The Birth of Fantasy

Self-Published

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Description

Fresh out of the academy, Zeal is on his first solo outing as an Abator. The anomaly he's sent to study prevents his death and transfers him to a new universe. Universe Six, as The System tells him, has vastly different fundamental laws. They include the governing of magic and the strange tattoos that ink themselves onto the body called Stigmata. Journey with Zeal as he makes friends, enemies, and bonds with an adorable Kobold named Luin.

The Birth of Fantasy is a Gamelit, Litrpg with Cultivation progression instead of stats. The release schedule will be Monday through Friday.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2022
Author: Daphonic

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Rating: 4.2/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(10)

[email protected]Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The author delivers a nice take on a transplanted MC coming to grips with a magic world.
Highly character driven, with interesting magic system.
For me, there is enough system elements to scratch my RPG itch, however not being overwhelming. The story keeps me engaged and has solid pacing and an enjoyable read.
If you enjoy LITRPG novels, then give this a try
gilyantRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Must read, this is the start to a great new series! Read up to chapter 20 in my first sitting, the only thing I wished for was another 100 chapters. Great characters, storyline. Keep up the good work and don't listen to people that want to put your story down.
hmdrakeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This has some really great elements going for it right now: a likeable MC who isn't from modern day earth, a unique system mixed with cultivation, which I'm a fan of, and likeable and helpful characters to interact with in this new world. So far I've really enjoyed the worldbuilding, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.
naralianRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
At heart this is a fairly standard litrpg story, but it does a lot of things in a way that's better thought out than usual, so the tropes are well-justified instead of just applied blindly. My favorite examples of this:
1- Isekai is actually used for a reason and impacts the characters and story, a vanishingly rare treasure on RR. It's not fancy or deep, but the world the protagonist comes from isn't Earth, his native culture informs his decisions instead of him instantly adapting, and the way the new world matches or doesn't match his old one provides a really good framing device for giving the reader lore and exposition. The fact that he was basically abducted by magic aliens is also a plot point, even, likely tied to a mystery about the world in general, not an immediately-forgotten one off event.
2- RPG mechanics are used consistently in a way that actually informs what characters can do and, much much much more importantly, what they can not do. The MC is cheating like crazy and overpowered, of course, but it's in a consistent way, he has a manageable number of actual abilities with defined mechanics, and when he chooses paths he actually loses the opportunity to do other useful things. He's favored heavily by the system instead of violating it for deus ex machina, basically.
3- the narrative frequently inserts the dumber aspects of video games to the world just for the fun of figuring out how to justify them or push all the way to the absurd logical conclusion. Why do all the merchants buy certain monster drops at the same prices with no haggling in every location and look basically the same? Because they're a hive mind not actually motivated by commercial interests in the traditional sense and need xp orbs for some secret project worth enough to buy at a loss, stuff like that.
Basically it won't change your life but it's worth reading if you enjoy the genre, especially the more heavily RPG influenced end of it where respawn points take death off the table et
PhyrricFalconRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
This is a really good novel, but just doesn't quite sit well enough with me for me to continue reading it. Overall, good premise and way that the system is managed, I'm just not sure I like the characters or how they're portrayed that much. It's interesting to have a non-human main character, but when he himself confirmed it, it just flipped an already leaning switch. This isn't to say non-human protagonists are bad, just that this particular portrayal didn't sit perfectly well with my view of the story. Keep up the great work though!
vladeragRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
As I have read this I have been struck by just how little anyone seems to care about anything. The protagonist has a will of steel. Thrown into a different universe that is very different than your own? Eh, he shrugs it off. Seeing a walking undead skeleton, a monster that defys the very science that his former universe was based on? Barely worth a thought.
It is actually kind of absurd how detached the character is from the world around him, and it is just as odd that no one else reacts to his oddities! If everyone has levels and classes, and level them up as they live, than an adult who is level one should raise a few eyebrows - but the characters act like random people wandering in like that is just tuesday.
Not that it is terrible, just average. Or it would be if not for the System, which is different than other novels and is interesting. Slightly.
I mean, it isn't exactly complex, just a somewhat new take on the idea. But it adds enough to the story that I can't say I am bored by it and lands the story slightly above average. Certainly it is a good first draft.
Cranium9Royal Road
★★★★ 3.5
the story itself is amazing and the worldbuilding is absolutely fantastic the only real gripe I have about the story is that the mc is so uncautious it's like he lived in a utopia or is mentally deficient.
ps: I do love the story I just dislike the mc quite a bit.
edit: he got a bit better but I stand by what I said, plus half star
SLit23Royal Road
★★★★ 3.5
Worth the read if you're looking to pick up a new story, but it seems to be another quickly escalating power fantasy.
We're starting out with the "classless" trope, weak beginning with infinite potential. Usually there would be an arc or two before the MC is actively OP, but it seems like the author is a little impatient. After a few info dumps the MC is throwing around fireballs fat enough to make the village react, and we're likely going to find out just how super duper special mr MC is.
forgotten_hexRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
If you've got some free time, it's definitely not a bad idea to read this story, though be warned that some of it pretty rough around the edges.
The MC doesn't have much going on between the ears but overall he's fairly likeable. One thing i do like a lot about this story is that the MC displays actual heroic values instead of the stupid anti-hero, selfish MC cliche that has been so popular this passed decade or two. Don't get me wrong he's not a goody two shoes, but he's also not a Punisher/Batman wannabe.
ParadoxcloudRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
Feels like the side characters are NPCs from the elder scrolls and the mc is rushing through the main quest, basically they are about as talkative and emotive as the quest line needs them to be.
The best character interaction I saw was when the mc couldn't speak the language and he had to communicate non-verbally, that was cut short very quickly though.
For the rest it's okay albeit nothing special.