Hilsford

Hidden Class: Pacifist #2

by Cassio Ferreira

Sewer Monsters. New Crew. An Incredible Class.

Roth's journey continues in book 2 of Hidden Pacifist, a series featuring a protagonist who overcomes his anger management issues to become the most peaceful man on Earth. Join Roth in a sci-fi fantasy cyberpunk adventure with a unique progression LitRPG system.

The next chapter in Roth's journey takes him to Hilsford.

After getting his journey off to a good start and becoming friends with the ratans, foxes, badgers, corvids, and boars of the woods, it's time to take his journey to one of the big cities of AstroTerra, Hilsford.

But instead of finding a peaceful city where he can rest, he finds a competitive environment ridden with mobsters and slavers. To make matters worse, Roth's enemies are picking up his scent, and the pressure is on.

Genres: Litrpg, Fantasy, Science Fiction

416 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 29, 2023

About the author

Hi there! I’m Cássio, and I write clean, wholesome LitRPG. My work has gathered over 2 million views on Royal Road.

My stories focus on progression, crafting, VRMMO systems, cozy vibes, and characters who grow in meaningful ways. If you like animals, aliens, good-hearted adventures, and worlds that feel warm instead of grim, you’ll probably feel at home in my books.

I share early chapters and behind-the-scenes updates on Royal Road and Patreon, and the finished books slowly make their way to Amazon.

Welcome, and happy reading!

Reviews

[Sabs ✨️]

5 🌟 v enjoyable & different

[Dave Stone]

Consistent with book 1
Fantasy / LitRPG / Stuck in the game world / rule bending - exploitation / non-violence
The story of Roth continues as he makes it to the first in game city. Fewer talking animals more human NPCs.
This one is less precious & weepy but just a shade less charming. Overall it's about the same.

[Sunmade Ejiwunmi]

Great

Just loving this tale of a man with anger issues and ptsd strive to become a man of peace. A fresh take on litrpg

[Sydney]

3 The Snakes Look At Your Clumsy Dance Moves And Feel Disrespected By Your Lack Of Grace Stars

Hilsford is the second book in the Hidden Class: Pacifist series by Cássio Ferreira.

At this point in the store, I had hoped to know more regarding the other species of animals available to earn a reputation. This ARC has still been fascinating in the way Loki's vendetta and machinations to overtake the game world of AstroTerra highjack the storyline. When we encounter a growing danger within the bowels of the sewer beneath Hilsford, Roth has been forced to explore and develop in with his old teammates still hunting him on the surface world. I was wrong in assuming the wolves would be the first new species he would explore further.

Some of the dialogue has been very stilted at times. Mostly with the older veteran and his crew. But also with Drake. This has led to some disconnect while continuing the story. Even interactions that came across as more natural and fluid in the first book were disjointed by comparison.

I have enjoyed him reaching out to his family and finding some solace in finding human connection within and without the game world. His high emotions at times are a little much for me. They don't always come across as genuine. More that they fulfill an intended characteristic than anything. I'm unsure whether I will continue the series at this point.

The world building is what truly makes the decision to abandon any attempt to continue on a difficult one. The mix of alien invasion tied into adventuring fantasy is a new take for me. Especially when we are just starting to really glimpse the sci-fi aspects at play. With the cyborg class and the dark aligned oozing parasitic style creatures.

[Omri Dallal]

good addittion to the story, realy liked it

[Travis Bryant]

This is a great series, right up my alley. 👍🏽👍🏽

[Peter]

Great book

Stellar work once again from Cassio Ferreira! Lots of action and adventure, trading and monsters. Looking forward to the next one!

[Gilbert Stack]

This is a very enjoyable book, but it lacked the emotional impact of the first book because the reader has already been introduced to the struggle Roth has with anger management and the importance he places on not being a person who solves his problems through violence even in a videogame.

Watching Roth work to level up through non-violent means is interesting. He continues to form alliances with nonhuman creatures and struggles to help them make peace with their traditional enemies--all while keeping his own enemy from finding him. He has to deal with the consequences of such issues as eating meat, working with hides, and accidentally causing the death of evil creatures. These are credible problems for a man struggling to be a pacifist to encounter.

Speaking of pacifism, Roth finds his hidden class in this book, positioning him to begin exploring just how much peace he can bring to a videogame world.

[Cmoore]

Wow! Who'da thought that Cassio Ferreira could make Roth into such a great MC!

Wow! Again Cassio Ferreira astounds me. As Roth find his continues his non-aggressive path by just following chain quests! Making allies, acquiring skills, and receiving a bunch of titles. Just so you know, the titles and XP gained from them make Roth stronger! You might say that Roth wore his heart on his sleeve as he played on! And because of that Roth found a strong team of players to back him! Of course the IronIre guild and Loki are still hunting him! They still want payback!
Go grab this litRPG adventure to see if Roth can keep one step away from his old guild buddies.

Here's a quote:

“M.A.R.I.O. It stands for Mechanized Alligator for Revolutionary Industrial Operations.”

[Karoline]

Roth's growth as a person was (after many frustrating extremes) satisfying and I'm really looking forward to the (hopefully) more balanced path ahead. I like that we still see a lot of the Ratans while also meeting new friends and discover new aspects of gameplay. While I did enjoy this book immensely, it's obvious that this was written and published continuously week after week instead of the more traditional route. It would have benefited by a little more editing to weed out repetitions and help the story flow.

[Devan]

Still loving this series. The author continues to come up with new and intriguing ways of progressing the MC’s growth.

The only note of disharmony for me is how naive the MC is. He ran a guild in his previous life. He was a hardcore gamer. Now that he has his anger under control he all of a sudden doesn’t understand and can’t interact with people? Not a huge deal, but kinda threw me off.

[Jake]

Just ok

It's still a goofy wholesome story and much of the first book continues into this one.

My biggest gripe is the suspension of disbelief. I have a hard time believing NO ONE has done/found the stuff the MC has. Apparently, in this universe, the only way to play an MMO is to kill everything, and so the entire planet does that and only that.

[MyDoRyS]

Same issues as the first one plus this one was incredibly repetitive which is something I was glad the first one didn't have. Onto my next adventure, Happy Readings!!!!

[Pip]

3.5 stars

[Sunhi]

I read LitRPG for the vibes and the stats and this one had okay vibes and stats.

[Dichotomy Girl]

DNF @30%

[Karen]

Not as fun. Good introduction on other characters like Drake. Mario is awesome. More continuation of the evil Loki. Good mental and ethical struggles of the MMC. Poor guy needs a break.

[Thai]

I told myself I need to mix up books and what I did do?
Another litrpg. First one for September.