The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound 6

The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound #6

by Noret Flood

With Randidly Ghosthound’s help, humanity has withstood the first impact of the System. Old institutions are re-erected as the Zones settle into a new normalcy, characterized by the enthusiastic application of the scientific method to System principles and the stubborn return of pop culture and consumerism. Yet these familiar edifices of stability conceal an altogether new breed of monster.

One that bears the face of a human but the beating heart of a horror.

Randidly continues to investigate the mysterious Father Foster, the central figure of the rapidly expanding Unity Church. Although the religious organization speaks loudly about its many philanthropic pursuits, a closer inspection reveals a more sinister motivation.

But just when Randidly thinks he has a handle on the situation, old debts come due: he must return to Tellus to assist his spear teacher Shal. What he finds there is a reignited war with an army of replaceable automatons, a weaponized and manipulated version of the Forsaken Hunger Tide. The defensive lines of the Spearman School are in a state of collapse, with the other Schools curiosity apathetic to the threat.

From the front lines of the bloody conflict, Randidly can witness the real costs of dragging his feet in the face of the Calamities that the System throws against unsuspecting planets…

Book 6 of the hit LitRPG Fantasy series with over 50 Million views on Royal Road. Grab your copy today!

About the Series: Experience a particular flavor of LitRPG/GameLit, where Skill growth and the Path System allow individuals to tailor their growth toward infinite possibilities. There are Classes, Skills, Levels, and Rarities that will feel familiar to any connoisseur of role-playing games. Follow Randidly as he balances his growing power with the worrisome ripples of his existence. The System doesn’t discriminate; when he is ready for more dangerous threats, the rest of humanity better be ready, too. Those who have read the web-novel when it was available online can experience the saga the way it was always meant to be told, fully revised and re-edited, and with tons of new material!

Genres: Fantasy, Audiobook, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Adventure, Post Apocalyptic, Fiction

646 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 6, 2023

Reviews

[M · Rating 2 out of 5]

Is it just me or this was a damn snoozefest. Too many different plot lines and too many bloody characters. Author DESPERATELY needs to HIRE a reputable editor and not some intern or fan to simply proofread.

And nobody fucking needs to read the God damn full fucking stats every 2nd chapter. It is fucking annoying af especially if it's an audiobook.

[Steve Naylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating 3.5 stars

Not sure what to say about this one anymore. Everything I mentioned in the previous reviews is still valid. The world building and magic system are massive. It is actually hard to visualize it all. The characters and their interactions are what is lacking. Randidly heads back Shaws world and meets up with Helen. So I am thinking, great there is actually going to be some personal interactions, right? Nope. He gets assigned to a different team and has basically zero interactions with her for most of the book. There are also too many POV changes, and it is mainly with new characters. Most of the characters that I liked from the previous books are barely mentioned. It is getting very muddled. Again, nothing different than the previous books. The good outweigh the bad and I will continue the series.

[Roberto Flores · Rating 1 out of 5]

Muddled and disjointed.

What's world has always been obvious, boring plot lines and this time is no exception. The story beats from earth are barely hit upon, and so sporadic as to be pointless. The main story line has been lost amidst the clutter.

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was a little disappointed by the apparent ending to Randidly's fledgling relationship with Helen as she seemed to be good for him. Overall, I found this book slower as much time was spent with Lucretia stuck in his Soulspace. I am hoping that the author is going somewhere with this, but feeling like it could have been accomplished in a lot less chapters.

[William Howe · Rating 5 out of 5]

how far we’ve come

But there’s still novels yet to go.

This isn’t a *big* events volume. Back on Tellus for most of it, progression is steady but a bit slow.

I read this originally on RoyalRoad ~2 years ago. Not sure how much has been changed.

[Jed · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolutely worst ending I’ve read

The last 10-20 pages ruined this book for me. A bunch of inane crawling around with nothing happening. Decreases my interest in upcoming books considerably. Waste of time. Should have ended the book after Darke took him.

[Tony Hinde · Rating 4 out of 5]

I keep expecting these novels to be rubbish. The eponymous protagonist is just so strangely named. But no, they're all good. My only complaint, this time, is the abrupt ending. At least the author finished the sentence, so it could be worse.

