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* UselessUsefulSpell: What many of the witch's powers are, but this is because most people only see what witch powers are good for combat and disregard anyone else. Roland is able to see much more practical uses for them, making much more use out of the non combat powers to help his people.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: The cast tends to look several years younger than they actually are in the manhua, such as Nana being fifteen but looking to be around eleven while Anna is about to hit eighteen but looks around fifteen. Tilly looks like a child, but is actually twenty. This appears to be an art quirk: Even Tilly is never indicated to look younger than her actual age in the novel.
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Ashes isn't said to be muscular, from what I understand. Her super strength comes from magic.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A lot of second or third tier characters are offed rather unceremoniously out of the blue. For example, the story was building up Alicia to be a supporting character before she's killed by Ashes in her second appearance while [[spoiler:Garcia is driven out of Greycastle by Timothy and then killed by Zero]] with very little fuss.
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* HaremGenre: Averted. Despite the title and the witches themselves have more than enough reasons to like Roland, only 2 of the witches (Anna & Nightingale) fall for him [[spoiler: with Roland choosing to marry the former]]. WordOfGod admits it is due to the author's wife intervention of not wanting to be a harem, and instead giving the witches their own stories and roles that doesn't not include Roland.
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* HaremGenre: Averted. Despite the title and the witches themselves have more than enough reasons to like Roland, only 2 of the witches (Anna & Nightingale) fall for him [[spoiler: with Roland choosing to marry the former]]. WordOfGod admits it is due to the author's wife intervention of not wanting to be a harem, and instead giving the witches their own stories and roles that doesn't not include Roland. There are implications that other witches are attracted to him, but do not pursue this and cleanly give up very quickly because it's obviously impossible.
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** For instance, Soraya's "magic paint" ability eventually evolves to allow her to create "covering" compounds of various types rather than just colors, which Roland uses to replace ''the entire plastics and rubber industry'', leading to the creation of bike tires, hydrogen balloons, an entire heating and plumbing system, and more thanks to a single ability.
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** For instance, Soraya's "magic paint" ability eventually evolves to allow her to create "covering" compounds of various types rather than just colors, which Roland uses to replace ''the entire plastics and rubber industry'', leading to the creation of bike tires, body armor, hydrogen balloons, an entire heating and plumbing system, and more thanks to a single ability.
* MortonsFork: After defeating Timothy, Roland gathers up all the ministers and administrators who had been working under him, all of whom are basically cronies since all the honest nobles had been replaced for disloyalty towards Timothy. There are about fifty altogether. He gives them a choice: Play a game with him or be shot. The game is that they will be asked ten questions and if they lie, they will be hanged, imprisoned or have their property confiscated. The first question asked is basically 'Did you commit serious war crimes while under my brother?' Since Nightingale is a LivingLieDetector, any liars will be punished with 100% accuracy. Anyone who tells the truth to an question like this will be executed and be hanged, imprisoned or have their property confiscated. By the end, only seven have answered every question truthfully with no terrible crimes committed or overlooked and only two of them have never abused their positions as nobility to harass commoners, most likely because their roles were extremely minor and they lacked the opportunity.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Sir Weimar is neither an idiot nor terribly fond of Timothy, but he's sworn to protect King's City as its guardian knight.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Sir Weimar is neither an idiot nor terribly fond of Timothy, but he's sworn to protect King's City as its guardian knight.
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* OneManIndustrialRevolution: Played with. Most of the scientific inventions come straight out of Roland's head, including concrete, steam engines, hot air balloons, smokeless gunpowder, electric lighting, and more. And even concepts already discovered in the setting, like black powder or sulfuric acid creation, are only moved to industrial scale production thanks to Roland.
