Entrail_JI
Though some of you might find it annoying, please bear with it. In this arc, Ren will have a lot of self-doubt and conflicts regarding his morals and killing. I made it this way so that I can show his growth as a character and how he will be able to slowly adapt to the concept of killing. I just don't want him to suddenly become this serial killer that indiscriminately kills after getting transmigrated. He needs time, so please bear with it for a little bit. If you don't find it annoying, I'm glad. Please share your thoughts on how to better approach this topic regarding the chances in his morals. I look through all the feedback I get.
Rather than finding it to be annoying, It is actually quite intresting for me. I personally think this arc is the most important arc that molds the MC's character to adapt in this world that he created. Lets see what gives him the reason or acceptance that he needs to go on and kill others. Is it saving this world? Or something else?
To be sincere, rather than criticizing the MC's self-doubts... I feel more lost about the general students and world. A class of possible elites (lock is an elite academy if not the best from what I got) being sent to act as cheap, third-grade mercenaries to clean criminals... I really can't imagine the parents allowing their children, especially the heirs from important families to risk their lives like that. The abnormal thing, if that everyone considers killing another human like normal, though I guess that this is acceptable with the world common sense
I think it's great that he has a deep dilemma about taking someone's life, it shows the growth and deepening of the protagonist's personality. I just hope that in the next chapter where Melissa appears, development isn't scrapped, and he goes back to acting like an idiot (as he was during the other interactions with her).
I have doubts about this "must stick to the plotline". I get that some scenarios are probably necessary to either Kevin's strength (He gets power ups of some type) or so that information is revealed, evil plots stymied before they are irreversible. But he didn't finish the book, so he has no control over how it will play out. How does he know whether any of the 50% of the class that gets slaughtered the next night might open up new possibilities for resolving the 3rd catastrophe? It's pretty arrogant to assume that events that he planned as an author for reasons of word count, pandering to readers, pushing the plotline and others result in the most optimal ending. And the plot has already veered away from the story, so wouldn't it be better to try for best survival of the most/best, rather than trying to stick to the plot line? It should also make it easier for him to survive without standing out.