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How to Build a Dungeon: Book of the Demon King #4
How to Build a Dungeon: Book of the Demon King Vol. 4
THE HEROES RISE
Lord of his dungeon, king of his country, and master of an insatiable harem, Aur still isn't satisfied--his road is the path of world conquest. But the world isn't just going to roll over and let him do as he pleases. The most dangerous king around, the Hero King Wolf, prepares an army to bring an end to Aur's ambitions--and reclaim his daughter from the dungeon! The secrets of Aur's past are revealed as an invincible hero approaches...!
Lord of his dungeon, king of his country, and master of an insatiable harem, Aur still isn't satisfied--his road is the path of world conquest. But the world isn't just going to roll over and let him do as he pleases. The most dangerous king around, the Hero King Wolf, prepares an army to bring an end to Aur's ambitions--and reclaim his daughter from the dungeon! The secrets of Aur's past are revealed as an invincible hero approaches...!
180 pages, Paperback
Published August 28, 2018
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April 13, 2019
Holy crap, I did not see that coming! What the actual hell, why did that happen?! Why did that have to happen?! Holy shit, what the actual hell, man...
Anyway, this is by far the best volume in the series for a number of reasons that will require spoilers, so deal with it.
First of all, learning more about heroes, at least from the perspective of Wolfdale and Zeitlied, was interesting and disturbing. I was curious while reading volume one how heroes were going to be portrayed in this series, and apparently the answer is phenomenal assholes. Granted, Zeitlied seems to show some semblance of humanity in his relationship with Hilda and is genuinely torn apart after she dies, but he and Wolfdale are just such assholes. I am not saying that Aur is a better person, you will not see me admit that, but suffice to say I was not heartbroken when Zeitlied died.
I was, however, surprised and DEVASTATED that Yunis died and can't be brought back! Nooooooooo, whhhhhhhhhy?! This poor woman died simply because her brother "had to" in order to fulfill his role as a hero, which reeks of utter bullshit, but whatever. Her death was devastating, even though she wasn't my favorite.
Aur's backstory was incredibly interesting, mostly because while it looks like a simple "guy forced to kill the one he loves and now feels jaded" story, it's actually more about Aur angered over being powerless. He was forced to kill his master because she was able to overpower him and forced him to do her bidding, and what that taught him was human emotions can always be overpowered, so why bother with them? I like this a lot because it is true to his character and makes more sense in terms of motivations and feelings towards others. A simple, yet effective backstory, full marks in my book.
The action was solid in this volume as well. It was nice seeing Aur be confronted with physical power that he can't beat in the form of Zeitlied, yet not being deterred from said power. I loved that he used magic to beat him, destroying him with a power he had previously mocked. Serves that asshole right...
Okay, ranting done, need to go calm down and try to wait patiently for volume 5...whenever it comes out...
Anyway, this is by far the best volume in the series for a number of reasons that will require spoilers, so deal with it.
First of all, learning more about heroes, at least from the perspective of Wolfdale and Zeitlied, was interesting and disturbing. I was curious while reading volume one how heroes were going to be portrayed in this series, and apparently the answer is phenomenal assholes. Granted, Zeitlied seems to show some semblance of humanity in his relationship with Hilda and is genuinely torn apart after she dies, but he and Wolfdale are just such assholes. I am not saying that Aur is a better person, you will not see me admit that, but suffice to say I was not heartbroken when Zeitlied died.
I was, however, surprised and DEVASTATED that Yunis died and can't be brought back! Nooooooooo, whhhhhhhhhy?! This poor woman died simply because her brother "had to" in order to fulfill his role as a hero, which reeks of utter bullshit, but whatever. Her death was devastating, even though she wasn't my favorite.
Aur's backstory was incredibly interesting, mostly because while it looks like a simple "guy forced to kill the one he loves and now feels jaded" story, it's actually more about Aur angered over being powerless. He was forced to kill his master because she was able to overpower him and forced him to do her bidding, and what that taught him was human emotions can always be overpowered, so why bother with them? I like this a lot because it is true to his character and makes more sense in terms of motivations and feelings towards others. A simple, yet effective backstory, full marks in my book.
The action was solid in this volume as well. It was nice seeing Aur be confronted with physical power that he can't beat in the form of Zeitlied, yet not being deterred from said power. I loved that he used magic to beat him, destroying him with a power he had previously mocked. Serves that asshole right...
Okay, ranting done, need to go calm down and try to wait patiently for volume 5...whenever it comes out...
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