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* OneManIndustrialRevolution: Played with. Most of the scientific inventions come straight out of Roland's head, including concrete, steam engines, hot air balloons, smokeless gunpowder, electric lighting, and more. And even concepts already discovered in the setting, like black powder or sulfuric acid creation, are only moved to industrial scale production and strength thanks to Roland.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The warrior witch Ashes and Roland's sister Tilly. Ashes is a rough, muscular warrior who use a {{BFS}} and has the magic power of SuperStrength, while Tilly is a small, well-mannered princess with the power of SuperIntelligence. Despite their utter differences, the two are almost always with each other, to the point it's eventually revealed they're in a relationship.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The warrior witch Ashes and Roland's sister Tilly. Ashes is a rough, muscular aggressive warrior who use a {{BFS}} and has the magic power of SuperStrength, while Tilly is a small, well-mannered princess with the power of SuperIntelligence. Despite their utter differences, the two are almost always with each other, to the point it's eventually revealed they're in a relationship.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the Medieval Fantasy genre as a whole.
** First and foremost, WitchHunts are an outright war crime regardless of how 'evil' the witch in question is. In many cases, the witch hunts are used as an excuse to enslave and murder any woman the guard or church chooses, and blame for corruption is automatically pinned on the witches because they are racial targets. And even if they manage to catch a real witch, she almost always uses her powers in self-defense or because she was a slave of a noble, and is tortured to death for kicks. And finally, the general assumption that [[spoiler:witches captured by the church are always killed is a smokescreen to amass an army of battlemages and homunculi powered by sacrificing 'dud' witches, which they use to violently conquer the kingdoms one by one]].
** Second, feudalism in general. Corrupt nobles are bad enough, but the effects of MedievalStasis [[WorldOfJerkass have corrupted every level of society]]: The priests undermine royalty and murder unbelievers to strengthen their cause. Lazy knights and mercenaries are generally useless and unable to adapt in the face of new tactics and technologies. The guard patrol is paid in bribes because their nobility-sponsored paychecks are atrocious. Even the majority of the commoners are forced to join gangs to keep themselves fed in winter. The moment an economy of technology built around civil needs shows up, almost everyone (including a substantial portion of the nobility) flocks to Roland's boarders because they didn't even know how horrible their lives were until technology made swords and slave labor obsolete.
** And MedievalStasis in general. People are defined by their ability to interact with the world; no matter how oppressive their culture, there's always a need for bigger guns. Even without Roland, the country was on the verge of inventing prototype firearms anyway, and the nobility developed their culture over centuries [[spoiler:to hide witch-slaves from the church]]. So how can millenia pass without any net gain in development? [[spoiler:Because their culture is nuked back to the dark ages when far more advanced factions can finally invade their world and wipe them out.]]
** First and foremost, WitchHunts are an outright war crime regardless of how 'evil' the witch in question is. In many cases, the witch hunts are used as an excuse to enslave and murder any woman the guard or church chooses, and blame for corruption is automatically pinned on the witches because they are racial targets. And even if they manage to catch a real witch, she almost always uses her powers in self-defense or because she was a slave of a noble, and is tortured to death for kicks. And finally, the general assumption that [[spoiler:witches captured by the church are always killed is a smokescreen to amass an army of battlemages and homunculi powered by sacrificing 'dud' witches, which they use to violently conquer the kingdoms one by one]].
** Second, feudalism in general. Corrupt nobles are bad enough, but the effects of MedievalStasis [[WorldOfJerkass have corrupted every level of society]]: The priests undermine royalty and murder unbelievers to strengthen their cause. Lazy knights and mercenaries are generally useless and unable to adapt in the face of new tactics and technologies. The guard patrol is paid in bribes because their nobility-sponsored paychecks are atrocious. Even the majority of the commoners are forced to join gangs to keep themselves fed in winter. The moment an economy of technology built around civil needs shows up, almost everyone (including a substantial portion of the nobility) flocks to Roland's boarders because they didn't even know how horrible their lives were until technology made swords and slave labor obsolete.
