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Write a reviewit could have been a great book if only the author kept up with what he did as the snow demon and had some action or serious moments.
I enjoyed the book, didn't think I would but I did.... My only issue is whenever I come to this app this is the only "limited" free book. It doesn't really see limited when it's the only available one. Any clue as to why?
bro. do you eat books to have this kind of writing style? it's literally so flawless. it's the kind of style i don't see often on here. the descriptions, world building and character designs are cool upto we're ive read ngl
Inheritor of Magic: The Magi King I really enjoyed Aoki Akus previous novel, Humanity’s Greatest Mecha Warrior System, so I came to to tale hoping it would be to fantasy what its predecessor had been to SF/space-opera. The basic setting is a post-apocalyptic one with contemporary level technology with a bit of low level magic in some places, including the protagonists hometown, but it progressively evolves into a high- magic or high magictech (depending on the locations) thanks to the intervention of the main character and his friend (at first) and the nation they build (later). It is well-made, especially since the story first involves a small region, but moves by increments to larger regions, continent, the world and others planes inhabited by faes, demons or other entities. The cast is quite mostly nicely done. The protagonist, Wolfe Noxus is an intelligent, resourceful, witty, practical, kind and horny magic users who knows how to make the best of the circumstances he comes upon and the increasingly greater powers he wields (in fact, he tends to be too good sometimes). His circle of friends, most of them females are also quite well-written, particularly if you consider this is a harem novel. The ones closest to him, like Cassie, Ella, Stephanie or Rail, are really well-written with their merits and flaws, definitely no daft bimbos (although not at the level of Nico in the previous story, as the quality of the character writing is spread among the love interests). Other characters tend to be well-made, although some antagonists (there is no real big bad enemy) feel a bit one dimensional. The power system is built relatively well. It is rated in scale from 1 to 9 (with two important levels being 7- Saint and 9- King), with different kind of being (magi, witch, fae, demon, mage, etc …) having different access or proficiencies in wielding various kind of magic (like witches being better at healing). The peculiar perk of the MC being that he is the only Magi in the world after a near-extermination of the bloodline, which is quite advantageous as magi are the best and most varied elemental magic users and have the highest power mana reserves among all. The only problem at this level being that progression can seem a bit rough at times. The biggest flaw of the novel is the story itself. No, let me rephrase that, the last third of the story is the biggest flaw of the novel. The first two thirds are amazing, a great mix of exploration, adventure, action, slice of life, romance (with a dash of R18 content) civilization-building and magic based macgyverism. Sadly, toward the last third of the novel, two things happen. First Wolfe becomes too strong for the setting, pretty much no one represents a danger to him and his close circle, the antagonists are no challenge to him and the few who could be actually be dangerous are either friendly or reasonable enough to solve conflicts without threats or violence. And second, as a consequence, the story turns almost entirely to slice of life, civilization and family building complete with doses of pointless technical details the reader to power through has to power through, only alighted by the ancient history details or humour. At that point, the story is a walk in the park for the protagonist. The writing is what allowed me to finish the novel, for it has energy, humour (lots of innuendos and puns) and shows Aoki Aku still has what it takes when it comes to style. The only issue here is the typo, as a few persist even in the latter chapter. So, Inheritor of Magic: The Magi King is still a fair novel, with fine characters, interesting setting, good power system and great writing, but it is let down by a poor last third of the story. My final verdict is a low 7 out of 10. I still consider Aoki Aku as a very good author and I will read his other novels in due time, but here this novel made me want to look at other novelists in the meantime. Kergonan out.
In my Top 3 ever read books. MC is smart, doesn't get shocked at everything he didn't know yet. FLs have good written out characters. No need for face-slapping stuff etc. Would have had potential for more story, which is why I'm deducting 1 star there, but the ending is fine as well.
one of my favorite reads on here. i started when there were less than 200 published chapters and couldn't wait for the update each day. keep up the good work author!!
the story, the interactions, the characters were outstanding. however, it became quite annoying how they kept exposing things or saying things that aren't meant to be said. Despite being imaginative illustrations a few actuality should have been added. I had to go through so many accounts in webnovel just to finish this book. and I'm glad i was about to finish it with my main account. I totally love your work
It’s a good read I would’ve liked if they would’ve touched on the other families or mentioned if they started coming back. But a satisfying ending nonetheless .
