Viceroy's Pride

Information

Status

Ongoing

Year

2019

Author

Cocop (Cale Plamann)

• NOT A CHAPTER
  Dec 2, 2021
• (124) - Book III - Chapter 41 - Epilogue
  Oct 26, 2020
• (85) - Book III - Chapter 2 - Bayou Country
  Mar 30, 2020
• (84) - Book III - Chapter 1 - Prologue
  Mar 26, 2020
• (83) - Book II - Chapter 41 - Epilogue
  Mar 17, 2020
• (44) - Book II - Chapter 2 - Recruits
  Jan 14, 2020
• (43) - Book II - Chapter 1 - Prologue
  Jan 13, 2020
• Chapter 42 - Epilogue Book 1
  Jan 12, 2020
• Chapter 2 - Budget Cuts
  Dec 2, 2019
• Chapter 1 - Prologue
  Dec 1, 2019

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• B. A. Baker (Thedude3445)Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Viceroy's Pride starts out with one of the most entertaining first chapters I've read in a Royal Road story. Great stuff. The fusion of high fantasy/epic sci-fi stuff with good old fashioned Earthlings being Earthlings makes for an excellent tonal shift and we have the perfect conduit into a really big world. The first 10 or so chapters are very well done.
  However, the story takes a bit of a turn into flatness around Chapter 11 or 12 and its once-fast pace slows to a crawl thanks to the LitRPG system elements taking precendence over everything. LitRPGs are not known for their fast pace, so that's OK, but it is a bit of a sudden shift from how entertaining the early chapters are.
  The writing is higher than the norm for Royal Road, but so much of the story is delivered in large block paragraphs and it made it sometimes harder to read through scenes that had sparse dialogue.
  Still, if you're into LitRPGs, and if you're into sci-fi stories that literally reference isekai LitRPGs as characters' inspiration for their plan to enter the alien world, then Viceroy's Pride won't steer you wrong.
• IsTiredAndNeedsToPoopRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  The basic premise is the very common LitRPG / system story; however the author takes this story a step further.
  The author did a great job making the world feel interesting and real, by smartly using some science fiction to give a logical explanation for all the different fantasy elements. Think “the system”, magic and magic space elves. I also really liked that the author shows why the new magic is more powerful than say guns, planes and nukes, instead of giving us a lame “after the apocalypse technology no longer worked” excuse.
  Perhaps most important, the main characters are likable, believable and even show some character growth.
  All together this is a great read for anyone who likes fantasy / light litRPG and a story that focuses on action, growth and exploration without most of the tired anime trophes.
• LotadRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This story stand out from the rest, the progress of the story arc is fast, the MC grow not only in power but also as a charcter.
  The support cast is good, most of them are well rounded people and they two evloved as the story continue, the bad guys are not as dumb and one dimensional as some stories.
  all in all very recommended.
• chazziRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Written as of chapter 57.
  I am really enjoying reading this story and I congratulate the author of doing such a great job. Definetly recommend puting of amazon etc.
  Grammer good/great.
  Writing is coherent.
  Mc has character growth, side characters are starting to show growth recently, also Mc is not hateful to read.
  Scenes are detailed enough to invoke imagery. Fight scenes are enjoyable to read.
  Plot doesn't stay stuck on annoying situations and the plot is not stagnet and nearly always progressing.
  Alot of chapters/words at this point, so story is quite meaty.
• toddRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Apparently the author has made substantive edits to the story in response to criticism, which looks to have improved the early story quite a bit. Kicking off, the premise is that elves invade Earth in a bid to use humans as cannon fodder against orcs. Unfortunately, they find themselves initially unprepared to handle modern weapons and their display of dominance collapses before the US military begins research into the magical systems, making no headway as the research team is slowly whittled down to the first and now last member, Daniel Thrush. He, in a demonstration of classic human intuition, decides to eat some of the mana crystals as his final unsupervised experiment and awakens magical affinities within himself.
  From there on, the story follows him as he attempts to navigate the decidedly limited options available to the only awakened human on Earth. Several reviews have criticized Dan's progression as being a weak-willed pushover, but all of his choices make sense. He reaches out to the previous project lead, a professor from MIT and she brings him into the private foundation she's been working with since the military trimmed down the project. They set him up with a training regimen, a system (that only has limited sway on the story) and all the information they've managed to collect and translate. After that, they track down an unimportant world to send him to so that he can gain enough mana to return and begin awakening more humans.
  Dan does what anyone would do in his situation. Find people that know more than him and try to figure out what to do next. If you meet a friendly ranger on an alien planet, you're going to rely on them to learn more about the world. There's no wish-fulfillment, he doesn't start with incredible powers and push around unjust leaders, he just wants to lay low and develop the potential to eventually match elven spellcasters in a way that humans oppressed under their empire aren't allowed to.
  Overall, it makes for an interesting sci-
• meerschaumRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  This was fun. It was quite a while ago that I read this, but I discovered that I still had a saved tab somewhere. Expect a change from low power to high power, etc. Teleportation, interplanetary empires, orcs, elves, magic - what's not to like? It turns military fic in the last novel.
• jfiemmpaRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  The main character takes awhile to get going. He seems to be a weak willed wuss in the begining, because he is. It is a part of his story, to see himself as he really is and then try to change...while elves and monsters are trying to kill him. Once  you get to chapter 41 though. The story seems to get more serious. i am very instrested to see just where it will go.
  The action ramps us over time, the MC gets stronger, more imprtant things are happening, but nothing overblown so far. No over the top super powers, so always winning or always losing. As of jan 24 he can put up a decent fight but isn't Superman or something else silly like that.
  Somewhat realistic actions given magic in the first place, and the political stuff seems to be reasonablt what one might expect from people and govenrments(still disgusting, but what you would expect them to do).
  I will be checking up on it daily, and gave it 4.5 stars.
• SoundTrampRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  If you are interested by the synopsis, then it's worth your time.
  This is a solid, well thought out story. No major spelling or grammar errors. Decent characters with multidimensional features and interactions. Unlike some longer rambly stories, CoCop knew when to end it. The power progressing is also quite satisfying.
• SanexusRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  Diamond in the rough.
  CoCop is writing an interesting story, wich I personally am hooked on.
  A story with a system but without it taking the story over.
  Story moves at a nice pace.
  Biggest negative I think; I have to wait for new chapters to come out!! Haha
• MulBe039Royal Road

