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.

Super follow up to the first book in this series

I enjoyed this book so much that I am excited for the next book in this series. In fact, I cannot wait!

interesting character idea scheme

I really liked how the main character reasoned things out and how he coped worth what was kinda forced on him. just the right kind of mindset to take advantage of all the things that he could. can't wait until the next volume.

I’m really loving this series

I’m a little sad that I have to wait for the next book but I hope the author takes his time because he’s nailing this one.

Home run!

This is one of those books that makes you take a back seat and go wow! Well thought out and written! Looking forward to the next book!

Good - Needs more character development and non-leveling

I think Brooks is a talented author, and I will likely read the next book, but I wish there were more scenes of the MC interacting with humanity. I get that he’s supposed to be a loner by necessity, but the best scenes are when he’s talking with others.

Fun

With the rankings having been just released the MC gets out of town. But the other contenders want to take him out to remove competition. He escaped and went to a new city to get stronger. He does, but ends up unleashing a region event. The city gets destroyed and he moves on. The new city is controlled by power mad guilds that remove independent players from the contest. He completes more quests but those he grouped with are now targeted. He confronts the bad guys after his friends and with a world update takes out a guild of PKs. He heads for the next city learning that at some point he must group with 100+ others. Book ends.

It’s a fun installment. Great pacing, interesting world, and the narrator is awesome. It is not a standalone novel as the other books are needed to understand what’s going on. I will continue the series! Please enjoy

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.