Gunslinger, Magic, Crown

Project establishment demonstration: T3 level. Work tags: magic, firearms, knights, war, western fantasy. Rating: A. The subject matter is novel and interesting, and the background has great potential; B. The integrity cannot be evaluated temporarily; C. The author's writing skills and attitude deserve recognition. One-sentence review: A Western fantasy war novel where firearms and magic coexist. 1. Introduction In this world of swords and magic, the birth of firearms gave birth to a new profession - the gunner. But often the emergence of a new thing is accompanied by criticism. Magicians viewed firearms as "crude machinery" and "pathetic attempts by untalented mortals." The knight regarded the gunman as a "coward hiding at a distance" who lacked the courage to fight face to face. What they said is not completely wrong, at least because the gunman cannot be enchanted or transcendent, all criticisms have a foothold. Until on another new continent, the magic patterns deconstructed from the magic core were extracted to extract a new exclusive enchantment professional skill book. As for Lucas Bellingham, he has the gift of "biological radar" and a proficiency system. As long as he works hard, any difficult enchanting skills will eventually become instinctive. Then, the glory belongs to the gunner. PS: This book is a slow-burner. 2. Plot, characters and writing level The background of the story is on the eve of the change of the times when gunpowder weapons are emerging but mysterious powers have become more mature. The protagonist travels back to the younger generation of the traditional military aristocracy. He chooses the emerging direction of firearms as his development path and enters the military academy for further study. It is expected that the external conflicts in the subsequent plot will be mainly about exploring and colonizing the New World and fighting for hegemony. The internal conflicts will be the battle for the route of military development: emerging hot weapons VS traditional mage knights. There isn't much to say about the characters at the moment. The protagonist's personality is highly consistent with his career path, but it lacks some human touch. The author's writing skills are average to above average, and the text has traces of polishing, leaning toward realism. 3. Highlights First of all, this book is a world view similar to that of "Steel Gunpowder and the Spellcaster" in which magic and thermal weapons go hand in hand. The latter has proven that the realistic-style low-magic Western war theme represented by it is still very exciting; secondly, the story background of this book has strong scalability, including but not limited to exploring the new continent and revealing the secrets of super self. However, colonial wars, etc., There are a large number of historical prototypes as reference and it is not easy to write down; finally, from the content point of view, the author's information and materials are well prepared, the plot development is clear, and a series of information such as the friction between traditional magic and emerging forces, recent drills and confrontations, and long-term overseas wars are properly explained in just a few chapters at the beginning. 4. Questions ①The author's intention of arranging the confrontation between the three forces of gunmen, knights and mages is too explicit, and the narrative technique is a bit hasty; ②The protagonist looks more like a machine than a human being, and even the language used in daily communication is quite written; ③Some character names are too straightforward and make people look funny. Why not choose transliteration for foreign language names? ④The combination of novice author + slow-burning works + cool fantasy is a high-risk combination...

Serialized. The writing is good, and the story setting seems to be okay. The world view has only been revealed but it is already relatively grand. If the follow-up can be completed, it will definitely have great potential. It is currently rated as above food and grass. Whether it can become a fairy grass depends on how well the first volume is collected. Anyway, let's look forward to it.