just a  boy whom nobody knows. Until one day his life changes and becomes a rising basketball player. he comes to find a manual of cultivation to become a great basketball player and cultivate the way of basketball

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Well, I'm not going to lie. Sitting down to write this piece of text was actually harder than churning out about 6k words for the last few chapters that I did kinda in a single sitting. Maybe its because I wasn't ready to tackle the emotional side of doing so, maybe because it would give me this sort of closure that would nail down the point that this journey through the world that I created is now over… Something that maybe I wasn't ready so soon.
So, let's start with the reasons why the novel ended way earlier than I initially imagined it would. In reality, I had plans for writing faaaar deeper into the story, with the political games, a war for the crown, entire civil war and fully-fledged war with Muscovy, implementing the plants from americas, forcing the innovation through the entire Europe just to make others rich enough to let them afford Mike's products… But there is this one thing that made it impossible for me to continue the novel.
Time.
Ever since its beginning, and even after I started writing Phoenix (which is far more ambitious than Road), this novel was taking the great majority of my time, effort and attention. Due to how detailed I wanted it to be, I never compromised on the quality and the research necessary to write the chapters. There were some times where I would sit down with several different maps just to find an actual spot that would fit the purposes of Mike in the novel (the location of the New Tarnow is actually one of them (The real name of the location is Bałtów, about 15km northeast from the city of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, you can type Ostrowiec to find it on the map). Sadly, all those efforts fell on a rather niche market or maybe the cover/synopsis/first chapters weren't appealing enough to bring enough readers to make writing it further reasonable.
Right now, I have three insanely big things going on for me, starting with a huge contract that can literally change my life (and that I focus 90% of my attention since a few weeks ago), a potential job as a writer in CDPred (applied for it, we will see if it will work) along with a project that I will mention further down the line. Keeping the novel that took more than 50% of my time while earning less than 10% of my total (webnovel only) income was simply unreasonable. With Uni added on top of everything and my wish to have any resemblance of social and physical life, I simply had to find something that I could cut out of my daily schedule.
Sadly, the reality pointed at this novel as the most obvious choice.
There is also the aspect of slowly getting burned up with writing it. When I started it, I had huge expectations, given how it was my second novel already, where I could avoid all the mistakes that I did while learning the craft with my first one. Once again, sadly, but it wasn't the case. 
But does this mean that this novel will end?
The novel, yes. I do not plan to return to the WORLD of "Road to the Crown". It is something that I finished and intend to fully put behind me. But it doesn't mean that its the end of the story for the characters that showed up in it. 
For those who are reading all of my novels (or at least my battlesmut - the novel with longass title) this should be already obvious given how openly I used the name of a certain character from Battlesmut, but to shed the light on the biggest project that I will ever create on Webnovel - all the stories that are written on this account, starting with battlesmut, will actually share the universe. Not the world, not the timeline, not the genre. The universe. At this point, I have yet to decide, but there should be two more novels coming (and ending) before the return of Mike. (For those who had the chance to see its quick lifespan, Battlepope is back on the menu, along with "Druglord's restaurant in another world!" a new comedic project of mine). Once those two stories will be over, all of my novels will converge into a single continuation of them all.
In short words, I plan to make all my novels be a part of Slothverse. Chronologically, I can already tell that Road will be in the third place, battlesmut will set the foundations for the entire thing, while Phoenix will be the last solo novel that will focus on just a single character. It will also be the thing that officially kickstarts the slothverse of mine. That's also the reason why the last chapter is called a prologue (part 2) instead of epilogue (part 2). Because when looking at it from a greater perspective, its ending is at the same time, a beginning. 
Okay, now that I got the big news out of the way (I'm rambling, but please, I just finished my very first novel in my damned life. I feel strange not getting dead drunk, but the deadlines for the other projects of mine do not wait for my emotional state to stabilise…) let me thank everyone that contributed and helped me during this project.
First off, something that many of you may take as offensive or asslicking - I would like to thank webnovel for offering me this kind of opportunity. Even with all the stress, paranoia and exhaustion that this novel introduced to my life, there is no denying that there were far more moments when I was so excited about the next part that I was about to write, the next chapter where something big would happen, that my fingers would literally and no-jokingly itch to write. Itch to help me explore this story of mine. An itch to… write.
Let's be honest here. If not for webnovel, I would never start writing in English. Without the exposure (that directly translates into comments that motivate me to work like nothing else) I would never learn how to work hard and on a daily basis to create something so big. Even if in webnovel terms 332 chapters is nothing much, when translated into wordcount, Road has 425k words, which makes about 5 fully-fledged tomes of a paper-back released novel. I wrote five fucking tomes worth of story here!
Outside of the webnovel at large, I would also like to thanks all the authors that ignored my quirky (to put it shamelessly nicely and gently) personality and helped me a lot whenever I had problems related to developing plotlines, characters or just struggled to find the proper wording to what I wanted to write about. Some of them helped me a lot, some of them just randomly responded to my inquiries on webnovel authors inkstone. Without their help (I would most likely just learn how to use a proper translator to get those answers far quicker) I would struggle to overcome some silly problems that can easily stall the process of writing for hours if not days (as seen in the last month of Road). 
And lastly, I would like to thank you guys, the readers. While it might seem as nothing much, reading the comments on my novels is usually the first thing that I do after waking up, just to get the motivational burst to get from the bed and keep working hard. Especially with all the shitty stuff that makes me think that just by waiting a few months would allow me to write about Polish civil war from the first-hand experience, even those simple "thanks" that you guys would leave on the newest comment… It might not seem as much to others, but it truly meant a lot to me.
Okay then, to not make it longer than necessary, especially with how I doubt that anyone would bother to read something as unimportant as afterword in an auxiliary chapter, let me bring this freshly emotional rant to an end. 
Once again, thanks to all those that positively contributed to both this novel and my life over the course of me writing it. Thanks for the opportunity to create something that I can proudly put beside my name. Thanks for the ride that your comments and involvement made so much more fun than just writing something for the sake of my shelf only. And following the example of a certain Vtuber, if you didn't like it, fuck you and never come back :D (just a joke, I'm that direct only on DM's when someone asks stupid stuff)
At the end, where only the most bored and most loyal readers could be still bothered to read, let me shamelessly promote my other novels. You can find them by going to my profile and clicking on the original works. If you liked Kingdom-Building aspect, then some of it will appear later on in RotPG. If you want to see my rise form an awful writer to someone who can write two sentences without making 194 grammatical errors, or if you just want to follow the Slothverse from its very conception (or maybe if you are just looking for a light, comedic read) you could try my battlesmut. If you are history/politic/kingdom-building freak only, then I will have to ask you to wait for when I will be able to start writing Battlepope again. Those who read its first attempt might already find some elements that appeared in the epilogue, instantly putting it in the proper chronological piece on the timeline. And that's generally all I can say unless I want to get emotional once again. Gosh, why I didn't think about getting some vodka while the shops were still open?
With that said, for the last time in this novel, thank you for the read, and I hope that you enjoyed the ride at least as much as I did!
Cheers!


