The Legend of the Fake Hero

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*I don't own the cover image**This has the Tragedy Tag; please no genre hate. Bad things can happen to good people, just like in real life (not that they will. I almost didn't put the tag there as it doesn't really fit the genre. I like happy endings.).The year is 201X, and the line between reality and the imaginary has become blurred. Approximately nine months ago, the event which became known as "The Convergence" occurred. People on Earth began to obtain powers. Some received them for seemingly no reason while others had obtained them after they had returned from the many different worlds that they had unwillingly been abducted to. These new worlds existed beyond time and space, and many could have different rules different from what we know as standard reality. That is because these many worlds seem to have traits taken from imagination. Things from stories and myths, like magic and plots, existed in these worlds as if they were inspired by them, and that was only a start.On earth, there was a young man. On appearance, he could be considered only slightly better-than-average. The only thing he was known for was his incredible mind that left him feeling bored and out of touch with reality. But soon he would leave this reality altogether. One moment he was lying in his bed. The next, he was face-to-face with a beautiful young lady who he had just woken up upon him falling into her bed. This young man has an incredible fate and will soon visit many worlds, gain many powers, and meet many women who, like the young girl whose bed he had fallen into, will blow him away.Upload Schedule (Updated 3/28/2021).Breaking Fate/Origin Arc(Done) Albion Arc: Vol 1 - Origin, Vol 2 - Rise of the Red Dragon(Done) New Earth Arc: Vol 3 - New Earth(Done) Dealing with the Past Arc: Vol 4 - Ghosts of the Past, Vol 5 - The Dracul Descends, Vol 6 - War of FateBound Fate ArcFake Hero ArcVol 7 - MartelSide Stories #1Shield Hero ArcVol 8 - Second ChanceVol 9 - The Adventure Begins (Current)Vol 10 - First QuestVol 11 - TBD (Writing [37%])(Multiple Future Volumes TBD)Currently ONLY posting on Scribble Hub, Royal Road, and Wattpad (Same user name)If you find my work on other sites please let me know!

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2019
Author: mrmitch246

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Rating: 3.8/ 5.0
Followers: 249
Views: 239,827

