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Advent of the Three Calamities

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[From the Author of Author's POV...] Emotions are like a drug to us. The more we experience them, the more we become addicted. The hardest part is not letting them consume us. But it's already too late for me. I've already been swallowed whole. *** I had no knowledge of the game. I was meant to have died. And yet, I found myself in this situation. A game I had never played before. A character I was unfamiliar with, and... A world that seemed to want to swallow me whole with every move I made. What the hell is going on? ...and who am I? *** Discord : https://discord.gg/PEbN7fc2ww

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Chapter 1Prologue [1]

Emotions. 

A strong feeling (reaction) deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationship with others. 

I never fully understood them. 

They weren't foreign to me—Anger, Sadness, Fear, Guilt…—I've experienced them all. Plenty of times before. 

As humans, we were inherently designed to feel them. 

...But merely experiencing them didn't equate to understanding them.

[Don't worry. I'll make sure to make it quick.]

A certain voice hung in the air. It was gentle, yet carried a gravity that drew my attention. 

Two lackluster gray eyes seemed fixed on me. 

Or… felt like it. I knew that it wasn't possible since the one talking was inside the TV screen. 

However, as I gazed into those eyes, I had a sudden thought—'Why does it feel like they're looking right at me?' 

"Pftt." 

I shook my head. 

Stupid. 

[This is the last step, right? ...The last step before my hell is finally over?] 

He stood solitary, amidst the wreckage. The landscape lay strewn with debris and shattered structures. The world around him seemed to have halted, frozen in a moment in time.

In that instant, the dullness in his gaze faltered, and what appeared to replace it was something akin to... anguish. 

Grief?

[...Hah]

The man clutched his shirt, slowly wrinkling it as his lips slowly curled into a hazy smile. 

[I'll do it.]

His head lowered to meet another gaze. 

[...] 

With black hair, this person knelt on the ground with their back faced against the screen, gazing up at the gray-eyed man. No words escaped their lips; they simply stared.

Perhaps he wanted to say something, but couldn't. After all, a large gaping wound was present on his back. 

[Ah, yes... I shouldn't drag this out.] 

The gray-eyed man lifted his hand, unveiling the cold gleam of a sword. His lackluster gray eyes quivered ever so slightly as the blade descended down in one fluid motion. 

SHIIING—! 

[I've waited far too long for this.] 

The screen turned black. 

"Umm… So what do you think?" 

I heard a familiar voice call out to me, and I lowered my gaze. 

"Not bad, I guess." 

While I inherited more from our father, it was evident that he had drawn more from our mother. His auburn locks cascaded gracefully to his forehead, and his green eyes gazed back at me.

This kid, who was my only remaining family, was my brother; Noel Rowe. 

"Not bad? Just that…?"

"What do you want me to say?" 

I wasn't much of a gamer. In fact, I never had the time to play games. There were things I needed to prioritize in life; however, leisure was not one of them.

It shouldn't come as a surprise that I found the game uninteresting. 

"I mean… You can lie." 

"And why would I do that?" 

"Because it's my favorite game." 

"Right…" 

What sort of reasoning was this? 

I blinked slowly before reaching for my drink. 

"You know… I think it's best if you don't drink." 

"I don't care." 

Taking hold of the glass cup, I felt its coarse texture beneath my fingers before slowly bringing it towards my lips. 

As the glass drew nearer, my attention fixated on the brownish liquid it contained. It was whiskey, a choice that seemed fitting for the moment.

As I cast my gaze downward, my reflection stared back at me, giving me a glimpse of the person I had become. 

Hollow eyes, a vanishing mane of hair, protruding cheekbones—my visage had become something I wasn't able to recognize.

Even my hand quivered as I clutched the cup.

'I've had better days…' 

I smiled bitterly to myself. 

Stage IV Lung Cancer. 

Not a pretty disease. 

I still remember to this day the numerous emotions I felt during the day I received the news. I was just 24 years old. How was it possible for me to get cancer? But there was no denying what was inside me. 

So…

I just accepted it. 

Acceptance didn't come quickly. At first, I fought. I changed my diet and underwent Chemotherapy. But my life became miserable from that point on. 

All my savings started to drain, and each day seemed more hollow than the other. 

That was when I accepted my situation and just stopped everything. 

Okay, fine. I'm dying. 

Still. 

*Sip* 

Why make what remained of my life a torture? 

I might as well enjoy what remained of it. Even if it made my life shorter. 

"B..itter." 

My chest burned and my hand trembled. 

Despite that, I kept a firm grip on the glass and continued to sip on it. Every breath I took was laced with pain, yet the pain at the back of my throat held a strangely comforting allure. 

So I focused my attention on it. 

Relished it. 

"…Brother, are you really just going to drink like that?" 