** And MedievalStasis in general. People are defined by their ability to interact with the world; no matter how oppressive their culture, there's always a need for bigger guns. Even without Roland, the country was on the verge of inventing prototype firearms anyway, and the nobility developed their culture over centuries [[spoiler:to hide witch-slaves from the church]]. So how can millenia pass without any net gain in development? [[spoiler:Because their culture is nuked back to the dark ages when far more advanced factions can finally invade their world and wipe them out.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After five years of bloody wars and arms races, the humans and demons work together to reach God, and convince them to stop the Battle of Divine Will mass-experiment in favor of exploring the rift in the space-time continuum.]]
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* {{GenreDeconstruction}}: Of the Medieval Fantasy genre as a whole.
** First and foremost, WitchHunts are an outright war crime regardless of how 'evil' the witch in question is. In many cases, the witch hunts are used as an excuse to enslave, rape, and/or murder any woman the guard or church chooses, and blame for corruption is automatically pinned on the witches because they are racial targets. And even if they manage to catch a real witch, she almost always uses her powers in self-defense or because she was a slave of a noble, and is tortured to death for kicks. And finally, the general assumption that [[spoiler:witches captured by the church are always killed is a smokescreen to amass an army of battlemages, and homunculi powered by sacrificing 'dud' witches, which they use to violently conquer the kingdoms one by one]].
** Second, feudalism in general. Corrupt nobles are bad enough, but the effects of MedievalStasis [[WorldOfJerkass have corrupted every level of society]]: The priests undermine royalty and murder unbelievers to strengthen their cause. Lazy knights and mercenaries are generally useless and unable to adapt in the face of new tactics and technologies. The guard patrol is paid in bribes because their nobility-sponsored paychecks are atrocious. Even the majority of the commoners are forced to join gangs to keep themselves fed in winter. The main reason why half the continent flocks to Roland's tiny University Town is because until they saw machines replace enslavement, they didn't realize how horrible their lives collectively were.
** And MedievalStasis in general. People inevitably change the world; no matter how oppressive the culture, there's always a need for bigger guns. Even without Roland, the country was on the verge of inventing prototype firearms anyway. So how can millennia pass without any net gain in development? [[spoiler:Because their culture is nuked back to the dark ages when far more advanced factions get an opportunity every 500 years to invade their world and wipe them out.]]
** First and foremost, WitchHunts are an outright war crime regardless of how 'evil' the witch in question is. In many cases, the witch hunts are used as an excuse to enslave, rape, and/or murder any woman the guard or church chooses, and blame for corruption is automatically pinned on the witches because they are racial targets. And even if they manage to catch a real witch, she almost always uses her powers in self-defense or because she was a slave of a noble, and is tortured to death for kicks. And finally, the general assumption that [[spoiler:witches captured by the church are always killed is a smokescreen to amass an army of battlemages, and homunculi powered by sacrificing 'dud' witches, which they use to violently conquer the kingdoms one by one]].
** Second, feudalism in general. Corrupt nobles are bad enough, but the effects of MedievalStasis [[WorldOfJerkass have corrupted every level of society]]: The priests undermine royalty and murder unbelievers to strengthen their cause. Lazy knights and mercenaries are generally useless and unable to adapt in the face of new tactics and technologies. The guard patrol is paid in bribes because their nobility-sponsored paychecks are atrocious. Even the majority of the commoners are forced to join gangs to keep themselves fed in winter. The main reason why half the continent flocks to Roland's tiny University Town is because until they saw machines replace enslavement, they didn't realize how horrible their lives collectively were.
** And MedievalStasis in general. People inevitably change the world; no matter how oppressive the culture, there's always a need for bigger guns. Even without Roland, the country was on the verge of inventing prototype firearms anyway. So how can millennia pass without any net gain in development? [[spoiler:Because their culture is nuked back to the dark ages when far more advanced factions get an opportunity every 500 years to invade their world and wipe them out.]]
