Review Detail of Origin_Saint in Kill Every Bastard That Summoned Me Into This Grimdark World

Hello and thanks for the review~ So I think there's a discrepancy between what I wanted to say and what the readers might understood. So if the explanation below ends up making it a wee bit more logical, I think I somewhat failed to deliver the message clearly. I wanted to create a sense of dread that never vanishes throughout the story, and I want it made clear since the beginning. Maybe Goku once he hits Z or Super no longer feels threatened by his old low-level enemies. They're literally underneath his radar. What I wanted for for Magebane was, even if he reached his peak, he's still a human that bleeds. A rusty kitchen knife, if it finds its way to his neck would kill him. I want a protagonist that's powerful but not invincible. As for the bandits, I thought I made it that Magebane was terribly unlucky in the fight. He was freshly wounded/burnt, starving and exhausted from escaping the inquisitors, ambushed and got an arrow in his shoulder blade, reopened his wounds, and was ultimately hurt more by the treacherous environment than the bandits' skill. For the magic, I didn't intend to write a System story. So I was thinking of keeping it to Soft Magic rather than Hard. Cheers~

I see, the ranking of wizards made the book appear as if it was a hard magic system. The thing is there's no problem with soft magic systems, but you have to find ways of expressing that, and that's by making the divisions in rank look more like a social status than a power one. So a when he saw the red mage he shouldn't have called him weak, but recognised him as a threat in that he hasn't made enough achievements. That's the way it works in game of thrones and even in real life. A child can kill a soldier but a soldier due to experience on the battlefield is more dangerous than a child. Also the world's you said you were referencing affected my expectations. Anyhow good luck in your novel, personally I'm not a fan of soft magic systems as I find some plot occurrences very annoying due to how messy it feels.