Keywords: Western fantasy, war, cute girls...
Western fantasy... That’s right. I’ve read enough of it. It’s time to write my own.
War... How could there be no stirring, epic battles?
Cute girls... Uh... Men only love two things, don’t they: power and beautiful women?
Art comes from reality... So let’s draw inspiration from history!
The lost Roman Empire... Nice, let’s add it.
Knights are essential, so we have to add France! And since we’ve added France, how could we leave out the Franks? France and the Franks differ by just one character, so they’re pretty much the same. Let’s make it one plus one.
We’ve added all that. What else? The Holy Roman Empire... Add it. The Eastern Roman Empire... Add it. Western fantasy can’t do without a pope, so naturally we’ll add one. Nomads, right! We need nomads too! And once we have nomads, they have to invade the passes! They’ll storm their way into the Roman Empire of another world!
Since we’ve added so much, how could we leave out Huaxia... Uh... This is Western fantasy, so let’s just make it part of the backdrop... No, no! It’ll be much more fun as the big boss. (That’s just how I like it.)
Where’s the magic in this Western fantasy? Uh... Cold weapons are more interesting. Let’s just leave magic in the background.
The above is an incomplete summary of this book’s worldbuilding. Please refer to the actual book for details.
After reading a few chapters, the author's thinking is very clear, and the writing style is also top-notch. Now it seems that the plot is very big, and he wants to describe a hearty and epic story. But there is still room for improvement - some details are obscured, and it seems that they are intended to be foreshadowing, but there are too many foreshadowings that affect the reader's perception. . It's like looking at the world while blindfolded. After reading it for a long time, except for a few main characters, I know almost nothing about the background of the book. It's hard to retain readers by writing like this. . You might as well try to explain more background and so on, so that readers can have a better understanding and sense of involvement in the story. In summary, be less of a Riddler. You can write more detailed and clear content that does not affect the subsequent plot. Tomato is still more popular with books that are a little clearer.