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* CosmicHorrorReveal: [[spoiler:The entirety of the universe was destroyed by a universal science project gone horribly wrong, and one of its side effects was the creation of magic. 'God' is actually an AI whose final orders were to bio-engineer and cultivate a species that can survive in this new Eldritch universe, using an artificial planet based on the previous universe's physics as their breeding ground. Also, magic stones are the crystallized bodies of the cataclysm's victims.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After five years of brutal wars and arms races, all three factions discover that they can exploit the Divine Source to reach TheSingularity. All factions agree to peace, not because they forgive each other, but because the surplus of resources and technology is so large that they ''have'' to share their wealth to prevent chaos - technologies like immortality, bringing the dead back to life, and video games.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After five years of brutal wars and arms races, all three factions discover that they can exploit the Divine Source to reach TheSingularity. All factions agree to peace, not because they forgive each other, but because the surplus of resources and technology is so large that they ''have'' to share their wealth to prevent chaos - technologies like immortality, bringing the dead back to life, and video games.]]
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* HaremGenre: Averted. Despite the title and the witches themselves have more than enough reasons to like Roland, only 2 of the witches (Anna & Nightingale) fall for him [[spoiler: with Roland choosing to marry the former]]. WordOfGod admits it is due to the author's wife intervention of not wanting to be a harem, and instead giving the witches their own stories and roles that doesn't not include Roland.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Expected for a kingdom building novel.
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** The witch Scroll can perfectly recall everything that has ever occured in her life. Every event, every image, and every piece of text, and temporarily recreate them in the forms of magical "books". In one chapter she notes she has often felt BlessedWithSuck because of this, as the more traumatic parts of her life can still be instantly remembered as if they just happened.
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** The witch Scroll can perfectly recall everything that has ever occured occurred in her life. Every event, every image, and every piece of text, and temporarily recreate them in the forms of magical "books". In one chapter she notes she has often felt BlessedWithSuck because of this, as the more traumatic parts of her life can still be instantly remembered as if they just happened.
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* RotatingProtagonist: The story is primarily focus on Roland, but there are a lot of chapters that give a limelight to not only his allies and enemies, but also the civilians living in this world.
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** It doesn't matter if you have the biggest army or a clever strategy [[spoiler:or even a witch on your side]] - if your enemy is armed with better weapons and technology, well-trained in said weapons and technology, has an emphasis in long-term logistics and strategy, ''and you don't bother to learn about them'', you're going to die horribly.
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** It doesn't matter if you have the biggest army or a clever strategy [[spoiler:or even a witch on your side]] - if your enemy is armed and well trained with better weapons and technology, well-trained in said weapons and technology, has an emphasis in long-term logistics and strategy, ''and you don't bother to learn about them'', you're going to die horribly.
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* RealityEnsues: It doesn't matter if you have the biggest army or a clever strategy [[spoiler:or even a witch on your side]] - if your enemy is armed with better weapons and technology, well-trained in said weapons and technology, has an emphasis in long-term logistics and strategy, ''and you don't bother to learn about them'', you're going to die horribly.
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* RealityEnsues: RealityEnsues:
** It doesn't matter if you have the biggest army or a clever strategy [[spoiler:or even a witch on your side]] - if your enemy is armed with better weapons and technology, well-trained in said weapons and technology, has an emphasis in long-term logistics and strategy, ''and you don't bother to learn about them'', you're going to diehorribly.horribly.
** Even a prince can run out of money if he doesn't budget properly.
** It doesn't matter if you have the biggest army or a clever strategy [[spoiler:or even a witch on your side]] - if your enemy is armed with better weapons and technology, well-trained in said weapons and technology, has an emphasis in long-term logistics and strategy, ''and you don't bother to learn about them'', you're going to die
** Even a prince can run out of money if he doesn't budget properly.
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** Second, feudalism in general. Corrupt nobles are bad enough, but the effects of MedievalStasis [[WorldOfJerkass have corrupted every level of society]]: The priests undermine royalty and murder unbelievers to strengthen their cause. Knights and mercenaries are generally useless and unable to adapt in the face of new tactics and technologies. The guard patrol is paid in bribes. Even the majority of the commoners are forced to join gangs to keep themselves fed in winter. The moment an economy of technology built around civil needs shows up, almost everyone (and a substantial portion of the nobility) flocks to Roland's border because they didn't even know how horrible everyone's lives were until now.
