Thank you to the genuine book friends who have read this, thank you to the editor Ni Loach who has provided support along the way, thank you all.
Let’s talk about this book.
The earliest version of this book was conceived as a story in which an invincible male protagonist abducts a heroine who is in a high position but has zero strength and runs away, and then travels in a group on the mainland.
The bright line of the story is the running group, that is, everyone runs from one place to another, participating in one adventure and conflict after another, and there is a thrilling legendary story. The more important hidden line is the development, which describes how the heroine grows from
Starting from 0, he was raised by the male protagonist to become a boss.
Then in the last volume, the male protagonist ran away, and when he came back, he found that the female protagonist was looking for him all over the world. In the end, the two of them lived a life together without shame.
That's right, the heroine is Theodora, and I didn't originally plan to write about Shura Field.
But later, considering the entertainment aspect, many new protagonists were added, and Theodora's own plot presence was weakened.
Speaking of the harem, I didn’t want to write about the harem from the beginning. In fact, whether a book chooses to take the harem route depends on the plot concept.
However, now there is an argument that is a brainless anti-harem. What is more funny is that I once read a fan novel of "A Certain Magical Index". The male protagonist traveled through Kamijou Touma. Then a reader commented, "Please author, don't do it."
Harem, cannot accept harem”.
My little classmate, don’t you know that the original novel itself is about the harem? If you can’t accept the harem, you shouldn’t read the novel! If you don’t read the novel, why should you watch the fantasy novel?
Of course, the author's reply was also very domineering, saying that this is a fanfic and there is no way to deviate from the original work. You should go directly to Kamachi and Ma Kai!
The idea of writing this book originally came from watching "The Master" and "The Amber Sword", and I felt that master leadership and Western fantasy adventures could become a combined theme. As for the stitching of science fiction and Western fantasy, the inspiration is actually
It is derived from the medieval warhammer.
In fact, after I actually started writing, all kinds of questions that I had not considered came one after another, making me a little overwhelmed.
First of all, there is the issue of signing the contract. At first, this book was submitted to the fantasy category, but it turned out that it was rejected after 100,000 words. Later, it was changed to the game category, and it was about 200,000 words before it came to the website to sign, so it was like everyone had already finished the book.
The whole set of recommendations has entered the stage of being put on the shelves. I am still running around naked with this book, and the results are extremely poor.
However, I still insisted on finishing the book. For such an author, everyone must remember that his character is absolutely guaranteed!
In terms of plot, each volume received mixed reviews from readers. Two readers even wrote long reviews to me, saying that the plot of a certain volume was simply wonderful, while the writing of a certain volume was like garbage... However, these two readers
His opinions were exactly the opposite, but his words were quite sincere, which made me feel quite confused.
Of course, readers can express their opinions directly, and I will read all comments. But as the author, I must be responsible for the book, so I can only choose whether to adopt the readers' opinions based on the situation.
Until the completion of the book, I think that at least the plot has not collapsed, and everything is following the predetermined outline. As for some of the problems criticized by readers, many of them are problems in the design of the original outline itself, and are not caused by failures in the later writing.
The first question is about super games. Asker originally played holographic online games, which refers to virtual reality games that are close to 99% realistic. For him, the difference between the other world and the game world is that there is no system menu.
So it's normal for him to confuse the two.
Friends who are interested can watch the old movie "Inception", which talks about the same problem.
It's just that some readers said they couldn't accept this, because this is not a general routine for traveling through another world. The general routine of ASXS is that the male protagonist immediately accepts the fact of traveling through time and assumes the original owner's thinking, and even immediately regards the original owner's parents as his own parents.
When the whole family died, he risked his life and wanted to help avenge him.
This book does not adopt this common routine in many places: for example, the protagonist is not an orphan, he has a mother, so he wants to go back, so he did not accept the girls' emotions at first.
This setting is not to be innovative, but to find a reason for the harem.
Unless the male protagonist is willing to do it from the beginning, there must be a reason for starting a harem. A common cliché in Japanese comics is that "the male protagonist is a slow central air conditioner". On the one hand, he is nice to everyone, but on the other hand, he is aware of
Before everyone liked him, he was already in the harem by the time they found out... This is so fake. Is there really such a stupid person?
The book was changed to "The male protagonist cannot accept everyone's confession", and by the time he can accept it, "it's already too late." In many places, Asik seems to be a straight man, but he is actually pretending to be stupid. If you look carefully, you will find that
There are hints in many places.
