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Enjoyable novel. Basic premise is MC is transported to a novel world, where he first appears in an anachronistic, fantasy medieval Europe as a knight trainee. He is forced to join the Crusades, and over a two year period, fights in many battles, killing thousands. However, he is captured and sold as a s*ave; Chapter 1 of the novel starts with him on a s*ave ship that he has captured (with help from others). However, the ship is shipwrecked, and he is the sole survivor. He washes up on unknown shores, is rescued by an obviously Chinese female martial arts trainee, and realizes that in fact he was transported into a sh!tty murim novel that he had read in the past, and the martial arts group that rescued him is destined to be wiped out shortly. And the story goes from there.As noted in other reviews, the basic premise of a Korean possessor who becomes a medieval knight that is then cast into a Chinese martial arts world is an interesting setting. Also, it is clear the author did some research, as he references various longsword techniques (primarily from German fencing), including Ochs (mistransliterated as "Ox"), Mordhau, etc. And the author tries to imbue the combat scenes which pit longsword techniques against fanciful Chinese swordsmanship techniques with at least some topical plausibility.The MC is a solid character- it is a strong to stronger type novel, and at the start, MC has had extensive combat experience and is very skilled. He is straightforward, decent, and never a coward or beta - which is pretty bloody rare in novels nowadays. Thus, while still early, this gets 5 stars from me based on current trajectory.