Absolutely great book. I definitely recommend to anyone who will give this book a try. This is the second book that I have reread, with the other one also being from this author. Great story, great characters, great author. It has been a pleasure to be here. :)
What a wild ride. The pacing was great, the characters were memorable, the twists were unexpected enough that it never felt boring. And best of all, the ending felt neither forced nor rushed.
Overall a good read. Wish the story was a bit longer, but it was a decent ending. Thank you for the effort to bring to us readers!
It was written well with an interesting world setting and mc. however, the story becomes a harem and the writer seems lost in what they want to do around the 300 chp mark. I stopped reading.
Brilliant work as always from this author. I always enjoy reading these books because they're fairly low stakes but also engaging, which is a hard balance to strike. Excellent English and grammar too.
great story, i thoroughly enjoyed the entire book. maybe a sequel that follows Ivan, Maria, and Calypso would be interesting.
Reveal SpoilerStarts out ok but quickly goes downhill. The original starting point is clear and conflict is well defined. However that is quickly abandoned for empty reasons. Some other reviewers say that the mc isn’t op must be of the opinion that only god is op. He has to go to a four year school yet got to the top of everything surpassing the fourth year students in half a year, I think. The author has a problem keeping track or at least mentioning how long it is between scenes. There were several times where it sounded like it was days or weeks only to mention that the mid year tests were right around the corner. Then he gets involved with the military of an allied nation and becomes the cornerstone of a 250+ unit in a couple of weeks, again I think because of the author’s inconsistent timeline, boosting the power of a fringe unit to an elite one within that time. All of the “relationships”, which seem to be a main point of the story, ring hollow as there is a clear declaration from more than a few that it’s all because of his ability to boost others but it’s kind of needed since the mc is very hollow himself. All in all this seems to be trying to be a few things but just ends up being not that good at any of them.
Aoki never disappoints. I've read three novels by him so far and keeping up with a fourth as he publishes it here, and every time I find myself captivated by the characters and the world they inhabit. Highly recommend checking out any works by this author.
it could have been a great book if only the author kept up with what he did as the snow demon and had some action or serious moments.
I enjoyed the book, didn't think I would but I did.... My only issue is whenever I come to this app this is the only "limited" free book. It doesn't really see limited when it's the only available one. Any clue as to why?
bro. do you eat books to have this kind of writing style? it's literally so flawless. it's the kind of style i don't see often on here. the descriptions, world building and character designs are cool upto we're ive read ngl
Inheritor of Magic: The Magi King I really enjoyed Aoki Akus previous novel, Humanity’s Greatest Mecha Warrior System, so I came to to tale hoping it would be to fantasy what its predecessor had been to SF/space-opera. The basic setting is a post-apocalyptic one with contemporary level technology with a bit of low level magic in some places, including the protagonists hometown, but it progressively evolves into a high- magic or high magictech (depending on the locations) thanks to the intervention of the main character and his friend (at first) and the nation they build (later). It is well-made, especially since the story first involves a small region, but moves by increments to larger regions, continent, the world and others planes inhabited by faes, demons or other entities. The cast is quite mostly nicely done. The protagonist, Wolfe Noxus is an intelligent, resourceful, witty, practical, kind and horny magic users who knows how to make the best of the circumstances he comes upon and the increasingly greater powers he wields (in fact, he tends to be too good sometimes). His circle of friends, most of them females are also quite well-written, particularly if you consider this is a harem novel. The ones closest to him, like Cassie, Ella, Stephanie or Rail, are really well-written with their merits and flaws, definitely no daft bimbos (although not at the level of Nico in the previous story, as the quality of the character writing is spread among the love interests). Other characters tend to be well-made, although some antagonists (there is no real big bad enemy) feel a bit one dimensional. The power system is built relatively well. It is rated in scale from 1 to 9 (with two important levels being 7- Saint and 9- King), with different kind of being (magi, witch, fae, demon, mage, etc …) having different access or proficiencies in wielding various kind of magic (like witches being better at healing). The peculiar perk of the MC being that he is the only Magi in the world after a near-extermination of the bloodline, which is quite advantageous as magi are the best and most varied elemental magic users and have the highest power mana reserves among all. The only problem