After Jebediah Trapper completed the Impossible Tutorial (by cheating), The vet's been in something of a slump, his PTSD gradually guiding him down the path of self harm. Crippled, stripped of his power and homeless, he's got no reason to keep breathing.
Until a little girl is in trouble.
My Opinion: 418 pages, $4.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
This is the follow up to the hit story Apocalypse: Generic System and while some of the RPG game mechanics have been reduced, the story still delivers an entertaining punch from start to finish. The 2nd book in the series leaves the self contained pocket universe that humans went through for the system apocalypse trials and puts the main character (MC) fully in the normal universe where earth has been stitched into an alien world. It’s one part RPG fantasy world and part RPG apocalypse story. The MC, having had the powers he’d gained after the system trial has to figure out a new way to gain power so that he can survive in the harsh new world where humans are the minority species and have so little power they’re abused by everyone.
The story remains a slice of life, but book 2 definitely feels more planned out than book 1, as there’s lots of setup early for cool payoffs at the end. More, the pacing of the story is pretty fast with action, adventure, and loads of good world building done in just about every chapter. Personally, I really liked the smaller cast because it let the personality of the MC and his fairy companion really shine with great humorous dialogue and character development.
On the game mechanic side, things are a little muted. In book 1, the MC loses his access to the system but the author very cleverly restores a muted version of it and gives the MC access to a slower paced, but potentially more powerful growth system. It’s all done wonderfully and even turns into a good bit of secret world building lore. It’s enough to satisfy my thirst for RPG development without being a huge fuss for the author to track.
Overall, this story is great. I burned through it in a couple of sittings and am glad that there’s more to read online.
Score: 8 out of 10
Apocalypse: Fairy System (Systems of the Apocalypse Book 2)