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Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich
This is the story of a crazy lich who possesses an internal game system and brings catastrophe to the entire world.
“Let’s look at the daily quests today… it’s the damned choose one-of-two-options-type again. Destroy a town with a population of 30,000 people or above; reward: 10,000 evil points. Steal lollipops from 3 children; reward: 1 evil point. If neither of the quests is completed, then 2 points will be deducted.”
“Tsk! You think I’m stupid? If I really destroyed a town, a crusade of Myth-ranked Holy Knights would definitely come hunting me down. Even if I earned the points, there wouldn’t be any life left in me to spend them. I better just go be a kindly lollipop bandit.”
I’ve already had enough of being a notorious lich. Who says a lich can’t be a good person? I’m definitely going to beat this damned system and be an upright and dignified good man.
“Let’s look at the daily quests today… it’s the damned choose one-of-two-options-type again. Destroy a town with a population of 30,000 people or above; reward: 10,000 evil points. Steal lollipops from 3 children; reward: 1 evil point. If neither of the quests is completed, then 2 points will be deducted.”
“Tsk! You think I’m stupid? If I really destroyed a town, a crusade of Myth-ranked Holy Knights would definitely come hunting me down. Even if I earned the points, there wouldn’t be any life left in me to spend them. I better just go be a kindly lollipop bandit.”
I’ve already had enough of being a notorious lich. Who says a lich can’t be a good person? I’m definitely going to beat this damned system and be an upright and dignified good man.
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June 4, 2019
A great novel with intense plot and plottwists, however, to be able to truly appreciate the great mind of the author and the big world of Eich, times and patience were needed to read this piece.
The author Angry Squirrel is a perfectionist, throughout the story, readers can easily found themselves emerged in thoughts of just how far has the author prepared a head of time.
Many details were mentioned at the early chapters that were totally randoms, and sometimes, i even thought that they were just some random details that the author added to make the world more appealing, but later on, proven to be very critical to the story-line.
Lots of time, you will be amazed by how a small, seemingly unnecessary details turn out to be a huge plots piece in the next serveral hundreds of chapters.
*However, though a great piece as it is, the novel was under-appreciated as the author was obsessed with jokes. And to be prank, the first 50-75 or so chapters that build up the strong foundation for the novel's plot to be kicked in later on, were filled with..lame jokes.
When i first read this piece, i've stopped reading it after 27 chapters because of the overused of jokes, but later on, when my friend actually re-recommended this novel to me, and told me that i should try to be patient, and read through the 50 chapters, had i tried to read this, and later on, love this novel.
The author Angry Squirrel is a perfectionist, throughout the story, readers can easily found themselves emerged in thoughts of just how far has the author prepared a head of time.
Many details were mentioned at the early chapters that were totally randoms, and sometimes, i even thought that they were just some random details that the author added to make the world more appealing, but later on, proven to be very critical to the story-line.
Lots of time, you will be amazed by how a small, seemingly unnecessary details turn out to be a huge plots piece in the next serveral hundreds of chapters.
*However, though a great piece as it is, the novel was under-appreciated as the author was obsessed with jokes. And to be prank, the first 50-75 or so chapters that build up the strong foundation for the novel's plot to be kicked in later on, were filled with..lame jokes.
When i first read this piece, i've stopped reading it after 27 chapters because of the overused of jokes, but later on, when my friend actually re-recommended this novel to me, and told me that i should try to be patient, and read through the 50 chapters, had i tried to read this, and later on, love this novel.
April 30, 2022
This book was long. Greatest understatement of the year. It is a webnovel with 841 chapters, and I read them all. Did I regret blowing many hours of my life on this... well no. It was an enjoyable read.
The author pumps word count by info-dumping constantly. They will dump paragraphs of lore about a character, and then after their arc ends. Bye bye, we basically never see them again except for a passing mention.
