The Dungeon Masquerade
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The planning I put into my life went to waste. I enrolled in officer school, joined the military. After I served my time, I planned to leave, take my government land, and settle with a cute girl somewhere. Thatwasthe plan. However, my fellow knights and I went to clear out a dungeon, as is our duty. To pay a life or two was an expected cost, but the deaths of everyone was not. Everyone died. Except for me.
I had alone survived and the dungeon became my prison, my home. The planning I put into my life went to waste, but that did not mean I could'nt start over. So, from the depths of the dungeon, that is what I did: carve out my new life as a dungeon.
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- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2017
- Author
- Black Water
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- 4.1/ 5.0
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Chapters(27 total)
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Community Reviews(3)
- Delectablebooklover8Royal Road★★★★★ 5.0Yes, yes I know I'm mostly giving a glowing review but I've got to say, your story line has got me hooked!!! Honestly? I didn't expect all that much at first and I simply wasn't sure Where you were going with this. How was he going from solider, possible near death, to suddenly somehow into a kind of dungeon? There hasn't been that much precedence for a dungeon story of a person, who's still alive suddenly Becoming a dungeon. That Literally threw me through a loop! Lol. That is until I read your prologue chapter... All I can say is well Done sir, just Well Done! I actually thought I was reading a poem or some other form of prose that got me thinking about the world I was entering and even More curious about where this was going from here. You Hint to the world as it is for the main character without going into a full memory dump mode. Which isn't bad as is, but it's an interesting method of getting us the readers into learning more about the world from the perspective of the character on a day to day basis vs the regular synopsis and go method. ^~^ I am NOT basing this as an end all our be all critique of your work, I simply wanted to let you know that your work is both appreciated and well looked forward to. I hope to see much more of your work in the future as it seems to be a well laid out and planned concept that has an interesting future. I look forward to exploring this world from here on! ^~^
And ON TO THE TECHNICAL CRITIQUE!!!
(If your haven't noticed, I tend to ramble so this is going to be as short as I can make it...).
Style score? Don't hate it. I've literally Just started reading your work so I'll leave that to someone who can go more into the details. Simply put? I like it, if my floating outside in the beginning isn't a good enough indication. ^~^
Story score? I LOVE where your going with this!!! I am in Love with the Dungeon Main Character genre and yours is a play on a life that I've Never seen for a dungeon growth scenario. Ok, so there IS one sto - RoarroRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5Fun read so far(14c),interesting world building. Very good storybit longer chapters will be nice;].
- Noah NightshardRoyal Road★★ 1.5The main idea of this draft is just ingenious. The summary is somewhat hard to understand but the story of the dungeon is finely managed. I was impressed. It was very good.
Now, you're asking yourself : "With all these compliments, why has he given a bad review?" I support what I had said. This novel is bad. I've dropped it at chapter 12.
Firstly, I have to say that I don't love idiot and kind MC. And it's what we got here. He choose to hide all the matters concerning the dungeon but the first person who ask him "Tell me all." I don't want to spoil you. He has made many idiotic choice he regret later because he "doesn't want to kill". Oh rest assured, "he" had killed some people. The other characters in the story are all so cliche that it was painful. You've the airhead archer, the rightful knight and the last but not the least the genius mage with his glasses. Go ahead and read it. I don't recommend it.
Spoiler: Spoiler
The slime is the more interesting character.