This novel is a mess to me.

The first starting point of power dynamics, is how you can't power up without an "explorer license". Somehow this thing issued by aristocrats magically allows one to "level up". In order to receive that license, one needs to work as a porter for 4 years? What is that arbitrary number? If the labyrinth city has 12 floors to conquer due to the 12 zodiac constellations, is there some kind of importance to 4 years? Why not 1 year?

In 27 chapters, I think MC encountered... more>> backstabbers, looters, and parties looking to do death matches. How did MC even get to survive 3 years of porter's work? His luck must have completely run out to have so many events happening. But even though so many events are happening, I'm more confused to how I have no idea what the settings are. The explanation of 'power' here is extremely vague. MC's a recent porter-turned-explorer and somehow kills a third or fourth year explorer because he's a barbarian or something.

Huh? What was that explanation from the author.

MC treats spear users like slit-eyes villains in KR novels. So what's the reason? Excuse me, no reason is given by the author? MC decides to join a party because a Silver-haired Elf is in the party. Why, that's because silver-haired people in this world is OP! (Great Logik)

There is hardly any exposition here. Or any real logic.

No introduction to the dynamics between the nobles, explorers, guild management, labyrinth floors, "essence", character builds... Absolutely nothing that is of utmost importance to this kind of genre. It's so bad that this has probably got to be the near lowest bottom of all the KR novels that I have read.

Just throw settings out of the window. You don't need it (absolutely not true).

2.4 stars. The plot is generic but it's readable. The issue is how the story completely fail to explain settings or draw any interest from me and I don't want to waste time to see if things get better. <<less

Reminds me of a story about a barbarian in another game isekai. It's modeled a lot on it. I think it's good in its own way. I'm finding the harem element a little awkward, with our protag being a philosophical eunuch. If you're going to have a harem, I don't mind... but if the protag is so dense, or positioned to never do anything with it psychologically... it's a waste of everyone's time.

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Well at least they changed him from being a philosophical eunuch. Seems he can at least be handed... more>> a relationship without being a snowflake. <<less