Dear readers, the book will officially go premium at midnight tonight.
Thank you so much for following along this far. Big Crab promises the story will never be abandoned or cut short.
After it goes premium, there will be at least two chapters a day [between 2,000 and 4,000 words]. Every 100 monthly votes will earn an extra chapter, and every alliance leader will earn three extra chapters.
Other books don't support being saved up to read later, but Big Crab's does.
Big Crab isn't going anywhere, so you can wait until there's a nice backlog before reading.
And I'm not going to keep this from you any longer.
Big Crab is a new author, and this is my first book. My writing is immature and has its shortcomings, as I'm sure you sharp-eyed readers have already noticed.
Thank you, dear readers, for your support. Even I never expected so many people to read my book.
I haven't chosen the female lead yet, so I'll leave that up to you, dear readers. You can vote in the comments.
When we reach the Sea God Fate storyline, I'll choose whoever gets the most votes as the female lead.
Haha, I had a thousand things to say before, but now I can't think of anything. How embarrassing.
This book has plenty of things people criticize: characters being held back, uneven power levels, and a bunch of little problems.
Mm... Big Crab has been checking the comments section, too. To be honest, reading them makes me nervous.
Some praise me (thank you, everyone), and some criticize me (thank you, everyone).
One gives me the drive to keep going; the other points out the problems in my writing.
Thank you.
This book, these stories—
I hope they're well thought out and can be understood.
The reasons behind the issues above will all be explained in the chapters past Chapter 50 (holding back their levels, being weak).
Why is the protagonist so weak? Why are fights so difficult? Why...? I'll explain everything one by one.
In the original work, Third Young Master wrote the supporting characters' performances very well. Their fights were all dazzling.
But I'm not very good at that. My writing is too poor, so I can only rely on one "unexpected turn" after another to make the battles more engaging.
On the one hand, I want our protagonist to learn not to underestimate his opponents or let his guard down. He needs to grow, too. Though he has been reborn, how could he not get carried away when faced with all these bizarre fantasy scenes? Especially when he's a genius himself.
So naturally, growth means making mistakes and making the right choices, feeling joy and experiencing failure, and finding happiness.
Our protagonist will go through all of these things.
On the other hand, I want the supporting characters I write to have their own anger, their own unwillingness to accept defeat...
They're all genius Spirit Masters from Shrek. They shouldn't be underestimated. Every move they make has been honed to bring them this far.
Their Martial Souls and Soul Skills make them far stronger than ordinary people, while the protagonist's Spirit Rings and Soul Skills make up for his early weaknesses.
[Or maybe I just wrote it badly and didn't bring those qualities across.]
But I'll improve. People can't teach you what experience can teach you in a single lesson.
The only way to improve your writing is to write more, especially when your writing is as bad as mine. [That's the truth.]
Every day, when I open the comments section, I do so with a nervous heart.
Some of you have even written me long messages. I read them carefully and replied just as carefully.
But honestly, I can't help feeling uneasy. It's pretty upsetting.
Because the things you asked and talked about are all things I plan to write about later.
I wish I could release every chapter I've saved up all at once (one day, I got so worked up that I released four chapters), but then new questions came up.
Why? Is an Evil Soul Master pulling the strings? What could be going on in some lousy little village?
That's what I've heard most often.
You'll understand once I post the next few chapters.
Mm... If I say much more, I might end up spoiling what happens later.
There's no point in saying more. Writing more chapters will make me feel safer.
Once again, thank you to all the readers and to my editor for taking me in.
Thank you!
Please vote for me!
Please give me your recommendation votes!
And...
Many thanks to Layman Qiye.
Many thanks to the two people who gave me 100 reading coins: "What Kind of Brainwaves Are These?" and "F-feeling."
My deepest thanks!
Before you continue