
Magic, Gunpowder, and the Death Crow
魔法火药与告死鸦
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 990k Words
- Genre
- Light Novel
- Subgenre
- Original ACG Fantasy
- Updated
- 4y ago
- English
- Request a translation
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I've caught up to the latest chapter, and I feel there are a few issues with this book. 1. The title is "Magic Gunpowder and the Death Raven," and the synopsis describes it as a fantasy of magic versus gunpowder. However, frankly, a significant portion of the content is irrelevant: international affairs, scheming against high-ranking defense officials—these take up at least half the book.
Let me explain the situation with this book. The author had to take a break from updating for a while due to illness, but during that time, the author's account was banned, and the editor in charge of the book resigned – a double whammy. The new editor is irresponsible, and so the book just languished there.
Seeing that the author frequently replies to questions, I thought I'd make a post too. I first saw this book in the daily reading guide... Well, the title and synopsis weren't very appealing, so I quickly skipped it. Later, I saw a post recommending it, so I searched for it and read it more carefully. I haven't seen the latest chapter yet, probably only about 20% of the total.
It's still far from being a decent online novel.
This book is largely adapted from Tanya the Evil, but adds exciting elements such as "the cawing of crows" and "the death bird". The climax and sophistication of the first battle are also much stronger than Tanya the Evil. The writing is good, and the fact that the audiobook is very smooth shows that the author has put effort into word choice and sentence structure.
Hmm, the writing is passable, but the plot lacks the author's own elements. The international situation is basically copied from the three European countries during World War II, and the protagonist's experiences are too similar to Tanya the Evil, which in a sense is plagiarism (especially the part about the medals when engaging the enemy).
Map Building It will be updated regularly in the future, and the old map will be deleted after each update. Also, the map was created using Crusader Kings 2 and has many flaws; it's currently awaiting optimization (They deleted it from Iron Man 3... Damn!).
I just read chapter 177 and I've been wondering why there aren't any army mages. Even mages who were eliminated from airborne operations could be integrated into the army and used as multi-purpose units like radar operators, snipers, anti-tank infantry, and mobile artillery emplacements. But all I've seen so far is airborne deployment.
I'm thinking, airborne troops shouldn't need a sea platform as large as an aircraft carrier as a fulcrum for combat, right? Wouldn't sea-based airborne troops be much stronger than aircraft carriers? It wouldn't make sense for airborne troops to go out to sea and attack enemy fleets without relying on land bases, would it?
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I originally wanted to post it in the character information, but then I noticed there's a donation button... The image isn't original, so it's not appropriate. I'll just put it in the book review section instead. Lieutenant Adam is observing the enemy situation. Colonel Gavin is awaiting a report. Elizabeth and her useless male teammates