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The Godking's Legacy #2
The Immortal Continent
Lucia's the strongest person in the world, and she's perfectly content with living out the remainder of her life gorging herself on acorn stew and hot chocolate. Unfortunately for her, her sadistic sword spirit, Durandal, has different plans.
The is the sequel to The Godking's Legacy.
Content Warning: Sexual themes. Profanity. Gore.
The is the sequel to The Godking's Legacy.
Content Warning: Sexual themes. Profanity. Gore.
502 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 10, 2018
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December 28, 2018
This book was a lot of fun. The first book was maybe a bit better, because it had more of a storyline, where this was was just Lucia carving a path of slaughter across the land for the comedy of it. Soemtimes you want a deep story with well developed characters. Sometimes you just want to watch a chaotic neutral chracter with the depth of a puddle destroy, murder and pillage through everything that stands in her way for laughs. It doesn't really have to be the best written book in the universe, or tell the best story, for me. All it really has to do is entertain me, and it did, quite a bit. If you enjoyed the first book, you'll probably like this one. It's pretty much more of what you got in the first book. A few new gags, a few old gags. New depths of violence and depravity for Lucia to sink to, and corrupt those around her with. Just so long as you don't expect it to be more than what it is, it's a really fun book.
March 17, 2019
would of been another awesome book, too bad Durandal ruins it. one of the most annoying characters . the first book after he was asleep was the best part. I was hoping he died and Softy would take his place.
October 24, 2019
This book is funny, but not as much as the first one, it is less interesting too, in all it kinda reads like a not so good version of blue mage raised by dragons, the humor and some of the support characters are the only reasons i finished the book really.
Now, why do i say it is a not so good version of blue mage raised bu dragons? We have a really strong but clueless heroine almost no one can beat, who is totally devoid of empathy and kinda treats every one weaker than her like an inferior, unlike Vir though, she does find some difficulty in her life, especially in the beginning, mostly because Durandal is an asshole.
Lucia and Durandal's relationship is also like and unlike Toffel and Vir's from from BMRD, like it because he also trains and strives to be stronger than his abnormally strong but clueless and kinda lazy partner, and she, just like Vir, really tries to please her partner ( if we ignore all the raping),
but unlike Toffel and Vir, Durandal doesn't love Lucia like that, like I said, their sexual encounters are non consensual, unlike toffel who wants to be as strong as Vir so she can keep up with him and so he can't hurt her bu accident, Durandal want's to be to be stronger than Lucia so he can hurt her and takes advantage of her, whenever he can.
so, things I didn't like.
- Just like the first book, at least the audio version, it sounds like an anime, she uses expressions like "you are making a really perverted face" and there is the same sense of unreality from the genre, so she goes around beating important people in public, killing, maiming and mutilating people like she is in a cartoon, and repeatedly raping Durandal, despite his constant protests and the fact she has to take extreme measures to do so like tying him down, using magic that makes him cry all the time while she rapes him and generally overpowering him, and all this is treated like a joke, the only reason it is funny is because Durandal is such an asshole you really don't feel any sympathy for his plait.
- The really strong but clueless troup that is common in animes and we can see in BMRD gets really tiresome in this series because she is not only clueless, she is stupid, like vegetable stupid, if carrots could be said to be sociopathic.
- But the worst part of this book is Durandal, I've grown to dislike him in the first book because he mistreated and took great pleasure in abusing, a girl who had already being abused for all her life, for as long as he was stronger than her, but in this one I just wanted him to die a painful death, the worst part is, sometimes he did, but it was never permanent. He kept making her suffer and justifying by saying he wanted her to grow stronger, while at the same time keeping her from having better teachers or learning effective techniques because he was jealous and so he wouldn't lose the advantage of being the better swordsman. In this book since the beginning all she wanted was to settle down with him, because she loved him, and was too stupid to see he wasn't capable of loving her back, while he wanted to be stronger than her so he could keep abusing her! he continually takes advantage of how much she likes and trusts him, he lies to her, uses her position and puts her in bad situations. She does all she can for the son a bitch, goes through a lot of danger too help him and make him stronger but throughout the book every time he gets stronger than her he uses it to take vengeance and hurt her just 'cause he likes it.
