The Silver Mana - Book 1: Initiate

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I used to be a healthy, young guy with a normal life - I had a career planned in professional soccer, a girlfriend, lots of hobbies, and loads of fun. Until the accident. Which changed my life.

A few years later I had adjusted to my new reality, adjusted to being in a wheelchair, adjusted to having someone take care of me 24/7. And then the world changed. Old people and kids did not make it. And neither was I supposed to make it. But never count me out. If anything, I am tenacious.

This new world was different. People could do magic. And there were monsters.

And what about me? I had mana as well, silver mana. Which no one else seemed to have. The only problem was, I did not know what to do with it.

Until I really needed to.

Author's note:This is the rewrite of Silver Mana. The first bunch of chapters (until I will have caught up to level 2 of the dungeon) should be quite familiar to people that have read the original. There are some changes in content, but the story follows the original fairly closely for at least the first 150-200 pages. Most of the changes are in the writing, and some of the details of how things work. A few of the side characters get a bit more attention too.

Some general comments to avoid disappointment:

1. The MC likes to swear. If you object to reading the word "fuck" at least once and usually multiple times each chapter don't read the book. "Fuck" is such a great, allencompassing word... fuck that; what the fuck?; fuck me! Fuck! one word, expressing so many nuances. And, frankly, the people I know that use fuck as a swear word.. they often use it a lot.

2. If you are looking for immediate progression, rapid advancement of the story, etc.... read another book. This one takes a bit.

3. I am NOT Pirateaba (who is writing The Wandering Inn) or anyone close to that level of productivity. If you expect to read 10k words every 3 days, or even just once a week... sorry. I've got a busy life. This is for fun, I have no patreon, paypal, anything, so I write when it is fun and however much is fun. Not more. And sometimes that turns out to be a decent amount, sometimes nothing. I have another book (Marrow) so that complicated things - basically I switch between the two whenever the muse strikes me.

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Status
Hiatus
Year
2019
Author
cerealman

Tags

LITRPGACTIONFANTASYADVENTUREMAGIC

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Rating
4.4/ 5.0
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1,968
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598,637

Chapters(59 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • AetherealRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Brings a more unique approach to the beginning of system invasion stories
  • KiwilordRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Solid all around.  Something about how the system was done just feels right.  Main character's decisions make sense in contence and the story is set up to remain interesting.
    The antagonists feel real and like an actual threat.
    The plot armor is real but it is not place holder plot armor so all is forgiven.
    Characters beside MC have been pretty solid with enough quirks to keep them from being 2 dimensional.
    Keep up the good work.
  • Tyler VanRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I'm in about 20 chapters and highly enjoying the story. It's got a healthy balance of wit, humor, and action. Definitely feels like MC is fumbling along but still hanging in there. Magic system not really explained but it adds to the mystery. It does feel like the MC is surviving a bit more than seems normal, but what can you say to unexplained magic. It does have a small amount of swearing (something I'm not personally a fan of) but the author did give heads up. Can't wait for more!
  • noodle the noodleRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Its a really good story. It's original and while I haven't read everything on the internet, it's the first time I've seen a magic system like this. There are a lot of similarities to other systems, but this one is pretty darn unique. If there are any grammar errors I haven't encountered them. Some small inconsistencies like him going from a cripple to swinging a sword, but that could just be desperation or adrenaline. Loving the story, please don't drop it.
  • rickiiRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Love this story. Really unique magic system which seems like it will stay interesting as the characters get stronger. The pacing is also perfect, no OP MC within the first 100 pages here.
    Grammar wise there might be some errors, but i have not noticed anyone, and for me that is a full score.
    Characters are engaging, hopefully the author continues with differentiating the characters from eachoter, and making it engaging and involving.
  • faerwyndRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    I mostly enjoyed the first version, as well as the second.  However, the author has a tough time delivering Consistent content, and has abandoned the story a second time.  Wont be reading anything else of his, not because it isn't good, but because he can't be depended on to finish.  Small bit of advice to the author: No author has no detractors.  Suck it up and carry on with your dreams, or you won't get anywhere.
  • TelRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Honestly a pretty good story.
    It's a fairly standard LitRPG System novel but the magic system is interesting, and the writing quality decent.
    Current chapter is 23 and I give it a solid four stars. It's good and hints at great, but it is a bit of a slow burn and hasn't let the MC truely meet up with the rest of the character yet.
  • Tetsu-niiRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    This is the first story I've read by this writer, but I really hope cerealman starts writing more on this story in the near future.
    Thr premise grabbed me right away. While I'm used to the MC starting off with a handicap of some sort, beginning as a quadriplegic is an interesting twist. I also appreciate that he needs to struggle for survival (in the literal sense) so early in the story. The rockiest roads make for the most engaging stories, after all.
    The adventuring team from The I’tisch League claiming that the displaced people are indebted to the League chapped my a$$, since none of the people transported were exactly volunteers. But it does add to the plot. As well as providing another group to dislike (and hope to see kicked in the metaphorical Jimmy). But somehow, I doubt I'll get to read about it unless and until cerealman resumes the story.
    There's a lot of potential here that I'd love to see realized.
    I'm only 20 chapters in, but I'm already dreading the break when I get to the last chapter. And while I'm not looking forward to the story being left hanging off a cliff (potentially), I'm looking forward to seeing how things progress.
  • kelicantRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    I enjoy the story. The magic system is interesting and different enough from what I've seen in other stories that it feels new.
    The characters seem pretty believable. We haven't gotten much of them so far as most of the story has been in the 'Dungeon' alone but they've felt realistic. Daniel's personality isn't really my taste but that's not too big of a deal.
    The biggest problem for me is the plot armor. It's not blatant. The MC has to face grity situations and is put into disadvantaged situations and comes out without anything crazy. But it still feels completely unbelievable.
    It's not like a lot of stories where the MC pulls out a Royal Flush several times for a huge win against impossible odds. It's more like someone winning every hand in a game of poker/cards by just a little, or rolling dice and getting 6's a dozen times in a row. He goes into each scenario injured and starving and manages to just barely win, then doesn't have time to really heal up before the next 'increased difficulty' scenario and barely wins again, then does it again.
    He isn't prepared and doesn't have time to train much but stumbles into a solution every time through his power of 'willpower and grit'. I expect MC's to win and not face huge losses or anything, that's how many stories go. I'm not sure why this sticks out to me so hard in this story, but once I felt that it was hard to ignore.
  • WlitschRoyal Road
    ★★ 2.0
    This story suffers from three major issues, and as far as I'm concerned they are irredimable. Firstly, the common fatal error of many litrpg novels: stats are meaningless and have no bearing upon the characters actions or abilities whatsoever. Secondly, the character, who is supposed to be smart is so dumb that I'm sutprised that he still remembers to breath and hasn't suffocated to death yet: he's unbelievably stupid and not in an endearing or comedic way. Thirdly and finally, the rapid assault of terrible events without respite would challenge a seasoned adventurer. He's a noob. He rightly should have died a dozen times in only a few days. Luckily or unluckily, after torturing the MC unreasonably the author saves him just as unreasonably. It is my belief that the reason behind these three issues amounts to momething quite simple. The author keeps putting his desires into his character's actions rsther than shaping his actions in a way that makes sense for his particular MC to act. It makes for an inhuman characterization and improbable sequence of events.