The Edge of Endless

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Description

Due to some unforseen and significant life events, this story will be on hiatus for a time.

Reborn into a strange but familiar world, Alex makes it his mission to uncover the mysteries of governments, gods, and the arcane realm known only (and inaccurately) as the Unending Depths. Slowly but surely, he grows in ability and meets new and interesting people.

tEoE is an epic fantasy LitRPG with a focus on plot, writing, and hopefully original twists on the standard formula of 'MC picks cool class, levels up'. Give it a read if any of the following appeals to you:

> 3000-5000 words per chapter, chapters released at least once per week, usually several times. Expect good grammar.

> Story focus on illusions, secrets, and traps (along with the usual combat and character stuff).

> Progression fantasy, but one where progress is meant to feel earned, moderately paced, and reasonable. Some advantages, but not big, unfair ones.

> If a random reader can work out that putting a big rock in a bag of holding, lifting it, and then dropping the rock is free energy, then so could an adventurer who's owned a bag of holding for twenty years. Side characters have brains too.

> Blue boxes! Levels! [Classes]! [Skills]! Loot!

> No uncomfortable sexist undertones. Ambivalent about including relationships. Definitelyno harems.

There are a number of arcs planned and this will be ongoing for some time. I am very appreciative of the kind reviews and comments left so far.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2020

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.5/ 5.0
Followers
2,374
Views
185,303

