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The Story of a Low-Rank Soldier Becoming a Monarch
The Story of a Low-Rank Soldier Becoming a Monarch
When I was 15, I lost my right hand on the battlefield. When I was 24, I mastered the skills that were necessary for my survival.But I was always told the same things, over and over:"Just quit. I'll gray even faster if I try to teach you sjutsu.""But if you weren't disabled, you could've learned anything you wanted, with nothing holding you back.""Hey, let's just collect herbs. Why are you so obsessed with swordsmanship?""Just live like everybody else."When I was 39, I lost my left hand and fell off a cliff. And when I swallowed the Artifact I had no knowledge about[ Searching powers ] Availability for growth Desire for knowledge Abyssal greed Power and tenacity Talent-less persistence-Reversing the instinctsAfter the battle, I was reborn as a 15 year old rookie.Experience points increased! Experience points increased! Experience points increased! Experience points increased! Experience points increased! From weather-worn mercenary Chris to young soldier Chris! It's the story of a skillful lad that found the glory on the battlefield. It's the story of a talent-less man going beyond, overstepping the limits. It's the story of an ordinary man becoming a knight. It's the story of an unordinary monarch protecting his people. It's the story of a man that returned to save his continent. Experience points acquired!
But it's a manhwa so these type of things are normal. I also like how they don't drag the fights or stories too much, altho they straight up skip some of them entirely, like you see them fight a strong enemy and you expect some hyped up fight, but they just show one of them dead in the next panel with no explanation of how that happened.
Bonus points for being a finished manhwa and having a happy ending. Also the author didn't kill characters left and right for "character development" which i do appreciate.
Overall it's worth reading. I'll miss it. It was really fun.
The MC is smart, he knows when to keep quite, when to pounce, when he gains more authority it's depicted well, in other series if someone became a leader of a country or region they'd just magicely be ok and continue with life, but here he builds a well rounded army, he has assassins watching over him, he has secret messangers and layers out his terrain well to his advantage, it gives a sense of reality.
The side characters are given ample opportunity to grow both physically & mentally. The romance is pretty simple, but I don't mind that too much. The enemies he faces are cool in their own right, from the fighting style they use to their characterisitcs. The fight scenes are another amazing point.
Overall, I think you won't regret reading this.
What are we dealing with? An action manga. Allegedly. But with some caveats. It has a system and the regression trope. Is it a standard power growth type, then? Nope, because the system is functionally irrelevant. His powerset is developed kinda irrationally, too. It's all confused, the wyzen powers themselves are a mess, and the levelling is obscure. This is not your standard shonen fare.
And it shows in the art too. The usual sleek action artstyle is nowhere to be seen, and we have a very stylized and blocky one instead. It starts objectively lacking, and develops into its own thing. Not beautiful but gritty. They got cylinders for limbs tho. Hope you are into that.
Lastly, the writing. Strange. Characterization is bombastic, irrealistic, and erratic. Very likeable tho. While the plot jumps around like a frog: most emotional developments are simply not deserved, not earned, they just happen. Like: surprise! Character X has a breakthrough in his backstory. Which we told in chapter XX. And the breakthrough is in the same chapter. ENJOY!
What DOES it offer then? Growth. Not in the powers. Not in the characters. In authority. In kingdom building. This is the manga equivalent of Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. And that game is a proper heavy duty drug. It's precise, rational, fastly paced but not gratuitous. In this, it's perfect, especially thanks to some really inspired and grounded fight choreographies and strategies that fuel the "campaign". Proper badassness is assured.
I'd want to rate it a 5 stars, because it reads like one, being enjoyable like it is. But an 8½ on the Ivern Scale™️ and my assurances on the satisfaction you will feel reading it will have to suffice.
- Chapter 146
- Chapter 145
- Chapter 144
- Chapter 143
- Chapter 142
- Chapter 141
- Chapter 140
- Chapter 139
- Chapter 138
- Chapter 137
- Chapter 136
- Chapter 135-5
- Chapter 135
- Chapter134
- Chapter 134
- Chapter 133
- Chapter 132
- Chapter 131
- Chapter130
- Chapter 130
- Chapter 129-5
- Chapter 129
- Chapter 128
- Chapter 127
- Chapter 126
- Chapter 125
- Chapter 124
- Chapter 123
- Chapter 122
- Chapter 121
- Chapter 120
- Chapter 119
- Chapter 118
- Chapter 117
- Chapter 116
- Chapter 115
- Chapter 114
- Chapter 113-5
- Chapter 113
- Chapter 112 Fixed
- Chapter 111
- Chapter 110
- Chapter 109
- Chapter 108
- Chapter 107
- Chapter 106
- Chapter 105
- Chapter 104
- Chapter 103
- Chapter 102
- Chapter 101
- Chapter 100
- Chapter 99
- Chapter 98
- Chapter 97
- Chapter 96
- Chapter 95
- Chapter 94
- Chapter 93
- Chapter 92
- Chapter 91.2
- Chapter 91.1
- Chapter 91
- Chapter 90
- Chapter 89.5
- Chapter 89
- Chapter 88
- Chapter 87
- Chapter 86
- Chapter 85
- Chapter 84
- Chapter 83
- Chapter 82
- Chapter 81.0
- Chapter 81
- Chapter 80
- Chapter 79
- Chapter 78
- Chapter 77
- Chapter 76
- Chapter 75
- Chapter 74
- Chapter 73
- Chapter 72
- Chapter 71
- Chapter 70
- Chapter 69
- Chapter 68
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 1.0
- Chapter 1