The Elder Lands by B. Salem

So, this is a greatly below average, lukewarm MC. Keeps reading books but is not getting any smarter, being completely and embarrasingly outperformed by the Princess.

He is warned about mantaining a secret, a family-purging-if-revealed kind of secret, only to let it out a chapter later, in a party.

He is given full rein of a project he is certain of, despide being strongly adviced against, only to slip and fail, forcing his father's hand to help him.

He also gets constantly distracted in combat, and is not talented in this area either.

He isn't even lucky, and he is the MC!

And this is just up to chapter 35...

A lovely novel with an awfully slow pace of releasing new chapters.

This story is as abnormal as it is normal.
The mc is NOT a special guy, he is a normal guy trying to make his father proud by trying to do whatever he can. he studies books and tries to apply what little wisdom he can find, he doesn't like fighting yet charges bravely carryingg the expectations of his father. This is a story of all of us. Of what we could have been if we continued working hard.

The mc fails, the mc stands up. There is no heaven sent opportunity, no insane power up, no golden finger. Just a normal son of a knight wanting to make his father proud.

And hence I say it's as abnormal as it is normal

Overall it’s really good, the pacing is the right amount for a Kingdom building story. The grammar is on the higher end compared to others of the genre; however the author’s prose is somewhat workmanlike and while it doesn’t take away from the story it doesn’t significantly improve it either.

The action is also realistic, the plans hatched by the mc don't always go his way. Lucan also isn't an overly OP Mary Sue. Things are grounded and down to earth, which is something we don't see nearly enough of in this genre. Having someone who is both native to their world and not obviously "the chosen one" at the helm is a good change of pace.

With proper development, to build on its solid foundations, and an earnest lead this novel has great potential that many will enjoy reading.

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This definitely a underrated novel. The chapters take a while so it's quite slow but definitely enjoyable. It's basically a story of out Main character coming of age(unlocking his blessing and approaching adulthood) and his attempts to improve his noble families lands, which is where the kingdom building comes in, grow stronger, and deal with the various conflicts that come with his undertakings and position as a noble.

I love the fact that the system status sheet kinda thing isn't used in the kingdom building and the main character is actually governing the land like giving orders and discussing with his father and their aides how to go about their plans. Not just that the power/skill system is really nice and theirs plenty of cool world building and history in the story as well as actual politics. The characters are also very nice and have depth. Not just that but the author includes plenty of combat and action in the story and writes fight scenes very well.

I CAN NOT understate how impeccable the writing quality is of this novel is so honestly just read the damn thing already.

?Nop, maybe I'll see it another time.

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I feel like this mass release has had quite a lot of LitRPG novels

The reviews on webnovel seems promising.

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