The Empress Ordered Me to Guard the Border, So I Enlisted the Demons

You want to write an epic, that's fine; Western fantasy epics are meant to be told in a leisurely, flowing manner. However, the writing is indeed too slow, especially the first few chapters, which are particularly drawn out and lack any truly memorable moments. This makes the book selective in its readership.

It's quite well-written. If I were to offer suggestions, I'd say the scope is a bit too small, and the number of people involved is too limited. Upon closer examination, the profits from smuggling routes seem insufficient, unless there's more than one border. Even within the Western fantasy genre, it feels more like a story set in a small city.

This book is very well-written; each chapter has four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten thousand words. I've never seen another book with ten thousand words per chapter before 😂. I've seen many books with only 2,000 words per chapter, and the table of contents looks like it has hundreds of chapters, but it's short and incomplete. This book doesn't do that. The plot is also okay.

Yes, the lack of a system isn't necessarily a flaw. The realism is still more prominent compared to other novels, and the narrative is quite logical. I'd give it five stars. This book should probably get an 8.5 To 9 out of 10. There are some minor issues, but they're barely negligible. For example, the mercenary Rick suddenly becomes a guard in a previous chapter.

The highlight lies in the detailed description of the protagonist's predicament. The protagonist is not in the territory from the beginning, and his departure for his post is not glossed over, but rather the process is made clear to make the reader feel how complicated the situation the protagonist is about to face is. This feeling becomes more and more obvious as the chapters progress.

It's a great read. The amount of "accounting and announcements" content in this book is the most interesting I've ever seen before; the office workers must have been writing until their pens were practically smoking. The only problem is that I can't yet figure out how the protagonist will expand his power later on. The future of Blackrock Town looks bleak.

I'm giving it four stars initially, not blindly giving it five because I haven't read much. I only started reading after I estimated it was around 1 million words, but it's only chapter 100. Then I looked at the table of contents and wow, each chapter is 6,000-8,000 words, some even over 10,000! It's rare to find such a tightly packed book. I'm leaving a review on my first try, hoping it won't disappoint me. Keep up the good work, author!

At the beginning, I almost thought of just using some kind of superpower to overcome many obstacles, but now it seems that solving problems with one's brain is indeed more powerful. Actually, the author's real superpower for the protagonist is unlimited ink and paper. 😏

The logic is sound, the plot unfolds gradually, and it's a pretty good novel!

Being too calm and lacking experience makes me feel like something's off, but then again, it doesn't seem wrong.