, style has some minor hiccups, and as stated above, the characters and plot are pretty bad.