Minutes of Existence

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Description

Ren Faire, a young teenager who prefers the company of books, games, and movies over people, suddenly finds himself transported into his favorite RPG moments after completing an absurd challenge set by the developers.

Landing in a familiar world, he discovers that the story is different from the one he knew in the game. But there's a more pressing problem—no one can see him due to a mysterious skill.

What was once a thrilling adventure now mirrors a harsh reality where death is real, and every choice carries grave consequences.

Armed with his experience in the game and extensive knowledge of hidden treasures and loopholes, will he remain a mere observer, or will he interfere in this world to survive?

This is my first attempt at writing a novel, so any thoughts and comments are welcome, as they will be a valuable learning experience for me.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2024
Author: Renzuki

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 21
Views: 17,675

Chapters(40 total)

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Community Reviews(1)

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★★★★★ 5.0
[Overall]
Randomly clicked on it and found the premise interesting, so I decided to give it a go. The novel is still in its early chapters, but trust me, you will be satisfied and come back for more. Despite having short chapters, a lot is happening in each one.
I didn't think much of the title of the novel but it sure does summarizes MC's ability quite clearly. The MC has the most overpowered and horrifying abilities, overpowered to others and horrifying to himself. Why horrifying you ask? Well, read the spoiler if you want to know why.
What use does such abilities have if you cannot touch anything (heck he almost got defeated by hunger), cannot help despite having the ability to, cannot get help from others (Just imagine him getting unconscious from some injury, that would be 100% death because no one is coming to help him).
He cannot even talk to someone without the time running out, it's not a problem, yet, as barely any time has passed, but if this continues we will have a senile MC soon.
All in all, I am enjoying reading this one. It might come of a little generic to what you might have read already but I recommend you to give it a try. While the story may not be exceptionally remarkable, but is a great read regardless.
[STYLE]
The author has a simple writing style. The author is slowly unravelling the world around him according to his needs. His storytelling might be slow but he sure is building mysteries using it. But what he does best is character interactions (Just read the novel to find out).
In conclusion, his style is simple, yet, refreshing and captivating to read.
[STORY]
The story has barely started so I cannot say much, but it has me enthralled. Even though the setting of novel might be common, it's the anticipation of how Ren is going to protect everyone with all the restrictions holding him down that is still holding me to this novel. If I had to give it an age rating it would be 13+.
[GRAMMAR]
I don't see any problem here.
[CHARACTER]
The author