TLDR: Story good, MC quick thinker, pacing bad.

The story is great and all of the characters so far feel alive. The main character is never saved by the cliche breakthrough in the middle of combat when fighting opponents stronger than him, there are no sudden breakthroughs in the middle of combat to save his ass, so every strong opponent he beats is done by using quick thinking and teamwork. The problem I have with this story is the pacing. All of the world's problems seem to be kicking off one after another and our MC Is forced to participate in them because of family. There are no adequate examples without spoiling the story but it's like that meme where the dog is sitting at a table going "everything is fine" while the house is on fire. You ever read a story where you just have to stop and go read something else to relax a bit? This is just like that because the main character rarely comes out of a fight unscathed, hell, most engagements feel like losses even though he won and these pile up and wear on the mind.

In conclusion, the story is good but the pacing and the constant pyrrhic victories wear you down. These problems could be solved if author allowed the MC to just take a breather and catch his breath maybe even train a bit but the author wants the main character to learn by the sword and not the pen.

This was my first review so I hope it helped anybody decide if they wanted to read the story or not.

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