Intriguing start
Alternate universe, magic, monster races, harem adult situations BDSM elements, LitRPG light
A bit darker than expected, but doable. Our MC hero is Grove, a good guy trying to do the right thing, and that begins with saving a young orc woman. World seems fleshed out. Adventurers are called God-touched. The BDSM elements have the male MC as the Dom (unsurprisingly), though I'm personally less interested in anal or humiliation, hence the ding.
It's 268 pages, but paragraphs are actually indented and there is no extra spacing, which is a pleasant surprise, the story runs for nearly all of it. Ends with a cliffhanger. Interested enough to want to try book 2, which is already out.