Sythcake Well, i call that good world building, but everyone has their own tastes. You can also read 'Dungeon Defense', another great novel, but that one also has the same kind of world building, so i guess you won't like it either. It's not easy to find a novel that solely focuses on the mc and don't give attention to other characters.

    N0xiety I liked dungeon defense actually save for the ending of every volume where the mc gets fked. Thou you can’t really compare the two, dungeon defense introduces some truly interesting characters with distinct personalities while in Chests the interludes go along the lines of “Hi, I Joe, I soldier, i born in village, have waifu, 2 kids and a dog, now I patrol cave, now I get eat by smart monster.(cept this whole joe story lasts for a huge chapter)

      Sythcake Yeah, those can be annoying, tho as i remember, it wasn't that bad in ELLC. Or maybe i'm too used to it from reading all those japanese novels...

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          Sythcake Now that it's open I guess I'll reply. People don't want evil MC, they think they do but they don't. You know how much shit I got just because my MC killed a ladies husband, ripped out his eyes in front of her, Riped out her eyes, cut open her stomach to steal her baby, then proceed to kill her?

          Like A lot...like a looooot of hate. Still getting hate! So yea, truly evil MC don't go over well with most people.

            Yep2. Evil MC is bad. Everyone want a good Protagonist.

            My novel got complain because it features Arrogant Young Master as MC even when he wasn't that bad compared to true Arrogant Young Master who grab and rape girls on the street.

              People here are all wrong. There is only one true type of evil protagonist. They are insanely popular in some parts of the world, but I personally hate them.
              A truly evil protagonist has the following qualities:
              - No personality.
              - Ridiculous levels of indecisiveness.
              - A harem of girls that throw themselves at him, but he ignores it.
              - His mind is as dense as a black hole.
              - He plays no active part in the story and just goes with the flow.
              Yes, the truly evil protagonist is every Japanese light novel's protagonist ever made. Even Leylin from Warlock of the Magus World would tremble in fear before them. How could something so unnatural even exist?! Readers beware!

                Misguided_Rooster
                I haven't read that, but I just described 90% of Japanese light novel protagonists. Chinese novels often have the complete opposite problem. Harems of trophy girls with MC's that kill everything like robots from the future.

                  N0xiety Innocent means the soul has not committed a crime worthy of death. Using real world common sense. It is not a perspective. If someone kills an innocent soul then he or she has committed an evil action rendering them to be evil. If they killed someone in self defence then they are not evil. They did it to survive. Do you get what I mean? If someone purposely caused the death of another person this removes their innocence and they can be killed for their crime.

                    Myumara Because you’re doing it wrong.. No one enjoys violence for the sake of violence and even then the process that you described wasn’t even mildly interesting to read about.. Nowa days, with twisted crap like human centipede, if you want to revolve your story around gore then you have to push things up a notch kek))

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