Now, as I said in the first point, she keeps raping Durandal and killing everybody, so she isn't such a good person eather, but he is just unlikable and I kind of blame him for part of her insanity.
There is a point in the story when he asks himself if she would have become as strong if she had never found him and counts all the things he did for and against Lucia, I think that the really good things he did for her are all in the first book, when he helped her kill her owners, taught her to use chi and some sword techniques, all while putting her through hell( I mean, I get making her stay in the horse position holding weights, but were the spikes necessary?), and there is the grand gesture when he saves her life while hurting himself and after, lies to her so she almost kills herself to bring him back to life other than that, I think of him mostly as a handicap, a bad man who got a girl who had a really bad childhood thinking of him as the only person she can trust and uses that love and trust against her more often than not, as a result, despite the fact she was so strong, she was helpless against him. I know all this was supposed to be funny, I just didn't think it was, it just got me angry and lost this book two stars.
she was so strong, but was still helpless against him
Now, why do i say it is a not so good version of blue mage raised bu dragons? We have a really strong but clueless heroine almost no one can beat, who is totally devoid of empathy and kinda treats every one weaker than her like an inferior, unlike Vir though, she does find some difficulty in her life, especially in the beginning, mostly because Durandal is an asshole.
Lucia and Durandal's relationship is also like and unlike Toffel and Vir's from from BMRD, like it because he also trains and strives to be stronger than his abnormally strong but clueless and kinda lazy partner, and she, just like Vir, really tries to please her partner ( if we ignore all the raping),
but unlike Toffel and Vir, Durandal doesn't love Lucia like that, like I said, their sexual encounters are non consensual, unlike toffel who wants to be as strong as Vir so she can keep up with him and so he can't hurt her bu accident, Durandal want's to be to be stronger than Lucia so he can hurt her and takes advantage of her, whenever he can.
so, things I didn't like.
- Just like the first book, at least the audio version, it sounds like an anime, she uses expressions like "you are making a really perverted face" and there is the same sense of unreality from the genre, so she goes around beating important people in public, killing, maiming and mutilating people like she is in a cartoon, and repeatedly raping Durandal, despite his constant protests and the fact she has to take extreme measures to do so like tying him down, using magic that makes him cry all the time while she rapes him and generally overpowering him, and all this is treated like a joke, the only reason it is funny is because Durandal is such an asshole you really don't feel any sympathy for his plait.
- The really strong but clueless troup that is common in animes and we can see in BMRD gets really tiresome in this series because she is not only clueless, she is stupid, like vegetable stupid, if carrots could be said to be sociopathic.
- But the worst part of this book is Durandal, I've grown to dislike him in the first book because he mistreated and took great pleasure in abusing, a girl who had already being abused for all her life, for as long as he was stronger than her, but in this one I just wanted him to die a painful death, the worst part is, sometimes he did, but it was never permanent. He kept making her suffer and justifying by saying he wanted her to grow stronger, while at the same time keeping her from having better teachers or learning effective techniques because he was jealous and so he wouldn't lose the advantage of being the better swordsman. In this book since the beginning all she wanted was to settle down with him, because she loved him, and was too stupid to see he wasn't capable of loving her back, while he wanted to be stronger than her so he could keep abusing her! he continually takes advantage of how much she likes and trusts him, he lies to her, uses her position and puts her in bad situations. She does all she can for the son a bitch, goes through a lot of danger too help him and make him stronger but throughout the book every time he gets stronger than her he uses it to take vengeance and hurt her just 'cause he likes it.
Now, as I said in the first point, she keeps raping Durandal and killing everybody, so she isn't such a good person eather, but he is just unlikable and I kind of blame him for part of her insanity.
There is a point in the story when he asks himself if she would have become as strong if she had never found him and counts all the things he did for and against Lucia, I think that the really good things he did for her are all in the first book, when he helped her kill her owners, taught her to use chi and some sword techniques, all while putting her through hell( I mean, I get making her stay in the horse position holding weights, but were the spikes necessary?), and there is the grand gesture when he saves her life while hurting himself and after, lies to her so she almost kills herself to bring him back to life other than that, I think of him mostly as a handicap, a bad man who got a girl who had a really bad childhood thinking of him as the only person she can trust and uses that love and trust against her more often than not, as a result, despite the fact she was so strong, she was helpless against him. I know all this was supposed to be funny, I just didn't think it was, it just got me angry and lost this book two stars.
she was so strong, but was still helpless against him
October 1, 2020
What do you get when you mix western fantasy with Chinese Xianxia, tops it off with murder-hobo squirrel and parodies all of this?
