The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary Chapter 74 Discussion

Title itself already tells the story...

It's about the Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary

What can we make up of this?

- MC is a broke ex-mercenary who became an adventurer.

- The story is about his strange adventures as an adventurer.

Spoiler

These Include:

Vol. 1

• • Joining a party of inexperience adventurers with questionable harem

• • Meeting a sly, smart and sassy demon kin who is disguised as a priest of knowledge

• • Witness first episode of f*cking goblins slayer

• • Ancient Ruins

• • More goblins

• • Typical life and death situations

• • Failing a quest and becoming more broke

• • Getting used by the said demon kin as an agreement to pay his financial debt to her

• • Becoming a companion of the said demon kin as an agreement to pay his financial debt to her

Vol. 2

• • Getting used again by said demon kin

• • Encountering a loli

• • Doing a quest for said loli

• • Doing the said quest with slightly better adventurers with questionable harem

• • No scope a typical arrogant hero

• • Create flag to said loli

• • Teaching said hero masochism

• • Undead Dragon and Zombies

• • Dying Light Adventurers Edition?

• • Loli becomes MC lil' b*tch fairy

*All of these are more or less

exaggerated

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Basically...

It's Berserk but less dark and emotional depth.

It's Goblin Slayer but less goblins and waifus.

The only thing that made this novel refreshing is that MC is a seasoned and experienced mercenary. We get to see the perspective of a mercenary when becoming an adventurer. We get to see him apply his own values and principles he learned as a mercenary to his adventures. At least that was suppose to be the premise. The novel does somewhat accomplish this hence my rating but it's lacking in emotional depth so it was difficult to connect much with the MC.

For most people, the thing that essentially bother them is the personality of the MC.

• • Too gullible

• • Too passive

Honestly, I'm also one of these people but it's important to know that our MC is mercenary. He was not even the leader of his group. That said, I think it would be more out of place if he wasn't that gullible and passive because he only follows orders back in his prime and never ask anymore question because they were paid solely to follow orders. He only goes to the flow of what the leader decides and from there, he tries to work thing out in his own mercenary-like way. It bothers me but it can't be helped because he is after all a mercenary who used to only follow directions. The only difference is that he is one experienced and seasoned mercenary. Realizing that, I can't help but see him as a realistic character that doesn't betray his history.

As for the personality of the main heroine, she's likable but I can't help but question her intentions. She must have an arc dedicated for her in the future so that's something to look forward. The trope that force them to become companion is quite refreshing if you look in to it. As for their adventures, it may not be innovative nor does it have the best execution but it's satisfactory enough since it's not that bad.