Noel's worried voice reached my ears. 

But despite his worry, I continued to drink. 

"Let me... be." 

I closed my eyes and savored the pain at the back of my throat. 

Only this way could I forget about the other pain that was constantly invading my body. 

*Sip* 

It hurt. 

I felt so tired. I could barely move. And I felt so useless. 

But... 

"Haaa..." 

I felt comfortable. 

Yes. 

This is how it should be. 

"Cou…gh." 

I was caught off-guard. I wasn't able to hold it. My chest pounded fiercely, and my hand visibly shook. It took every little bit of my willpower to not drop my glass. 

"Brother!"

"I'm… Cough! F-fine." 

I opened my eyes to see Noel staring at me with a worried look.

My vision shook, and my hand almost gave out, but I held it in. 

Staring back at him, I only felt guilt. He was only 16 years old. Our parents had died a long time ago, and I was his remaining family. 

…I didn't want to leave him alone, but what choice did I have? 

If I chose to stay longer, with what money was he going to survive? 

In a way, stopping Chemotherapy wasn't just because I didn't want to prolong my suffering. It was also a way for me to leave him something before I left. 

Rather than leaving him in debt and dying, I'd rather die and leave him with something to lean on. 

It was my duty. 

My duty as his brother. 

Drip. Drip. 

Tears streamed down his face as he gazed at me. The incessant buzzing in my head made it difficult to discern his words, but it appeared he was trying to call an ambulance. 

I stopped him and shook my head before pointing toward the TV. 

"Tell me… Tell me about the game." 

"Game?" 

Seeing his reaction, I managed to force a smile.

"Yea-h. Tell me why it's your favorite game?" 

He wouldn't stop talking about it. 

"That…" 

He looked unsure of what to say, but after glancing at me once more, he wiped his tears and started to recount everything. 

"The game is called Rise of the Three Calamities, and the main character is called Leon. He's an orphan and the story starts at Haven. An institute, or more like an Academy where cadets are trained for the future of the Nurs Ancifa Empire. One of the four great empires..." 

To be honest, I was only able to make out a couple of words. After a certain time, all I could see was his mouth moving, but I just nodded along. 

For the sake of it. I had to pretend to be fine. 

So just... 

'Let me die faster.'

Time seemed to flow endlessly and before I knew it, Noel was standing by the door of the apartment. 

"Brother, I'm going to go grab some Lunch. I'll bring you your favorite." 

That… I could hear. 

And just as his hand grasped the door, his feet came to a sudden stop. 

"I'll see you soon… okay?" 

"Okay." 

I answered back, albeit weakly. 

"Good." 

Clank—! 

The door closed and silence filtered across the room. 

"…" 

For some unknown reason, the silence brought a smile to my face. 

My eyes slowly closed, and I relished in the silence.

"Cough! ...Cou..gh!"

Yet that tranquility proved fleeting as I was seized by uncontrollable coughing. When I reopened my eyes and gazed down, I caught sight of my hands which were stained in blood.

My blood. 

"Sh...it."

A clink resonated in the air.

The cup in my grasp had finally tumbled to the ground, and the world began to whirl around me.

'Looks like I can't maintain the facade any longer.'

Whiskey spilled onto the floor, and my chest throbbed intensely with pain.

I had managed to hold back before, but such a thing was no longer possible as all energy drained from my body and I leaned back on my chair. 

'It's good that he didn't see me in this state.'

Sometimes, one suffers in silence not out of embarrassment, but out of necessity. 

How could I allow my brother to see this? 

"Ha.. Aha…" 

I felt my chest tremble as something pierced right at my heart. It wasn't the same pain that I was accustomed to, but a different pain. 

Anger. 

Regret. 

Sorrow. 

Sadness. 

Emotions. 

That's what the pain was. 

I felt them vividly. 

I could tell them apart. 

I was familiar with each and every one of them. 

But I didn't understand them. 

…And with these last thoughts, my eyelids gradually closed. 

"Ah…" 

That's when I took my last breath. 

Or so I thought. 

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Apolonchene06
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Deadly_Healer
Deadly_HealerLv13

There are not a lot of stories these days that can hook you since start. Good stories have become rare these days. But here I am hooked since prologue. I love the theme of novel which is mainly focused on emotions so I know for sure that it's gonna be a thrilling and blood pumping roller coaster of emotions. MC feels a like person and most importantly human, a real living HUMAN like all of us. He isn't someone who was like. "Oh I died but nah I got transmigrated so like all other Mcs my job should be avoid bad ending and og protagonist and go my way by avoiding death at costs as well as making a lot of strong connection all the way." He behaves how anyone of us could have behaved.He goes through all phases of regret, denial, reluctance, partial acceptance. He doesn't wanna live there he wanna go home where his little brother is. He loves him more than anything even more than himself. So another merit is, he isn't a cold blooded murderer but a sane and principled person. I also love the duality of his character He is mentally broken and sane at the same time. He has suffered by a lot of negative emotions in his past life and is mentally vulnerable but at the same time that's his strongest trait. He is mentally strong because he has already been exposed to all kinds of negativities to extreme. Every chapter is like he is walking on a thin line between sanity and insanity no one knows when and where will he trip. Whether he will loose himself in dark abyss or will be king of its king is still a mystery? So if you wanna know 😜 do give this a try.