You get Virlyce's The Immortal Continent, second part of the The Godking's Legacy series, which I now have experienced through Mare Travathan's performance.
Now where to begin? It's not that different from the first volume; Lucia fights her way though everything without really having to put any thought into it, purely because of her strength, and that's the short version of it, really.
I think Virlyce managed to level up somewhat between the first volume and this one, because a lot of the complaints I had about the first volume aren't as relevant for this one, for example how the action was boring; this time Virlyce manages to make the fights funny and, sometimes, exciting by bringing in other characters than Lucia to fight. In fact, very few of Lucia's fights are actually detailed out, since we pretty much know how they'd go anyway.
It is, however, important to mention that the humor centered around murder, slavery, drug addiction, and other topics that might be sensitive to some readers is still prevalent. Very few jokes aren't edgy, to be honest. Though I doubt you'd go read this book if you didn't like volume one, it's still worth mentioning. This book is not for the sensitive,and certainly not for children.
While this book was a great experience in my opinion, I can definitely see how people would not like it, because of its fast pace, edgy humor, and odd main characters, but just like with the humor, if that put you off in the first volume, you probably wouldn't be here anyway.
What did surprise me though, was how much Mare Travathan managed to enhance the book. Travathan pretty much plays the characters the way I imagined them when reading the first book, and even gives them pretty much the exact same voices I imagined for them. I don't know if it's a "great minds think alike"-kind of situation, or if it's Virlyce's skill in writing that brings forth the same images in both my and Travathan's mind, but it's amazing nonetheless.
To be honest, had I not listened to the book, and instead read it, I probably wouldn't had enjoyed it as much. What I remember from book one is that the chapters often felt like they just dragged on sometimes, but I did not get that feeling at all while listening to Travathan read it for me. She'd even have me grin occasionally while playing the flippant Lucia, bringing many curious gazes my way…
In total, I'd like to give the book an 8/10, or a 7/10 had it not been an audiobook.
You get Virlyce's The Immortal Continent, second part of the The Godking's Legacy series, which I now have experienced through Mare Travathan's performance.
Now where to begin? It's not that different from the first volume; Lucia fights her way though everything without really having to put any thought into it, purely because of her strength, and that's the short version of it, really.
I think Virlyce managed to level up somewhat between the first volume and this one, because a lot of the complaints I had about the first volume aren't as relevant for this one, for example how the action was boring; this time Virlyce manages to make the fights funny and, sometimes, exciting by bringing in other characters than Lucia to fight. In fact, very few of Lucia's fights are actually detailed out, since we pretty much know how they'd go anyway.
It is, however, important to mention that the humor centered around murder, slavery, drug addiction, and other topics that might be sensitive to some readers is still prevalent. Very few jokes aren't edgy, to be honest. Though I doubt you'd go read this book if you didn't like volume one, it's still worth mentioning. This book is not for the sensitive,and certainly not for children.
While this book was a great experience in my opinion, I can definitely see how people would not like it, because of its fast pace, edgy humor, and odd main characters, but just like with the humor, if that put you off in the first volume, you probably wouldn't be here anyway.
What did surprise me though, was how much Mare Travathan managed to enhance the book. Travathan pretty much plays the characters the way I imagined them when reading the first book, and even gives them pretty much the exact same voices I imagined for them. I don't know if it's a "great minds think alike"-kind of situation, or if it's Virlyce's skill in writing that brings forth the same images in both my and Travathan's mind, but it's amazing nonetheless.
To be honest, had I not listened to the book, and instead read it, I probably wouldn't had enjoyed it as much. What I remember from book one is that the chapters often felt like they just dragged on sometimes, but I did not get that feeling at all while listening to Travathan read it for me. She'd even have me grin occasionally while playing the flippant Lucia, bringing many curious gazes my way…
In total, I'd like to give the book an 8/10, or a 7/10 had it not been an audiobook.