Political marriage, war taxes, subsidies, a tribute... All those terms sound nice when one juggles them from behind the screen of his trusty computer! 

Junk food? Check. Sugary drinks that will cause me diabetes? Check. Two weeks of leave from the work? Check. A fresh copy of the newly released game finishing downloading as I'm going back from the grocery store? Check. 

Oops! My emotions got better to me, and I tripped on the stairs. I'm so silly!

Then...

Why the hell am I kneeling in a throne room, watching the marriage and coronation ceremony of the King, dressed in the noble robes with the game itself only flashing in the corner of my eyes?

Discord link: https://discord.gg/pJTVGZZ

(Irene) "You look so cute when you seem surprised."
She pinched my cheek before I could come to sense.
She didn't wait for me to respond and directly pulled me towards the mansion by holding my wrist and went inside. The people who were waiting outside the mansion, greeted us as ' Madam and young master' and followed us inside the mansion.
Each of them went in different direction and only one man followed us.
She took me to a room which was neatly decorated with many postures. The boy in the posture looked a lot like me.
I sat down on the bed as she instructed and waited for her explanation.
For some unknown reason, I wanted to be near her. I wanted to feel the warmth of a mother. When she called me her son, I was so happy that I actually forgot that I was kidnapped.
I looked at her as she sat next to me.
Her smile melted my icy heart. She reminded me of my mother so much that I wanted to kidnap her and lock her in a room, so that she doesn't disappear like my adopted mother.
(Irene) "Do you remember your adopted mother?"
The question she asked, gave rise to my hope.
I nodded slightly.
She smiled even brightly and gave me a soft hug.
(Irene) "I am your adopted mother. I died in your world and came back to my world."
[ Mom??
No wait.....My world? Your world?]
I  tilted my head and looked at her confusingly.
She immediately freed me from her grasp and looked at the man standing next to her. He took a book from the drawer next to the bed, where a dolphin shaped lamp was placed and gave it to her.
(Irene) "Here.... take this. This book will give answer to half of your questions."
I took the book from her hand and read title of the book.
(Jude) "'The twisted fate of Hero and Villain'....."
I paused reading and looked at her.
She nodded her head and asked me to continue reading.
I slowly read the context of the book without making any noise.
The book seemed like a novel. It had two main characters. One was the hero of the book and the other was the villain of the book.
The hero character in the novel reminded me of my enemy, who always takes everything away from me. He is the only person whom I hate to death.
Whereas the villain character in the novel reminded me of myself. The character setting, the past and the chapter where the villain died, it seemed too familiar.
After reading the book, I looked at mom, who was silently watching me.
(Irene) " You came from this novel."
(Jude) "What???"
[ What is she talking about?? How can a person from a novel come alive?? ]
I looked at her as though she had lost her mind.
She looked at me and laughed so much that she had a stomach ache.
(Irene) " Ah...my stomach....(after 5 minutes)

