The Summoning

Self-Published

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Description

The world of Ethriel was conflicted, but this was nothing new. Humanity, along with the other races that populate the planet, had endured pestilence, famine, and all manner of other natural disasters. Recently however it is the great evil of war that ravages the world. But the wars of mortals had never been much of a concern for Taria of the Elves. Because she knows that no infernal invention dredged from the depraved depths of the mortal mind. Could ever hope to match the untouched heights of evil that a Demon an spread. So when she senses the malevolent miasma of the Demonic realms encroaching upon a location near her residence, she prepares herself for death or should the gods forsake her... worseSo this is just me taking a stab at a fiction of my own, any criticism will be appreciated. As for the plot I have some ideas for where to take it but it's all pretty loose really. Oh yeh there will probably be swearing so if you don't like that you were warnedHope you enjoy.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2016
Author
demonduk

Tags

LITRPGFANTASYGAMELITPORTAL FANTASY / ISEKAIGRIMDARKDUNGEON CORE

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.4/ 5.0
Followers
329
Views
30,088

Chapters(11 total)

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Community Reviews(4)

  • LessthanRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Great start to a dungeon story. It is at chapter 10 when I write this. I'm a fan of the author, "Twice Lived" is pretty good too.
    This story is darker fair than I'm accustom to. A bunch of average college kids summoned into a dungeon, told that they are to be dungeon monsters, and that survival of the fittest is the law of the dungeon. The story is being on the wrong end of an evolution dungeon. I’m interested and it feels a little more real than the standard isekai “I’m great at everything” plot. The stakes feel high.
    The writing is clean, good grammar and spelling. Magic system and dungeon mechanics seem thought out and are interesting. Character conversations are readable and sound natural.  The range of reactions from the characters, in particular, feels believable.
    For me, this is an exciting new world that I want to know all about. I really recommend it for people who don’t mind a little darkness (and a little hetro-sex (ick)).
  • chakforRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This is way better than I'd expected. It's been in my read later list for a while, and I'm really regretting not reading it sooner. The twist to the Isekai genre is pretty freaking fantastic. Hopefully the story isn't abandoned, it's very much worth continuing.
  • BeyogiRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    This story has a unique twist to the summoned/Isekai genre. We're dealing with a dorm of college students here that was summoned to a magical / litrpg realm. But unlike most other isekais these guys weren't summoned to fight the demon lord, but summoned by a dungeon to serve as its minions (including respawn).
    So far the students are still in the preparation phase before the dungeon opens their area to adventurers, but it's become obvious that the main protagonist is the hardass politician type of leader. I'm getting a bit of a slimy feel from him, but I suppose that's realistic in a way since that sort of person always seems to float upwards. Not someone I'd like to be friends with though.
    Overall much potential and the author mentioned he's going to update soon.
  • KoboldPatrolRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    (as of chapter 10)
    A group of around 100 university students from a wide mix of courses are transported with some university buildings to a cavern in a magical dungeon where they become, contrary to what experienced RRL readers would expect, not adventurers but instead dungeon mobs. And soon native adventurers will arrive to slaughter them for the sweet sweet XP they give. Oops. Luckily there is a skill system in place where the weak humans can buy some skills (from weapon proficiencies over magic to crafting) to increase their survivability and if that doesn't work, there's a respawn option. But how useful will that be against experienced murderhobos? And against the other, hostile dungeon mob factions? And against those among themselves that will stop at nothing for personal gain? That remains to be seen...
    Style and Grammar: The story is told in third-person internal style from a single point of view (Robert). Descriptions are fine but not great, sentence building and word choice are nothing special either but better than average. Grammar is okay. There's a number of typos in each chapter but the chapters are quite long so it's not that bad. The LitRPG system is very wide (many stats, very many skills) but the focus is not on the numbers.
    Story: If you've been on RRL for a while you have read your fair share of stories with isekai'd heroes and some with humans isekai'd as monsters. But have you ever read one with a whole group of monsters as the protagonists? If not, then this will be your first. While the skills and fights and group dynamics described in this story are nothing new, the perspective of a large group of humans stranded on the receiving side of rampaging adventurers is unique. Most of the focus is on the MC, his handful of best friends and another handful of students that stand out from the rest. Still, the large number of side characters adds a variety of skills and personalities when useful, it would feel forced otherwise.
    Characters: The readers