October 18, 2021
Like most people who have reviewed this title there's not much I can say about it, it's basically Lucia romping around a new world, terrorising people with her godly strength with insane hijinks to boot.
And...
I freaking LOVE IT! It's absolutely hilarious from beginning to end, from the initial exposure of the world and Lucia being outclassed heavily by people to the quick succession of her blundering into power leaps that most people wouldn't even think of, to the eventual ending where Lucia saves the world - again - and does it without knowing or caring.
It's all perfectly done and I simply love ever second of this amazing story.
One negative that I foresaw and didn't like having my prediction coming true - but the reason is clear and will explain - is the part felt a total rehash of the original story, but then
All in all it's a fun story with amazing parts, I simply love the terror that the Immortals bring when they first appear, that was both fun and terrifying. "Got anything good!?" lmao.
Anyway, I am loving the development of Virlyce's writing in these projects and am definitely a junkie now. Can't wait to buy part 3
And...
I freaking LOVE IT! It's absolutely hilarious from beginning to end, from the initial exposure of the world and Lucia being outclassed heavily by people to the quick succession of her blundering into power leaps that most people wouldn't even think of, to the eventual ending where Lucia saves the world - again - and does it without knowing or caring.
It's all perfectly done and I simply love ever second of this amazing story.
One negative that I foresaw and didn't like having my prediction coming true - but the reason is clear and will explain - is the part felt a total rehash of the original story, but then
All in all it's a fun story with amazing parts, I simply love the terror that the Immortals bring when they first appear, that was both fun and terrifying. "Got anything good!?" lmao.
Anyway, I am loving the development of Virlyce's writing in these projects and am definitely a junkie now. Can't wait to buy part 3
April 18, 2023
This was so incredibly dumb. I honestly felt myself getting stupider the more I tried to endure.
DNF 50%
This just didn't have quite the same charm as the first book. It was incredibly aimless and overdid it with the lack of focus as a point of comedy. Like, i get it, the MC is a squirrel and squirrels in pop culture are famous for having this hyper ADD personality. This however sorta found my limit with how irritating it was because some of it just felt pointless and after a while to joke was over used.
You can only use this same joke of 'haha look at me I'm a distracted dumb squirrel' before it just feel over milked.
This character also has no redeeming qualities to her. Some of the characters are written out to find her attractive or even admire her but like.... Why? Give me a reason instead of just telling me, I didn't at all believe in the writing as it felt entirely too forced.
Nothing ever felt taken seriously to such an extreme, again as a joke, but like... Some alleviation of that was needed to get some semblance of a plot off the ground. The dark comedy moments were fine but I honestly would just zone out too often because I had nothing of substance to latch on to.
DNF 50%
This just didn't have quite the same charm as the first book. It was incredibly aimless and overdid it with the lack of focus as a point of comedy. Like, i get it, the MC is a squirrel and squirrels in pop culture are famous for having this hyper ADD personality. This however sorta found my limit with how irritating it was because some of it just felt pointless and after a while to joke was over used.
You can only use this same joke of 'haha look at me I'm a distracted dumb squirrel' before it just feel over milked.
This character also has no redeeming qualities to her. Some of the characters are written out to find her attractive or even admire her but like.... Why? Give me a reason instead of just telling me, I didn't at all believe in the writing as it felt entirely too forced.
Nothing ever felt taken seriously to such an extreme, again as a joke, but like... Some alleviation of that was needed to get some semblance of a plot off the ground. The dark comedy moments were fine but I honestly would just zone out too often because I had nothing of substance to latch on to.
March 18, 2019
Words just can't express all the good
Hais... Is the sequel out yet?! I really can't wait to experience more of this Virlyce style. Finding anything else with the same amount of humor and fun is next to impossible. Lucia never failed to make me smile, groan in sympathy, or just feel plain gobsmacked. Ilya helped me retain balance before being surprised once again. And I swear I hardly put this book down for more than ten minutes at a time (barring sleep) during my read-through. This was hands-down the best book I've read all year. Please never stop writing this, or the Blue Mage Raised by Dragons series!