Well.... do you want me to explain to you in detail??"

(Jude) "I want you to tell me even the smallest detail about what happened, I.....I want to know everything"

(Irene) "I had a car accident 12 years ago and I was in coma. After that accident when I opened my eyes, I saw a baby lying beside me with all the necessities necessary for the growth of the child as well as a handbag full of money.
I was shocked for a second. I couldn't match the events happened. But that didn't restrict me from moving forward. I picked up the baby and walked for a long time. Finally I found a small village.
I went there and asked for their help. At first they were not willing to help me. But later on, when I gave them enough money, they were not only willing to help, they also decided to give their furnished house to me.
I gave a nice bath to the child, fed the child and made him lie-down on the bed. I sat beside him and started to rearrange the events that had happened till now.
But I couldn't find anything, so decided to take care of the child until I found his real parents.
3 years passed by and I still couldn't find his real parents. But I never knew that searching for his parents through advertising in the newspaper was a bad idea, until I found people following me.
I silently moved as fast as I could and escaped from their sight.
I was trained to swiftly move fast when I was a kid, for emergency purpose.
Don't you think that I am great??"
Half way while talking about her past, she raised a question suddenly.
I was dumbfounded to hear a question out of blue, but still gave her an answer in a low voice.
(Jude) "Hmm.."
She continued to tell about her past, in a mysterious tone, which kept me interested in learning about her.
(Irene) " Ok ....let me continue.....
I eavesdropped their talk and found that the child was the second heir of a dangerous mafia group. They found the real heir who was lost since birth and decided to kill the second heir when the time comes. But the maid working for the mafia group escaped with the second heir and she was never found.
When they saw the picture of the child, they decided to kill him, without giving a second thought.
After knowing about the child's background, I didn't want to get involved with him. But I didn't want him to die. He was nothing but a small child who didn't know about himself.
I hid myself from their eyes for another 3 years. They were quite powerful. Even after changing the place and deleting the CCTV footage with the help of a hacker, they still found me.
When I saw them coming inside the house, I threw him in the underground secret passage, built for emergency purpose and locked the door while telling him to keep quite for a while, until I return.
I was beaten badly by 2 men and the other 3 men searched the place. When they couldn't find you, I laughed at them and said that I abandoned the child in front of an orphanage.
When they knew that they were fooled, they hit me even hard and left me half-dead.
After that I felt dizzy and closed my eyes slowly while hoping that someone could come and save the child.
When I opened my eyes again, I was in the hospital.
I saw my parents standing beside me an crying.
I felt that the dream was too realistic.
The days with him were too realistic to take it as a dream. 
The thought of leaving him made my heart beat faster than the time I fell in love. It was beating crazily. Even-though I had explained that I was his not his real parents and promised to find his parents, I was the only person whim he could rely on.
I told my parent about the odd realistic dream I had. They thought that I was bluffing and asked me to rest well instead of wasting my time thinking about useless dream.
But I was not convinced. I asked my butler to find a boy and gave him few hints as to how the boy would look. He called artist and described the features of the boy.
The artist drew the image which satisfied me.
The butler used all his connections to find the whereabouts of the child, but everything went in vain. 
When I was about to give up, my friend said that the characteristic I said matched with the villain character of a novel. She asked me if I was playing around with her, joking and telling that I transmigrated into the book.

I heard many novels about transmigration, but I never thought that I will have this experience.
After reading the content of the novel, I was sure that the villain character mentioned in the novel was the child I raised.
I immediately called the novelist and asked him to put the child as a sub-villain and kill him in the middle of the plot.
Each time I transmigrated, my life was in line. So I knew that the link which connected the novel and the real world was dangerous situation. Hence I decided to kill the child in the plot and make him transmigrated."
She paused all of sudden.
(Irene) " Why do you think I keep calling the villain of the book as 'child' or 'he' and not as 'you'?"

[ I don't know.

