Rise For The Sky [Character Driven Multi-Lead Dungeon Crawler]

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Description

Sixty people have awaken at the bottom of a one hundred floor dungeon. Together they must confront the terror of monsters and seek the answers to why they are here.

Expectations: This story is written from multiple perspectives, male and female. Most chapters are a single person, but there will be chapters where there are a couple of quick scenes with different people. The story does take place in a dungeon, but there is no leveling system. This a realistic take on the classic litRPG and iskai tropes written like a traditional novel.

There is a profanity warning because I wish to be natural with how people talk and cursing is a thing people do. So it will happen where it makes sense.

Gore is warned because this is a realistic take, and people will be torn apart by monsters. I don't plan to be overly detailed with it but be warned it will happen.

Updates every other Monday. Chapters will be between 3,000 to 5,000 words.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: ANCT

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.0/ 5.0
Followers: 98
Views: 102,752

Chapters(126 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

KhoalalaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
From the world-buiding to the magic system and especially the characters, I can feel the love and care that the author has put into this story. It's a classic premise, nothing too original in my opinion. But it flows so well. This story feels like the wonderful fantasy tales we all read as chidren.
There are multiple characters' points of views, and each is unique from the other with their power and perspective. I especially love Rosaline, and would love to see her grow.
All and all, this is a story that worth your time reading. Thank you author, please keep writing.
TurtleKingRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Overall - Typically I'm not a huge fan of dungeon stories/ tower climbing stories because I read enough of them where they seem either somewhat cliche or are poorly planned storywise. This is not the case with this story.
Style Score - The pacing and intermixed dialogue is a nice balance that captivates the reader. The grammar is very easy to read, and approachable. This is great for any reader that wants a clear and concise story that focuses on the story rather than fancy prose. I personally didn't mind the larger blocks of text, as it led to greater detail and more worldbuilding.
Story Story - It is a dungeon story which isn't the most unique premise, but these types of stories are popular for a reason. Multiple perspective POVs sometimes bug me, but this isn't the case in this story. I think that the author handled the switches well.
Grammar - The grammar in this story is very very good. The prose is varied, there were no spelling errors that I found. The sentences were clear and grammatically correct. This is certainly a well-written story.
Character Score - All the characters in this novel are well-written and realistic. Their actions make sense, and their dialogue is believable given the circumstance they were put in. Each character is nuanced and makes want to learn more about the world in which they preside.
PakkoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story is amazingly well written and uses its many characters well to tell it's unique story. I get vibes from other stories like lost where there is a greater mystery going on. I hope that the initial hook does well and maybe new mysteries can be brought in after the initial ones are solved. The authors also extremely well detailed and descriptive of all the situations locations fights and so on. The chapter lengths are long which I'd appreciated and the editing is on point.
I highly recommend giving this story a shot if dungeon crawlers are your thing. The multiple pov set up may not be for you however. in the future is a review more of the story I hope the writing will stay consistent and the handling of all of the characters will be good. I know that in many of these type of stories there only be a few that are pushed to the forefront and I'm looking forward to how the story progresses. Give this story a read. You have read enough of my review already. I need a few more words for an advanced review. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
BellwetherRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A set of distinct characters stranded down below. The premise itself implies there will be a lot to see. The story feels reasonably dark, perhaps more grim than most dungeon crawlers I read on royalroad. And it's not the deaths nor tragic events that make me feel that way. It's more of the author's peculiar writing style, as this dreary atmosphere seems to permeate the story.
The story pace is on a slower side, even taking into account the tag in the story's name. On the other hand if you prefer a slow-burn read with well-thought characters, then perhaps you have found your alley and should give this story a try.
BullerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
i advice going jrr martin on these people.
Anyway.
Slow-pacing but doesn't get boring. There are a few moments where I had to wonder if the personalities got shifted around but that might have been more my own ideas than anything. Grammar is fine enough. No real errors found. Mysteries were interesting enough to keep reading.
5/5 from me.
Digital RiotRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
As a disclaimer, I've done this review as part of a review swap with the author. But I assure that this hasn't impacted my opinion of the story. Now to get on with the review:
For starters, both the idea of this story and the way that it has been executed can only be described with one word, "Unique". Though this word is quite overused when it comes to reviews of stories (especially in a quite stale genre such as isekai/portal fantasy) this story breaks so many expectations when it comes to the way it tells its own tale. Everything about this story stands out and ahead of the crowd, it truly is unique in its own way.
-Style
To start off, the Style of this book is made in a way where we don't really focus on a main character. As such, the author has to write differently when delving into the perspective of each individual character, as they push the story forward together. This has been done in a way that isn't too jarring, and allows the reader to get a general understanding of each individual character and their personalities. While I'm not a huge fan of a large cast of "main" characters where we see their POVs rather than a smaller cast or just one MC to get the POV from, this story has convinced me that it can be done well.
Also, this is LITRPG! Sorta. Of course, LITRPG isn't included in any of this fictions tags, but it just integrates so smoothly into the narrative, that I didn't even suspect it until the story showed us directly. It just fits into the setting and world. I'm not sure exactly how to explain it. It isn't tropey at all, it's quite unique.
-Grammar
Almost perfect. I haven't noticed anything wrong here. Everything makes sense, phrases and sentences are well put together, and there are few-- if any-- spelling mistakes. All in all 5/5 on this part.
-Story
Sixty people wake up one day inside of a dungeon, in the best physical conditions of their lives. Together, they have to fight through an array of monsters and keep their group together in order to s
