Needlessly Defiant: Nether Monk

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Description

Slammed into a world he knows nothing about, Deacon realizes he needs to train up fast or become just another stain on the catacomb floor. Join him as he Mr. Magoos his way through temples, battlefields, cemeteries, and political intrigue. Your quest says to help these people, F that I'm going treasure hunting. Will he fill out his skill tree? Will he survive long enough to find out what a skill tree is? Is it normal for his eyes to glow bright green? Find out in Needlessly Defiant, Book 1 of Nether Monk.

"What is a Nether Monk?"

"Should have thought about that before you picked it."

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: MalikaiBro

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.1/ 5.0
Followers: 653
Views: 734,396

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Community Reviews(5)

StriderfighterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I like this story as it is going so far. It could be a little more clearer in the first few chapters, but I like that we developed the story and that it is progressing both in the power rising and the plot xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xx x
AccentRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
A great read, still in the early stages the character is well written and so are the abilities and Deacon is very crafty with the use of his abilities. Now I won't go into too much more of the story but, so far all of the people in this story are great and can be seen in real life as some people are really stupid and this appears to be a d&d esque story, so middle ages.
Overall a great fleshed-out book, that deserves more attention.
UnOriginalRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Interesting enough premises. Typical isekai story of reincarnation into a fantasy world, MC gets lucky and receives unusual class, then sets out to stumble upon one opportunity after another.
the premises is fine, it's the execution that I have issues with. The transitions between POV is jarring and unnatural. Information about the world and the characters randomly appear with no set up.
there's a great story here, but it's buried under all the technical issues.
ContradictionRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
Story seems to be all action. Pretty par for the course with litrpg's, not the worst thing. Except the action sucks. Why? There's no tension. The fights aren't described in the worst way, nor is the pacing bad when there's a fight. It's just not interesting. The M.C. is immune to magic, and almost immune to physical damage. Needs specially made enchanted weapons just to get hurt. Kinda kills tension. Any negatives are quickly offset by the absurd luck stat.
Any negative traits seem to be ignored. MC banes are an inability to cast magic and "hard to get along with". Literally. Yet he's using soul magic and getting along swimmingly with the first people he comes across. Guess we can't have any negative traits for our pseudo God character, huh?
Is it possible to enjoy this story? Yes. It doesn't try to reinvent the wheel, you just have to turn your brain off and recognize that this story won't follow its own rules if it detracts from the most "awesomest character ever". But don't try to make sense of the story. It's a powerwank first and foremost, and it will not deviate from the script, even if the literal character creation gave that impression in ch.1.
Grammar seemed fine, couple typos, but nothing major. As far as powerwanks go, it's not the worst on this site. If all you want is an OP M.C., you'll probably enjoy this story. Guess I'm a needy lad that wants more
icyfistRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
It could possibly be a good story; I'm not sure. I can't get past the very poorly edited writing. The premise is entertaining enough (LitRPG, Monk, Isekai), and the output speed seems respectable (1100+ pages over 18 months) but the writing quality is low enough that it's a struggle to get through. Here's an example from Chapter Three:
“What the Fuck!?” screamed Deacon. That may have been a mistake since the sound of muffled voices are getting closer. Feeling around his environment, Deacon gets the sensation that he is in some sort of crate but can’t find a latch or seam. Deacon begins to worry if there is enough air in here when a seam of light starts to appear to his right. Taking the initiative, he pushes against what he assumes is the lid. He stumbles out only to be met with a sword to his throat, a knife at his guts, and what appears to be an arrow pointed at his chest.
Armand Desentes slams the door behind him.
“Ok that should be far enough. Those things stopped chasing us 4 turns back. Typhus, what’s in this room.” Armand looks around to find Typhus fiddling with a chest while a pretty elvish woman is searching racks of weapons.
The sentence that begins with "Armand Desentes" is the start of an entirely new point of view of roughly 30 seconds prior to the paragraph before. This is a fine way to tell a story, but there's nothing to indicate this in any way. There's just a sudden shift between the MC's current POV and about 30 seconds prior of another character leading up the MC's current POV. Between that and the very poorly written dialogue, I currently don't recommend this story until another pass is done by an editor.