Mastery

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An ex soldier is dropped into a forest unfamiliar. He meets people who speak a language he doesnt know, they wield weapons unfamiliar and fight forces unimaginable. This soldier chooses a path, a path few walk and none ever complete. He has chosen the path of mastery.

Pic isnt mine! Daily chapters are the aim, at a minimum of 2000 words. DO NOT HOWEVER EXPECT FLAWLESS WORK, THIS IS RAW AND UNEDITED, QUANTITY OVER QUALITY!

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Status
Hiatus
Year
2019

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.3/ 5.0
Followers
1,076
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380,770

Chapters(56 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • KluvialRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Fantastic world building wish fulfillment fantasy. The characters are op or will be eventually. So far there is no big bad out there to look out for so much but it is still kinda early so the characters are going out there and having some fun adventures for the most part. And the main characters are people who you would share a beer with which I find personally enjoyable.
    The world building is very good I think and allows the reader to put themselves into different characters viewpoints and “experience” what is happening.
    Also shows a progressive (or maybe now it’s considered modern?) style of thought so it should be enjoyable for a wide audience. I hope.
  • TheLoserEllimistRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    review title says it all.
    in terms of areas you could improve... hmm... You could probably work on those transitiona to make them feel more natural.
    The rest is up to you and is really quite well done. keep it up.
    P.S. As far as I can tell, you're about finished with the story's begining. It would be nice if there was some kind of greater plot we could begin to percieve. It's ok if there isn't though, this is a web-fic afterall.
  • UraniumSpoonRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Really a fun story to read, I have some minor quibbles but nothing that takes away from the interesting ideas and interesting progression of the fic. In my opinion, the weak points of the story are really that, while it does some things REALLY well, there are moments that are weaker in the same components, and so they stand out to me.
    1. The pacing.
    Pro: I greatly enjoy how Irregular is willing to use timeskips, and recognize that in real life, things don't happen non-stop for weeks on end. The MC trains diligently and consistently, and takes menial tasks, and Irregular doesn't make you read all of them, while still acknoweldging that they exist.
    Con: Some of his relationship timing needs a bit of work. The descriptions of everyone as being attracted to everyone, even if nothing seems like it will really come of it, is a little unnecessary. When characters are queer it is a little shoved in your face especially in the case of his wife and Jisarila, though it is done well with Weira. His relationship with his wife is also a little shoehorned in, I think, though she is a compelling character after the additon. It could have benefitted from a little more of a drawn out process of his getting to know her, even a few scenes interspersed through a timeskip or something, though I really enjoy how he interacts with his adopted daughter.
    2. Characterization
    Characterization is really good for characters that he has developed, but many of the side characters seem a little more like a list of traits than rounded out characters. Jisarila seems particularly susceptable to this, but perhaps that's because I want her to be more than she currently is. His daughter, with the addition of the latest chapter, has also taken a sharp left turn, where I would have loved a bit of foreshadowing or abnormalities in the previous chapters to allude to her abnormal stats.
    Overall, I really enjoy this story, and I hope it continues for a long time.
    _Spoon
  • azarthRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Love it. There are some Grammer errors but overall I think the take on leveling and the method of progression is neat.
  • krakenayyRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Really enjoy the novel honestly.
    About the reviews, it's good to read the good and bad, you can learn from both.
    But don't let it get to you, after all, you are the author, the readers aren't.
    Keep writing it as you seem fit and ill keep enjoying it.
  • ShadebladezRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    I like it, it's been a while since i've read something this original though. New races , no corrupted nobility, giant dungeons and a militairy academy now what's not to like ?
    Overal the story keeps my attention and there are no horrible grammar faults. I do miss a bit of worldbuilding, don't get me wrong i love that there havn't been any info dumps but i would like it if the world get's a bit more fleshed out and if there is some more personal interaction with his "family". Mayby even some more detailed fighting scenes. I'm looking forward to the comming chapters.
  • Sanguine RayzelRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    This story got is one of my favorites of the newer stories on this site. the grammar is decent and spellings good. Flow while good for the most part acheives impressive jank when indroducing new arcs into the story buts thats really my only complaint. the actions good quick and savage for the most part and the protag uses Sword and Board a shockingly underutaliszed weapon set.
    The characters are on the up and up and help fill the world with nuggets of happiness and mumanity in ano otherwise underdevoloped (stoywise) world something I for one prefer of pages upon pages of expostion in order to explain things the characters will instead disover things more naturally over the course of their lives within this story
  • He-Who-SeeksRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    Things I personally like about this novel
    -The Mc has a crazy personality (mostly impulses)
    -He doesn‘t throw himself at every women
    -I can identify myself with him
    -Not the usual power levelling, just hard work
    What I don‘t like about this story is the style. In my opinion the Isekai genre is for people, who are to lazy for a backstory. (Don‘t know if he will reveal his past, I can be lazy too) But what‘s wrong with being born in a fantasy without former advantageous knowledge.
    What I hope to find in this novel...
    MASTERY OF EVERYTHING
    Die Gedanken sind frei✌🏻
  • Millamber232Royal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    A good adventure and a must read fiction. Could use editing before bing made into a book, but worthy of the effort
  • KeifruRoyal Road
    ★★★ 2.5
    (As of Ch. 36; I believe some mention it being 'journal-style' however I only see it in 3rd person so I think there has been some rewrite)
    Overall, its okay. A more grounded take on isekai insomuch that the MC actually has to learn the language and there's a reasonable passage of time- all to often people just gloss over with 'everyone speaks English for some reason' or some System element translates everything automatically.
    There's a couple setting/worldbuilding bits that look shakey to me as to how classes, dungeons, titles, and level/mastery intersect as it pertains to the MC versus society overall but there's not enough information to me to pen it out at this time. Its something I'm keeping my eye on.
    The biggest issue I'd put to it, is something I've seen in some other web serials which is a poor use of extreme conflict/unbalanced conflicts. What I mean, is there's isntances where the story is flowing just fine, things are progressing-  SUDDENLY BAM, HUGE THREAT, ALL HANDS ON BATTLESTATIONS GOGOGO. There doesn't seem to be any foreshadowing of a threat, or any kind of buildup, and it doesn't come across to me as a stylistic jarring-event.