Firstly:

Before commenting on any chapter of this story, save for this non-chapter, I urge you to read the following passage. It will be provocative, uncompromising, and viscerally direct as is the nature of the story, so if you prefer a more simple explanation, skip to the end.

Following Passage:

The themes, ideas, and concepts of this story could be perceived as provocative. It will involve explorations of the psychology of the individual and going into depth when it comes to characters instead of having them do everything right every time with contrived "weak moments" in short fights when they are obviously going to win in the end. But that is what happens when you read many of those stories and have moved on. I can also say that this story will involve the main character's growth, but it will not be simply linear. The main character will deal with situations that are unpredictable, and it will not always make sense like in real life. Things happen seemingly without reason, and the main character is left to cope with very little, often pushed back (reality checked) when he thought he actually achieved much. He will learn to adjust and adapt to this world, but it never will feel like a one-way street to victory. He will die, and he will revive. But the goal here is to emphasize how it impacts him and how he adjusts to such crazy realities. Nothing ever is simple, as everything happens so fast that even the simple looks nonsensical. And there he will try to discover what makes the simple so nonsensical by looking into the nuances of his life, his environment, and his world. Everything happens, and everything goes. But he will try to self-pin for immortality. Read this story if you want a story that does not feel as predictable, and if it feels chaotic for the sake of chaos, then you can also blame the real world for that, since the world often does whatever it wants, even at the cost and benefit of seemingly random things. This is the philosophy behind this story. Surviving in a world that is (sensible) and isn't (nonsensical). So even if this story is set in a fantasy world, it actually reflects how I view fantasy worlds. I don't want to live in them. I actually treat them like horror stories. They make me feel good because I can read them from the comfort of my room rather than be in such a horrible, chaotic, unfair world. It's like the real world but made extreme. I write stories where the social structures, mechanics, cultural norms, and ideas and concepts often played for escapism and idealistic fantasy are now shown their evil underbellies. It's like showing why the reality of kings is not that fun little image you see in children's stories as seen throughout history, or showing what people struggling mentally with dangerous or violent impulses would do in a fantasy world when given great powers. And this story will be done through Matthew's perspective, so don't expect a straightforward portrayal too. This consists in transforming what would have stayed normal in Earth into its extremes by transferring it into the horrific world of the fantasy world. Usually, I don't like "explaining the joke," or in this case, explaining the story's rationale, but people have shown me that even explicit vividness is not vividness. Even satire right in front of them is perceived as the views of the author. I've seen many instances similar to the situation where an author is mocking the government by having a side character bombastically praise the government, but then the readers perceive the side character's statements as pertaining to the author's views even if it can be very evident to some.

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Do not read this story, if you still like those stories. This is for those disillusioned and unimpressed and who seek chaos and love to see someone struggle and suffer. This is for those who want to see pride broken and confidence unmet. This is for those who want to see the smug look on that overpowered protagonist's face fall to the ground. This for those who relish the struggle and even look for it. If you love it when people actually have a thinking brain and experience moral complexities as an adult living in a complex world, then you will love this story. Anyone that meets the world (by befriending hundreds of people and being part of many social communities) firsthand will eventually find themselves struggling to appreciate traditional stories. Sooner or later, as long as they stay curious, they will want to see someone go through the trials and not come out of top right when narratively expected. Fuck the narrative tempo! I can predict literally every story that I read nowadays. Now, the readers who I'm talking about will not misinterpret that line on purpose. They know what I mean.

Modernism in literature and music such as hiphop (many popular ones too) and heavy metal has shown me that provocative works are not necessarily bad, and I know well that readers who can appreciate that shit, even if they don't necessarily enjoy it, are open-minded as fuck, rather than the ironic lowbrow elitism we all know and love (sarcasm). To explain the term "lowbrow elitism," it is in the sense that even people who enjoy 'popcorn' stories have ironically become elitist because they expect works that are generic, or in their words, 'if-if-ain't-broken-don't-fix-it' stories, and do not like the idea of works diverging from that generic entertainment-serving template. Now, because it can be easily misundestood, a popular work is not automatically bad, and provocativeness has a long recent history of being admired and loved. But if you know that already, then you're chill.

However, despite all what I said, I am an optimist. I want to see a protagonist succeed just as much as I want to see him suffer. But that's something he's going to have to do and define himself.

Simple Explanation:

The story can be perceived as provocative (even if that was never my original intention at the time of writing the first 84 chapters, as the ideas, topics, concepts, and themes were intuitive to me). Be warned.