Twice Lived

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Description

Previously calledStandard Reincarnation Story

In a fraction of a moment, the Earth was no more. The planet was destroyed, and billions and billions of people were dead. And it was all an accident.

This is the story of Elm. A regular American born once on earth and given a chance to be reborn again on a planet with magic and monsters and dungeons. Except that for Elm, this is far from the idealistic reincarnation into a loving family -- the standard story of a child raised by loving parents who teach him the ways of the world,

Instead, Elm is born into a family of inquisitors. An order of nobility that is dedicated to hunting down and killing "Twice-Lived" -- the name society has for people like Elm who are reincarnated with all their memories of their past life intact.

Disclaimer

This story is:

1) Extremely violent and graphic.

2) Still in a rough draft stage. I see what I am writing more like a synopsis than a fully fledged story. I periodically will go back to flesh out earlier chapters, build characters, etc... If you find the words "Show don't tell," comforting accept that unfortunately, I'm not at that stage of the writing process yet.

3) At one point this story was called "Standard Reincarnation Story," and I had written an extremely off-putting description of the story. This was mostly to keep out people who would just read the silly first few chapters then rage quit as soon as the violent stuff got started. Since I just had my first .5 star rating (without a page read count increase) that technique is not working, so I might as well treat this as a regular fiction and try to get regular readers.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2018
Author: obran

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 2,363
Views: 652,047

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Community Reviews(10)

teaskyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Do yourself a favor and start on chapter 3. The first two chapters do not make sense at all and do not fit with the story. Aliens? I mean really?
Lauge SolvangRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
One of my favorite stories on RR. I absolutely love how the world is build up and how the culture of the world is influenced by the "Twice lived". I like that the protagonist isn't afraid to make hard decisions and doesn't whine all the time. The author also lovely describes the world in all its grimdark glory. The grammar isn't perfect, it's serviceable with few mistakes, but nothing that is glaring.
Worst-answerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
One of the best reincarnation stories, outta of here, action , , grim (not for the faint of hearth), hard working mc, no romance , harsh world.
author i really hope you will eventually return to this. despite not being a complete story i still suggest to give it a read.
Zombie UnicorneRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Finally! A story that hunts down reincarnated weeaboo introverted losers (that have no prospect whatsoever in their previous life whom are given a second thance they did not deserve to finally succeed in a fantasy like setting and all that bullshit) and finally bring them back to reality and give them what they deserve: back to obscurity.
rusticsoldierRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I have read chapter 22. As I said his best chapter is his last chapter.
First the story is good. It is well done. Also each chapter is better than the last.. As in he is getting better at writing.. Unlike many authors who get sloppier the further into the story you go.
OwlishRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
So. The author describes this as a first draft, and as a violent story. Believe him. There are several people who are publicly executed in painful ways, there are more people who are killed, and at one point the MC beats a person to death and the towns guard's response, after a suitable bribe, is along the lines of Very good, and can we dispose of the body?
Grammar is of a skilled, rushed English speaker. Characters are interesting. But the world building is really interesting, with hints of a magical, formally created caste system, and reasons for people from Earth to be despised, and their influence kept hidden.
UnderbossRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love this story for its darkness. The protagonist isn't a typical litrpg trope and instead exists in a brutal world filled with danger -- both the physical and social kind. It's one of my favorite stories on RR, I hope you read it.
camperbeeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Spoiler: Spoiler
Fuckin loved it (as of chapter 39)
only small mistakes with grammar
a missed word here or there but thats it
awesome idea awesome research on necessary topics
great progession
it kinda slowed down a tidbit at the end, but i still cant wait for the next chap~
thx for the good read
AxelordRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Loving it so far.
I'm not a huge fan of the latest mentor and the ongoing Forest Training Montage Arc (Ch10 onward) but it's still very pleasant to read. Still wish it would move past that soon.
The MC particularly isn't overly introspective, at least not in a manner that is flagrant to the reader, which make this FPOV-style story stand out among the rest. No unending whining, which is nice. He lament in the here-and-now but doesn't revisit the past.
Some typos are present, but they are rare.
MothmanRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
This story kind of aggravates me. It's good. The grammar and plot are both high quality. The author claims this is just an early draft and, if that is true, it is an excellent early draft (for what it's worth, there are perhaps 2-5 annoying mistakes/typos in each chapter). With a small bit of work, this could be worth publishing, at least based on what's here. This work is worth reading; it is not, however, litrpg.
As I write this review, there are, more or less, 40 chapters here on RRL, and none of them have anything resembling game elements or litrpg in them. While the "holy status magic" has been mentioned, the MC has not received it, and it has only been discussed in the abstract (even if the MC is surrounded by people who are supposed to have access to it). In addition, the story has not had a chapter added in 6 months.
For those of you who are, like me, looking for a bit of litrpg to read, even if the story is on indefinite hiatus, this is not that. It's still worth reading but, in its current form, there is no litrpg to be seen.