Chapters(138 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

kindlyfireRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Really good writing and very similar to Japanese light novels. Couldn't help but read the entire thing in two days
EleMentalPhoenixRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
As the title says, I thought I already did a review of this awesome story, better late than never.
Lets start at the beginning: I Love this story. Period.
But now onwards to the details
Grammar:
Didntfind any errors as an non-native Reading addict, so full score here.
Style:
Thedetailing to all of it is just so perfect. Im on my third reread and am still getting lost in the world.
Story and Characters:
For this story, it is impossible to seperate the two.
First point in warning is for all those that may say it is wish fulfillment. That may be true, but be honest, of which story can you not say the same if you want to? Also, this story has harem. For anyone not liking a well thought out harem with Individuals in it, then much of the story is not for you.
Now onwards to the positives.. where to start?
Wonderful worldbuilding with an alive and mostly realistic cast? Check.
Funny and hilariously comic-like elements? Check.
Terribly sad and enraging moments that let me drop this story for a good while? Also check. That is the half point I deducted from the story, because while it is awesome.. Sometimes i want to punch something or -one ^^
But. And this is a big but, it is worth powering through the emotions this story will give you, because there are wonderful moments. Moments of War, Peace, Interpersonal relationships, Joking and everything in between.
All of the characters feel so alive and have background where their actions are based upon..
I just honestly love this story.
It has everything the tags promise, but cranked up to 11. The current new chapter release teased the Game-lit Genre too, for everyone loving blue boxes, take a look at 8-3.
In conclusion, read it. I promise you it will be worth your while, else, tell me about it ^^
And for you, dear Author, keep up the great work :D
ArahVhelRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It's really good.
OP MC, that is complex enough, has feelings.
The harem makes sense (even if I would love that some of the ladies have more character development)
As for what has been posted, I believe it's a rock solid start to an epic journey. I hope the author doesn't get bored.
TheGreatOneRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This story is fun to read and very fleshed out with various plot points and characters.
It's an unique reading experience because the prologue "spoils" what's going to happen and we are simply reading the journey, so I guess this story is a working proponent for "the journey is more meaningful than the destination" which is pretty cool.
MC is generally very smart and reasonable but he sometimes does unbelievable things considering the situation. Don't want to spoil anything but these mainly happen whenever the main antagonist shows up. You'll know what I mean when you read those moments.
Other than that though, this story is well thought out with great power systems, worlds, plot, and whatnot.
100% recommend the story in general as long as you can excuse the MCs excruciatingly irritating decisions whenever the main antagonist appears. The author's justification for these moments are valid, for sure, but they don't really take away from the feeling of "WHY TF IS HE NOT DOING THIS?!?!?!" lol.
Regardless, though, overall the story is totally worth it and seems to be building up to an awesome epic adventure!
ZachTalonnRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
There is a lot of potential for this story to grow into much more. We have a cast of characters that are slowly starting to get the attention they deserve to make you actually care about them. The grammer mistakes are minor and dont detract from the story. If you arent into the isekai formula than this might not be for you but it seems to do enough to be different from the rest.
Spoiler: Spoiler
visigothRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Re-editing for the sake of the readers
Harem isekai with a twist.
Pros: Great grammer and pacing.
The characters are endearing.
cons: Requires a high tolerance for blatent wish fullfilment.
Mc can be a bit of a mary sue.
karm4Royal Road
★★★ 2.5
Only a short review here since the other reviews are too one sided in my opinion.
Pros:
Really good grammar as far as i have seen. Author certainly knows how to write a fluent story unlike other people here on this site.
Cons:
Pretty cliched start ( I look at you, falling on a little girl .. Mr. Pervert). Some really annyoing stereotypes and japanesque isekai protagonist.
And also a Average storytelling, in my opinion at least, for the first 4 chapters i have managed to read. I admit this isnt much but the first chapters have to pull the reader into the story...
And the overall impression of the story feels really edgy, especially the Prologue
Conclusion:
The author is capable of writing a good and fluent text/story. But the story as such isnt as good as the pure grammar, etc.
It is certainyl an ok read but i simply wasnt grabbed by the story and got rather bored by it
karl646Royal Road
★★ 2.0
The story starts out generic enough isekai. Has a bit of a unexpected turn and turns into a urban fantasy. As mystisism of the mc is peeled away the more you realize theres nothing really special in this novel.Theres a reason i no longer read light novels because they are the most predictable generic beat-by-beat novels. Being able to tell most of the books direction by reading the first 10 sentences is boring. The book hides its nature well but in the end a generic japanese light novel is still generic even if written by a westerner. The author needs to improve the story by losing a few stereotypes and make the story more unpredictable.
anaustralianwriterRoyal Road
★ 1.0
The writing is great, amazing even. I didn't spot a single spelling or grammar mistake, though I wasn't really looking for any. But that's all it's got going for it. The rest is power fantasy and wish fulfillment.
Our MC is a guy of unknown age trying to get into the pants of everyone above an A cup. That's his defining feature. The first thing he does when he meets a girl is sexually harass them. Now, I'm all for a bit of romance, even a nicely done haram. But this guy needs to be put on an FBI watch list. He threatened to rape a princess, but then went Yeah Nah and it was never brought up again.
His rival is a douce bag he knows on earth, but they share all the same characteristics and are basically the same person. Just one is trying to look like the good guy while the other is indulging. Oh, but our MC doesn't believe in good guys because everyone is selfish and being a decent human being doesn't exist. Come on r/iam14andthisisdeep. We get it already.
He is super smart, skipping 3 grades while on Earth, beat up people older and that outnumber him because he is super strong too. Oh yeah, and he fucked a lot of girls, even though he is average looking. By the end of Volume 1, he is easily the strongest human in the world. Everyone is amazed and in awe of him constantly. Wish fulfillment, check. Power fantasy, check.
Oh yeah, not to mention the hastily thrown in backstory and is never addressed in the actual story, at least not up to volume 2. There is a lot more to this story than what I read, so it may have been addressed later. But if so, why did you tell us so early then? Kinda ruined the impact of having a sad backstory.
Basically, great at English, bad at story writing. If you don't mind a poorly done haram, power fantasy and wish fulfillment, it's a great story. Just remember, I warned you. I want to rank this lower, but I gotta give it's due for what he did right.
ElementalFingerRoyal Road
★ 0.5
Barely any depth into the story, a mere 5 chapters - only 3% in, I am overwhelmed by the overpowered wish fantasy.
There are several early warning signs of the MC's blessed destiny. He arrives in the bedroom of a sleeping princess and doesn't get mistreated. At all. Instead of being (at least gruffly) questioned in his cell, after a token conversation he is bathed by a team of servant women and brought to politely speak in front of the entire noble court. He has a "genius" idea about magic without any actual knowledge thereof, that was never thought of by the people who actually research magic. And the final straw for me was the immediate completely effortless use of his brand new ki and magic abilities. It was like watching someone start a computer game for their first playthrough immediately enter in a god mode cheat code.
As a curiosity, I skipped ahead to see what was going on with the plot device that was a countdown of days leading up to some sort of event. I found day 0, presumeably the event in question, to be in v7ch3, and was floored by the appearance of an interstellar spaceship arriving in orbit over earth. Huh? This was due to some sort of surge in their ship engines causing them to hop spacetime into earth's pocket dimension. What? Even more egregious was the main character hacking into the orbiting ship's computer through some sort of psyonic mental ability and downloaded the entire contents into his own head! This story has the High Fantasy tag, it does NOT have the Sci Fi tag!
I can't even begin to process the sentence "And finally, you have the obvious smell of a virgin." from that chapter used as a flirtation method. I simply cannot.