Now that I think about it, even-though I am here, in-front of her, she never said 'you'...did she want to disown me by telling me indirectly that I am not related to her by blood and that she will leave me...??]
When I was submerged in my thoughts, she pinched my cheeks and talked softly.
(Irene) " Don't keep that serious look. I am not going to disown you."

[ How did she know??]
(Irene) "Don't be too shocked. Even-though I did not give birth to you, I still lived as your mother for 6 years. I can guess at-least this much from that funny expression of yours.

Ok....let me continue.
I keep calling the villain of the book as 'child' or 'he' and not as 'you' because you were never the villain of the book. That character died long ago, when you came to this world.

So from now on you will get a new identity and live a new life with me, your mom."
My eyes teared up. I hugged her and cried for the first time in my life, after I witnessed her death inside the novel.
[ I promise you that I will protect you from now on.]
I promised myself in my heart.
(Jude) "I missed you..."

I hugged her more tightly.
(Irene) "I missed you too....
Now go the sleep. This will be your room. From tomorrow you are going to attend high school in the school where I am working as a teacher."
(Jude) "But I have few more doubts... How did you correctly find my location? Why is the year difference too much? Why do you know so much about transmigration? Will,will...will I go back into the novel?"

(Irene) "You won't go back to into the novel. As for other questions, I will answer tomorrow after the school is over.

Wipe your tears and sleep peacefully."