Hais... Is the sequel out yet?! I really can't wait to experience more of this Virlyce style. Finding anything else with the same amount of humor and fun is next to impossible. Lucia never failed to make me smile, groan in sympathy, or just feel plain gobsmacked. Ilya helped me retain balance before being surprised once again. And I swear I hardly put this book down for more than ten minutes at a time (barring sleep) during my read-through. This was hands-down the best book I've read all year. Please never stop writing this, or the Blue Mage Raised by Dragons series!
January 18, 2021
Even funnier than the first book for me, though that may be because I heard it in audiobook form - the narrator really captured the excited girlishness of the main character. Just the way she cried “dig! dig! dig!!” had me in stitches!
It’s the usual tale of an easily distracted (mmm... acorns!)... bimbo killing machine slaughtering her way across a continent just because her sword-spirit tells her too. But she’s absolutely not a murderer. All those nasty bullies will be just fine once their heads grow back. Mmhm. Mhmm.
Could do with less Durandal though. Annoying character, but without him there’d be no reason for the story, alas.
Definitely not for children.
It’s the usual tale of an easily distracted (mmm... acorns!)... bimbo killing machine slaughtering her way across a continent just because her sword-spirit tells her too. But she’s absolutely not a murderer. All those nasty bullies will be just fine once their heads grow back. Mmhm. Mhmm.
Could do with less Durandal though. Annoying character, but without him there’d be no reason for the story, alas.
Definitely not for children.
March 15, 2019
Well, I said I wouldn't be back unless... but these bad string of uninteresting books recently brought me back. I need some laughs.
This series isn't as fun and entertaining as the Blue Mage Raised by dragons series, but it did pass the time, so there's that.
It's just that the overly strong idiot wears out it's welcome quick.
The Blue mage is strong, but also smart. He is just lazy.
The squirrel is strong, but also dumb and lazy.
Maybe I'm just not in the right frame of mind to enjoy this. Or I consumed too much of the "strong by naive/dumb" trope recently.
3/5 Stars
This series isn't as fun and entertaining as the Blue Mage Raised by dragons series, but it did pass the time, so there's that.
It's just that the overly strong idiot wears out it's welcome quick.
The Blue mage is strong, but also smart. He is just lazy.
The squirrel is strong, but also dumb and lazy.
Maybe I'm just not in the right frame of mind to enjoy this. Or I consumed too much of the "strong by naive/dumb" trope recently.
3/5 Stars
December 27, 2018
If you liked The Godking's Legacy, You'll like this too
The same shenanigans, just louder, faster, with a higher body count. Seriously Lucia kills a lot of people in this book. It's like Amelia Bedelia meets the Holocaust, but with jokes about dirty underwear.
If you like kung-fu, and think the extermination of entire cultures is hilarious, this is the book for you. Oh yeah, this book has less castration than the last one.
The same shenanigans, just louder, faster, with a higher body count. Seriously Lucia kills a lot of people in this book. It's like Amelia Bedelia meets the Holocaust, but with jokes about dirty underwear.
If you like kung-fu, and think the extermination of entire cultures is hilarious, this is the book for you. Oh yeah, this book has less castration than the last one.
January 3, 2019
The Godking's Legacy series is basically what you'd get if Marvels Squire Girl and One Punch Man's Saitama had a baby and she was thrown into a Soul Reaper-esk world. The Immortal Continent very much continues the trend, it just takes place in a bigger, more powerful, dimension. The book is stupid and fun.
-1 Star for a repeating some of the same plot points from the first book.
-1 Star for the writing style being a bit annoying at times.
-1 Star for a repeating some of the same plot points from the first book.
-1 Star for the writing style being a bit annoying at times.
September 12, 2018
Fantastic
I absolutely love everything about this book and series. Virlyce has easily become one of my favorite authors and has become my go to books to cheer me up.
I absolutely love everything about this book and series. Virlyce has easily become one of my favorite authors and has become my go to books to cheer me up.
September 24, 2018
I loved this continuation of the series. I really felt sorry for the immortal plane. What is the deal with squirrels being the archenemies of creatures like dragons and pheonixes. Really squirrels...
January 1, 2019
Still enjoyable but it's starting to wear a little thin. Time to change things up?
January 17, 2019
If the first book was Nuts, This one is got to be Nuts Squared!
