Trenches, Guns, and Magic堑壕大栓与魔法

i have come once again and balanced the sacred lands

I just look at the title then think: "Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld?"

...then I read halfway through the summary: "IT'S THE SAME SETTING KINDA. GET OUT."
can someone actually confirm whether or not this is basically just a Leviathan ripoff?
...or is it vice versa? whateva idc

Is there a some kind of factions in ranobes comments section? I see some people talks about sects or something

A new blissed land of my Yin-Yang sect ☯️ has arisen! Fellow daoist, only this page remains in our way.

Is this worth giving a shot?

Review of Trenches, Guns, and Magic

Ah… another scroll of powder and prophecy drifts ashore. A magitech war epic stitched with iron and mana, blood and bureaucracy..... the kind of tale where gunpowder meets spellcraft, and the trenches sing hymns louder than the temples.

The author’s pen marches like a field drum..... steady, researched, unfazed. No overpowered cheat storms in to save the day; no divine plot armor shields the trembling youth. Instead, we are dragged boot-first through a world where rifles hum with runes and artillery shells weep sparks of sorcery. A fine steel-fire-magic piece, as the natives say.

Strengths?
Tactics bloom like formations on the page. The pacing gallops with a soldier’s heartbeat...orderly yet urgent. Its magitech worldbuilding is as dense and believable as trench mud. The MC’s journey from captive to commander satisfies the itch for steady, reasoned progression.

Flaws?
The System intrudes at times like a bureaucrat in the barracks.... its glowing tabs remind us that beneath the smoke and shrapnel lurks a spreadsheet. And yes, the occasional miracle reinforcement or conveniently captured officer may make historians twitch. But these are pinpricks in an otherwise well-forged shell.

For whom does this scroll open?
Those who savor diesel-fantasy, tactical warfare, or system-based progressions will find it hearty fare. Those seeking psychological stillness, literary sorrow, or strict realism may feel the gunpowder too strong and the magic too sweet.

In essence, this is not a poem about soldiers.... it is an engineer’s dream about war, written with the enthusiasm of a man who truly knows how to march through mud and math alike.

Final Verdict:
A sturdy magitech war serial....no cheap glory, no wasted ink. Marches clean, shoots straight, occasionally reloads with clichés, but never forgets to fire.



– Daoist InkdrunkWanderer.
Still prowling the trenches between fantasy and realism,
seeking the next scroll that smells of blood and ink.

pretty good

For all of you wondering why chapter 73 is missing, actualy i upload the map explanation for that chapter. the author said:

This is actually the author taking two extremely abstract scenarios from playing ‘Victoria 3’ and the ‘English Peace’ MOD for ‘Hearts of Iron 4’ and stitching them together…

To make Greater Germany (Großdeutschland) and Spain share a border, the author directly used ‘divine power’ to squeeze up a piece of land from the Mediterranean.

As for the areas outside the visible map: over 90% of North America, Central Africa, and South Africa are colonies of Otherworld Great Britain, which is the foundation of Great Britain’s confidence to ‘single-handedly suppress’ the European continent.

this is the link to the map. you can check it out! https://files.catbox.moe/b2wksp.jpg.

I enjoyed how fast mc adapts and shows amazing leadership at crucial moments but it got a little confusing at around chap 70 but besides that its definitely a good novel and would definitely recommend sticking through reading this one!