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The storytelling is intriguing and grounded in consequences, but the grounded nature is also what makes it hard to read. The MC's powerlevel is objectively above average, but when his sworn enemy is a competent and already-winning "Christian-ish" war machine, his strength keeps falling short. Seeing the MC try so hard yet making little progress is hard to stomach.In addition, I feel the author's world is too large for him to handle because he spends a lot of words and time describing the MC's every move and allocates time for side-character. However, the worldbuilding comes at the cost of entire chapters full of 'fluff' and glacial plot progression. It is also made worse since not all side-characters are important to MC's journey.Overall, this is a 'good-enough' story containing dark emotions, strong female characters, and an evolving world, but the act of actually reading this story isn't fun for me. I've repeatedly try to come back when I recall the good story beats, only stop reading when I remember the reasons why I stopped reading in the first place. Edit: Borrowing the words of fellow reviewer DotDotDot, "The novel isn't complete dribbling garbage but personally I did no like it."