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I'm disappointed by this story. The author writes well and his drawing of maps, characters, etc... are really great. Unfortunately I just can't get into the story. I lasted a 100 chapters because the story is well written and had potential, but at some point, I can't go on. Minor problem: author tells us he created a religion but apart from the name of the god, it's 99% the Catholic Church. I'm sorry but priest might be a generic religious term bur Pope, Cardinal, Inquisitor and many more are not generic terms. Even the way they operate are so similar to the Catholic Church. Not something that bothered me, just saying. My main problem is the MC. He is a freaking robot with no emotions. His "friends" are tools and he tolerates his mother because she also treats him with love. I get he is old and an ex CIA agent but in 16 years, he never changes. He never treats anyone genuinely, it's always an act. He also has 0 goal. He goes through his life without ambition except keep living. Sure he is too involved with the Church to be permitted to leave alive but never he tells himself "if I'm freakingly strong they won't be able to stop me". He sees a lot of corruption, abuse or other evil done by the Church or Nobles and he still follows orders without remorse while telling himself "I'll get super strong and stop those things". Nope, he is a good little soldier following orders. We know he'll be the pope but so far it isn't his ambition. It's just something that'll happen because he us too talented. I don't care if he wants ti be a saint, evil or something between. I just want him to want to be someone.

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I Became The Pope, Now What?

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Hmm... The religion is now the same. Catholic church has no Guardians of Light, Void Keepers, and Sanctum Council or stuff. It's just generic religion from any novel you might find. As for MC's ambitions and emotions. They are decently explored as the story goes. He's ex-CIA, it's his job to be pragmatic and not let emotions take over. It takes time to break that wall and trust people again. Also, if you dropped, then you dropped at the worst time. The Sphinx Village arc(Somewhere from 100 to 126) is all about MC deciding to actively go after the position of Pope by using any means possible. No standing by and following orders. He starts scheming and making long term plans to take over the entire continent. You need to understand that the way I write, the progress is supposed to be slow because characters are explored in detail. From Sir Dolorem to Felix, everyone has detailed past.