Tanking Hits [I Level When I Get Hit in the Balls]

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Description

[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge!]

During his Destiny Reveal, Sam gets handed the designation of Tank — a death sentence for an Elf.

He has four years to reach level 300 — a feat almost never achieved by Elven Tanks. If he doesn't succeed, then he will die when he's summoned to complete his Destiny Test.

Fortunately, the Goddess who handed him that death sentence gave him a special chance to succeed. The only problem — it was a real kick in the nuts.

What to expect from this story:A unique non-crunchy LitRPG system, slapstick comedy, puns, middle-school level humor, supportive friendships and shocking deceptions.

High praise from a reader- “This is so dumb but so good”

Updates Monday and sometimes Tuesday Starting May 29th 2023

Cover is AI Generated by MidJourney, fixed in NovelAI and further edited by Dragon of Rochester

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2022
Author: DragonOfRochester

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 1,565
Views: 275,500

Chapters(33 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

fmriverRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This review is as of CH 16, and early days based on how the story has been set up from the beginning. It's a good story, and the 'Isekai' portion is near enough to invisible/unneeded that it could be easily edited out and basically nothing would have been lost.
That's because the author actually made there be acutal logic and reasoning for the protagonist to go through a shonen style levelling sprint. (a) have a OP boon, with nigh crippling leveling requirements (b) have a 'killer' deadline to force him to try to grow faster than the average adventurer, in order to make sure he survives the TEST... AND (c) made it so he isn't 'unique' just super rare in world, due to the self correcting nature of bad race-job combinations.
I also love how a lot of the mechanics have been partially referenced/foreshadowed to show they have been thought up from the start WITHOUT doing a whole expose in the first 30 minutes of bumping his head.
So, as long as the author is able to keep the original voice of the story, and allow for the young man to continue forth with his growth, this is definitely a story worht keeping your eye on.
PS - The Ranger Chef character might be a good party member as he doesn't give AF about levels and stuff or skills, he just wants to cook.
1Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I do, and you probably will too. The narrative revels in absurdity, with plenty of comedic premises. The overarching plot is quite literally to gain levels or die, so there's a fairly compelling driving force here for our protagonist, rather than murder for murder's sake. On a more cheery note, there's plenty of visceral pain ahead for Sam. I'm not a sadist, I swear! Finally, the character art is quite good. All-around enjoyable story, definately worth the read.
Allo3.14Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I laughed out loud several times, the writing is smooth and the characters interesting. The premise might seem somewhat simple, but it's actually not. The author manages to do much with it and shows great skill.
If it keeps updating, I'll come back and do an advanced review, but so far, this is worth it.
Read it, people
ReneeWolfRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It’s very interesting, the grammar is mostly good (I think it might be regional differences?), and I will probably reread at some point.
The only major downside is the images. I think whatever hosting site updated something and negated the links. the story is understandable but it is Very obvious that one is missing part of the intended content.
SR FauthRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story is ... a painfully good time. Its like the most disturbing duck tales ever, but with monsters and leveling.
With ath being said, let us dive right into it:
STLYE SCORE 5/5: The style of writing is loose, a bit gritty, with the kind of humour that makes anyone with family jewels wince on a chapter to chapter basis. Its amazingly well intoned, with satire that is right up the alley of the more unique ones that's I have read.
STORY SCORE 5/5: Get to level 300, by getting kicked in the nuts. Thats the story. And it, against all odds, works. Its painfully obvious that this is an amazing blend of vengeance, and it is perfectly well written. Throw in a goddess who seems just as sadistic as many of the monsters, and you have a good time.
GRAMMAER 5/5: I saw nothing, and I mean nothing, that I could point to that would break my immersion in this great fiction.
CHARACTER SCORE 5/5: The characters are drop dead hilarious. They develop well, meet the satire head on, and figure out unique solutions to problems I don't think I have ever read of anyone haveing before. They are written in a way that they progress steadily, and I enjoy eveerymoment of it.
OVERALL SCORE 5/5: This is an absolutely MUST read on Royal Road. There are not too many that I would drop a fully released Amazon novel for, but this is definitely one of them. You need to check out this jewel in the rough before someone manages to break it open.
StormWyrmRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
From the author of "When Immortal Ascension Fails Time Travel To Try Again," comes a new work where an elf goes into a temple with his peers to get his class, and gets tossed out with a bullshit fate, a bullshit way of leveling, and memories from another world he gained by smacking his head on the altar of the Goddess Of Intelligence on his way in to the class selection room. Thus far, it's a barrel of laughs, and I can't wait to see more. Don't go in expecting the story to take itself seriously, (it was written as the result of a bet, after all,) and you'll have fun.
.Sora.Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I've read many reviews of books with silly plots that say, 'this has no right to be this good.' This story, for sure, deserves that kind of review, and since it still doesn't have one, I'm here doing what needs to be done.
I wish I were able to describe what I liked about it in detail, but I'm not very good at this review thing (and English is not my first language). So let's just say that the character interactions were a highlight for me, and I think it's worth the read.
(P.S. I find the goddess stuff funny and strangely, it doesn't break my immersion in the world).
FromTheDeepRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
If you came here from 'When Immortal Ascension fails' like I did then you know what to expect from the author. If your new then expect a nice solid story with medium pacing with no major grammar mistakes, and a possible side serving of unreliable narrator. I'm hoping Dragon leans more into the comedy for this work because he has a nice turn of phrase for puns from his previous work. Hope you have fun with this
NeutralizerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The way MDW defends the parody concept in the comments(which as I also agree is the point of this story) is so chivalrous. Its like having an american president as your bodyguard (and motivator)!
Furthermore, I also think that if the author is good, the plot driver can be ridiculously over the top, and the story in the end can be pure gold (like in this case). All pics are broken but I came for the story and they are just extra, so it's ok.
PS: get well soon (you and your family), DragonOfRochester
PratzStrikeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is the most straight forward approach to Isekai trash you've ever seen, and then the two big twists happen and it's so well written that it just sings as a story. And nothing is as funny as watching someone turn having other people hit him in the twig and berries into a superpower, one massive jolt of pain through the nervous system at a time.