The Scourged Earth

Self-Published

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Description

Derrick is no ones hero.  He is barely dealing with his mundane life when all of humanity is forced to confront the extraordinary. Overnight, all across the world, mysterious machines appear. They offer people the chance to purchase almost anything they can think of. Weapons, medicine and even super human abilities are offered, seemingly for free.

But following these machines, come the Scourges. The most dangerous creatures, diseases and machines that infest the universe. Ever growing and battling, these empires of horror and hunger will overhelm and devour the Earth and its inhabitants. Unless Derrick and humanity can stand against all the horrors that battle between the stars.

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My first Story, an attempt to turn the standard fantasy litrpg apocalypse into a Sci Fi. Trying for a slower build to power for the MC, so don't expect him to have cheat powers. I delight in helpful crticism so no holding back plz.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2018
Author
Mirrored

Tags

LITRPGACTIONADVENTUREMAGICSCI-FIMALE LEADHORRORGRIMDARKCYBERPUNK

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.6/ 5.0
Followers
4,234
Views
1,984,007

Chapters(87 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • Bifur&BofurRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Of all the post-apocalyptic LitRPGs I've read, this is definatly the best. I've read System Apocalypse and RedMage/Advent, this is def better - better worldbuilding, better pacing, it's great. A+
  • Detrius VimesRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    My new favorite story. I love the lvling system. His increases in power make sense. Love it!
  • MMMMMMRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    An engaging and fast paced story. The aliens are truely alien and the system is well thought. It only lack on the characterization department, still better than most other fictions in rrl.
  • limwanyaRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    A novel that deserves more than its current ranking it should be in the top 5
  • howmanytimeswilittakeRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    Spoiler: Spoiler
    Thanks
  • RhythmRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    DO YOU LIKE HUMANS KICKING ASS? DO YOU ENJOY A MAN FIGHTING AGAINST ALL THE ODDS? DO YOU LIKE BLOOD AND THUNDER? DERRICK THE RED HAS GOT YOU COVERED!
    A grim dark Humanity FUCK YEAH! GAMELIT sci-fi post apocolytic world with a unique magic and setting.
    Its like cocaine.
    Style- Great. Long chapters, well done plots and storytelling. Creative enemies and abilites. Real danger and threat to every character. Author isn't afarid to cripple is main character for development and will keep you on the edge of your seat about it.
    Grammer- Haven't noticed any issues yet. For a native english speaker without an english degree i think this is fine.
    Story- Hooo boy, I love seeing humans fight and struggle and WIN. We are the top of the food chain currently, what if something came along we had NO CHANCE of beating but were told by an omnipresent being to try anyways, while it gave us some tools and help along the way. Well, i'd like to think we would stand up and fucking FIGHT. Thats exactly how humans act in this novel, granted, its mainly our good MC here, but its still great. Its so nice to see humans not just roll over and die. We are born fighters, its in our nature, all we knew before the 21st century was war and conflict. The Author seems to understand that. The scourges are unique and all come with different flavors and styles. The magic/ability system still confuses me a tiny but, but damn if it isn't neat. I imagine its supposed to be a little confusing, because lord knows, the characters sure as hell don't understand it. As of the latest chapter, I think 62? I'm finally starting to understand the difference between them.
    Character score- Motives, plots, a likeable Main character with Brains. The Author didn't fall for the trope of writing a character thats smarter than him, which is awesome. He makes mistakes, but also has some really good ideas and plans. The side cast is all fleshed out and well written with motives and plots as well.
    Overall- Read it. Its great. The m
  • SandsforeverRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Ch 3.43
    Pretty good read I enjoyed this story
    I only remember a few spelling mistakes
    All in all pretty good read
  • BydstnyRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Just enough action, Mc powers and system development to keep it interesting reading. Writing hs enough depth for foreshadowing but also has twists you didn't see coming as well as a natural build of characterization and world building throughout. Nice balance. Would love to own a copy and read it on kindle. Out of the hundreds of litrg I've read I would place it in the top 10-15 percent.
  • CruxioRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Interesting world building albeit too much emotional drama. +1
    Standard system slave +1
    Awkward clumsy normie protagonist character development routine -1
    Love interests, mc actually has people to interact with +1
    Ability system doesnt look like a copypaste from somewhere. +1
    Too bad its only a few chapters worth and doesnt really have a main climax battle until the end, mostly the mc slugging his way from one battle to another.
  • SynapsRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    This story has an interesting setting and conciet for the nature of reality; It has decent dialogue and fewer grammatical errors than might be expected. It has pretty good pacing and some fun action.
    It's a little lacking in charm. Comes off as a little dry. I find myself forgetting side characters and recent developments quickly. The tone is bleak, but not in a "the end is nigh and there's no hope" kind of way. It's more in a "My most valuable skill is violence. This is my life now, oh boy, here I go killin' again." Kind of way.
    The undermining and shattering of human society seems to have gone unexpectedly smooth. People seem to be taking the sudden disappearance of loved ones and the cessation of their daily comforts and habits like they've been preparing all their life.
    The MC especially started out really detatched from any hint he might have had a life before it all came crashing down, citing a life history of popping out of the ground and running off to work in IT. Which I like because it foreshadows a twist that the apocolypse actually started decades before the setting, when everyone's parents mysteriously disappeared.