** Third, mages in general. Sure, having the power to fire a WaveMotionGun from your hands is always awesome, but inventing firearms and the steam engine centuries ahead of schedule is even better. It takes both the potential of the unknown (magic) and the curiosity to experiment with it (science) to build wonders; mages might not be as powerful as technology develops but they will always be a boon to the technological process.
** And even the "Demon hordes from hell" that everyone is scared shitless of: [[spoiler:They ARE bloodthirsty Nazis, but they're still people. They have personalities. They have ranks and laws. They have their own war to worry about. And they're being played into destroying themselves. No matter how alien or sadistic your enemy, you ALWAYS have a choice to make peace, lest war tear all sides apart.]]
** Third, mages in general. Sure, having the power to fire a WaveMotionGun from your hands is always awesome, but inventing firearms and the steam engine centuries ahead of schedule is even better. It takes both the potential of the unknown (magic) and the curiosity to experiment with it (science) to build wonders; mages might not be as powerful as technology develops but they will always be a boon to the technological process.
** And even the "Demon hordes from hell" that everyone is scared shitless of: [[spoiler:They ARE bloodthirsty Nazis, but they're still people. They have personalities. They have ranks and laws. They have their own war to worry about. And they're being played into destroying themselves. No matter how alien or sadistic your enemy, you ALWAYS have a choice to make peace, lest war tear all sides apart.]]
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** Second, feudalism in general. Corrupt nobles are bad enough, but the effects of MedievalStasis [[WorldOfJerkass have corrupted every level of society]]: The priests undermine royalty and murder unbelievers to strengthen their cause. Knights Lazy knights and mercenaries are generally useless and unable to adapt in the face of new tactics and technologies. The guard patrol is paid in bribes.bribes because their nobility-sponsored paychecks are atrocious. Even the majority of the commoners are forced to join gangs to keep themselves fed in winter. The moment an economy of technology built around civil needs shows up, almost everyone (and (including a substantial portion of the nobility) flocks to Roland's border boarders because they didn't even know how horrible everyone's their lives were until now.
technology made swords and slave labor obsolete.
**Third, mages And MedievalStasis in general. Sure, having the power to fire a WaveMotionGun from your hands is always awesome, but inventing firearms and the steam engine centuries ahead of schedule is even better. It takes both the potential of the unknown (magic) and the curiosity to experiment with it (science) to build wonders; mages might not be as powerful as technology develops but they will always be a boon to the technological process.
** And even the "Demon hordes from hell" that everyone is scared shitless of: [[spoiler:They ARE bloodthirsty Nazis, but they're still people. They have personalities. They have ranks and laws. They havePeople are defined by their own war ability to worry about. And they're being played into destroying themselves. No interact with the world; no matter how alien or sadistic your enemy, you ALWAYS have oppressive their culture, there's always a choice need for bigger guns. Even without Roland, the country was on the verge of inventing prototype firearms anyway, and the nobility developed their culture over centuries [[spoiler:to hide witch-slaves from the church]]. So how can millenia pass without any net gain in development? [[spoiler:Because their culture is nuked back to make peace, lest war tear all sides apart.the dark ages when far more advanced factions can finally invade their world and wipe them out.]]
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** And even the "Demon hordes from hell" that everyone is scared shitless of: [[spoiler:They ARE bloodthirsty Nazis, but they're still people. They have personalities. They have ranks and laws. They have
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* CurbStompBattle: In almost every battle (before hell itself comes out to play), we get ADayInTheSpotlight of Roland's enemy of the week, boasting about how they're going to use 'courage' or 'tactics' or 'diplomacy' to squish the upcoming peasant army. Then they're torn apart by advanced warfare.
