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Death and Taxes.

The two insurpassable laws of the universe.

So long as humans exist in this world, these things will remain.

However, there is a 3rd law which has always, and will always implement itself on people.

Suffering.

Reincarnated in a new world, five people are forced to learn this the hard way.

Placed on 'Nightmare mode' and being reincarnated as monsters, they are forced to survive under incomprehensible conditions.

However it is only through suffering, that we grow as people.

And it is only through suffering, that we truly become monsters.

"Nightmare mode.... eh? Tell me, what exactly was this mode supposed to mean again? Were our lives supposed to become nightmares?"

Without suffering, there is no change in anything.

"Or were we supposed to become the nightmares?"

This is the story of the antiheroes.

[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2020
Author: Dubs The Duke

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 3.2/ 5.0
Followers: 359
Views: 899,912

Chapters(488 total)

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Community Reviews(5)

CessauRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I have enjoyed the characters greatly. The switching of character perspectives is not overdone and it spreads the story out nicely.
The story itself is bit dark. It feels like a darker bit of humor. I would say that the characters' viewpoints create a valuable juxtaposition. The pacing is excellent too. I like stories that don't feel to rushed but are still going somewhere. I am however sitting at the edge of my seat wondering what is going to happen next, but that always happens when you read incomplete stories.
Overall I would definitely suggest reading and reviewing.
EleMentalPhoenixRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Ive followed this story since near the beginning, i cant describe how it feels to see it come to an end.
Style/Story:
Heavy topics, nicely wrapped in a world straight out of a DnD Campaign, with Heros as Villains and Monsters as Anti-Heroes.
The writing is beautiful, the story is thought-provoking and brings up emotions, ive felt as if i am part of this world and been by the side of our Protagonists all along.
The parallels one can draw to our own world are pictured in an uncanny way which keeps them abstract enough to not be insulting, but real enough to want one to better some issues.
Grammar:
Usually i can not say much here, cause I'm no native speaker, but it was a comfortable read and in no way was i bothered by the way some sentences are structured. Smoothely done.
Character:
Ive wanted to deducted half a star here because of the BBEG.. but then i remembered.. i hate him. I hate him so much that i need to give full points for the author to make him still realistic, but so inhumane, i cant fully describe it.
I also can not say much here, else i would spoiler too much. I'll just summarize it: <3
I adore her Eminence, i love and rooted all the way for the Anti-heroes, ive never hated and liked all the different side-characters in a story, but here.. its just a different experience.
This is one of my absolute Top10 read till today, and ive read a lot over the years.
I can not recommend this story enough.
Thank you so very much, dear Author.
HiddenslothRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
I want to like the story more It has an interesting premise and the characters are semi realistic.
The thing that feels so where about it is the strange optimism shared by the main characters and every side character associated with them. This, along with the internal monologue every character presents which varies from their actions to varying degrees.
I'm going to skip to the end and hopefully it gets better. I aim to keep an eye out for your next story and hope for an equally interesting story.
CpzombieRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
The biggest problem is how intrusive and inconsistent the system is. It even requires a roll for stuff like walking through a door... but only sometimes. It also sometimes pops up with a bunch of options, which limits things instead of letting them happen naturally. The worst ones are where the MC wants to take a path, but the system rolls and then locks the result. Wtf was the point of rolling??? Rolling at all in that situation is annoying because it's a decision and not something you'd usually roll for, but then forcing the roll result makes it even worse. The system changes a lot around ch10, but it still keeps many of the things I have a problem with.
Three of the main characters are great; they each have their own quirks and are very enjoyable (especially the NEET, best girl confirmed from the start). The other main girl is honestly really annoying to me. She does improve, but it isn't to the extent that she's likable. There's also a pseudo-goddess which is an annoying naive child given power, I doubt she'll stay that way but it's still unpleasant.
If you plan to read this I highly recommend skipping from chapter 19 to 24 or so... the author himself admits that volume 2 is the weakest one, and imo you'll enjoy the rest a lot more if you don't subject yourself to ch20. Spoiler for ch20:
they basically all break down, cry, and ruin their plans for no reason and then promise to never hurt innocents. Wtf happened to their evil alignment???
After that it gets better again, but the system and power scaling are a mess. It's still fun, but that combined with c20 have made me not feel like continuing for now. Some parts are pretty great though (especially Ashley) so I'll probably come back eventually. An example of the power scaling issue I mentioned:
a character already reached 100 int, and that gave them 2 mil IQ and fixed 1k rolls along with basically infinite mana
Also, a side note: the singular for "dice" is "die", I died a bit inside every time I read "a dice"
Salty PandaRoyal Road
★ 1.0
The idea isn't bad, although seems very similar to "Worth the Candle", but the novel is terrible.
Worldbuilding is really poor, we barely know anything as per chapter 13. Description of surrounding are scarce and short.
Characters refer to themselves in their internal monologues as geniuses, randomly let out evil laughs during talking and congratulate themselves everytime they show even a bit of a common sense or ability to predict the consequences of their actions.
Their personalities are so one-dimensional and exaggerated they appear as caricatures.
Narration is awful, everything is directly told and even explained in detail, instead of shown. There was a scene when "System" said "the party is tired", then characters instantly started to complain.
The DnD/System elements doesn't appear to match any balance. It started as system where characters used very heavy plot armor and would easily become way too OP, then it was forcefully adjusted by changing most of the previously introduced rules to make it more punishing, only delaying the point where characters would become invincible due to leveling.
Even the part with character creation was really forced and "plot-armored". They were given forms to fulfill but the results were nudged in a way to make them a balanced party and give them good abilities, even going as far as forcing an MC into a class then praising them for unconventional "choice" and giving them more free bonuses.
And once I reached chapter 13 when certain new character appears, he was so cringy and abusive of his power, he toppled even the young master trope of the Chinese novels.
Side characters aren't even a bit better, either a mindless praise gallore or arrogant minions.
Grammar is alright, System information are consistent.