  ★★★ 3.0

  The grammar is flawless, but the world building almost non-existent.
  Don't get me wrong, I actually like it when an author doesn't overdo it with the descriptioms of the environment, but this book takes it too far in the other direction.
  A middling performance amidst a sea of other unexceptional LitRPGs, written by someone who has a moderate amount of talent.
  The book tries to conserve existing laws of physics and technology and adding magic as an additional undiscovered force. It also tries to justify the "system" via sci-fi. These attempts are middlingly good to bad.
  The character arc of the MC is also pretty typical murderhobo and the entire first book could probably be replaced with a training montage of exceedingly convenient happenstances.
  I personally feel that the book is full of weak stereotypes and that the story is weak to an extent that it actually breaks immersion while reading it. The fighting is uninteresting and the skills of the protagonist uninteresting to a degree, that i often found myself skimming these sections of the book, without really missing anything.
  Overall, I feel like the book is a pretty big expo-dump, and even if you accept the author's disclaimer that the MC starts out as a pushover, I still feel like his character is implausible.
  I'd also add the comedy tag to this story. The author intentionally tries to make the story funny often enough that that the tag is warranted, but I personally don't think that it is very well made.
  The stakes in the story are also pretty non-existent. At no point do you actually think that the MC is actually in any kind of risk.
  Yes, there are dangerous situations that the MC overcomes, but it always already feels like a given that he will do so from the start