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This started out kinda okay. Then it got pretty awesome. Then it s**ked. This is a long rant, with lots of spoilers. Mainly because I really, really, liked this book! It had so much potential! So many of the typical cliches weren't there. It just seemed like an awesome adventure story with a grown up protagonist.The authors weird fetishes leaked in way too much in the early chapters, that went away though. For the most part. It was a really, really awesome adventure story for quite a long time. After chapter 200 though there's not much point in reading.EVERY SINGLE FIGHT that the MC gets into, it's the same thing. He has tons and tons of powerful abilities, weapons, and items. He never uses them. He just trains his spear while fighting strong opponents. Even if his friends, lovers, innocent bystanders, or even the people he's supposed to protect are in danger. This past fight was the straw that broke the camels back. Because he's holding back as always, a room of people just got slaughtered while he half assed things as usual.The author keeps giving him awesome abilities and items, yeah. Don't expect to see 95% of those in use. He recently got the ability to use a third arm, like a robotic appendage. He already had a magical third arm. (Yeah, sounds lame) So now he can weild multiple spears at once! Cus that's not f*cking ridiculous at all. Seriously? Every time he writes about this triple-weilding spear nonsense I just can't get the image of some ret*rd flailing around with a buncha 8 foot long sticks. It just wouldn't work.Why give him all the cool sh*t if in the end all his fights are gonna amount to 'MOAR SPEERZ!!"1!!'His cat can turn huge, and fly. It breaks the f*cking sound barrier. The author decides to give him a flying hoverbike. Cus why not? He never uses it. It was a full chapter talking about the bike.He has magical moveable teleport mirrors. He can teleport to any one of the mirrors he places, from anywhere any time he wants. He ditches his little harem to go adventure the world. Not a single one of his sobbing idiots say "hey, can't you just teleport home every night and leave one of the spare mirrors to teleport back to where you were?" Nope. They all just get heartbroken and cry.So yeah. This went down the drain real fast. The author seemed like he was setting up an amazing world, with huge writing potential like the forgotten realms or Dragonlance. Just endless adventure stories. Then he started rushing shit. Even that, I could handle. If the woulda would get better in any way shape or form.