You may hate this book... But if you are as nutty as I am you will love it!
You may hate this book... But if you are as nutty as I am you will love it!
June 28, 2019
Great Read
Definitely a great addition to the series with a great main character who is a lovable, homicidal, stupid idiot. But still, a very fun read.
Definitely a great addition to the series with a great main character who is a lovable, homicidal, stupid idiot. But still, a very fun read.
September 24, 2019
The hero has lived long enough to become the villain.
October 29, 2020
Funny and entertaining
April 3, 2021
3.75☆
July 3, 2021
An enjoyable continuation. But again lack of any description. So it was mostly dialogue, and as a result Lucia’s voice did get annoying at times.
November 18, 2022
Great performance and character development from first book. Storyline gets a little bit muddied but pulls together!
August 21, 2024
Funny like the last book and expanded on the story. I love Lucia's character although she can be annoying at times.
February 13, 2025
Someone, please kill that damn squirrel. Overall story is good, but Lucia is soooo annoying. I never wanted a main character to die more than her.
July 7, 2020
Squirrels...why did it have to be Squirrels?
Lucia Fluffytail is the strongest person in the world and is contended never having to worry about becoming stronger (not that it would be easy having no challenges.) Durandal in the mean time has broken into the legendary realm of power to Lucia's joy since she has been convinced that a weapon spirit would die if they were "intimate" before the legendary realm. Needless to say Lucia has the hots for him (for those that don't remember weapon spirits can look remarkably human) so she has made a few preparations for a good time to celebrate their inevitable union. However as Lucia is about to seal the deal (poor Durandal) unexpected visitors from the immortal continent show up and accidentally starts a chain of events that leads to Lucia having to get stronger once more like an out of control shonen hero (poor Lucia.) Needless to say this series has sexual contents, strong language, and plenty of violence so if that kind of stuff bothers you a) you probably did not read the first book and b) won't enjoy this book. If you don't mind get ready for a random ride as those that live on the immortal continent get a heaping helping of Lucia. :)
Lucia Fluffytail is the strongest person in the world and is contended never having to worry about becoming stronger (not that it would be easy having no challenges.) Durandal in the mean time has broken into the legendary realm of power to Lucia's joy since she has been convinced that a weapon spirit would die if they were "intimate" before the legendary realm. Needless to say Lucia has the hots for him (for those that don't remember weapon spirits can look remarkably human) so she has made a few preparations for a good time to celebrate their inevitable union. However as Lucia is about to seal the deal (poor Durandal) unexpected visitors from the immortal continent show up and accidentally starts a chain of events that leads to Lucia having to get stronger once more like an out of control shonen hero (poor Lucia.) Needless to say this series has sexual contents, strong language, and plenty of violence so if that kind of stuff bothers you a) you probably did not read the first book and b) won't enjoy this book. If you don't mind get ready for a random ride as those that live on the immortal continent get a heaping helping of Lucia. :)
July 31, 2021
Lucia just tramples over every one in her Wake which is fun
I liked this book better than the God kings legacy. Lucia basically just walks over entire continents and cults and leaves destruction in her Wake. But she is totally not a murderer. Lucia's powers of self delusion is something to behold. Also I like when Lucia beats up Duroundhal rather than the other way around.
I liked this book better than the God kings legacy. Lucia basically just walks over entire continents and cults and leaves destruction in her Wake. But she is totally not a murderer. Lucia's powers of self delusion is something to behold. Also I like when Lucia beats up Duroundhal rather than the other way around.
December 16, 2020
I thought that if this book was equal to or slightly better than the first that I could get through the trilogy. I couldn't. There was no plot. She just gets more and more powerful and OPs everything. I can't quite figure out if the author watched a lot of period/action Chinese dramas or just got REALLY into Amazing Cultivation Simulator.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 24, 2020
Great story. I could not stop laughing.
This is an excellent second book to go with a wonderfully hilarious parody of cultivation. Lucia is so immensely overpowered, but as a side effect she is an Op idiot. Can't wait for the next book.
This is an excellent second book to go with a wonderfully hilarious parody of cultivation. Lucia is so immensely overpowered, but as a side effect she is an Op idiot. Can't wait for the next book.
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