Main Character Hides His Strength Chapter 142 Discussion

One of the best KR novels out there. Has an OP MC who doesn't piss me by how strong he is due to the setting. Has good world building and characterization of a corrupt world where good people are few and the vile and corrupt rule. Especially love how the MC views everything around him. Some people may be upset and bash the novel because the MC isn't die hard for revenge or changing the corrupt world, but I'm not terribly upset and it's a breath of fresh air from CN novels to have a mature protagonist. Oh, but he does have at least one person he hates to the core and will curve stomp and humiliate which was very satisfying. Still, if you like those revenge plots it's best to go else where. Spoiler

Some reviews talk about how unrealistic it was that the MC couldn't learn magic from threatening or buying someone off. They are right to think so as I did once, but it's complicated. Especially when he absolutely needed secrecy. And even if he did threaten someone it's impossible he would reach the level he needed to. He needed to reach the top 0.001% of magic users in a impossible time frame where as the few geniuses and fortunate who reached such a level took decades. And bringing a companion has risk since it is the demon king, so there is a high chance they would die even with our OP MC there. And as later chapters state, if he brought his magic teacher who is strong enough to kill the demon lord with magic, the demon lord would spot them and do everything in his power to kill the helper. The demon king may evenchoose to flee or resort to more drastic measures to survive, so it's impossible to bring a helper if you think about it.

There is also something readers like to complain about. He had a daughter not his own by blood pushed onto him by some woman. The MC appears to be aware from the start that she isn't related to him by blood, so he wasn't tricked like some suggest, but for currently unknown reasons he bonded with the daughter and his reason for fighting and saving the world is for her. I don't get why, but lots of people bring this up. Some even in the reviews which is s*upid. We don't even know the full story as of yet.

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