    "Damn, that was really confusing… But at least I could finally get here on time…"
            I was finally at the venue for the graduation ceremony, still confused about everything that I saw or heard on my way here. Really, everything was so weird, I know South Korea is kind of a modern country but didn't know it was so advanced.
            Though I must say, it is more like a futuristic version of the one that I could probably find in the world I remember. Also, I did note that I could practically hear anything anyone was saying by just putting some attention to the person talking. That's not so weird for me, the OLD me, but it surprises me that I can do it in this new weird body of mine.
            Also, nobody seems to see the same black thing that is now my face, so maybe I'm the only one that can see it?
            But, of everything I noticed, the most important thing is, that little by little I started to find things familiar, like I know where I'm, but can't really reach a conclusion, at least not until I got to the huge auditorium of the Agent Military Academy's graduation ceremony.
            Some time has passed, and I could see two cadets, or students if you like, being called to the stage, those where Kim Suho and Shin Jonghak, ranked first and second in all 2024 promotion class of the Agent Military Academy…
            "Who could tell that I somehow ended up inside a novel, and to make it even funnier, the one I just finished reading…"
             That's right, somehow, I ended up waking up inside the novel I just finished reading the night before, and I'm sure of it because those two on stage are part of the principal cast of the novel, not the protagonists, mind you, at least not completely.
             That is because, The Novel's Extra is about a failed author, Kim Hajin, that gets transmigrated inside his own novel in order to "finish" it, being switched with some guy named Kim Chungdong and becoming some kind of "extra" inside his own novel, but to be honest, he is no extra, he is basically the main character while thinking he is still an extra, kind of funny really.
             And more so, it seems like I'm an extra in this novel too, so what does that make me? The Novel's Extra's Extra? Hilarious.
             Also, now I get how I can clearly listen and see the people I want to. That's because of a gift that's given to the author when he's transmigrated, "Observation and reading"; but why I have the author's gift is still a mystery to me.
             A gift is something that should be unique to everyone, no two persons should have the same gift. As it is some kind of power given randomly to each one the moment they're born and that somehow fits their personality or inner self. Not too many cadets know their own power unless they're enlightened, but what I assumed to be mine is precisely what Kim Hajin had from the very beginning.
             In the novel I read, Kim Hajin is sent here by some kind of interdimensional being, that basically "creates" worlds based on series, animes, or novels made by beings of higher dimensions, which would be the original author, or even me, who knows. Being some kind of "co-author", he keeps making changes to make the novel more complete, or at least, more coherent with its own universe. So, is this a novel, or is this a whole new world?
             Right now, Kim Hajin should be somewhere in the crowd, not one out of the 3.000 students, but one of the crowd, a total average background character, like me right now, and as for me, he should be going through a lot of confusion.
             But, if this keeps going like the web novel, I would not have anything to worry about, my real self should be synchronized with the guy I took the body from… Sorry for him though…
             From what I remember, Kim Chundong didn't have a good ending… I don't even want to know what the fuck happened to the guy that was originally in my place.
             By the way, I could find while coming here, that his name was "David Ross", which seems kind of funny to me since my middle name is David as well. Hopes he doesn't have it too rough at least…
              "Well, it is interesting enough to see how the novel goes in the first person, maybe I'll be able to play a little here, see if I can find something I can truly enjoy"- I whisper only for me to hear.
             At least I can fight in this world, where everything is slowly going to shit. I rarely get the chance to use my full power, at least in my own world, that is.
             While at the ceremony I could see all kinds of people, cadets, parents, teachers, even higher-ups from some guilds that are looking for promising cadets to recruit once they end their "superior" education.
             Guilds in this world are truly important, as they are the guys in charge of protecting humanity from monsters and other things, even from humans themselves. I would say that Guilds are even more important than the governments, so catching the eye of a big guild is the dream of every cadet, and a way to make their future shine in gold.
             I could even find some of the cast of the novel, from Yun Seung-Ah, which will become Kim Suho's love interest and part of the first guild in Korea, to some important characters that would have a role after the first part of the plot.
             Everyone had very boring conversations, mostly about the first two ranked cadets, Kim Suho and Shin Jonghak. How they are so strong or handsome, or how Kim Suho is a promising hero with his oh so powerful gift… BORING! Still, it amazes me that I can understand whatever they're talking about like it automatically gets translated in my head, I mean, I know a few languages, even ones that probably only I know, but Korean was never part of the list as I haven't been there before.
             "I really want to leave this place right now… *sigh*"
             "I feel you, man… Everyone is just paying attention to those two, what's the point of us normal folks being here, really?" - Said the guy to my right who apparently listened to my previous comment, whose name doesn't even know, but isn't someone from the main story as I would have noticed thanks to the presumed gift of the author.
             "Right? They should just bring those two. Why bringing everyone here to listen to all this shitty ceremony that seems more like a bragging speech" – Said the guy to my left, who also isn't part of the main story.
             "Even worst, we are not even going to Cube, we're already graduating and have to listen to all this bullshit…" – Seems like leftie is somewhat grumpy, well, I do understand where he's coming from, I too hate to be taken to places I don't like, even more, if I don't even need to be there.
             When everything ended, I tried looking for the soon to be protagonist, but couldn't find him, not like I tried too hard, just some quick glances around, nothing else. Maybe I'm too far away from him, and even now, he should still be Kim Chungdong, which isn't part of the original story, and shouldn't appear in "Observation and Reading".
             For the record, "Observation and Reading" is a gift that allows the original author to look into things that belong to the novel's main plot and things that follows the laws of the universe he had created, like names of monsters, names and info of the major or secondary characters, dungeons' information and more. Although it is not like some kind of appraisal that you can see in almost every isekai novel, it somehow works like one.
             After that, I went back to my room, which, by the way, is a nice place to stay, an apartment for myself with all commodities, and stuff to do, and more importantly, food to eat. Let me tell you that food is one of the only things I love, so I'm glad to be able to taste the food I never tasted, not because of lack of chance, but just didn't try to look for it.
             From what I've seen, I guess I'm also an orphan, just like Kim Chungdong, who will become Kim Hajin in the near future. And with no friends to add, a complete loner. It is not like I was any different back home.
            "Well, is time to start planning for the near future, because there's nothing to do for almost two weeks while the plot actually starts"
            What I know for the moment, is that I'm going to Cube, some kind of university for superhumans who go there to train their abilities and gifts, among other things, for 3 whole years and then look for a career as a hero in some guild in Korea or any part of the world.
            For the record, Cube is the most respected training center for heroes in the whole world. But it is a nest of rats and snakes if you look into it closely. Though that doesn't matter to me, not right now at least.
            Now, what I know is, that my synchronization won't end until we start Cube, which is the first main plot of the novel, and where Hajin receives his laptop from the real world and start to get a gist of what is happening.
            Until then, I could start trying to adapt this body to natural energy, though I don't know if that would help to accelerate the sync rate or if I would keep the rewards of any kind of effort I make before the true start.
            Also, I did find I have small amounts of mana or "magic power" as they call it inside my body, but is really negligible, almost as if it wasn't there. Don't know why, but the first time I came here, I couldn't feel it at all. Guess I was somehow exhausted from it while coming here.
            I'll have to train both natural energy and mana to mix each other, in case the synchronization doesn't resolve this problem by itself. I still hope it does, though, and brings back everything I lost while getting here.
            After all, it would be a pity to lose everything I worked for since the start of the second part of my life, starting from my energy, which was kind of unique in the way it adapts and reproduces other kinds of energies.
            At least I still have my memories with me, so I could use some info from this world and all my previous experiences while I'm here.
            Well, too much of me for the day. Guess I'll grab something to eat and then go to bed. Tomorrow will be a busy day trying to figure out a good training plan for myself. I could use some of my old training to try to tune this new body up just in case. Just because I'm used to going with the flow doesn't mean I don't prepare myself for the incoming future.
             After all, if the worst-case comes, I would need some power to safely play my role as the Novel's Extra's Extra, right?