* RealityEnsues: It doesn't matter if you have the biggest army or a clever strategy [[spoiler:or even a witch on your side]] - if your enemy is armed with better weapons and technology, well-trained in said weapons and technology, has an emphasis in long-term logistics and strategy, ''and you don't bother to learn about them'', you're going to die horribly.
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* SuperpowerLottery: Regularly discussed. Many women can become witches, but their abilities all depend on their cognition of magical energy, making some able to use far more magic or have far more utilitarian abilities than others. Ancient witches considered "Extraordinary" witches that have self strengthening abilities like SuperStrength or SuperIntelligence the most powerful. Other groups meanwhile consider witches with combat abilities the best. Roland meanwhile considers any witch that can help in his ongoing OneManIndustrialRevolution the most valuable, as technology can empower witches and normal people alike.
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* SuperpowerLottery: Regularly discussed. Many women can become witches, but their abilities all depend on their cognition of magical energy, making some able to use far more magic or have far more utilitarian abilities than others. Ancient witches considered "Extraordinary" witches that have self strengthening abilities like SuperStrength or SuperIntelligence the most powerful. Other groups meanwhile consider witches with combat abilities the best. Roland meanwhile considers any witch that can help in his ongoing OneManIndustrialRevolution the most valuable, as technology can empower witches and normal people alike.
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it's over! congrats to Er Mu on a lovely story.
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''Release That Witch'' (放开那个女巫) is a Chinese WebSerialNovel written by Er Mu.
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''Release That Witch'' (放开那个女巫) is a March 2016 to July 2019 Chinese WebSerialNovel written by Er Mu.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the Medieval Fantasy genre as a whole.
** First and foremost, WitchHunts are an outright war crime regardless of how 'evil' the witch in question is. In many cases, the witch hunts are used as an excuse to enslave and murder any woman the guard or church chooses, and blame for corruption is automatically pinned on the witches because they are racial targets. And even if they manage to catch a real witch, she almost always uses her powers in self-defense or because she was a slave of a noble, and is tortured to death for kicks. And finally, the general assumption that [[spoiler:witches captured by the church are always killed is a smokescreen to amass an army of battlemages and homunculi powered by sacrificing 'dud' witches, which they use to violently conquer the kingdoms one by one]].
** Second, feudalism in general. Corrupt nobles are bad enough, but the effects of MedievalStasis [[WorldOfJerkass have corrupted every level of society]]: The priests undermine royalty and murder unbelievers to strengthen their cause. Knights and mercenaries are generally useless and unable to adapt in the face of new tactics and technologies. The guard patrol is paid in bribes. Even the majority of the commoners are forced to join gangs to keep themselves fed in winter. The moment an economy of technology built around civil needs shows up, almost everyone (and a substantial portion of the nobility) flocks to Roland's border because they didn't even know how horrible everyone's lives were until now.
** Third, mages in general. Sure, having the power to fire a WaveMotionGun from your hands is always awesome, but inventing firearms and the steam engine centuries ahead of schedule is even better. It takes both the potential of the unknown (magic) and the curiosity to experiment with it (science) to build wonders; mages might not be as powerful as technology develops but they will always be a boon to the technological process.
** And even the "Demon hordes from hell" that everyone is scared shitless of: [[spoiler:They ARE bloodthirsty Nazis, but they're still people. They have personalities. They have ranks and laws. They have their own war to worry about. And they're being played into destroying themselves. No matter how alien or sadistic your enemy, you ALWAYS have a choice to make peace, lest war tear all sides apart.]]
** First and foremost, WitchHunts are an outright war crime regardless of how 'evil' the witch in question is. In many cases, the witch hunts are used as an excuse to enslave and murder any woman the guard or church chooses, and blame for corruption is automatically pinned on the witches because they are racial targets. And even if they manage to catch a real witch, she almost always uses her powers in self-defense or because she was a slave of a noble, and is tortured to death for kicks. And finally, the general assumption that [[spoiler:witches captured by the church are always killed is a smokescreen to amass an army of battlemages and homunculi powered by sacrificing 'dud' witches, which they use to violently conquer the kingdoms one by one]].
