This story? Pretty interesting. The translators, though? Absolute headache.

So, I started with (Duke Novel), but it didn't take long to notice something was off. They straight-up cut chapters in half. Like, you'll be in the middle of a scene, and boom—it just ends. No warning, no payoff, nothing. I thought I was losing it for a second, so I checked out (KowebNovel), and wow, the difference was insane. Turns out, (Duke Novel) literally chops off entire sections.

Here's a fun little example:

In (Duke Novel), chapter 2 ends like this:

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"There, carved into the cliffside about halfway up Seolhwan Peak, stood a massive iron door that came into view."

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Sounds okay, right? Except, that's not the end. Over at (KowebNovel), the same part goes on:

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"Breathing heavily, Hyuk Muh-rin loosened his stiff neck and looked straight ahead. Near Seolhwanbong's mountainside lay a cliff territory. A colossal iron door filled the view, covering one side of that cliff section. Over ten zhang tall, the door was made of millennium cold iron, an exceptional rarity, inspiring awe in whoever beheld it."

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See the difference? (Duke Novel) just stops where the actual chapter keeps going. And it's not a one-off thing—it happens in every chapter. Worse, when you click "next chapter" in (Duke Novel), it's like they've jumped to an entirely different scene that doesn't even follow the last one. You're left wondering if you missed something or if the author threw in a random time skip—but nope, it's just bad editing. Oh, and they have the nerve to slap a paywall on their version, too. Like, if I'm paying, can I at least get the whole chapter?

Honestly, I didn't even make it past chapter 2. By then, I was too frustrated to keep going. (KowebNovel) was better, but they stopped at chapter 18 ages ago, so no luck there either.

Someone else please pick this story up. It's got potential, but these translators are killing it for me. I'd even throw money at it if it meant getting decent translations. Seriously. <<less