Compared to other historical novels, I like the smooth transition from a common Viking to a king. Believe me, it's really good, I won't write about it so as not to spoil it. I also like that the more power he has, the less he risks. It's believable and realistic. The development of his territory is very good and smooth. I would say that for me this book is on the level of the Prince of France, with the peculiarities of that era.

At the beginning, the novel is very similar to "I Built a Manor in the Middle Ages." It's good that everything is completely different later. In the novel, 70% of the content is devoted to battles, thanks to which the main character will expand his territory. But at the same time, the battles and the strategies used are quite interesting. In addition to battles, there are elements of managing and developing your territory. The territory has a fairly good location in strategic and geopolitical terms. Most of all in the novel I liked the storyline of gaining power, building a territory and a trade route and intrigue. Least of all I liked the author's decisions (especially at the beginning of the novel) and the fact that the hero does not protect himself enough in the later stages of the novel. P.S. The main character will not use technologies from the future for several reasons in the first 150 chapters: he is cautious, he does not know exactly how technologies work, he is afraid of the church, it is impossible to reproduce due to the backwardness of that time. But this does not mean that there will be no inventions here =)

I liked that the main character is part of the Mongol Empire, rather than founding or seizing his own state. I think you know from history how big Mongolia was at its peak. I would rate the fights as average, according to the author, if a person is paid in gold, he will become invincible, especially the Chinese. Yes, yes, although the author here does not explicitly say that China is the greatest country in the world, but it was sickening for me to read words like "great", "divine". Also, even though the hero came from the future, he uses the best practices of China only, that is, if he decides to introduce some kind of law, then it must be the law of the great Tang, if it is a weapon, then the weapon of the Chinese from the future, etc. I like the main character's behavior, it's quite logical and there's nothing to complain about. The female characters are here only for the birth of heirs, but the author could have given them some role. Also, since the hero will still be developing towards China, get ready for a lot of Chinese names and the names of cities, regions, prefectures and similar things. The novel itself is not about the detailed construction of a kingdom, but more about the comprehensive development of the state through wars (research, reforms, trade and other things are present in the novel). Summing up the results, I made this assessment because of the irritation I felt reading this novel (useless and overly detailed inserts of historical facts), but I thank the author for writing it, after all, it was the first historical novel about the Mongols that I read.

As a joke, I decided to read the first arc, because I watched more than one drama about intrigues in the harem (I especially liked the drama Empress Ki). What can I say, there was nothing that would make me angry, everything is well, smoothly and logically written. I would say that it would be possible to make a good drama based on the plot, but I didn't have enough either funny additional stories or more chapters about the ease of the heroine. But it turned out that she gave 120% for the mission and nothing else. Also, because of this, it is very difficult to understand the character of the heroine - is she a cold fake flower or did she fall in love with the emperor after all. In any case, 10/10 for a novel of this type and the first arc. P.S. If you want to understand at least something at the beginning of the novel, be sure to read the synopsis =) P.S. I certainly don't approve of how the author tortured one of the characters at the end (perhaps he decided, that he deserved it, it's not for me to judge him).

I've only read 5 chapters, but it's already pissing me off. All players already have extensive information about the game, who knows where they know it from. The main character is already starting to create problems for himself in the first two chapters. It's already possible to say that there will be no hidden development here. By coincidence, the first players the hero sees were from the coolest guild in his past life, just think about the probability of running into them in the game in the first hour, especially in China with their population! The main female character appears in the second chapter, and she is already interested in the main character. Immediately, because of his knowledge of the elven language, he receives a legendary quest. This is not my first story in the virtual reality genre, but can't you write more realistically? It is not necessary for him to immediately receive legendary gear from the first chapter, just an easier and faster development is enough. And again, since everyone already knows a lot about the game, the advantage of the main character is no longer so significant...

I agree with user BigNose, there are a lot of names and places that are difficult to perceive, strange dialogues. The people who gave 5 stars are some kind of monsters... I have read many historical novels, but this is the first one that is difficult to understand. I also read a Korean historical novel, there were no problems with the perception of names and understanding of the text.

I'm on chapter 50, so far it's boring, nothing really caught my attention. The novel is good, but somehow bland, with Chinese humor, slaps and arrogant characters. Arrogant characters are canon, but I would like more intelligence from the hero's opponents, as well as some specific goal from the main character, a dream that he should strive for. But so far it looks like he's going with the flow... And I'm bored.

I don't know how the rest of you read it. But the translation is disgusting (especially the Russian one). Some dao, training, qi, types of nen with other names appear. The characters have other names, you have to guess who they are talking about based on their appearance. I watched the anime, but when reading the book, because of the translation, I couldn't catch the atmosphere of the hunters' world.

It's a bit childish, and I don't understand why, after 25 years, he has such abilities. It's a cool idea, but the implementation is so-so. I also don't like that a 25-year-old uncle (our hero) is friends with 11-year-old children, why doesn't the author portray the hero so that he is also 11 years old. He's already a fictional character according to the canon (sort of). But I would have read it if there were more chapters, and even releasing one chapter per week is very small.