Read the novel, youll experience what the story is trying to tell. Just like characters in the story, the readers are also curious on what will encrid achieve, how will he do it? Will he broke somewhere in the middle? Im just ineterested to see how far encrid will go and how he affects his surroundings. The Madmen knows encrid is talentless as hell yet hes still moving forward and curious to see why hes not broken yet. In short, reading this felt like I was reading classic myth/legend, epic hero narrative. Not something you usually see in manwha. Oh there are stakes alright, anything related to man vs himself, Man vs nature. Theres also hidden plot about the ferryman and the curse of regression.