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azurecloud 27 Jan 2026, 20:53

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2.3

2.3

As of Chapter 120: 4.5/10 rating

A world that doesn't feel realistic, just a setting for the protagonist's adventure.

The plot is very scarce. For 120 chapters he just grinds solo with his pet and nothing unexpected happens.

MC is likable but very bland. I can tell that the novel was written with love but I find it unengaging.

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driftingbout2 13 Dec 2025, 04:38

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this is one of those story's where I read 1 sentence and just can't help but skim read

atleast with oracle paths the story is slightly interesting

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driftingbout2 13 Dec 2025, 04:44 ➥ driftingbout2

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on a side not idk why illak got down voted he speaks the truth

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Iliyak 1 Sep 2025, 12:39

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2.0

2.0

For a

Runeblade: A Delving & Skill Merging LitRPG

it has far too few Delving and Skill merging.

This is a normal "adventurers' guild fantasy world" novel with mild of revenge sub-plot, that wants to stretch itself to infinity and beyond.

Do not expect reasonable decisions from this one.

At most, it has some nice character interactions.
They are not superb. They do not have some additional meaning or plot relation. Nor do they bring anything new to the world and story.
They are just Nice.

The second good point of this novel is "daily updates".

Besides that?
It is walls of text without meaning and lots of cliffhangers.

3/5 at most.

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Some_Guy 30 Dec 2025, 08:56 ➥ Iliyak

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Mfs on this site will downvote you for speaking the truth lmao.

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TheInkDrunkWanderer 9 Jul 2025, 15:58

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5.0

5.0

Title: Runeblade — Where Numbers Rise, Lore Deepens, and the Blade Carves True

Some journeys begin with prophecy. Others begin with blood. Runeblade starts with both—then promptly drowns you in grit, lore, and that oh-so-delicious, slow-burn LitRPG grind we live for. troll11

At the humble urging of a fellow wanderer, the proud Bookworm Ryker, I descended into the Runeblade abyss once more. The truth? I had already supported this gem over on Royal Road, but revisiting it here felt like paying homage to a blade well-forged. pepeg_9

Let’s break it down:

🔥 Poison Level: Antidote-tier
That’s right—this novel is clean. No brain-rot harems. No inexplicable OP cheat skills. No cardboard villains cackling from the shadows. Just raw struggle, solid progression, and tension so tight you can hear the sword hum. chad

🧱 World & Lore:
The world dungeon setup could’ve been cliché, but it isn’t. The mystery unspools with restraint, each revelation balanced on a sturdy scaffolding of forgotten phases, vanished honors, and a rune system that actually makes sense. There’s depth here—like an old ruin with meaning in every stone. The implications about lost magical advancement and societal regression? Chef’s kiss. troll6

⚔️ Combat & System:
The mechanics are not an afterthought. Stats matter. Skills cost. Risk vs reward is baked into the bone of this world. It feels like a real system people live and die by—not just an author’s sandbox. Whether it’s the slow grind before Kaius gets his class, or the taxing battles where victory never comes free—everything is earned. And the combat? Kinetic. You feel the weight behind every swing. 15social

🧠 Characters & Development:
Kaius is a protagonist who bleeds, fails, adapts. His relationship with Porkchop (yes, you’ll love that name) is honestly one of the most heartfelt bonds in the genre. Their growth together is emotional without being melodramatic. Side characters are also distinct, and while some slower arcs in the middle test your patience, the payoff is always worth it.

✍️ Writing Quality:
Yes, there are some syntax hiccups and minor grammatical errors. But none of it breaks immersion. The prose flows, the pacing carries you, and moments of reflection and lore drops are expertly timed between the action. The author respects your attention span—and your intelligence. troll80

⏳ Pacing Warning:
This isn’t a popcorn-speed dopamine hit. The journey takes its time. You’re watching a seed sprout into a blade of steel, not a mushroom cloud of nonsense. Some will call it slow. I call it deliberate.

In Summary:
If you love real LitRPGs—where progress isn’t handed to the MC on a silver platter, where the world evolves, and the characters feel like people—you’ll savor Runeblade. It’s a story where the steel is as honest as the struggle. clap

To Ryker: Your instincts were right. meme_11

To the rest: Grab your cloak. Light your torch. The descent awaits. leocheers

—InkDrunk Wanderer
Drinker of plot twists, hoarder of tragic backstories, sworn enemy of poison-tier drivel

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Iliyak 1 Sep 2025, 13:15 ➥ TheInkDrunkWanderer

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Do not let this review mislead you.

then promptly drowns you in grit, lore, and that oh-so-delicious, slow-burn LitRPG grind we live for

You won't find either of those in this novel.
Rather, a complete opposite.