As a reader, Cristopher always looked for things that entertained him, didn't matter what the "critics" said, all that matters was his own opinion on the novel, so he started reading "The Novel's Extra", a webnovel that despicts an author who is transmigrated to his own novel. It was fun and all with its own good and bad points, really, one of his favorites novels at the end of the journey, and that's taking into account the little fact that he didn't have too many things he was able to enjoy, not in that empty shell that was called life for him... Why could someone be born like that? With a void inside, an endless void that slowly consumes oneself...

But... for better or worse... everything changed one day, the same day he woke up to discover he had the same fate of the author whose novel he just finished reading, becoming an extra in a novel, becoming The novel's extra's extra...

/Ok, now that's the description I thought of... first of all, for those of you who are reading this, if any, a few points I have to make clear:

1. I'm not an english native speaker, so if you find anything wrong in the text, please let me know, that would help me learn, and I would be thankful for that.
2. I'm writting this out of pure "enjoyment", so while I'll try to be constant, I'll not make any promises.
3. True reason why I'm writing this is because I'm going through a moderate to crippling depression right now (and no, is not because anything trully bad and horrendous happened to me, it seems to have something to do with my brain's malfuctioning, among other things), and doctors told me to try writing as I enjoy reading. So yeah, this is more like a self-help excercise, to keep myself distracted while trying to be safe from my self.
4. I choose to make a fanfiction of "The Novel's Extra" as I don't trully know how to write, and because I really loved that webnovel, though there are some points I didn't particulary liked.
5. If you see some (let's be clear, really much) self insertion on this series, well, that may be me trying to escape reality, to which I make an early warning and disclaimer, and also ask for forgiveness, as I said before, this is more of an excercise, so don't take it too serious.
6. I'll be a slow writer, as I have to still check a few things from the novel, even when I've read it like 3 or 4 times already, and because I know shit about writing a novel or a series.
7. If you get to enjoy this, then that's good, I would be glad about it, maybe even more motivated, but I don't really expect this to be any good.

Thanks to you all who may, or may not, be reading this novel./

This is already in Scribble Hub and Royal Road under the same username, well, almost, Dvelasquez, because why not, right?

Just a disclaimer before everyone reads the novel,because why not?
Now let's take all of these aside and actually talk about the nitty-gritty of this review. I mean, I could not add any reasons as to why I gave my own novel a review but it's better if there's a reason.
The good things of this novel, or kinda? Still depends on your preferences in the end. But oh well, let's see..
 Pros:
Dao of Sticc - Should I expound more on the greatness of the sticc? Yes, I shall expound. The greatness of the sticc lies on the fact that the upon looking at the sticc, everything suddenly doesn't matter anymore except the sticc. The sticc is da wae and it is everything. It's like weed but legal. ;) No FBI plz >.<
Overpowered MC? - There's somewhat a caveat to this within the early chapters of this novel. The MC that I designed acquired a really powerful class as shown by the synopsis and the title. 

 But sadly, his scars due to his past makes him a really unconfident and cautious MC that only acts when pushed. Fortunately, the first 60 chaps of this novel is all about his development. In the end, you will still get the Overpowered MC that you rightfully deserved, not just in a retarded method or manner.
  
Romance - My readers at AS(don't ask me about AS anyways) told me that I have a pretty good handle when it comes to relationships. Although I admit that I was heavily criticized back then due to the sudden development that arrived without any forewarning. I have learned my lessons already and forgive me about my past mistakes, I'm a new man now. (But don't ask me about AS thx).
Dynamic Characters?  = I am writing this as of Chapter 60 and I can say that I made a pretty good job when it comes to characterizations. But as an author, I will always be biased towards my creation so I will not comment that much about how dynamic my characters are since they will always be perfect for me… But what do you think?
Daily Updates = I have a sizeable backlog of chapters ready to be released if I get sick or is away for some reason. Hopefully it doesn't disappear in the future since I have the attention span of a gold fish and is always lazy, or distracted when it comes to writing.
No Plot Holes? = So far, as of chapter 60. I found every plothole that I could find but if there's a plot hole that greatly affects the novel. You can communicate with me at the comment section any moment. For every authors, the comment section is our source of energy and motivation. So, please comment!
No characters left behind = Every character mentioned in this novel, apart from those that do not have any names will still be present in the future. They just don't disappear and be forgotten. Only characters who are not worthy of being named are disposed off…(feelsbadman).
Now let's start talking about the bad things about this novel or else I will continue on bootlick my own novel to infinity >. <
Too verbose = I really like explaining things. Particularly how the characters feel in a certain situation, or their expressions. That's just how my writing style works so I find it hard to change it into something suitable or is not jarring for the general audience? What do you think about my style?
Chapter Release Rate = I am planning on dedicating myself on releasing at least one chapter a day, what I mean by 1 chapter a day is I release one but actually write two. The other chapter is used for my backlog of unreleased chapters  for the sake of mass release, or if I am absent due to sickness or work.
Somewhat Jarring start for Character Development = The first 60 chapters of this novel is dedicated for the development of the MC. This is unavoidable and you may find it annoying about how the MC doesn't use his strength to the full potential. Don't blame him too much, he's just too cautious and afraid of failure, especially if he has something great to lose. But that changes when he has nothing to lose ;)
  
