What is an amnesiac to do? In a world of monsters, a stranger with a lost, forgotten past seeks the great wish-granting king for answers. But is it worth the cost?
Finding himself in a world he doesn’t understand, with a voice in his head and a strange being guiding him, he travels to the city of Astra where the great king dwells. And the answers might be found. With the friends he makes along the way, this stranger faces each new challenge the world throws at him in this journey of action and adventure. With no memories to guide him, all he can do is chase this single desire.
“Who am I?” That is the question that burns inside him.
In Astra, the greatest challenge awaits him. To gain what he seeks, he must pay through violence. Only the death of a monster can give him what he desires, the answer he seeks. But can he stand up to the dangers of this unknown world or will be crumble beneath the toils of monster slaying and his own growing fear?
Every wish comes with a price.
My Opinion: 457 pages, $4.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
The beginning is a bit tedious. It takes the premise of losing your memory and being transported to an RPG world through a overly logical path. For like 20% of the story there's a bunch of confusion, awkward self doubt, observations about game stuff that is seen but not understood, and bad conversations. Things don't really pick up till after the 40% mark, but even then the MC is just kinda wimpy and doesn't solve any of his own problems. While the end has action, it feels forced that the MC survives considering it's his first time in a fight and he's at most level 3. So it's not satisfying.
On the game mechanic side, things are oddly light. The MC hears a voice with notifications and sees stat and level increases. However it feels like he's the only one that sees these things. It's hinted that there are other players but regular people see them as people with strange powers. So there's no big emphasis on the game stuff or any kind of gamer mentality. There are also several mistakes like the MC gaining level 2 twice in the story. The game stuff exists but feels almost incidental and in the actual fights didn't have much impact beyond characters suddenly using powers that hadn't been shown before.
Overall, the story isn't bad, but it didn't work for me. The beginning just turned me off with the MC's personality and the story didn't even get remotely interesting until it was almost half way done.
Score: 6 out of 10