at this level being that progression can seem a bit rough at times. The biggest flaw of the novel is the story itself. No, let me rephrase that, the last third of the story is the biggest flaw of the novel. The first two thirds are amazing, a great mix of exploration, adventure, action, slice of life, romance (with a dash of R18 content) civilization-building and magic based macgyverism. Sadly, toward the last third of the novel, two things happen. First Wolfe becomes too strong for the setting, pretty much no one represents a danger to him and his close circle, the antagonists are no challenge to him and the few who could be actually be dangerous are either friendly or reasonable enough to solve conflicts without threats or violence. And second, as a consequence, the story turns almost entirely to slice of life, civilization and family building complete with doses of pointless technical details the reader to power through has to power through, only alighted by the ancient history details or humour. At that point, the story is a walk in the park for the protagonist. The writing is what allowed me to finish the novel, for it has energy, humour (lots of innuendos and puns) and shows Aoki Aku still has what it takes when it comes to style. The only issue here is the typo, as a few persist even in the latter chapter. So, Inheritor of Magic: The Magi King is still a fair novel, with fine characters, interesting setting, good power system and great writing, but it is let down by a poor last third of the story. My final verdict is a low 7 out of 10. I still consider Aoki Aku as a very good author and I will read his other novels in due time, but here this novel made me want to look at other novelists in the meantime. Kergonan out.
In my Top 3 ever read books. MC is smart, doesn't get shocked at everything he didn't know yet. FLs have good written out characters. No need for face-slapping stuff etc. Would have had potential for more story, which is why I'm deducting 1 star there, but the ending is fine as well.
one of my favorite reads on here. i started when there were less than 200 published chapters and couldn't wait for the update each day. keep up the good work author!!
the story, the interactions, the characters were outstanding. however, it became quite annoying how they kept exposing things or saying things that aren't meant to be said. Despite being imaginative illustrations a few actuality should have been added. I had to go through so many accounts in webnovel just to finish this book. and I'm glad i was about to finish it with my main account. I totally love your work
It’s a good read I would’ve liked if they would’ve touched on the other families or mentioned if they started coming back. But a satisfying ending nonetheless .
Absolutely great book. I definitely recommend to anyone who will give this book a try. This is the second book that I have reread, with the other one also being from this author. Great story, great characters, great author. It has been a pleasure to be here. :)
What a wild ride. The pacing was great, the characters were memorable, the twists were unexpected enough that it never felt boring. And best of all, the ending felt neither forced nor rushed.
Overall a good read. Wish the story was a bit longer, but it was a decent ending. Thank you for the effort to bring to us readers!
It was written well with an interesting world setting and mc. however, the story becomes a harem and the writer seems lost in what they want to do around the 300 chp mark. I stopped reading.
Brilliant work as always from this author. I always enjoy reading these books because they're fairly low stakes but also engaging, which is a hard balance to strike. Excellent English and grammar too.
great story, i thoroughly enjoyed the entire book. maybe a sequel that follows Ivan, Maria, and Calypso would be interesting.
Reveal SpoilerStarts out ok but quickly goes downhill. The original starting point is clear and conflict is well defined. However that is quickly abandoned for empty reasons. Some other reviewers say that the mc isn’t op must be of the opinion that only god is op. He has to go to a four year school yet got to the top of everything surpassing the fourth year students in half a year, I think. The author has a problem keeping track or at least mentioning how long it is between scenes. There were several times where it sounded like it was days or weeks only to mention that the mid year tests were right around the corner. Then he gets involved with the military of an allied nation and becomes the cornerstone of a 250+ unit in a couple of weeks, again I think because of the author’s inconsistent timeline, boosting the power of a fringe unit to an elite one within that time. All of the “relationships”, which seem to be a main point of the story, ring hollow as there is a clear declaration from more than a few that it’s all because of his ability to boost others but it’s kind of needed since the mc is very hollow himself. All in all this seems to be trying to be a few things but just ends up being not that good at any of them.
Aoki never disappoints. I've read three novels by him so far and keeping up with a fourth as he publishes it here, and every time I find myself captivated by the characters and the world they inhabit. Highly recommend checking out any works by this author.