The_Golden_Age_
The_Golden_Age_Lv4

ALL BASED ON MY OPINION if you don't agree that's you. Writing Quality -The writing is similar to that of translated novels. It makes the story feel slow and the pacing dragged on sometimes even boring. I find myself skipping paragraphs that don't involve the MC or something that has to do with the side quest. At times I find myself feeling like dropping the story because of the writing but I want to know more of what happens so I stay 😥.If the author got their writing inspiration from translated novels it's understandable but I'd recommend that you to practice your writing and study other writing styles from different authors in no way am I trying to bash the author in any form. I just feel like if he improved his writing it would make a huge difference. Maybe get an editor too if it helps👀 Also the dialogue feels awkward sometimes. Story development-👀 The arcs have been interesting so far but like I said if the writing was better I'd actually have enjoyed them a lot. My favourite arcs by far were the acting arc and the prison one. The other arcs for me felt a little boring and dragged on for too long for my liking but I think it'll get interesting especially with the introduction of the other emotive mage and the gods of the world let me not forget the memory of him entering Delilah's memory. What can I say I really like lore especially when it's well written. I hope I'm not disappointed. Character design-🙂 I'll start with our MC he's an interesting character and feels complex but... #Leon og mc😑- In my opinion out of the entire main cast I feel like he's the most well written character so far and at times even better then Julian. I feel like he has a lot of potential in the future and he's actually my favourite. #Aoite😐- She at first for me felt like a copy of the fml from tapov but with a bit more pride. I like her character but I don't like how the author writes her. I can see the vision but she feels like all the fml characters I've seen in every novel/anime and manga I've read...I guess I just wanted her to be unique all on her own. In simple terms her character doesn't feel solid. #Kiera😒- Probably why I actually like her character design. Her character is actually solid. Hate her or like her but she's well written and has so much potential for future arcs especially with the secret Julian is keeping from her. She's my second favourite character. She just feels so solid with nothing missing. #Delilah🫥🤖- She also feels like all the other fml characters I've read about with the only thing making her different being her love for chocolate. I honestly feel like the fm teachers in tapov were way better written then her because they had more character and where solid individuals. Meanwhile Delilah feels like a robot that likes chocolate ...at most times. Her internal monologue is not bad because u can tell she's actually a childish person especially with her back story which makes sense but to give her a childish form 🙆😭I didn't agree with that writing choice at all but there must be a reason you did that 🙂‍↔️😭. I just felt like she could have been more you know, but maybe in the future she will be. But with that said she's my second fav fm character. #Evenly🧍-I'll be honest I didn't like her when she was introduced and I still don't like her now but my dislike for her has decreased. But like someone said she's basically an NPC now and she's 1D that's all. She's 1D and the worst written character so especially if she has an important role she'll play in the future. #Atlas🤗👹- Solid character. I've seen very little of him and he's a way better written character than Delilah so far and he's arguably becoming my favorite just because of how well written he feels. I recommend HOW TO WRITE FANTASY CHARACTER ARCS BETTER THAN 99% OF AUTHORS by Jed Herne on YouTube too. Well written fml characters from books I've read so far are the poppy war, red rising, shadow slave, Percy Jackson I forgot the rest but you can study how they are written if you want. Brandon Sanderson too according to my friends I've yet to read the mistbone series. Let's also not forget Avatar toph, Katara, Azula, Ty Lee etc has a large cast of fml characters that you could study. Updating stability -Not bad. World building-I love world building it's my favourite genre after found family. I'm rating this on the places we've been so far. Academy- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ not my favourite place to be but it feels like a safe haven for our cast since it's the only place that hasn't caused them any trauma. I hope it gets destroyed 👍 Prison arc- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I honestly loved this one. It was small but the arc was enjoyable especially with how it ended. Author I can't wait until Julian is hated 🙂‍↕️ The acting arc- ⭐⭐⭐ Also my favourite arc especially with how Julien was written, but it didn't do a lot of world building. Can't wait until he loses control but this time make it longer I love how you're giving us hints that he's going to lose it.And I don't for one second believe that Julien found himself it was too easy especially with the hell he'll have to face. Necromancer arc-⭐⭐⭐It was in a different city which I liked but the world building for me felt separate from the story. Mirror arc- ⭐⭐⭐ I feel like you could have done so much more and explored more of the mirror dimension but I'll understand that it's only because you have the exploration saved up for later. Dora the explorer who??? It's Julian the explorer now. Anyway this was my least fav arc but hey we got owl mighty so there's that ....🙂‍↔️😭 Priest arc- ⭐⭐ I hated this arc because why did Julien have to lose his memory 😾 I was shaking in my boots praying that no one finds out that he's a fraud 😩😥 Author I was sweating and it also felt unnecessary maybe it'll be explained in the future but for now 🙂‍↔️ Anyway this is my rating after chap 243. I'll come back for later chapters 🐱✌️ and see if my rating has changed.