No inexplicable OP cheat skills. No cardboard villains cackling from the shadows.

The novel starts with MC inheriting one of a kind in the whole world set of skills, that was developed and honed over millenia, and the whole other world do not know about.
Villains come right at the beginning of the story. And 100 chapters into the story, those "madly cackling villains in the shadows" start to emerge from left and right.

The world dungeon setup could’ve been cliché, but it isn’t. The mystery unspools with restraint, each revelation balanced on a sturdy scaffolding of forgotten phases, vanished honors, and a rune system that actually makes sense. There’s depth here—like an old ruin with meaning in every stone. The implications about lost magical advancement and societal regression? Chef’s kiss.

Low those cocaine dosages a bit (or tell us your supplier).
The rune systems were described as coding from irl.... and instantly forgotten 20 chapters after.

The dungeons could be good, if we saw any of them.
After 350 chapters, we only saw 2 floors.
Rather usual floors.

And those "meanings in every stone"? Surely, that's exactly what the Author says! "There are meanings in every stone, lots of documents and carving in incomprehensible languages. Kauis didn't even know, why would others want to write and speak Not in the system's language".

The mechanics are not an afterthought. Stats matter. Skills cost. Risk vs reward is baked into the bone of this world. It feels like a real system people live and die by—not just an author’s sandbox.

The mechanics are they for reader benefits only. They do not act their part in the story.... at all.
Stats matter, but are never enough to compete with their enemies. (so, how do they matter?)
Skills cost... bu do not matter. If anything, their role and strength becomes increasingly smaller with each appearance in the story.

You won't be able to feel this "risk-reward", as the whole world descended into complacency and do not risk. Literally. It's one of the Major plot twists! "Residents of this world rejected risk and are stalling the Integration of the System"

And those Honours, aka Achievements? They are random.

This whole world IS the author's sandbox, where he relies heavily on plot armor to drive the story forward.

And the combat? Kinetic. You feel the weight behind every swing.

Yeah. Exactly. Every swing..... as he uses nothing else. Just. Swings.
Even after getting his hands on some high-end battle art, he will Just Swing. No pirouettes, volts, lounges or overhead strikes.
Just.
Swings.

Kaius is a protagonist who bleeds, fails, adapts. His relationship with Porkchop (yes, you’ll love that name) is honestly one of the most heartfelt bonds in the genre. Their growth together is emotional without being melodramatic. Side characters are also distinct, and while some slower arcs in the middle test your patience, the payoff is always worth it.

The growth of their bond was... sudden, to say the least.
And character interactions are.... em..... They are here.
They rarely talk. And never end their conversations with conclusions. They are always cut in the middle by something.

And those "side characters"? Yes, they have those "distinct features", but that's that. They are only "Strong and competent" or "Joyful and protective", or "Stupid and egoistical".
You got me. There is no substance to them. Just those "distinct features".

Yes, there are some syntax hiccups and minor grammatical errors. But none of it breaks immersion. The prose flows, the pacing carries you, and moments of reflection and lore drops are expertly timed between the action. The author respects your attention span—and your intelligence.

The author writs in the language of millenials.
He uses some generally accepted words and re-invents others he do not like. Which... breaks lots of good takes and reasonable skill choices.
Only to completely break them later on. Shatter them to pieces, when he realises they could be powerful or logical.

I've heard someone say in the RR reviews, that the text felt "AI generated", and the further into the story I go, the more distinct it becomes.

This isn’t a popcorn-speed dopamine hit. The journey takes its time. You’re watching a seed sprout into a blade of steel, not a mushroom cloud of nonsense. Some will call it slow. I call it deliberate.

Is it slow? At times.
But above all else, it is erratic.
Most of the time, it is slow, and then he remembers that a lit-rpg has to have some growth and shoves in a huge "growth jump". Out of nowhere. Without any suspense.
"Hop! Hey! La-la-ley! +30 level into everything! You are welcome!"

Does it feel good?
Not really.

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In summary, this review is jack-shit advertisement, that twist the words as it aims to lure you into extremely mediocre story of someone, who suddenly realised his story could run for another 10k chapter, but he only ever had plot for 300.

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  Ryker Kominic 2 Sep 2025, 18:28 ➥ Iliyak
  
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  Wow, that you really managed to wrote this much nonsense and dared to post it is impressive worth the title of "trash eater", "dopamine addict" and "immature kid".
  Guys ignore this poor and immature kid, who's addicted to OP MCs and wouldn't recognize something good even if we "pressed" it on it's nose.
  I bet I don't have nothing good to say about Lord of the Rings, perhaps you didn't even read it.
  I pity your brain.
  
