Not Everyone's Lv Zero

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In a world where monsters are dead, Almost Everyone's lv zero.The world is at peace,but for how long.

Mannat, born to a blacksmith, wants to follow in his father's footsteps. He's determined. He's focused. He's stubborn.There's just one problem: he was born with 'Focus' and 'Analyze', skills that favor his mental attributes.He found living in the village a tough task. Boys his age called him a freak while the adults whispered behind his back. His parents loved him unconditionally, but he knew they feared for his wellbeing.Manant was a diamond in the rough and it takes a certain eye to find a diamond. Especially, in the dark.Fortunately, a Witch lived on the outskirts of his village. Unfortunately, she wasn't known for being friendly. She will help him shine, but only for a price, he can't pay.

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Underload

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Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(10)

world_wandererRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
That was amazing. It's just a summary of my thoughts aboutthis novel right now.
I will stat with grammar. Grammar is amazing. Everythings is clear and simple. I didn't even find a slightest problem with that. Amazing job.
Style - another gem of this story. It's a 3rd narrative. Usually I don't like when authors spend too mucb time on descriptions that don't help the story, but author proved me wrong. I loved how he made, it was masterpiece. I didn't even skip them like I usually do. He is monster when it comes to setting and exposition. Even reading the way u did it was a big eye opener for me and I will absolutely try to copy your approach to setting.
Story - It's a good slow moving story. I liked it and didn't find anything bad with it. As we read we and MC learn new things, world and our own abilities. I lime how author made MC spend some time in looking for himself. U mnow people can spend years i rl to find what they want to do. I didn't expect a similar problem from novel's MC. It contributed a lot in degree of realism. Besides I loved that MC spent many days and efforts to improve himself and made a shity knife, earning only a qualification. That was good. Too many irl beats at that part. Only that already made this story differ from most lit rpgs. Good job.
Character - they are good. I felt like they were real people and not dolls to fill the exposition. His family, witch friends, everyone who appears, they get their own time and readers can get an idea who are they, what type of people are they and what they want. That's very important, at least for me. I don't like when characters are just dolls without purpose.
Overall, that was wonderful. It was certainly worth reading. Thank u author.
CookieCrumbleRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
When everything moves so fast, it is very rare to found a waystation that was perspective. Everyone’s Lv Zero did just that.
Full disclosure this is both review swap yet at the same time also a fan’s review. Take it with caution both of the salt and rose tinted glass.
When Underload approached me for a review swap, I took a long look at the protagonist name descriptor — Mannat. I remembered that name. I heard that name. Where. Where. Where.
Turned out around a month ago, by the June’s afternoon, me and my not-made bed was scrolling down on the list of latest updates. Not here on RR, but on SH (Scribblehub), the cover and the title took me on an intrigue. Curiosity if you may. Unlike the pandered, obviously title-adjusted, understandable authorial choice that was made for you, RR’s audience, this novel originally titled in a more sophisticated, slightly fancier term — ‘Heir of Mana.’ And the picture of the girl reaching her hand to the cerulean sky just seal the deal.
And as I tried the first chapter, I understandably was expecting the same thing. The same same similars. A teenage boy in a blank slate who by the weaving of fate and innermost wishes of audiences to self-insert themselves, triumphed over a young-master filled world by being granted a cheat for no reason at all. You know, the standard brainless something. Your salted chips in the evening, enjoyable after a work even though you are aware of the fact that it had no nutritional substance and more likely to make you fat.
Ho, dear. How wrong I was…
Underload is a master, and I don't say this lightly, so I’ll repeat it once again with long preceding descriptor sentence to put how much I emphasized this conviction. Underload is a master of description and setting.
I grew up reading books. Loving books. Since the day that the available fiction to me was either twenty-thirty years old collection from my school’s library or cost at least two weeks of my allowance, I've been voraciously gulping and downing every f
KevalShahAudioRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Really enjoying the story so far and look forward to much more to come:
Style: The writing really puts me in the world. The descriptions are on point and I feel the ominous vibes of the situation. The forest feels dark and dangerous and a little eerie when the group is debating to enter. The pull that our MC feels is tangible and real. You can feel the peril in your mind.
Story: Just starting to get into the story so not much to say here but it is an intriguing premise.
Grammar: It is clear the author had put a lot of effort into making sure the grammar and writing are correct, a few typos and errors sparsely apparent does not detract from the story in any way and I still found myself enjoying it immensely.
Character: The characters are clear and well defined, I found them separate and individual. I am sure and excited to see what more will be revealed in the reading.
Overall I am excited to have found another stellar piece of writing. Certainly eager to read more of the fantastic descriptive language in this story and certainly something to experience and learn, as someone with a very vivid imagination this is a story that really allowed me to exercise that.
SummercatRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is an interesting story. It lacks otters, but I give it a recommend anyhow.
Imagine a litrpg world but nothing gives XP because the monsters are all gone.
That's what we're dealing with here, to the point that monsters have been gone so long they're not even really myths or legends.
Except they're coming back.
TblewRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I haven't read too far into this story, but honestly, I can say this is my cup of tea right off the bat.
The story is slow build and slice of live and that is perfectly alright with me. It has a chill and calm pace, so if you are interested in fast gain and fast reward, this isn't the story for you.
Mannat is our MC, and at the beginning, he is a small boy who sticks out from the rest as he is gifted with skills at a very young age. But even so, Mannat is determined to follow in his father footsteps and put in the work to do so and I'm eager to follow his journey as he grows into himself and learn a lot along the way.
The first chapter is a bit rough. Mainly because some of the paragraphs aren’t properly spaced and it takes a while to bring up the subject of tension and fear. For a moment, we just go into little circles before things move along.
But once that first part is out of the way, we get thrown right into Mannat's life a few years down the road. He is older, and still sticks out like a sore thumb, but this character is the type to hold true to himself and isn’t afraid to question things or go on his own path even as a child. It just makes you wonder who this boy will grow up to be once he becomes an adult.
Tracking birdRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The slow progression is immersive and enjoyable, the characters are likable the world is interesting and believable. I love that there are no asspull power-ups his stats and skills fell earned.
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marconjectureRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Fascinating reading. A slightly strange, slow burning and not people-pleasing, but certainly very unique writing style.
I couldn't read it through in one go, like I do many here on RR, but I am very happy I came back to finish the first book so far.
A definite recommendation for demanding readers.
SlaynoirRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I really liked the emotional value in your characters. I'm someone who almost can feel a description like it happened to myself, so it's important for me to know emotion is of obvious importance. The whole scenario with the child is so sad but yet uplifting, so I found myself torn between how to feel for the characters in various ways.
Only thing I'd maybe reconsider is the way that old man talks a little. He seems pretty blunt but dry. Maybe a little more emotion, but I liked him. I'd give a 4/5 for characters and 5/5 for story :D
D.M. Rhodes (Razzmatazz)Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
“Everyone’s Lv Zero” is a litRPG story about an unusually intelligent boy named Mannat who is born into a backwater village. He is determined to follow in his father’s footsteps in order to become a blacksmith despite his stats leaning far away from that being a viable option. However, fate seems to have its own plans for the boy, as the witch who lives in the nearby forest takes an uncanny interest in him and his future from a very young age. As he grows older, pressure mounts and the boy is forced to make a heavy choice.
The story itself is interesting once you get into the flow of it. It goes a bit left and right and there are a few time-skips in the early chapters as we watch Mannat grow up, but it catches itself pretty quickly. The characters are well written. The story mostly focuses on Mannat, but we see a lot of his father and his best friend who are both likable enough to not be annoyed at seeing. LitRPG wise, there aren’t a lot of tables, but there are enough to keep you going if that’s what gives you your kicks and the ones that are there are well detailed. Mannat himself is a good kid and I find him very sympathetic.
The writing itself is decently strong. There is sometimes a sort of stiffness to the prose depending on what novels you are used to reading, but at the same time the author finds very powerful words to make a few killer sentences. I was really impressed by a few of the descriptions of places/feelings/etc in particular. Mostly near the ends of the chapters and stuff.
Apparently the story has been rewritten as of this review if I saw correctly. I’m not sure what was going on before, but I am pretty happy with what I read. All in all, I think this is a fun story but not for the typical reasons. If you’re looking for something new to try out, then give this one a fair shot! =)
scostRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I enjoyed the story, it has a charming tone and strong conveyance of character.
The strongest element of the story is in its descriptions. The author has a tendency to use unconventional descriptions that remain charmingly evocative, the curtains 'giggling' comes to mind. Along with this, the descriptions are very physiological and experiential. You are often invited to feel the sensations of what is being described. The effect is very absorbing.
The character of Mannat is well delivered by his dialogue. The idea of a child genius is pretty well presented in a stilted style of dialogue which is especially apparent when in conversation with other characters.
The story has a good grounding, but I would like to see the general conceit of everyone being 'level zero' explained earlier within the text, instead of it being religated to the synopsis.
In terms of grammar, there are a few minor mistakes in word choice, but don't detract from the story at all. The more significant problem is a tendency to head hop during dialogue. If one wanted to keep the asides some characters make, then it would be better to mark perspective shifts with paragraph breaks.
Overall, a good read that invites you to push on.