[Travis Bryant · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't care much for this book. It was fine, but that's about it.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of disjoint storylines in this book, and the ending is a woozy of a cliffhanger. Hopefully the next book brings everyone back together.

[Josiah Ploeger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed the Book

I had fun reading this book and enjoyed the length of it. Randidly remains as emotionally stunted as ever which makes a lot of the relationships and character depth in the book feel very surface level. That said, the story is great and I look forward to seeing what happens next.

[Chance · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got a mindgrain after reading this

F### you can really forget how many things are going in The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound. After 10’s of thousands of chs on Royalroad you really takes time to get threw all They’s multiple plotlines that you’r dragged down try to remember who’s who and if just theatherfor world building.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was good, but…

Overall, I really like the book, another winner from the author. Though I will say that this time there were a few issues, spelling wise, which was surprising, because I didn’t see that in any of the earlier books. It was also annoying the way the story went in some places however, I always gotta remember that it’s not my story to tell. Overall a solid book.

[LaziMantis Vasquez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

There are some things I don't like about the story mainly how it jumps from person to person hardly legend of ghosthound when everyone else in this story has more going on I'm gonna read more but honestly I am losing interest I doubt ill read much further

[Chris Brogan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great Randidly Ghosthound adventure

More fighting, strategy, politics, skills, images, powers. New friends made old friends lost people that you're not sure whether friends or foes. Spears, spears, and more spears!

[Smoke · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is more of the same. lots of stuff happening that doesn't make sense. character motivations that make no sense, and a world that is also making no sense. The nemesis folks run rampant with all of us supposed to forget about the champions? Hank is gone now, and he was one of the only enjoyable characters. Ghosthound going from perfectly fine to childish with ladies around. A ruining of the main character for no reason, then an attempt to slightly fix it.
We get introduced to characters that are so enjoyable, then they are gone for how many books so the author can bring us back to the boring world? Why can’t the characters just be allowed to do shit and progress the plot instead of giving all that power to the antagonists? How can the main character be the strongest person on earth but also one of the stupidest? A lot of this just doesn’t make sense to me.
For me the reason a book and its characters are enjoyed is because of a series of things that all fit together. These things are based on something that is unshakable and likable to hold it all together. I'm now realizing this is gone in this series, and it is a series more based on the antagonists. The protagonists just flail around and hope for the best, and it is so annoying to slog through. What is the point of liking and enjoying a character when you realize they can be taken away and ruined through heavy handedness by the author? The world is grey, so I like my books more black and white.

I've made it far enough in this series that I will at least read up to the last of the currently released books. After book 10 I think I'll be done though. It is becoming more difficult to understand the insanity of most of the characters. It is based on a very childish view of emotion and relationships, and I have no interest in reading more. I'm invested enough to finish up to currently published, but after that I'm done with this mess.

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid work. If you've come this far in the series, you know you'll have to challenge your current limits with every volume, so it should come as no surprise that Randidly must face some demons and get pounded before arising to the top again.

In this volume, we return to the world of spears. Stronger, a little wiser, and now a bit more smug than is healthy, he turns to ash and cold and mass annihilation to get the respect of his peers. He's living the dream.

Honestly, I'm having as much fun as I generally do with these, which is to say, I'm quite amused and invested. It's all action and leveling and finding all new ways to level. In this case, imagery. And what monstrous power it is.

My synesthesia tastes yet more ash, but this time it's not a hot wind, but a cold one. Kinda perfect for the setting.



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[Timothy McGowan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is such a hard book for me to review as I abosultely hated the first 1/3 of it yet loved the second 2/3s. The first was a slog with no real consequences, an attempt to have a deep conversation on post system politics while not adding any nuance, and a string of minute chores that are unimportant. One you go back across planes it leaps forward into unique trials, intriguing plots, and we get a look at a side character who I enjoyed a lot which is saying something because most of Earth’s side characters recently have been one dimensional and a waste of time to read their stories. Overall 4/5 because of what happens after the first one third of the book.

[Alex · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am finally giving up on this series. There were numerous times over the previous books where I was about to drop it but then something interesting happened. Going back to Tellus finally got me to quit, though.

