u/tandertex

An infinite realm of magic and adventure exists, but the Guild refuses to let her in, 
MAZE: The 6 million view RR hit is not on Amazon!
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An infinite realm of magic and adventure exists, but the Guild refuses to let her in, MAZE: The 6 million view RR hit is not on Amazon!

If you know the story and want in, click here and buy! ---> Amazon Link

If you’ve spent any time on Royal Road over the last couple of years, you might have run into Hera's story. MAZE has racked up over 6 million views and spans 1,100+ chapters (yes, this is going to be a massive 10+ book story).

Now, Book 1 is officially polished, formatted, and live on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited!
It also has a paperback option for those who like me want to make a castle out of books

Here is the official blurb:

>The world shattered her dreams. Yet, destiny had other plans.

>Hera Kingsley failed even before her adventure began.

>The MAZE, a different realm full of magic, monsters, and civilizations was her only goal. But when she applied to enter, the Guild rejected her. Just as she gave up hope, a strange woman offered her the opportunity of a lifetime.

>Finally, having a chance to follow her dream, Hera is faced with a month of brutal, unforgiving training to prove she deserves to become an Explorer.

>Can she overcome the gauntlet and face the danger head-on, or were those who doubted her right all along?

Why dive into the MAZE?

Endless World-Building: A massive, multi-layered realm filled with magic, civilizations new and old, and more mysteries than you can imagine.

Real Character Growth: Hera is a meek, shy person who had life pushing her down at every turn. Little by little she grows out of her shell, becoming something different while remaining true to herself.

Experimental Builds: Hera is learning about magic and skills, which means attempting spells only to fail, going to a build only to realize it wasn't working until, suddenly, all the accumulated experience and abilities click into place creating a combat style unique to herself in ways she never imagined.

An Epic Scale: 1,100+ chapters of a growing saga. 6,000,000+ views can't be wrong.

[Would you like to be transferred to the MAZE?]

[Yes] [No]

Buy now!

Also, if you are already a fan, I have a favor to ask. Show MAZE to a friend, to your family, post on social media, plaster posters all over the city, make a flash mob about it, name a star after it, weave galaxies together so that the name MAZE will still ring true at the end of the very cosmos ITSELF!

Ahem.

I mean, if you could share with people who might enjoy it would be great! I'm really proud of this story and want as many people to see it as possible.

u/tandertex — 13 hours ago

The OP MC Problem.

I was talking with a friend of mine and we realized something about those stories with truly overpowered main characters.

The conclusion was that, the main character is actually secondary to the story.
Now hear me out.
Like One Punch Man, Beware of Chicken, and even Solo Leveling to some degree. The main characters (Saitama, Jin, and Sung Jinwoo) Don't really show off their power all that much. They appear when everything else failed just to wipe the villain out and Aura Farm in the process. On solo leveling case this is more prevalent starting from season two.

But what makes you go back to the story is not just the main character but the side characters and how they interact with the world and have their own struggles.
Genos training arc, Garou's backstory, Bi De's cultivation journey, even seeing the Jeju island raid collapse, those are the big moments. The MC showing up and solving things is the climax, not an integral part of the arc.

I just want to ask if anyone else realized that or is there a good story with an OP MC where they are the focus the entire time and are always OP?

I think Saitama is kind of the most exaggerated version with Jin, Sung Jinwoo, and even Rimuru (Reincarnated as a Slime) being somewhere in the middle.

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u/tandertex — 2 days ago