Harem? Or not? No it's not a harem! Well, maybe it is? Wait, I don't know? Just what is the answer, author?! = The MC will have a wife in the virtual world, but he will also have a girlfriend irl. I don't know if this can be considered as a harem, so I will just have you guys decide if you consider this harem.
Okay, disclaimer done! Honestly, I think that I should have a lot more listed under the (bad things about this novel) tab but I am subconsciously biased against my novel to the extent that I am delusional that it is perfect… But here's a silver-lining.
Read this novel as if it's not realistic = I strive on keeping everything realistic, but this is still a fiction in the end. So read it as a fiction not a documentary.
Keep an eye out for some plot clues, I am the type of writer that often leaves out clues for the readers to figure out. But I don't know why? Maybe I just love mystery things too much that I want to expound more on the greatness of subtlety?
Don't ask me about AS.
Enjoy the read! Don't forget to comment since comments lube up my chocolate starfish real good (nohomo btw).


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Records of the Weakest Emperor

Disclaimer: This novel is inspired by other great works such as SCOG, OG, DE, and all other works that the author admires and reads on a daily basis 

Left alone, scarred and swimming with debt after his parents' death. Our protagonist, Joseph is now on the quest of erasing his debt along with keeping himself afloat without being homeless…

Left without other choices, he turned to the world of Victory for solace only to find out that everything wasn't so simple like he expected. Even after two months of complete dedication to the game. He hasn't achieved any of his goals at all…

But fortunately, lady luck soon blessed his hopeless life… He managed on erasing his debt, angering the gods living above the heavens and even acquiring a Mythical Class! But Joseph is a young man left with scars due to his past. Can he even become someone suitable for the grandeur of a Mythical Class? The Sun that Overlooks Everything?

"Aye wait bro, don't attack ye- Sike! You thought!" 

"Alice, I really love it that you keep yourself feminine for the sake of your Swordsmanship. But can you not wear skirts while we're practicing? I can basically see what's underneath." 

"Abyssal Flame Master, why do you remind me of the alter-ego that I sealed a long time ago back when I was in middle school?"

Fueled with the determination of being the strongest. Joseph, along with the comrades that he gathered on his journey shall crush those that dare stand before their path. 

But why? 

Because he's the Grand Duelist, destined to be at the top of everything.

Artwork: This is a collaboration between me and the Connoisseur of the Dao of Sticc, Truedawn. We spent countless nights depicting the awesomeness of the MC through the Dao of the Sticc, I hope it is appreciated.

Aiden Dylan was the lord of Dylan city. This land was named after a Aiden's family name. Even though his rank as a baron was lowest in the nobility social class, he won the title by shedding blood and tears on the battlefield. 

He joined the army when he was young and performed his service for twenty years.
He also accomplished brilliant achievements in the wars for Abel kingdom. He battled ferociously against blood-river kingdom soldiers and was promoted into king's knight order. 

After being discharged from the king's knight order, Aiden received the title of baron from the king.

Aiden's wife's name is Martha and his first son is Lucas. Lucas Dylan is a twenty years old youngster who is currently serving in the king's knight order. He is a very talented swordsman like Aiden. But has a higher talent than Aiden when he was the same age as Lucas.

Lucas is now engaged to the daughter of another baron in the west. Next year they are going to get married. Even after knowing about them, I couldn't find anything. Only Lucas's name and his characteristics remind me of something but I still couldn't recall what's that.

But after getting to know about the king of this kingdom. I realized where I am.

I'm literally in a fantasy novel that I used to read. The novel was called [ The Son of Apostle ]
this story revolves around a protagonist named Arthur. Arthur is on a journey to find his father who became the god's apostle and went missing. The is did he find his father? or not?.

