Shadow of the Evil God
Author: Impermanence Horse
Word count: 1.63 million
Status: Serialized
Tags: Cthulhu, Dark Stream, Fantasy
Synopsis: Analik, the alien god of the Outlands, has many names. It is the evil god recognized by the world, the polluter of the world, the corrupter of the soul, the formless and substantiated darkness and the end, leading everything to the end of collapse and extinction. The last time Anarik came to reality, all babies born within eleven years were unself-conscious, and only a deformed body continued to devour and excrete endlessly. However, its worshippers claim that Analik is the true God, the only god who has no origin and has not been created, and who has existed and has always existed. The gods that are now widely worshipped are nothing more than demons born from the breath of the true God, and to believe in them is to destroy the freedom of one's soul.
Cesar didn't know which was true or false, but Analik's path had filled his soul with madness like a bone-eating poison. It was forcing him step by step into the fate of the shadow of the evil god. Corruption is spreading, madness is spreading in the hearts of men, religious disputes are unleashing wars of unprecedented intensity and scale, and races are slaughtering each other with fanatical passion, making the world full of war, plunder, pestilence, famine, and death, and giving birth to more and more twisted evils. Who can be the savior? Anyone could be, but he certainly couldn't.
The protagonist travels into another world while doing folklore research in a remote town. The other world is in a Victorian-like style, steam, muskets, etc. are preparing to enter the stage of history, and supernatural forces still occupy the top of the food chain. After the protagonist crosses, he becomes a sacrifice that the Border Count is going to sacrifice to the outland evil god "Analik", and in order to save his life, he can only sign a contract with the "Lookless", the heir of the evil god who is responsible for guarding him, and thus embark on the "Crimson Path" to become the shadow of the evil god. He is able to draw memories by devouring his brain, manipulate flesh and blood, and change and imitate others as he pleases.
He abducted the witch apprentice and thus escaped from the count's castle. But at this time, the king colluded with the grassland barbarians to attack, and the protagonist was affected by the pond fish, and he was actually in a dilemma. He can only maneuver between several forces, using his strength to try to protect himself. But the situation continues to escalate, and the protagonist can only take advantage of the fire and try his best to strengthen himself. But the path decided to gradually become inhuman, in order to anchor his own humanity, he used lust as a cable, but his personality still began to become evil and eccentric......
Disadvantages of the novel: Some translations and arias are sometimes obscure, and then the novel's sense of fatalism or high-end power appears too early, and the protagonist is powerless to resist or go with the flow, resulting in a feeling of weak subjective initiative, and sometimes it will be more aggrieved.
Advantages of the novel: the writing is exquisite, the text is magnificent, the atmosphere rendering is excellent, it combines the elements of the dark stream, there is a fantasy and treacherous taste, the characters are distinct, the protagonist's inhuman transformation is described very well, the content of the harem flow is also portrayed well, the writing is smooth, the story is ups and downs, fresh and not routine.
Summary: Boutique Cthulhu-style dark fantasy novels, the setting, atmosphere, story, etc. are not bad, but they are also more screened readers, more suitable for old bookworms who can accept such themes, don't like it, highly recommended!
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