The Eternal Myths: A Progression Fantasy

Self-Published

Community Rating

Description

Books 1&2 Complete! Book 3 on hiatus.

It is every child's dream to walk the primal spring, bond a wisp, and begin walking the path of the practitioner. To wield Issi and bend existence to their will. But when it comes Elach's turn, he is instead given the 'honor' of guiding his peers to their own wisps. A task with a horrible mortality rate and very little in return.

Six years pass, and he is still a guide. Nobody will step up to fill a position he has become synonymous with. But something is stirring in the spring; something that may finally bring an end to Elach's obligation, whether he wants it or not.

The second book introduces another main character, which is where the multiple lead characters and female lead tags come from.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2022
Author: CyberCinder

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.0/ 5.0
Followers: 631
Views: 443,092

Chapters(201 total)

Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!

Community Reviews(6)

Chaos JesterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The Eternal Myths is a progression fantasy doubling as a pseudo-monster catcher story. Cinder utilizes a great talent of detailed sentences to fully form a scene for the readers, leading to writing that can truly be called art. There's one glaring problem for a lot of casual readers, but it becomes less of a hassle after chapter 5, which is where I left off.
Style wise, aside from fantasy, these aren't typically my go to genres, yet I was still overtaken by the worldbuilding and lore that that thought left my mind entirely. Sentence structure and pacing as well as plot progression played out nicely. My only gripe is the downright thiccness of the first handful of chapters and prologue. It's a minor gripe, because it doesn't stay that way after those chapters, and some people actually prefer it. As a casual reader though, it's a lot.
Grammer stayed consistently good. I didn't personally notice anything, so if there is anything, it doesn't affect the immersion of reading the story. Syntax is done well, punctuation is used correctly.
The story itself is well thought out. You can feel the history of the world as you follow one plotline, which is an amazing feeling it and of itself. The general atmosphere is enough to hook a reader, and the plot that starts forming is all it really takes to cement immersion.
The characters are great. The human ones are slightly bland, and the MC and his friend as of the first few chapters could be interchangeable. That being said, the wisps and Issi beasts are en masse and have their own characteristic power to them. As it is a progression fantasy, I can only assume that the MC and his friend will continue to grow into fuller character.
Overall, this was a fun dive into a well-written world that promises everything people tend to look for in progressive high magic fantasy. Well done, Cinder.
GlassSpidersRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story progresses in one of my favorite ways, where we learn everything alongside the characters. As the characters learn and push aside the metaphorical (or literal) curtains we go along with them. So far there has been plenty to discover as our main characters even if they appear experienced in the wide world seem to only be scratching the surface.
I've enjoyed the detailed fantasy world we have gotten so far and the hints for more to follow. The characters so far have personalities I've enjoyed, although sometimes a couple seem to have inconsistent voices. Despite the sometimes fluctuations in pacing, descriptions and point of view I eagerly look forward to each chapter and what is happening next.
BullerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
“Only a handful of minutes.” They responded
Reading through, I noticed the above being very common. Instead of doing the
"This is something I am saying," the person saying something said.
They did the
"I am also saying this." The person saying something also said.
Are both grammatically correct? I have no clue. I think it does? People I asked couldn't reach an agreement on it. Nevertheless, it was rather distracting and certainly a bit far away from the RR standard. Grammar is fine otherwise, personalities seem interesting enough. Style is average. 4.5/5
RennyRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
So around chapter 20 a lot of things that seemed like plot holes are explained. The world is interesting and different, but the story takes a while to actually start with the main plot. Honestly it's not my cup of tea but it's not badly done. The grammar is good and the narrative structure is sound.
rmullinsRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
Interesting setup in the first few chapters but long stretches of dry, incomprehensible narration, characters with little or no concern towards life and death of themselves and their family members, and weird mind-fuckery are keeping me from liking this.
Towards the end of the trials I realized I was skipping paragraphs because reading them didn't really help me understand what was happening and there was no internal or spoken dialog to break up the monotony.
Mind fuckery can work in a very very small subset of stories and is a deal breaker for most any other.
What chances this had of being the former were ruined by the fact that I barely understood what was going on even before the mind fuckery started.
There's no point in reading something where I can't connect with the story or the characters. One might be enough but this does neither for me.
blaze262Royal Road
★★ 1.5
As some of the other reviews stated, the story has very confusing narration. The premise and introductory chapters were interesting, but the narration jumps from time to time making the scene confusing to read.
I would say I started losing interest from Chapter 10,
right as Resthollow isn't able to provide Issi to Elach.
From that chapter on, the author is setting up the story to be a loooong and slow progression.
There are multiple ways of creating a slow progression, the way this story is doing it is by giving the MC set back after set back. This might just be my opinion, but I find set backs the most annoying way to slow down a story. There are other ways to slow down a story, such as side quests, where they need to help a friend in need while still being in the current tier. Another way is instead of focusing on cultivating power, they need to focus on another aspect of themselves to round themselves out, like training in martial arts, self confidence, team work, etc.