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    Iliyak 3 Sep 2025, 00:09 ➥ Ryker Kominic
    
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    If you
    don't have anything good to say about Lotr
    , what right do you have to say a thing about me and my preferences?
    
    Oh, sorry, you must have dropped:
    (You will receive 5$ on comment, delete what is in brackets)
    
    P.S.
    I saw you "review", but decided against commenting on another brown-nosing cocaine-filled puke, mimicking to an "honest" and fair opinion.
    
    Fu#k off, kindly, if you only have accusations without facts in your head.
    
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  TheInkDrunkWanderer 3 Sep 2025, 04:20 ➥ Iliyak
  
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  Appreciate the wall of text .....you clearly put as much effort into dismantling my review as the author did into writing the book. That said, reviews are subjective by nature. I highlighted what I found engaging: the grind, the tension, the bond between characters. You focused on what didn’t work for you. That’s fine.....different readers value different things.
  But let’s be real....you claim it’s shallow, repetitive, and unbearable… yet somehow managed to slog through 350+ chapters just to keep complaining. If that’s not the definition of wasted time, I don’t know what is. Sounds less like a critique and more like an addiction you can’t quit. 🤷‍♂️
  
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  MidLevelProgrammer 15 Nov 2025, 21:23 ➥ Iliyak
  
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  Just by the fact that you wrote this much, I approve
  
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roymustang3000 6 Jul 2025, 22:56

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25 chapters in and the plot hasn’t progressed at all. Just fighting monsters and leveling skills. I can’t take this anymore.

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TheFirst 28 Jul 2025, 11:35 ➥ roymustang3000

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95 and still nothing
This novel is a piece of shit and he's brothers with something I imagine as a bear half the time and a pig the other half

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Ryker Kominic 6 Jul 2025, 00:04

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5.0

5.0

Frist: The runeblade is a litRPG written in western style, this isn't a cultivation novel where days pass by like cars in the highway.
Second it's a hybrid, of book and web novel, it's paced like a book most of time, many of it chapters are like the hours of the day when we get to the "D" day, but they also cover days or weeks, but that's rare. Most of time we can count the days ourselves, instead of waiting for the author remember that time and calendaries are a thing and I mean you Old Luck Cat! Your scoundrel! You ruined RSSG with your sloth! So normally the day will end and another chapter will began.

Now, I won't give spoilers, but he'll recruit members and form a team, this don't appear to be world where a single person can overwhelm the entire world so, yeah it's different from xianxia and the like. They're weak but are gunning to get OP fast, what's "easy" they just need to get a goodnight kiss from miss Grim Reaper.
Bad shit happens and it isn't simply plot armour, they commit mistakes, but no one's brainless, the power system is diamond solid and trying to get OP is anything but deadly.

It's a little sloppy review, but The Runeblade is a great find! I'm buying a soon as it hits the bookshelves. And I'm became its patron on Patreon, it's as precious as a yo_22

and has so much potential! You won't regret it.

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Ryker Kominic 26 Jun 2025, 23:16

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Where's my new chapter?!
GIVE ME MY NEW CHAPTEEEEEEEEER!

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Qruuz 19 Apr 2025, 22:44

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This is absolutly worth your time!
no harem, no thirstiness, nothing, just a lust for power.
Give it a read. It does pick up a bit slow, but it reaally picks up later, especially at B2

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Kelly45 15 Apr 2025, 09:21

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Too slow no progress in over 50 chapters why

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anonymous813ker 14 Apr 2025, 18:28

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I have read till chapter 130 (end of book 1) and all I have to say for now is that, the story/plot is good, the translation is good, and I like the mc he is not and idiot he is smart and he likes to use strategy. If you are looking for a story where the mc is like insanely op right from the start or one where he has like a cheat code that helps him become op then this novel is not for u. The mc starts out like anyone else in this world and the only advantage he has is knowledge from his family, and even that knowledge can only support him upto a certain point, beyond that he has to rely on his own hard work (which he does).

The only thing I don't like about this novel (and this is just my personal opinion), is the fact that the story progression is really slow. Like I said this is just my personal opinion, I can't speak for everyone who has read this novel, if u want to try it u can just read till chapter 130 that should give u a rough idea of how this novel is going to progress, then u can decide for urself whether it's worth it to continue reading this novel despite the slow story progression.

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Heynnn 12 May 2025, 22:32 ➥ anonymous813ker

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Nice review, but it’s no translation. It’s from RoyalRoad, an original work, so what you got here comes straight from the author.

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  anonymous813ker 21 May 2025, 10:27 ➥ Heynnn
  
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  Thanks I didn't know it was from RoyalRoad👍👍
  
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