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Corruption Wielder

By: Aaron Shih
Narrated by: Matt Hicks, Erin Bateman
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When the world ends, humanity must fight to survive—but where others struggle in fear, Will sees only an opportunity to thrive.

April 3rd, 3:46 AM. Planet Earth merges with the magical world of Arcadia, and a system gives humanity a choice: 40 years of indentured servitude, or entering a tutorial as a user to fight against the chaos incursion.

Will doesn't hesitate—but the system thanks him for stepping into the fight by throwing him into an impossible tutorial. With little chance of survival, Will has a simple response: “Screw it. Might as well fight fire with fire."

Warning: [Corruption] has been chosen as primary attribute.

With a forbidden element, Will just might be able to stab his way out of the tutorial. But as he gains the powers of death and space as well, he realizes that his problems might not only lie in the monsters that now plague the world.

Will, now Earth's sole corruption wielder, finds danger at every corner. For anyone else, that could mean a quick and terrifying end. To him?

Maybe Will was meant for this world.

Perfect for fans of Defiance of the Fall, System Universe, and He Who Fights With Monsters—don't miss the start of the hit litRPG apocalypse series with a million views on Royal Road!

©2024 Aaron Shih (P)2024 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

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Poor Copy of HWFWM

The magic system and powerset of the MC is nearly a straight rip from HWFWM. The MC is ok but not terribly interesting. The world building is mid at best.

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hwfwm unsouled love child

alot of familiar power structures and unique ways to use it definitely gave me throw backs to my favorite series.
Will continue with series

smart mouth MC that's rising to the top

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Amazing!!!

Love the narration and the storyline on this story! Can't wait for the sequel and more from this author!

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The world has ended. Let the new world begin

This is a good start. We get to see new characters, And we get to see what happens with two cultures meeting after the apocalypse

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it's like HWFWM and Primal hunter had a baby

Will is definitely a character to talk about, get thrown into a tutorial and immediately have errors let's not forget the racist elves and the gods that wants to play games. there is no sad I can't kill people trope with this dude he accepts what he got to do and.... well you will see when you read it

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A solid Start

It took me a bit to become invested fully in the story but it kept getting better the more i stuck it out.

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Odd choices

Male narrator uses the same voice for a internal monologue, and spoken words so it can be confusing at times. Over all though its a middle of the pack book, nothing really stands out or hooks the reader. DNF.

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Tries to be cool, but just ends up the same.

This book is just... meh. It's servicable, but that doesn't mean it's enjoyable.

The world is bland, of course there are elves and goblins because this is a generic fantasy. I was extremely bored, at least until the explanation of the elemental system came in and a spark of originality lit my interest.

The MC is just... cardboard. He's basically Kirito from Sword Art Online, who's super duper cool guys and he lacks morality cause that's just the sorta world this is now.

Thankfully, a side character, an elf, appears soonish in the story, and their by-play is basically the best part of this book. The two not trusting each other and slowly becoming a better team while snarking doesn't get old.

The most annoying thing is that sometimes the author will take shits at shota anime, only to do the exact same thing except more clumsily. there is an awkward attempt at giving the MC an epic entrance after finishing the tutorial, where the author tries to hype it up by cutting to a fight on earth that he'll be dropping into, but we care about none of these characters, and the build up is so weak. Then the MC drops in and is like "time to show earth what I'm really capable of" and solos a boss while everyone watches in awe. Not to mention how they instantly know he's been in more combat (ie more badass than they are) and feels evil.

There's one chapter in Stree Cultivation where Sara Lin parodies sycophantic fan boy characters whose only job is to sit around and react in awe at everything the MC does, and this feels like that... except it's real.

Like, the author does this whole thing where he doesn't reveal which class the MC takes to build tension an- it's Reaper. Come on, of course it's Reaper. The drawbacks only make the MC look more badass, OF COURSE, the author makes him a reaper, and it's the only legendary class he's offered.

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Slow start

First part

For my tastes, this was too much system/info and not much story. 75/25. The narrators didn’t combine their dialogue in a smooth manner so that didn’t help. Listened at 1.1 x speed. Helper? Really? Did someone forget to put a name in the place holder?

Second part

I now understand the Primal Hunter with He Who Fights With Monsters comments. A story line develops more as it goes on. The narration gets smoother.

Final part. Finishes up stronger than the start. Undecided on book 2. Updated my rating.

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Just Excellent

A far better and faster start than defiance of the fall, Primal hunter or even HWFWM. The dialogue & humor is just great. It just feels very clean & balanced. Fights & skills feel natural and understandable. It feels more polished than DOTF or PH. Not overly political like HWFWM. It touches on all the details and elements that need to be but doesn’t overdue it. It’s just excellent.

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