New Midian

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Description

In Idaho 2040, the Federal Government launched a raid on a suspected hiding place of a group of murderers.... but found something else.

The Government quickly sealed off the area as the press tried to understand what had happened. One reporter manages to get through and discovers one of the most amazing stories ever. She discovers the...

The Dungeon of New Midian.

She is told a story of heroes and villains, bravery and cruelty. The story is about how a city of monsters came to be and how it affected the story of her world.

Trigger Warning - This story contains adult themes and events. Please be aware that when you read this story, it is about monsters in every definition of the word.

Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2025
Author: Valknar

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 188
Views: 95,820

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Community Reviews(6)

FedorovRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
As he contines to be involded with these criminals and has he is distancing himself from being human. I see a point where he stops caring where he stops caring about humans and fully takes the role of a villain. Also favorite has to be Rigger and the shadow boy.
IxofutRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I really enjoy how the author has built the world in this novel. The setting is rich, detailed, and full of depth, making it easy to get immersed in the story. Each character stands out with unique traits and backgrounds, which adds a lot of personality and intrigue to the narrative.
John Dyr ClassicRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
My reviewing skills are not the best, but here I go.
This is a very unique and fresh take on a dungeon management story in pretty much all ways.
The way dungeon 'monsters' are acquired and work is completely new.
The place and time setting are different from what we are used to in dungeon Mc stories.
I like how the Mc doesn't just become an overpowered monster with no challenges that gets level-ups and power-ups with barely any effort, yet he still grows stronger without it feeling too slow.
Personalities of people feel realistic, especially how Mc struggled a bit with morals at the start, but still grew into his new role without becoming a goody 2 shoes nor a complete murder hobo with no plans.
The grammar is fine, and the only thing I can see is that sometimes a few words will miss a letter, but they are so far between and so little that it does not affect the story negatively since you can tell what it should say.
Vocabulary and story flow are great, conversations feel human instead of robotic.
There is a lot of effort put into worldbuilding, so you get a good view of how the world works and events.
Chapter size is great, so you don't end up with that annoying feeling of having read 2 minutes and feeling like you haven't even read a whole chapter, that's a big plus for me.
TheTacticalStorytellerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This story is very unique in its approach. The way the author merged a reincarnation, litrpg story with History is incredible. The story is VERY dark but it is masterfully done that it didn't gross me out
I can see where the author is going with the characters and love it but I do wish they had a little more personality. The invaders vs challengers is clever and I am looking forward to how the story progresses.
I like how the author researched historical facts and incorporated them into the story. The international news is incredible and I like seeing familiar names.
The balanced pacing is cool and the top down view during the action scene makes me feel like the maze is my gameboard and watching the pieces prepare themselves before battle.
I found myself looking forward to the time progression and guessing what is going to happen next. Some of the hinted at darker themes are intense and there is little in the way of hope and light but I couldn't help enjoy the darker elements.
I can't wait to read more of the story to see how the dungeon develops and what the management will turn into.
Well done Valknar. Really made me feel like I was managing the dungeon myself in such a unique way. Followed and favorited! Can't wait for the next chapter!
toddRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This is a relatively novel take on the dungeon core genre. It is hardly the first to present a brutal challenge, or to reward Challengers with more than just material wealth or power, but the way in which it does so is remarkably unique. The protagonist is neither bloodthirsty nor friendly, watching Challengers come and die with polite interest. He tolerates the monstrous quirks of his Hunters with mild horror, and otherwise watches the passing of the years and lives with the same sort of detachment.
I will say, the brutal difficulty of the dungeon is surprising at first. There is a very harsh realism that is devastating to those who attempt its trial, where a single stab can- and often will- mark the end of a life. There is no sense of favoritism, and it is genuinely surprising at times to see who fails or succeeds. It makes the rare victor feel all the more satisfying, doubly so because each Challenger is nothing more than an ordinary human testing themselves against something slightly more than human.
The worldbuilding is surprisingly good for how detached the protagonist is from most of it, being anchored to a single place. It is set in an alternate history Earth, with a surprising amount of detail placed into real events that shaped the world. Honestly, this probably has a better overview on the conflict between labor and capital during the industrial revolution than most American high school textbooks. Not to mention the assorted conflicts leading up to World War I, which are usually quite sanitized given that the empires involved are all the ones that wrote the history books. The author manages to put together a rather unbiased retelling of the last century and a half, with some very interesting changes.
Overall, it creates a curiously detached viewpoint that steadily watches the world change and history happen, interspersed with moments of extreme violence and horror. Rather like human history in that regard. The pacing lends a steady sense of marching forwa
Arc BoundRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
A fun read and I very much enjoy the story. Still not sure how immersion breaking the dual pov element is going to be in the long run what with Gaberial (an actual name,if rare, and not a typo. Always fun to learn new things about my own language) being a stand in for the reader while the Keeper is the narrator to which so far the entire text of the story has untested but they haven't been shown to be unreliable but I don't think I would feel cheated if I was to get a full Keyser Soze to the face at the end of the story.
It also has a bit of similarities with 'Interview with a Vampire' but with transmigration element frees up the narrative to just go buck wild with historical context just so long as the dual focus maintains an internal consistency.
But whooo boy does the writer need to do some editing passes before posting sometimes. Reading can sometimes feel like walking across uneven gravel so if that bothers you I'd suggest you take a pass. Unless, and I'm super reaching, some of the typos are in fact Keeper slipping up and telling us/Gaberial something about his secret nature.(spoiler on specifics)
Pronouns will frequently swap around (He, She, I, Your) and sometimes wrong words will be used although you can usually tell what was meant to be said if you go over it in a purely phonetic sense. I wonder if it is just an incautious use of autocorrect. (instead of knock it says not and other mistakes in that vein) Except for the phrase about the daughter I'm still puzzling how that typo happened.