** Second, feudalism in general. Corrupt nobles are bad enough, but the effects of MedievalStasis [[WorldOfJerkass have corrupted every level of society]]: The priests undermine royalty and murder unbelievers to strengthen their cause. Knights and mercenaries are generally useless and unable to adapt in the face of new tactics and technologies. The guard patrol is paid in bribes. Even the majority of the commoners are forced to join gangs to keep themselves fed in winter. The moment an economy of technology built around civil needs shows up, almost everyone (and a substantial portion of the nobility) flocks to Roland's border because they didn't even know how horrible everyone's lives were until now.
** Third, mages in general. Sure, having the power to fire a WaveMotionGun from your hands is always awesome, but inventing firearms and the steam engine centuries ahead of schedule is even better. It takes both the potential of the unknown (magic) and the curiosity to experiment with it (science) to build wonders; mages might not be as powerful as technology develops but they will always be a boon to the technological process.
** And even the "Demon hordes from hell" that everyone is scared shitless of: [[spoiler:They ARE bloodthirsty Nazis, but they're still people. They have personalities. They have ranks and laws. They have their own war to worry about. And they're being played into destroying themselves. No matter how alien or sadistic your enemy, you ALWAYS have a choice to make peace, lest war tear all sides apart.]]
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* AdaptationalDumbass: In the original source, Roland has his archers and gunners target the Wolf-Turtle hybrid demon beast's heads before it rammed the wall. The beast responded to head-shots by tucking its heads within the shell, where the bullets could not reach. In the manhwa, Roland makes no such order and everybody simply wasted their ammunition by attacking its shell.
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* NukeEm: NukeEm / NuclearOption: [[spoiler: Roland decides to use nukes against the Demons, which [[DespairEventHorizon extinguishes their fighting spirit]] and chances at winning the war against the former.]]
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* VestigialEmpire: The Witch Empire which ruled the continent 800 years ago has been a husk of its former selves after the [[HopelessWar relentless advance of the Demons during the 2nd Battle Of Divine Will]] [[FromBadToWorse plus the]] [[AHouseDivided Civil War between Alice and Natalia's factions]] and Eleanor's apparent sacrifice to end it. After it became [[TheChurch the Church]], [[HunterOfHisOwnKind it hunted the very same people who created it]] for its {{Super Soldier}} program and the final straw of this empire was after its massive defeat against Roland's [[BadassArmy First]] [[EliteArmy Army.]]
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* KillerGameMaster: [[spoiler: There is no reward for winning the Divine Will as implied in one of the ruins Roland found and God even sets out to destroy the Dream World when Roland 2.0 interference is affecting the [[ForeverWar Battle Of Divine Will.]]]]
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* KillerGameMaster: [[spoiler: There is no reward for winning the Divine Will as implied in one of the ruins Roland found and God even sets out to destroy the Dream World when Roland 2.0 Roland's interference is affecting the [[ForeverWar Battle Of Divine Will.]]]]
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* TragicBigot: Most, if not all, of the Witches, aside from the ones raised by [[TheChurch the Church]], hated mortals due to their persecution until the arrival of Roland 2.0 which changed the perception of the mortals to the witches.
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* TragicBigot: Most, if not all, of the Witches, aside from the ones raised by [[TheChurch the Church]], hated mortals humans due to their persecution until the arrival of Roland 2.0 which the current Roland, who changed the perception public reputation of the mortals witches to the witches.a positive one.
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** [[spoiler: Evelyn's ability evolution]] led to the creation of Chaos Drinks, a kind of premium drink so good they are often used in lieu of money in bets or bribes.
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* TragicBigot: Most, if not all, of the Witches, aside from the ones raised by [[TheChurch the Church]], hated mortals due to their persecution until the arrival of Roland 2.0 which changed the perception of the mortals to the witches.
