Blue Sword - Final words

Thank you to the genuine book friends who have read this, and 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 cultivation, which describes how the heroine starts from scratch and is raised by the hero 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.

Yes, this heroine is Theodora, and she didn’t originally plan to write about Shura Field.

But later, considering the entertainment factor, 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, there is now an argument that is a brainless anti-harem. What’s funny is that I once read a fan novel about “A Certain Magical Index”. The male protagonist traveled through Kamijou Touma. Then a reader commented, “I beg the author not to have a harem, I can’t accept it.”

Little classmate, don’t you know that the original novel itself is about the harem? If you can’t accept a harem, you shouldn’t watch Magic! If you don’t read Magic Forbidden, what kind of Magic Forbidden fanfic do you watch?

Of course, the author’s reply was also very domineering, saying that this is a fan work 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 adventure could become a combined theme. As for the stitching of science fiction and western fantasy, the inspiration actually comes from medieval warhammers.

In fact, after I actually started writing, all kinds of questions that I had not considered came one after another, which made me a little overwhelmed.

The first is the issue of signing. At first, this book was submitted to the fantasy category, but it turned out to be rejected after 100,000 words. Later, it was changed to the game category, and it was only signed by the website when it had about 200,000 words, so it means that people have already gone through a whole set of recommendations and entered the shelf stage. , I am still running naked this time, and my grades are extremely poor.

But 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 is simply wonderful, while the writing of a certain volume is like garbage… However, the opinions of these two readers are exactly the opposite, and their words are quite sincere, which makes I feel quite confused.

Of course, readers can express their opinions directly, and I will read all comments. It’s just that as the author, I have to be responsible for this book, so I can only choose whether to adopt the readers’ opinions based on the situation.

Until the completion of the book, I think at least the plot has not collapsed and everything is following the predetermined outline. As for some of the problems that have been criticized by readers, many of them are problems with the design of the original outline itself, and are not caused by failures in the later writing.

The first question is about super gaming. Asker originally played a holographic online game, which refers to a virtual reality game with a fidelity close to 99%. For him, the only difference between the different world and the game world is that there is no system menu, so it is 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 the starting point is that the male protagonist has traveled through time, and immediately accepted the fact of time travel and assumed the original owner’s thinking. He even immediately regarded the original owner’s parents as his own parents. After the original owner’s family died, he risked his life to help avenge it.

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 new and different, but to find a reason for the harem.

Unless the male protagonist is too disdainful 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 doesn’t realize that everyone likes him. By the time he finds out, he is already in the harem… This is so fake. , are there really such stupid people?

The book was changed to “The male protagonist cannot accept everyone’s confession”, and by the time he can accept it, “it is already too late.” In many places, Asik looks like 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, I can still bear you holding back hundreds of thousands of words, but you holding back millions of words and not even a candy… I have to wonder if you, the author, are kidding me. Is your book really a harem novel?

In terms of data, it is reflected in the decline in follow-up orders. So I compressed the plot a little… just a little bit, I estimate it to be about five or six hundred thousand words, and introduced the last volume early. Of course the outline hasn’t changed, it’s just that the pace has been sped up. Specifically, it starts from the point where the “Acceleration Plan” debuts.

The term “acceleration plan” refers to both the acceleration of everyone’s upgrades and the acceleration of the plot rhythm.

The third issue is the last volume which is quite controversial.

Some readers thought that the last volume was not enough for Shura Field, but some people did not like it because it was 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, as that would appear to be brainless. In fact, many imperial knights and Norman warriors had died in the war between Eleanor and Sidrifa, which was the limit of the Shura field in this book.

In fact, at the beginning, we decided on several versions with different levels of intensity. Some of 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.

Mainly because I didn’t want to make it too gory to prevent harmony. In addition, from the performance point of view, every time I actually write about “aunt fighting”, the subscriptions have dropped significantly. It seems that most readers prefer the level of jealousy, fighting over husbands, and yin and yang, and are not sensitive to real fights with 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 stages, he was indeed deceived by the knight Ji Dabai and Changmei, and subsequently acted passively and pretended to be stupid. , all because it is more advantageous to do so.

After all, they haven’t seen each other for more than six years, and the first thing they say when they come back is “I want them all”, and they will definitely be beaten to death. Spend some time alone together to get back the goodwill that has been lost after not seeing each other for six years, and get it all up again. This is definitely a necessary condition for the harem line.

Everyone has swiped it, so how to switch? Passive switching, for example, I was robbed and I pretended not to react. Believe it or not, at least I made the gesture.

Or else, while he was brushing up on this girl’s favorability, he suddenly took the initiative to follow that girl? It’s so arrogant!

Taking the initiative is a waste! The more proactive you are, the more disdainful you are. Pretending to be passive can also deceive others… Anyone who has a girlfriend knows that girls need to be coaxed. The same thing, even the same result, if you just change the way you say it and change the presentation process, 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 chaos of the power system. Although there was no feedback from readers, I found later on that it was very difficult to describe the battle scenes.

On the one hand, there are too many people, on the other hand, there are too many 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 pass mark, but as mentioned above, it is far from perfect.

Many readers have reported problems… In fact, I have already thought of a better solution shortly after your feedback. However, it cannot be changed because of the outline or the existing plot, 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 lives a happy life together.” Of course, considering the lifespan of a demigod, a happy life without shame would be unimaginably long.

As for the new book, the new book will be a more exciting story, absorbing some of the lessons and regrets of Cang Qing Sword, there will be a more concise and clear power upgrade system suitable for show-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 the straight man to write 2 million words.