Unprepared Healer

Earthen Contenders, Book 2

De: Jonathan Brooks

Narrado por: Miles Meili

Exposed as the Contender at the top of the Rankings, Thaden has to make a run for it….

After the Assimilation System inadvertently outed Thaden as a Contender, as well as confirming that he was at the top of most of the Rankings, the Lifewarden has to leave the town of Ashcleft as soon as possible. Why? Because with his Level being over 21, he can now be attacked by other Contenders with a lower Level than him; they are eager to bring him down so that they’ll have a chance at the top spot, which will guarantee that their families back home on Earth will be safe. With the completely unfair Contender versus Contender system in place, he can’t defend himself even if he had that capability, as any damage he might inflict upon them is immediately negated.

Fortunately, Thaden escapes those who wish him harm, but as he travels further from Ashcleft, he realizes that he doesn’t exactly have a plan on how to proceed now that his status has been revealed. Venturing into the wider world of Tarth has its own problems, though the danger to him is largely in the form of other Contenders learning his identity, and not the monsters that roam across the landscape or the dungeons that might challenge him. Despite those dangers, the Lifewarden decides to begin accumulating more of the resources needed to Level-up; but when he unwittingly stumbles upon a challenge that the Assimilation System has designed, Thaden is completely unprepared for the consequences of his actions.

But in reality, it’s the world of Tarth that is completely unprepared for him….

This story contains an overpowered MC with a normally non-offense-based Class, LitRPG progression mechanics and stats, and isekai/portal fantasy elements. Contains no sexual content or harems.

©2024 Jonathan Brooks (P)2024 Jonathan Brooks

Breath of Fresh Air in the Genre

This falls right into the Isekai, LitRPG, Over Powered Main Character type of book of which there are WAY more than people not familiar with the genre would think, but because there are so many tropes that are easy to fall into a lot of them start feeling like each other. This one is different.

The MC is OP but he has problems that still impact him, because of this we get the cool magic and battles but still get to see the character has some growth.

The Magic system is all about levels, achievements and stats, And even though there are parallels it doesn’t fall back onto the classic Strength, Agility, Intelligence type system and so the stat distribution is set apart from other books in the genre.

Because the book is about a support class the spells feel new since it’s not about wielding fireballs and lightning blasts and it’s fun to see how the Author has the MC think through on how to exploit healing spells to do damage.

I also love the recap at the beginning of the book. I listen to so many of these that I start blending stories in my head and so the recap helps me get back into the world. Solid follow up to the first book.

Absolutely great

Getting better and better. Lots of quest driven development, a new class or two, and a lot more problems

Fantastic

What a great story! So many twist and turns, this series is anything but predictable. The main character is unlike any I have ever seen. Socially awkward, the main character still has a strong since of right and wrong. The MC is very relatable, and I enthusiastically await the next book.

Actions have consequences

After being outed by the system at the end of last book our MC has to escape the town while a mob of players try to hunt him down and kill him for exp and his loot.
On his way to a new city he finds more and more traces of player killings in the world and question how it will all end.

His much higher level also causes a lot of issues when he goes to dive the higher level dungeons, actions have consequences, consequences he really don't want to face.

Solid sequel, Miles does a really good job narrating it.
Looking forward to the next book in the series.

A fun read!

A fun, fast read. I’m hooked and hope this turns out to be at least a 10 book series.👍

Good

Keep this up and we will be good this fifteen world minimum thing is very annoying

Great Continuation

Great continuation of the first book, with the adventures of Thaden taking unexpected turns and his powers progressing nicely. Looking forward to the next book!

Shouldn’t work but it does

My brain keeps telling me that this book shouldn’t work but it does for me. The MC can be a bit of idiot but he manages to continuously find a way to progress and overcome challenges despite having mostly just his healer abilities at his disposal.

Don't F with the healer.

The best part about this book and the series so far is that you will think a healer that can't do anything combat wise but always seem to prevail. Can't wait to get the next book

Good so far, but

So far this story has turned out to be excellent and I’m predictable. Just when you think the story is going to fall into a classical rut, everything changes and it heads off in a new direction.. I am quite impressed by this. The only thing I don’t like about this series is, I’ve never ran into a RPG game that forced a particular character class to function inside a group. Usually, they will always option that allowed the character to run solo. The idea of level capping them and unless they work with a group is just foreign.