One of the greatest things about LitRPG novels is the sheer breadth of creativity one can express in worldbuilding through classes and such but giving up all of them to go back to a planet where everyone uses a spear and literally redoing a plotline of a spearman tournament is mindboggling. Maybe the books get better when Rand finally leaves Tellus but I simply can't make it that far.

[Franklin J. Vergara M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

not the best in the series

I read the whole thing, and honestly, I suffered with all the chapters and sections that did not include Randy or Lucretia.

If you were ever a fan of Naruto or Boruto, you would understand the suffering of filler chapters.

I guess the many new plot elements will make sense later; I found them slow-paced, unrelated to the story, and, to be honest, unnecessary and insufferable.

Yet if you skip those chapters, the main plot is actually pretty fun, consistent and finally getting somewhere.

[Dennis Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound 6 by Noret Flood rapidly brings to a close one arc related to Father Foster before returning to Shal's world. The conclusion was not entirely satisfying, with it seeming like Flood wanted to move on to the next arc more than anything else. The next part was better, with some interesting buildup to what I hope will be an exciting next book or two. I will say some aspects of it were a little frustrating, but its solid. I enjoy Flood's approach to worldbuilding, his characters, and the story so far.

[Thorsten · Rating 3 out of 5]

Where Book 5 frustrated me with its inane plot, this one just felt very scatterbrained. Most of the action, such as it is, takes place on Tellus with numerous interludes with the least interesting side characters possible back on Earth and in the Soul Skill. Some of the backstory to Tellus is quite interesting but it was little payoff for an otherwise pretty lackluster addition to the series.

[Alesay · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.85 stars. I'm not a fan of all of the politics and different stories in this book/series. While it is nice to know what's happening elsewhere, I don't really care. It takes away a lot from Randidly's story, especially when I have to constantly figure out who's who (there are too many different POVs).

On the plus side, I enjoyed Randidly and Azriel's friendship and banter; it was so much fun.

While I enjoyed this book, I'm starting to wonder if this series is worth continuing.

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little frustrating but quite enjoyable

The Randidly bits were good but I felt too many diversions to other characters that you're not invested in or care about and don't add to the story. It almost felt like the author added it as they thought it would be a fun scene to write not thinking of the overall length or flow of the book

[Horia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is like wine. It matures and enhances its flavor with every new installment. I find this book to be the best in the series. It was such a pleasure experiencing it.

And so far it is the only one that made me think I'm enjoying Randidly's path a bit more, and that it's more enjoyable than Zack's (from The Defiance of the Fall series). These two have a lot of common elements are some of my favorite series from the past years.

There are multiple arcs developed in this book that are wonderfully woven with some intertwining nicely.

Can't wait to read the next.

[Lamar Logan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disjointed. I was skipping chapters past what could be separate books all together. I was very irritated by what the scholar was doing. I was happy at the middle for a little bit. Then frustrated as the end approached and the story crawled to a halt again for 30 chapters. I still want to read it but I’m getting tired.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting. Has an attempt at political thought, has a bit of philosophizing, and ends abruptly on a uninteresting cliffhanger. (I mean, at 900 pages there were a plethora of possible end points.) Still interested in the series, but it may be waning.

[Georga · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh so slow

This was not the best book of the series. It was a get nowhere slowly. I do not feel like the plot went anywhere from where it started. I am hoping the next one will be more fulfilling.

[Devin A Harper · Rating 4 out of 5]

enjoyable if not exciting

Improvement over the last book for sure. More interesting and moved better though it didn’t have nearly enough action throughout the book the keep it moving

[Jeffing · Rating 4 out of 5]

I needed a break from the series and read some thrillers and other stuff. I happened to stop right before he went back to Telus, so that worked out well. It's still pretty good, but I've read many progression fantasy/litrpg/etc that I've enjoyed more.

[MasterMighty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Für LitRPGs werden ungewöhnlich oft andere Perspektiven als die des Hauptcharakters genutzt und meistens ist das für die Tiefe der Welt, als auch der unterschiedlichen Persönlichkeiten so förderlich, dass es für mich gut funktioniert.