MC spent 3 years of his life as an unsuccessful blacksmith. He had done nothing notable aside from that. Basically, he had been living like a non-entity in those 3 years. There was a girl that was in love with him for no reason, other than her having spent some time with him. Things only came ‘alive’ after he awakened his cheat; suddenly the girl decided to be intimate with him, suddenly some mook started finding trouble with him, suddenly there were assassins targeting him. His personality is bland. It was mentioned that he transmigrated, but he did not have the maturity and unique mindset of a person from Earth. His transmigration is probably just a set up for the existence of his cheat, nothing would really change in the plot even if he’s a native. As for the plot, most of the time he’s forging weapons, and when he’s not forging, he’s fighting, or some characters would bother him...no problem with that, but it would get boring later because the MC has no other feature that could make him attractive to readers, aside from his cheat perhaps. You can just treat this like a generic xianxia novel, be it the plot pattern or the MC's personality, just in a western setting.
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I know your slamming the novel but I'm just getting Overgeared vibes from your review and am Tempted to read this now :P
Maturity and unique mindset of someone from Earth? Earthlings are a mixed bag...not sure what you mean here. About this story lacking direction is good to know.
I hate trying to read on my phone and very rarely do it. Reading on the website doesn't have a timer or any of the time reading rewards.
it's not as bad as you say to me. yes it's monotonous at times. I liked the forging scenes and the early parts. my problem was later in the story with the harem foreshadowing or cheating.