The most annoying thing is that its so jarring. It's like Whew!, we're on the end of this arc, I wonder how large the stakes are? Oh by the way, please read all these information on what we will do in the next arc.
It's so tedious and annoying, pacing just constantly stopped. It's like the author is driving a car, but the road isn't constructed. So when the author leaves the car, they will tell the reader what they're doing while constructing the road. Then afterward, they will go back in the car, and the car will fly off some ramp that appeared out of nowhere and land in a forest.
At this point, as the reader, I will naturally be curious how the author will drive in this situation. But the author will then get out the car again. And then build a road in that unknown location... again and again...
I had to put this book on hiatus a couple of times, because the pacing constantly drops the ball. It's not bingable. Because I will have to sit in the car and watch the author build the road.
But when the road is completely built, and the author just drives on it, it will last for kilometres. The hype and the payoff is rather exhilirating. So yes, that is why I kept reading.
You may ask, Isn't this like torture? All I can say is yes, and I liked it.
The author pumps word count by info-dumping constantly. They will dump paragraphs of lore about a character, and then after their arc ends. Bye bye, we basically never see them again except for a passing mention.
The most annoying thing is that its so jarring. It's like Whew!, we're on the end of this arc, I wonder how large the stakes are? Oh by the way, please read all these information on what we will do in the next arc.
It's so tedious and annoying, pacing just constantly stopped. It's like the author is driving a car, but the road isn't constructed. So when the author leaves the car, they will tell the reader what they're doing while constructing the road. Then afterward, they will go back in the car, and the car will fly off some ramp that appeared out of nowhere and land in a forest.
At this point, as the reader, I will naturally be curious how the author will drive in this situation. But the author will then get out the car again. And then build a road in that unknown location... again and again...
I had to put this book on hiatus a couple of times, because the pacing constantly drops the ball. It's not bingable. Because I will have to sit in the car and watch the author build the road.
But when the road is completely built, and the author just drives on it, it will last for kilometres. The hype and the payoff is rather exhilirating. So yes, that is why I kept reading.
You may ask, Isn't this like torture? All I can say is yes, and I liked it.
February 25, 2022
Got to 484/841. Skimmed to 551.
This was 3 stars to chapter 100 then 2.5 stars to 400 then 2 stars to 484 (end of book 2/3) and then 1 star.
This is an ultra-consistent “luck and circumstantial comedy” mixed with OP mc progression fantasy. If you like BOTH of those things, you will love this. Otherwise: beware. The story seems like xianxia, though the content of dragons and liches is western. Though this tells a cohesive story that is well-wrapped-up at the end of the second book, I should have stopped it then, since after that I lost investment and it devolved into more slice of life and meaningless conflicts.
Writing:
I seem to recall the English translation being horrendous for the first ~100 chapters, but it steadily gets better after that. Eventually it is very, very good.
Characters: 1.9/5 okay, but got more dreary as I sunk hours in
One-dimensional as always, the main character too. The side characters are particularly flat, and are just foils for the mc. The characters are honestly horrendous. The book is a hundred hours long and the character development seems like that of a 15 minute short story. I say it is okay and not 1/5 only because my expectations were so low already.
World: 2/5 fine
Story: 1-5/5 it’s consistently phenomenal at what it does, but that’s not for everyone. Like I said, it’s corny comedy that likes the mc to jinx himself and get kicked into walls by his allies. Don’t expect much. It’s also consistently good story telling with an OP mc. I personally was just here for the OP mc, which is why much of it was so annoying.
You know this is for you if it is for you. If you have doubts, don’t bother reading it.
This was 3 stars to chapter 100 then 2.5 stars to 400 then 2 stars to 484 (end of book 2/3) and then 1 star.
This is an ultra-consistent “luck and circumstantial comedy” mixed with OP mc progression fantasy. If you like BOTH of those things, you will love this. Otherwise: beware. The story seems like xianxia, though the content of dragons and liches is western. Though this tells a cohesive story that is well-wrapped-up at the end of the second book, I should have stopped it then, since after that I lost investment and it devolved into more slice of life and meaningless conflicts.
