Magicapita

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Read the ebook, audiobook, and paperback of volume one on Amazon amd Audible:Magicapita: Road to Armageddon

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What if money was power?

What if capital was magical?

What if income was cultivation?

What if a young man decided to destroy this unjust world of inequality and build a better one?

That was exactly what Cæ (Cash) sought to do amid grief, anger, and hatred when he lost everything in an accident. Having come from nothing in the slums, his only goal had been to live a good life. By the age of twenty-two, he had finally managed to pull himself out of poverty with a decent job and romance.

And then he lost everything he had ever built in an accident that left him in a coma for half a year.

The world deprived him of the only person he had truly come to love. The predatory healthcare system burdened him with debt. The corrupt justice system deprived him of justice. The financial system robbed him of everything he owned.

For the second time in his life, Cæ had been left with nothing.

Well, almost nothing.

The accident and the ensuing coma had altered his brain and mind, giving him an extraordinary talent for cultivating and mastering magic. He had been blessed with Acquired Savant Syndrome, a medical condition so rare that there were very few instances of it ever having occurred in history.

It gave him endless potential and remarkable power.

It gave him the power to destroy the world that he hated from the bottom of his heart.

It gave him the power to destroy it and build a better one.

And that was exactly what Cæ set out to do.

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This is my second novel, albeit my first time trying my hand at Royal Road. This story is centered around my desire to explore a story with a magical system centered around macroeconomics and politics. As the title suggests, this story will be centered around kingdom-building and progression fantasy. Romance is a coin flip. No smut. No harem. No systems.

Hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it.Daily chapters with 2k word length.

Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2025
Author: Lord Streak

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Rating: 3.7/ 5.0
Followers: 1,020
Views: 113,281

Chapters(174 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

TheFirstZodiacRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The title of the novel attracted me, and the story kept me.
This is how I would describe my current relationship with the story. It's fun, and well... very fun. The concept is rather interesting, and the world building so far has been great.
The pace is up to my taste, and I can't wait to see how it progresses as more chapters get released (which by the way, are getting released rather steadily and with a good pace which I really enjoy)
The story really drew me in with its concept, which focuses on economics, with the amount of money translating to how much power the MC can get. The concepts can be at times difficult to understand with those unfamiliar with certain terms, but Streak does a fantastic job at explaining things in a way that even someone like me can understand haha.
What truly fascinates me about all of this is the world building, which seems to be the author's strong suit as its just absolutely fantastic and drew me in entirely. The way streak tries to tie in world's economics with this unique world is something I find to be extremely interesting, and I honestly can't wait for more chapters to be released.
Please keep up the good work!
HappiesW2Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Good novel, one of the few I keep up with on rr. So far I like everything, mainly the plot rn is focused on economics, business and Magick academy, not much combat but its been interesting nonetheless. I'm quite curious as to how Magick works in this setting and how the author is gonna make it work
FacelessXianRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The concept of the power system is a fresh breath of air. Money literally equals power.
The main character is born poor, and that most people born poor stays poor, especially in this world. Even with the bonus he got for being the MC, I still can't clearly see the path to success. Maybe that's what makes it interesting.
I haven't read many stories on this site, but compared to the cheap isekai stories I've been reading (watching) this past month, this sht gud. 5 stars for now. I might change it according to the progress of the story.
SithaariRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Lord_Streak has skills and I gave this novel a chance based off his insanely good novel Martial Unity.
Magicapita has a dark cloud of oppression and financial slavery. The world mirrors hiw our might be if the Elite had magic. I like the no nonsense, visceral reality that is painted for Cae "Cash" before our very eyes. His drive and ambition to grow is quiet a read so far. I an anticipate magic battles, smart sub-plots and well written characters. I hope we see a step up in the seriousness department. I think Lord_ Streak is worth our investment.
drandreasRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I really like the premise of this story. Money is magic is power is really interesting and has lots of potential. The story starts off focusing on this concept and continues to do so for the most part until the main character goes to a magical academy. Then the author splits attention between some business/power growth and long winded distractions and drama related to him specifically participating in school and school events. Some of this is relevant to the main story theme and premise. But a lot seems like Slice of life side stories and not as relevant which makes me struggle to continue reading at times. A chapter or two is ok here and there and is often interesting world building but the author often takes 10 chapters of side story which may eventually get to a relevant point but I didn’t care for 8 of those chapters. I started reading for the premise on magic and power progression. Not for drama training arc side story. The First academy year was ok because the focus was on the business and not the schooling as much. Maybe other people like the academy ark of second year but I haven’t so far. Overall a good story that could use either an editor or a bit more focus.
Laundro_MattRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I was attracted to this book by it's interesting premise, and I feel that I need to give this a try because it will be a waste if I don't.
I am not dissapointed.
Aside from a few grammar errors here and there and the glaringly obvious info dump at the beginning, I feel like the author has succeded laying out the core ideas of the world he is imagining and developong the concept so far.
It also seem that the author is improving the farther he got in the story, which is satisfying to see.
I am just hoping that this magnificent oremise will not go ti waste, but so far so good
nganipRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
The setting is quite interesting. The world bulding is quite forced, but i still can accept it because of the nature of the story that happen around academic place. What I don't quite like is the way you use the instant smart sydrome, it is not required to find a solution, any entrepreneur could come up with that idea, it doesn't a syndrome to come up with a solution that appears in this story. Yes, the syndrome does exist and have its advantages, but I don't think it could be used like that. However, I do like when it used on restaurants scene, where essentially MC became a pattern recognition AI to figure out the core problem.
All in all, this is an okay novel, I do like a smart MC, but the MC presented is not to my liking
Lurker LuuuurkRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
For someone who just started writing this is pretty good. Needs some basic editing. Tends to repeat the same word too often and mechanics are not explained. Narrative and plot seem to contradict themselves at least twice that I noticed. But as a rough draft and with attention to details this could be a very interesting story.
Hope the author keeps working on it. Good luck.
bingus the wizardRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
Magicapita is very well thought-out in terms of economics, and the premise of cultivation going hand-in-hand with material wealth as a interesting plot-point makes for some grimdark-levels of economic inequality. Magic as a 'hard' system is quite fleshed out by the author, but it takes a backseat to the MC's rants against the oppressiveness of the world and doesn't exist beyond being a tool to dominate others.
The world exists as a caricature of Western social and economic systems and ideas, which honestly disappointed me a little as I think with magic in the mix there could have some original plays on what a modern economy would look like. I found that all the characters so far have been shallow or stereotypical - especially Cæ who is quite frankly an arbitrary, callous, and arrogant man that the world seems to revolve around even if he's at the bottom of the ladder. And the world seems frozen when he isn't in it.
I liked the premise, grammar isn't an issue, and it's easy to read, but unfortunately it's not for me. I hope the author takes this critique and fleshes out the setting and characters a bit more beyond just magic capitalism.
BlaydRoyal Road
★★ 1.5
Rough start for a very cool idea. Could use some work in showing more of what the setting is like rather than stating a bunch of facts. Poor gf of the MC gets fridged, and MC has an epiphany that acquiring money would be helpful.
Very much looking forward to reading a later draft