Genuine55Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
So, yeah, I'm finding this fantastic. Only reason I'm not going to finish it all right now is because I've got other longish works on my list and I want to save this for when I can focus on it. It really isn't a lightweight work.
Style is solid - I'm never confused by where the action is, nor am I ever distracted by it.
Story is where this work shines. Standard Isekai, but without a lot of the weaknesses inherent in that sort of story. We aren't zeroed into a single protag, and as of chapter six we haven't been bogged down by thousands of words of exposition about mechanics. Additionally, the characters are actually behaving normally to the sudden shift in their world. They don't appear to have immediately forgotten everything about who they were in favor of their new classes.
There's no issues with grammar, didn't notice errors or anything beyond a vaguely akward sentence or two. Nothing to distract, so full points.
Characters are my only nitpicks. While I love that there's an ensemble cast, and they're executed as well as could be hoped, it does make it slightly harder to engage. Harder as in more work. Long term this will be nothing but a blessing, as it allows the story to shift PoV to maintain stakes, but early on its a little rough.
By the way, is it terrible that I expect Phelain to be the first to blow through all three lives?
KathyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Rise for the Sky is an interesting and realistic take on the gamelit / isekai genre, which is refreshing to see. The slow burn is laid out in such a way that is intended to allow the reader to absorb information in an easy way. With something ambitious like this, I was grateful for the chance to take it easy, since there's a lot to take in!
I'm going to start with the most intimidating aspect of the story: Character. There will be 60 of them, and that definitely shocked me at first. It's an ambitious project! But, I have to say, I've read as far as chapter 7, and I remember pretty much who everyone is - and this is important - not by their names, but by their actions and personality. I'll remember who Malachi is once he grins or chats to people. I'll remember Warner when he shoulders in with lackies. Each chapter does switch to various viewpoints, although some stick to one. However, each viewpoint so far has been distinct and left an impression. Conflicts between characters are heightened by our understanding each of them.
The style and grammar were better than a lot of stories I've seen, but were not without flaws. However, the author has put in that the reader can help edit, and has been very responsive to the suggestions for edits they've received. By chapter 7 it was hardly noticeable at all. It mostly read smooth, but sometimes the pacing in some scenes felt a little drawn out between actions or revelations. I don't really mind, but it is something I felt could be improved, and so had to mark it down that half star.
As far as the story element, I found it to be really interesting. So far there are some intriguing hints at where the story could take us and as for the horror tag, there is plenty of dread. It's light dread for now, but it's growing as it goes on. Great moments of characters knowing this all won't end well, but you root for them anyways. The story is fairly straight-forward in so far as they are set up to dungeon crawl up and out of the dungeon. T
fknmzRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
In Jean-Paul Sartre's play, No Exit, three men are trapped in a waiting room. The story (spoilers!) unfurls to reveal that they're in purgatory. The realization that you're trapped in an offputting space, and trapped with strangers, open up a few critical avenues.
One on hand, it lets you set up some fascinating premises. For example, the confined space is a hallmark of locked room mysteries, where every member of a group is faced with figuring who's capable - and is likely responsible - for an act as heinous as murder.
On another and more broad avenue, it lets you interrogate the contours of human subjectivity. Subjectivity, in the most basic theoretical sense, refers to what you're subject to. You can be subject to the law, to the government, to ideology, to God. In a locked room, a confined space, a dungeon, you're subject to other people.
ANCT plays with that initial theoretical premise quite straight: people - sixty people - are effectively stuck in a dungeon and need to figure out a way to navigate their way out. Who they are and what they do brushes up against each other. In this sense, there is a basic existential crisis here: who are we concerning the others here, the people we're stuck with? People, after all, craft themselves in relation to others, especially others they're comfortable with. However, in a situation where they're stuck with the company of others they aren't guaranteed to enjoy, what sort of conclusions or decisions will they make, and what sort of tensions rise out of that?
There is, however, a secondary component that emerges; WHY are they stuck with each other? They're placed in a confined space at the behest of a capricious entity in a grand game of sorts. It puts all of these people together, gives them game-like abilities and progression, and ultimately leaves them to figure it out.
ANCT is built similarly to survival stories from the early 2000s. According to Uno Tsunehiro, young people are pitted against each other, either by design
Angry_RaccoonRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
[Spoiler-free! Foreword: I agreed to do an advanced review with the author in advance, but this does not affect my scores in any way :) ]
Highly recommended if you like: traditional fantasy, Isekai, fantasy action/adventure, litRPGs
First off: this is an extremely promising book! It has such an interesting premise and a lot of heart. If you’re a fan of any of the genres/subgenres above, definitely check this out! This book seems to have a ton of appeal, and deserves way more views and attention. Check it out! While it has a little roughness around the edges, which does add charm, it’s a story full of potential and a rewarding, slowburn tone.
Characters:
Extremely consistent, often full of personality and great chemistry, though sometimes certain ones are hard to differentiate to me—most likely because of the extreme ambitiousness of there being so many characters! With so many different characters being introduced, I’d love to see more variation in their personalities and characters in general; (they all seemed broadly ‘good;’ maybe down the line one will betray the others, as an idea? More self-serving characters and flaws could be cool to explore later down the line!
As for developing their characters, explaining a little more on their backstories can help. However, a majority of them were super clear and defined early on, but still with a lot of room to grow. I chuckled a few times, so the moments of humor definitely hit! :)
Certain character descriptions were somewhat clunky. Additionally, certain characters are constantly described by their hair color or skin, and I feel as though there could be better ways to describe and distinguish them from one another, especially with so many different characters in the story! Here's a list I always recommend to see for referenes:
I was a little confused on the way that many of them spoke. If they all are from the 21st century and such, some spoke very formally. Though different demographics obviously speak very differentl