in chapters 9-11 alone no less than 10 people die on screen, it's strongly implied that the character that looked like she'll be the main love interest is going to die, a town is massacred by monsters, there a multiple cases of blood and gore despite the lack of content warnings, and it's all around a pretty depressing situation. Not what I was expecting given the tags.

The author said the following in a chapter 1 comment.

"It is an adventure-comedy story. There's still the gl fluff, but I will limit it from time to time."

Falsely advertised. I'm really getting tired of authors mistagging their novels.