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** Roland mentions [[Film/TheAvengers2012 the Avengers]] when he thought to himself how to manage the witches with various superpowers after Anna's first Day of Awakening.
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* FloatingContinent: [[spoiler: The Demon's superweapon is this, though Roland gains access to it later with the help of Eleanor and 2 Demon generals and plans it to use as a mobile aircraft carrier.]]
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* UsefulNotes/PeaceThroughSuperiorFirePower: [[spoiler: Roland implied this during his first official conversation to Valkries when he asked for information of the Demon Western Front.]]
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** When No. 76 formally introduces as Phyllis to Roland, the latter asked if she needed some [[VideoGame/OverWatch tactical]] [[DontExplainTheJoke eyepieces.]]
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** When No. 76 formally introduces herself as Phyllis to Roland, the latter asked if she needed some [[VideoGame/OverWatch tactical]] [[DontExplainTheJoke eyepieces.]]
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** During Roland's first Month of the Demons, he was initially worried that the demonic beasts were infectious like the monsters in ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''. To his relief, Iron Axe dispelled Roland's concerns by stating that men killed by the creatures remain as corpses.
** At the end of the interview for the surviving members of the witch association, Roland couldn't hide his excitement by humming the Mandarin pop song [[https://youtu.be/gr5fNKK2FaA "Super Star"]], when he found out about Mystery Moon's power. The lyrics "You are electricity; you are light" exactly correlates with his vision on how the witch's magnetic magic will bring electricity and light to the Border Town.
** At the end of the interview for the surviving members of the witch association, Roland couldn't hide his excitement by humming the Mandarin pop song [[https://youtu.be/gr5fNKK2FaA "Super Star"]], when he found out about Mystery Moon's power. The lyrics "You are electricity; you are light" exactly correlates with his vision on how the witch's magnetic magic will bring electricity and light to the Border Town.
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** When No. 76 formally introduces as Phyllis to Roland, the latter asked if she needed some [[VideoGame/OverWatch tactical]] [[DontExplainTheJoke eyepieces.]]
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* LivingLieDetector: Nightingale's mist world magic lets her visibly see when people actually believe what they're saying or are purposefully lying. This doesn't help her detect exploitations of ExactWords or [[BelievingTheirOwnLies falsehoods that the speaker honestly believes themselves]] though.
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After 3 straight days working non-stop to meet a work deadline, Cheng Yan, a [[TheEngineer mechanical engineer]] and long-time {{Bookworm}}, has finally collapsed. However, when he awakes, Cheng Yan finds he's no longer himself, but stuck in the body of Roland Wimbledon, the 4th prince of a Kingdom called Graycastle. Further, "Roland" soon learns he inhabits a MedievalEuropeanFantasy world full of monsters and witches. Now the new Roland and a witch he saves from execution, Anna, must use both magic and science to survive monster attacks, the plots of his other siblings to take the throne of Graycastle for themselves, and the machinations of TheChurch to capture or kill every witch alive. A PV for an animated series was released in June 2018. A manhua adaptation has been announced as of January 2019 and was released in February 2019.
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After 3 straight days working non-stop to meet a work deadline, Cheng Yan, a [[TheEngineer mechanical engineer]] and long-time {{Bookworm}}, has finally collapsed. However, when he awakes, Cheng Yan finds he's no longer himself, but stuck in the body of Roland Wimbledon, the 4th prince of a Kingdom called Graycastle. Further, "Roland" soon learns he inhabits a MedievalEuropeanFantasy world full of monsters and witches. Now the new Roland and a witch he saves from execution, Anna, must use both magic and science to survive monster attacks, the plots of his other siblings to take the throne of Graycastle for themselves, and the machinations of TheChurch to capture or kill every witch alive.
APV for an animated series was released in June 2018. A manhua adaptation has been announced as of January 2019 and was released ComicBookAdaptation began publication in February 2019.
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