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5 out of 5. Nothing else needs to be said.

This is perfection. *chef's kiss*

Hello, web-novel reader here.

It took me a long time to get into the story properly. I'm someone that likes to connect with the characters I read on a mental and emotional level. You can imagine how that doesn't work with a psychopathic, bloodthirsty, murderous ghoul as a main character. That, the bloody, raw grittiness of the setting, the general lack of care for the sanctity of life from pretty much every single character you meet, and the overwhelming gore-fest that are the fight scenes left me nonplussed and reeling from the sheer intensity and barrage on the senses.

That said, this was an insane, wild, crazy, thrilling roller-coaster ride from start to present and I'm glad I stuck around for it. Every chapter is a sucker-punch. Every battle is a thrill. Every character, from the smallest street squire to the haughtiest Godclad, is a unique technicoloured template.

The story starts off with a bang with the Crucible arc and only gets better from there. I am currently at the beginning of book 2 (chapter 16-4 in the webnovel) and how I feel about the story is worlds apart from when I started book 1. The characters and world have grown on me over time.

The author is insanely creative to have come up with this world. The sprawling structure of New Vultun, conniving politics between the Guilds, colourful body augmentations and modifications, mind-warping neo-biowarfare, metaphysical mental battlefields, and so much more. I have no words for it. Not to mention the Godclad power system and its implementation. I have never seen anything like it in any other fantasy novels.

Fair warning, do NOT read this story if you are not comfortable with:

- gore. And I mean LOTS of gore. We have all the gore.

- cannibalism (is it still cannibalism if the MC is non-human?)

- the occasional massacre

- general apathy towards other living beings

- high-tech-y language and terms. (I mean it's a sci-fi story so...)

- child murder (not explicit, but it's there)

- psychopathic MC

- suicidal intentions

- And murder. All the murder.

And a lot more besides. This story is basically a walking trigger warning. So. Consider yourself warned.

Enjoy (and try not to contract the rash).