I have already read 80% of the story.
How I able to confirm my theory is solely based on two persons first one is the king of Abel kingdom. In the novel, he is someone who started as an antagonist and ended up as a good guy. At the starting pace of the novel, he was the strongest character anyone known.

And the second one was Lucas Dylan. In the novel, he got introduced in the latter part. That time his name was Lucas Darkness that's why recall him from the start but after knowing king and I theorized as a novel I could somehow connect the dots.

Also, after Aiden informed me of my execution I went and saw myself in the mirror.

[ A youngster with blond hair and emerald eyes. A flower boy faces with fair skin - Jared welcomed Arthur ].

How they described him in the novel well matched with the curred Jared. His name, His brother's name, and King's name. All of them matched the novel [ The Son of Apostle ].

In the novel, Arthur met him in some pony village and befriended him. Jared said to Arthur that he was banished from his family and atoning for his sins in this small village.

In the novel, Jared is just a side character who is solely introduced in the story to give Arthur, the information about his brother Lucas Darkness who was one of the four generals of demon lord [ Hebris ] and Lucas was the main villain in that arc of the novel.

He gave the information about his brother to Arthur and after his job finished author sacrificed Jared's life to save the protagonist.
Usually speaking all the reader know that there was no reason for him to sacrifice himself. Even if he didn't Arthur can easily survive the situation. I think the author killed him just because he could.

But no one criticized that because Jared's character didn't give them anything. His whole screen time was around 500 to 800 words in total. Because of that readers just let it go.

" Ugh... even though I read the novel it will not be that much of help. Because that story solely revolves around the protagonist and his companions ".

I didn't go outside of the room because people will see me with a disgusted face. So I just stayed inside quietly.

The story solely revolves around Arthur because of that I didn't have any clue about what will happen in his life.

" But in the novel, he survived through the midway. He only died in the midway of the story so, that means there are five more years to ..."

I was confused I couldn't think of anything possible.

" How did he survived through this execution and lived for five years? "

The more I think about it the I got confused. So I gave up on thinking and tried to rest.

**********

In this world, everyone has a supernatural skill. Skills can be learned by using skill books. There are some unique skills that only he/she has awakened with and only they could use it.

To activate the skill one must use a certain amount of mana according to skill. The mana usage will be different depending on skill level. Mana's capacity is decided when one awakens. The mana capacity will differ individual from to individual. Mana capacity can still be trained.

[ Status ] I whispered.

The next moment blue holographic screen appeared before me.

[ Name: Jared Dylan.
 Race: Human.
 Class: Mage.
Level: 3 ( 50/300 ).
Health: 150/150
Mana: ???
Strength: Lv 4
Stamina: Lv 3
Agility: Lv 4
Endurance: Lv 5
Intelligence: Lv 6
Skill:
    1. [ Fireball ] (Lv 7)
     For one fireball 5 mana will be deducted.
   2. [ Black void ] (Lv 10)
     For one use of black void, it will deduct 12 
     mana.

" Wow! holy sh*t. His stats are crazy ".

According to the information I gathered from butler, Jared awakened six months before. In just six months this kind of stats is amazing.

"His he some kind of prodigy?"

But more than anything two things attracted me most, first one is his skill [ Black void ].

" Why did he have this? "

[ Black void ] is a defensive skill. When you activate this it forms a small black hole in front of you and doing that it can absorb any attack that equal to or two levels higher than its level.

More importantly [ Black void ] was the unique skill of demon lord Hebris. Other than him no one has this skill.

The second one that attracted me was his mana stats.

" Is it coincidence or something? ".

Everything here made me more confused whenever I tried to find some answer.

" Dong, dong, dong "

" Come in "

" Young master your dinner ".

" Thanks! "

like these maids deliver my meals in perfect time so I don't have to go outside. In the room, there is a bathroom attached to the left so even for that I don't have to go outside.
My only job is to eat the food delivered by maids and sleep in Mr.super-duper comfortable bed. That's it.

**********

Two days already passed in the past two days all I did was an upload, rest, download - upload, rest, download, and finally upload, rest, download.

This was everything I did in the past two days.

" Dong, dong, dong "

The familiar sounds I'm heard for the past two days resounded only again so I called out,

" Come in! "

To my surprise, it's not the maid nor the butler who came in. He was wearing black armor with a golden lion symbol on its center and the red scarf covered his neck.

He was very well built and had black hair, red eyes, and a scary smile that just like Aiden Dylan.

" Hello, my worthless brother it's been two years since we last met"

He greeted me and also a bunch of people who wear the same armor as standing behind him.

" Lu- Lucas? "

Lucas Dylan the future general who serves for demon lord Hebris and also the strongest amongst the four generals. He entered my room slowly.

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