The second problem is the problem of the main plot: Asike is designed not to accept any girl's confession. As the plot lengthens, everyone's tolerance for the plot is gradually decreasing. To put it bluntly, you can hold back hundreds of thousands.
I can still endure the words, but you can hold back millions of words without even a candy... I have to wonder if you, the author, are playing tricks on me. Is your book really a harem novel?
In terms of data, the number of subscriptions dropped. So I compressed the plot a little... just a little bit. I estimate it to be about 500,000 to 600,000 words, and introduced the last volume early. Of course, the outline has not changed, but the pace has been sped up.
Specifically, it starts from the point where the "Acceleration Plan" debuts.
The term "acceleration plan" refers not only to the acceleration of everyone's upgrades, but also to the acceleration of the plot rhythm.
The third issue is the last volume which is quite controversial.
Some readers think that the last volume is not enough for Shura Field, but some people don't like it because it is too intense.
After all, considering that the girls are all politicians at this time, and the interests of political leaders come first, it is impossible to fight to the death with other giants as soon as they take action. That would appear to be mindless. In fact, the relationship between Eleanor and Hildelife
In this war, many imperial knights and Norman warriors have died. This is the limit of the Shura field in this book.
In fact, at the beginning, we decided on several versions with different levels of intensity. The more brutal ones included stabbing each other, breaking arms, and even slaughtering the city while others were away, but in the end we decided to write the current version.
The main reason is that I don't want to make it too bloody to prevent harmony. In addition, judging from the results, every time I actually write about "aunt fighting", the subscriptions have dropped significantly. It seems that most readers prefer jealousy, husband fighting, and yin and yang.
Level, but not sensitive to fighting with real swords and guns.
Ye Gong is such a dragon, just like many people think the yandere is cute, but when the yandere actually goes to get the knife...
Regarding the issue of activeness and passivity, some readers feel that the male protagonist has been reduced to intelligence. This... except for a few chapters in which he promised Eleanor in the early stage, it was indeed the knight Ji Dabai Changmei who confused his mind, and the subsequent various passive and stupid behaviors.
, all because it is more advantageous to do so.
After all, they haven’t seen each other for more than six years. The first thing they say when they come back is “I want them all”, which will definitely get beaten to death. Let’s spend some time alone together to brush back the favorability points that have been lost after not seeing each other for six years. Everyone
Re-charging them all is definitely a necessary condition for the harem line.
Everyone has swiped past, so how do I switch? Passive switching, for example, if I was snatched away, I pretended not to react. Believe it or not, at least I made the gesture.
Otherwise, while you are trying to gain favorability with this girl, you suddenly take the initiative to go with that girl? How disdainful!
Taking the initiative is arrogant! The more active you are, the more arrogant you are. Pretending to be passive can also deceive others... Anyone who has a girlfriend knows that girls need to be coaxed. For the same thing, even if it is the same result, you only need to change it.
In other words, if the presentation process is different, she may change from "not accepting" to "accepting".
If you don’t believe it, go find your girlfriend and test it out.
The fourth problem is the confusion of the power system. Although there is no feedback from readers, I found after writing that it is very difficult to describe the battle scenes.
On the one hand, there are too many people, on the other hand, there are too many various sequence abilities and law skills, coupled with extraordinary items... the combination solutions that need to be considered are too complicated, which will waste too much time, and most readers have not yet
Love to watch.
Makes me very confused.
When the book was finished, the average number of orders was about 4,000. Although it cannot be compared with those authors who have become gods in one book, it is still a relatively satisfactory commercial result for me.
As for the quality of the book, in my evaluation system it would be around the passing line, but as mentioned above, it is far from perfect.
Many readers have reported problems... In fact, shortly after your feedback, I had already thought of a better solution. However, because the outline or the existing plot was fixed, I couldn't change it, which I have to say is a pity.
The story of "Cang Qing Sword" ends here, as little Lilith said in the final chapter: "From now on, everyone will live a happy life together." Of course, in terms of the lifespan of a demigod,
, a happy life without shame will be unimaginably long.
As for the new book, the new book will be a more exciting story. It has learned some lessons and regrets from Cang Qing Sword. It will have a more concise and clear power upgrade system that is suitable for showing off, and more distinctive and distinctive female protagonists.
A more complex world background with suture monsters, as well as a more reasonable and exciting plot and rhythm...
I promise that I will work hard to write in this direction. I can't guarantee that it will satisfy everyone, but at least I must satisfy myself first.
But there is one thing I can assure you:
The male protagonist of the new book will never force a straight man to write 2 million words.