Writing:
I seem to recall the English translation being horrendous for the first ~100 chapters, but it steadily gets better after that. Eventually it is very, very good.
Characters: 1.9/5 okay, but got more dreary as I sunk hours in
One-dimensional as always, the main character too. The side characters are particularly flat, and are just foils for the mc. The characters are honestly horrendous. The book is a hundred hours long and the character development seems like that of a 15 minute short story. I say it is okay and not 1/5 only because my expectations were so low already.
World: 2/5 fine
Story: 1-5/5 it’s consistently phenomenal at what it does, but that’s not for everyone. Like I said, it’s corny comedy that likes the mc to jinx himself and get kicked into walls by his allies. Don’t expect much. It’s also consistently good story telling with an OP mc. I personally was just here for the OP mc, which is why much of it was so annoying.
You know this is for you if it is for you. If you have doubts, don’t bother reading it.
May 16, 2019
This book is about a crazy lich named Roland who possesses an internal game system and brings catastrophe to the entire world. Roland was the first prince in a kingdom that was made up of vagrants and wanderers and exiles from the rest of the kingdom they were established in the far north were there is little to now farm-able land and they have to deal with constant attacks from monsters and other kingdoms. In all the years it has been established they have never surrendered and have never lost until the entire world and the gods betrayed them. All the human kingdoms and the elf kingdoms and the beast men nations and even the church banded together and attacked them because they were rich in mines and technology. Roland has the ability to reincarnate endlessly due to having a shard of the soul of the highest god. In his many reincarnations he has brought destruction everywhere. In his first life he was the prince who was betrayed by all of humanity and lost his country. In his 2nd life he was the infamous undead emperor who brought complete destruction to all who attacked his kingdom in his first life. In his 3rd life he was imprisoned in the underground world where the people that kept him there were his old traveling partners from his first life. While he was there he invented a new type of power called the power of law and the ascended as the god of law but he found a way to cheat the system so he could remain on earth.
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September 29, 2025
this is the best novel I've ever read.
It has a special place in my heart that has not been dethroned by any other novel. This novel makes me forget I exist in reality and I find my cheeks hurt from laughing too much, the edges of my lips rising as my fingers move to scroll automatically flipping to the next page.
it requires the reader to have a tolerance for absurdity, while appreciating both consistent pragmatism and insane absurdity at the same time.
tylenol got nothing on this when it comes to managing pain.
(note: this is not everyone's cup of tea)
It has a special place in my heart that has not been dethroned by any other novel. This novel makes me forget I exist in reality and I find my cheeks hurt from laughing too much, the edges of my lips rising as my fingers move to scroll automatically flipping to the next page.
it requires the reader to have a tolerance for absurdity, while appreciating both consistent pragmatism and insane absurdity at the same time.
tylenol got nothing on this when it comes to managing pain.
(note: this is not everyone's cup of tea)
April 6, 2022
Interesting premise but entire book does that thing where it describes everything happening instead having it happen.
May 24, 2023
I did eventually lose interest, but it took me about 116 chapters (a little over 1000 pages on my e-reader, so 1/6 of the way through -- this thing is LONG. I think I was nearing the end of the third arc, but that ending was weirdly stretched out) to get bored. Before that, it was an interesting popcorn read with decent world building and a solid main character. The side characters and plot were much weaker, though, and there were some pacing issues. Ultimately, the book less lost me than had nothing gripping enough to keep me.
Update: on my second read, I made it over 1600 pages in before losing interest. So maybe I'll one day make it the full 6200 pages.
Update: on my second read, I made it over 1600 pages in before losing interest. So maybe I'll one day make it the full 6200 pages.
March 25, 2019
I dislike slapstick with a passion
Dropped ch 3
Dropped ch 3
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