The setting is good, the storyline has potential, but the MC is pretty boring. The MC is a liar and a thief. He signs a bad contract, deals with the consequences, and regresses. The outcomes isn’t even that poor. It’s just forced retirement. I didn’t get far enough into the story to see if there were other issues with the MC and the guild. However, with the MC personality he was most likely willingly doing anything that would be morally questionable. Examples are One of the first things he does is punch his best friend, lie, and steal. The MC keeps lying the entire time. He “tricks” NPCs with nonsensical things and it appears to be an attempt at being funny, but it falls flat for me. In one paragraph he says not to mess with NPCs and then in the same chapter he’s lying, stealing, and tricking the NPCs.
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LIKEIf you were reading the novel for the goody-two shoes hero MC, who will only do righteous thing. Then I must apology because you're in the wrong novel. Yes, MC is indeed a very flaw character and somewhat contradictory in terms of logical process, but those were all risks he's willing to take to get a head start. Seriously, if you expect the MC to play by the rule, obey everything, then how is he going to achieve his objective? When have you seen any protagonist achieve their revenge against a Behemoth by playing safe and following the law? Maybe you have seen them, but the reality is, they aren't realistic and it's a pipe dream for that to even happen. Overall, the MC was never depicted as a "good guy" or anything. He's in the gray area, and it's up to the readers such as you to interpret who he is. But one thing is positive, the MC doesn't seek approval from anyone. He knows he's not a good buy, but there's also a bottom line that he won't ever cross,
I don’t like goody-two shoe MC. I do like MCs that plan what they are going to do. A spur of the moment idea to steal all the herbs, then being surprised it back fires, then having a convoluted and unfunny stand off with guards, doesn’t make for a reliably cool or edgy MC. It turns them into a joke. Like the guy that tried to sell petrified wood as steel. It’s just silly. It fell flat for me, but I hope you get 100k+ people that like and enjoy it. I did like the setting and your authors voice, just not the MC you were giving life to. Good luck
Heh, good to know and I wasn’t claiming you like goody-two shoes from statement. It was vague but what I meant was that I’m not writing a MC that everyone would love and support. He’s just not in that kind of setting of being “morally right” like most goody two shoes MC. He’s the type that tread around the borderline of good and bad.
Hey, man, do you have a discord server? Also, I wanted to ask if you will restart Game Lord's Cultivation System again.