Chapters(16 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • moredreadRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    When I first started reading this I wanted to drop it. I didn't like how the MC was acting. He has his entire world destroyed. All his friends and family are killed.
    Yet despite them all dieing he doesn't seem to be bothered by it. This seems way off to me. He emotions and actions don't really fit with what happened.
    I'm glad I kept reading. Even though the MC is still off to me, I love how the story is being told. Some very good writing.
    Not to give to much away, but I liked how he had to be tested to gain bus opening stats. How he scored higher than normal on int. And wis. And lower on some physical stats. Very realistic for someone a modern man. Someone who went to college so he knows math. Yet doesn't train.
  • Dr.4CRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Gives me flashbacks of reading Delve for the first time but better. No inane calculations that take up 25% of each chapter, no pointless internal monologues about min-maxing, no long paragraphs of internal thoughts during action sequences.
    An RPG magic system which doesn't need any unique twists on it to make the story interesting because the plot makes it interesting.
    While I enjoy RPG's and stats, I really don't like how Delve does it. I hope this one doesn't go that deep, but I think it's pointing towards that direction with the protagonist's proclivity to go deep into how things work. Again hoping it doesn't go balls-deep into it.
    I'll be following and updating to an advanced review once there's more chapters but for now, good characters, interesting protagonist, great third person style with no tense mistakes and no grammar problems.
  • NorthernWardenRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Well worth reading for a fun time with great characters and excellent pacing. This story really captures the wondrous curiosity of a new world. All the characters feel very real and all the motivations and actions make sense. It really balances having fun exciting moments without needing anyone to hold the idiot ball. I'm really looking forward to seeing where this tale goes next.
  • PhiFellRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    It's solid.  It's not super innovative or out there on any front but it's also not too generic.  I'd say it does enough to differentiate itself (the system, skills, characters, the MC's background, how they get access to the system, etc.) that it's interesting, but nothing that really surprised me (tbf I'm an avid reader and I've read a lot of litrpgs at this point).  The grammar, plot, characters, writing style, etc. are all quite good and it seems pretty polished so far.
    This hasn't been one of those stories that hooked me so hard I'm losing sleep waiting for the next chapter, but I'm also excited to see where it goes.  If you like litrpgs at all, I highly recommend at least checking out the first few chapters.
  • PureAyRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    If thy consitently upload and keep the mc progressing as a character and in power i feel like this story will hit randidly ghosthound level.  The way they word things and portrays characters kinda reminds me of no loot here just puns witch is my favorite story on this site.
    Only advice i can give is dont force things. Dont make the mc to lucky nor to unlucky. No one likes seing a mc just randomly get fucked over every step of the way nor does some one want to read about them stumbling upon omnipotence unless its at the start of a story. Also try not to drag scenes or days  . The story to long. You dont wanna be pulling a dragon ball z and have 30 chapter being one day
    Nothing so far has been really forced so far he flow is pretty nice though a little bump at he latest chapters but thats mostky because the situation hasn been explain yet bu probably will be soon
    In conclusion i see a lot of potential in this story
  • SuperRedNovaRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Often when I read stories with themes of transmigration stories into LITRPG fantasy worlds there comes a point where the MC leave the tutorial and must needs integrate with this new society that is around them, and I will find what I call a 'readers wall'. The plot takes sudden changes other than surviving and having fun getting used to the system, and the whole flow of the narrative changes, leading to me losing interest even though I was hooked well in the beginning. Here though, the Author did well at blending the flow of narritive and slowly introducing the plot while the MC was still going through his 'tutorial', and I greatly enjoyed it and find myself looking forward to more.
  • demus_wiesbadenRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    the story had me at:
    > If a random reader can work out that putting a big rock in a bag of holding, lifting it, and then dropping the rock is free energy, then so could an adventurer who's owned a bag of holding for twenty years. Side characters have brains too.
    and of course: "no harems"
  • TheEarlofBronzeRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    So far this story is still in its infant stages, and as such issues or problems with pacing and or a lack of characters are to be somewhat understandable. It's still stretching it's wings so to speak.
    What we DO have is a generally above average Isekai/LitRPG. The MC could use some more depth, and i was a bit thrown by the rate he seems to walk off the shock of the pretty horrific first chapter or two, yet there are moments that redeem him and humanize him. To early to have much to say about the side characters but they feel memorable for the moment.
    Grammer, spelling and general sentance structure is perfectly acceptable. This author is able to write a readable novel. Thumbs up.
    Somewhat suprisingly there has been a grand total of 0 combat in the first 12 chapters. I was personally pleased. The author is clearly more interested in setting up the foundations of his world and story than he is in being flashy or 'keeping things cool'. If you're a guy who prefers stories that actually take an interest in the world they happen in, I'd recommend you give this a try. Considering the short amount of content we have, I already have a better grasp of this world and it's society and even politics than a fair number of much lengthier and much shittier other Isekai's.
    Essentially i'd say this is worth following for now, though I have some actual hope that i'll end up favouriting sooner rather than later.
    TLDR the 4/5 is because I like what i've been given so far, but it just needs more before I can happily rate it as a truly good story. Nobody rates the blurb on a paperback novel before having read the prologue, so people on RR should show some bloody patience before reviewing a novel into the dirt.
  • KuronekkoRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    So, as of the end of chapter 7, I think this is quite a well written and thought out novel, it has so far hinted at a fairly deep "world system", dropped hints of political intrigue, and overcome the often overlooked "dealing with not seeing family possibly ever again" that so many isekai/portal fantasies gloss over or botch. Our mc has shown an overall decent capacity to adapt to their circumstance.
    For all of this, I don't know if I will continue reading, though I do wish to support the author, thus the review. This is a personal gripe, and one that some others may share. But when main characters are achieving goals and growing stronger, I personally really don't like it when we have something disembodied from the main character telling us what they missed, or what a baseline average is for 'stats'. I'd personally much rather see it brought up before the character, as a more natural way to let us, the readers know, and also to see how the character reacts to these facts, and compares their own 'stats' or accomplishments
    Overall  an easy 4-4.5 star read, just has a few of those niggling pet peaves for my own personal enjoyment.
  • LitchiRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    This is a good story. The start is very interesting, I like that he need to pass a trial to determine his attributes.
    The MC is smart, he is investigating and reasoning, I like that. But he is also emotionally broken. He just leave a world there everyone is dead... No impact. He could be sentenced to death... No emotional impact.
    The only thing that motivated the MC is gaining more level, and loot.
    I like level and loot. Bit the MC will soon need to have emotion and a motivation outside of leveling to have an interesting story.
    The system and tower is progressing.
    I hope to see more chapiter. Thanks Finalfloorboss for this novel