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Pretty interesting so far!The MC dies and becomes an undead, and due to some circumstances involving a fight between dragons he reawakens with absurd strength. Unfortunately, he struggles at communication so things don't go so well when he encounters other humans, who basically take him to be a walking evil calamity.I really like the overall idea. My biggest gripe, though, is how contrived the whole "oh no, he's evil!" thing is. One of the tropes I hate the most is where the story's misunderstanding is sustained by idiocy on both sides. Here, the adventurers keep sidestepping obvious possibilities and jumping to the word possible conclusions for the MC's actions and the MC doesn't make a believably genuine effort to clear things up.Spoiler
The worst part is in chapter 11 where the adventurers are all collapsed right in front of the MC, waiting for him to kill them. They all heard what he said -- "won't kill you" -- but instead of realising that he might not be out to get them, they immediately assume he wants to torture them or track them down later and kill them then. Equally silly is that despite this perfect opportunity to talk to them, the MC suddenly decides that he doesn't want to explain himself anymore... obviously because the author isn't done milking this forced misunderstanding. He just heads off and lets the problem fester. Really?
[collapse]So yeah. Contrivance after contrivance. That said, it's still enjoyable to see the shock his power causes so right now I'd say it's worth reading. Whether or not it stays worth reading depends on where the author takes it. The story does have a lot of promise.