Simply_myself
Simply_myselfLv12

Seeing there's 100 chapters out now I think I can make a proper review . So here it is : [Those who don't want to read all that here's a TLDR:⤵️ It's a amazing novel that is unique and sucks you into its storyline with the plot, forshowing, jokes and interaction with the side-characters (It's a novel that you'll not reget reading)] •The overall story is great and I like that it's different from other novel around transmigration and the 'Extra category'. • The power system is unique and well explained and you can see the me struggling, failing and overcoming unlike in other novels which just say that 'he practiced and was able to achieve it',Here we can see the mc struggle and how he is an outsider to this world. • Now about julien(mc), I like the way author has put together his personality and his emotions (lack there of sometimes) and how these emotions are his powers. From what I've read till now and expecting from him, I can say I'm excited for the future and how he'll overcome his wall of being an outsider. • This novel also does a amazing job at make the side-characters feel real and not just sone pcs like we get in transmigration novels. •(Also I like the dynamic that we have between julien and Leon and would love to see more bromance😏 Between them ) Now about What I expect : • I know l'll sound dumb but l'd like if there is more world building and we get more story's outside of just the academy but I expect that we will see that in the upcoming chapters. Overall it's what we expect from Entrail_Ji: a great story with good upload schedule and I'm excited to see about the future chapters.🎖️

Tsukasa0
Tsukasa0Lv13

Hola. I don't like to write reviews much since my mind totally blanks out whenever I'm writing them but since I'm writing one for this novel, you should just get an idea of how good it is. READ THE CONCLUSION FOR TL; DR. Anyways, let's start. Writing Quality: As a person who was an avid reader of TAPOV from the start, I cannot help but honestly say this was such a huge positive jump by Entrail. Emotions are not easy to portray. Though they are easy in dramas and shows since we can visibly see the characters, it's a completely different talk in novels. You need a concise and perfect writing style to actually make your readers feel the emotions and I must say that Entrail completely nailed that aspect. I have caught up to 285 chapters of the novel, and each time he didn't fail to make me feel the emotion outside the screen that he was trying to portray in the novel. So massive kudos to him for that. I love his writing style and I hope it will improve and stay like this throughout the novel. Stability of Updates: Though one might say there is an issue of consistency here, I must completely disagree. As an author myself, I struggle to write even 1000 words per day. And as someone who writes 2000 words per chapter and delivers two of them normally, I find the stability completely perfect from Entrail. And each time even if there is a break, there is an appropriate reason provided and we get a mass release so I don't find any bad thing in this. Story Development: Without a doubt, till now the story has me completely hooked. Though it might seem generic to you guys with the system and all, it's unique and fleshed out. Each plot has a new mystery and vibe to it that properly develops the story and fleshes out each character. Something so minor that happened in past chapters might be linked in the future and being completely honest, even if you guys find some arcs boring cause of the emotions and such, the payoff is just as good. I'm loving the story so far. Character Design: This is an aspect that is completely nailed to the point by Entrail if I have to be completely honest. He fleshes out each character and their personality so much that they feel absolutely real. SPOILER ALERT: Especially so with Julien's power which enables him to see other people's past and traumas through which he reveals the backstory of a character and fleshes them out so perfectly. World Background: The World Background of this novel is on par with some of the top novels out there for me. With 3 eras and many other small events and the unique power building, this aspect was so well developed. The lore and the connections dating back to the previous eras are really good along with how he properly explains the relations and backstory of each place. CONCLUSION: Overall, I love this novel and it's one of the top 10's for me. The writing quality is so refined and well developed not just compared to TAPOV, but as a whole. Except for some minor issues, the stability of updates is completely normal and I love how the story is developing till now. Character Designs are also perfectly fleshed out with explanations and their backstory, making them feel so real. The World Background is also deep and developed nicely. Thanks to Entrail for delivering such a banger to us. And at last, I would like to say a line said by the author himself: THIS WILL REACH THE PEAK!

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