The Author's POV

'Efforts never betray you'

A quote that has been widely respected and repeatedly preached across the world.

Some people widely regard this quote as a personal mantra to follow throughout their life, while others simply scoff over the quote as if it were a mere joke.

I mean why put effort when you have a super-rich dad that provides you with all that you need?

Big house?

'Hello, daddy can you buy me a house?'

New car?

'Daddy~ There's this new car that I really love and was wondering if...'

There's also those that live in luxury because they are simply lucky, like the ones that win a lottery

I mean how much effort does it take for someone to win a lottery?

'Congratulations you have won 200 million'

How does 'efforts never betray you' apply here?

Of course, setting those examples aside, there were many cases in which the quote proved to be correct.

For example, have you seen the movie....hmmm what was it called.

Ah! right the 'Pursuit of happyness'

It was your perfect example of 'Efforts never betray'.

It was a touching story about a homeless dad living in the street with his son, and later because of his pure love and dedication for his son, he managed to succeed and became a millionaire. Very touching.

But what about me? What have I got to say about 'Efforts never betray'?

It was utter bullshit. Period.

'Efforts never betray?' I could only simply scoff at such a ridiculous notion. I mean sure if you put in some effort you would definitely achieve better results than your regular mob out there, but was that really all to it? Was this the key to success?

No. It simply wasn't

The key ingredient to success was 'Talent'

No matter how much effort you put into something, you would never be able to surpass the unsurmountable mountain known as talent.

I mean look at football for example. Many people trained just as hard as Messi or Ronaldo, but in the end, they don't even come close to their level. No matter how much they trained, no matter how much blood sweat, and tears they put in, they would never be able to even touch their ankles.

What kind of Bullshit was that?

Getting back on topic. Why did I have such a grudge against the quote 'Efforts never betray'?

Simple. It was because I was one of those idiots that wholeheartedly believed in the quote.

You see, my parents died when I was 14. Some bastard got drunk and ran them over. I couldn't remember how many times I had cried myself to sleep because of the accident.

My parents didn't have siblings, and both my grandparents, maternal and paternal, had already left the world, making me an orphan.

Luckily, they had enough money in their bank account to last me until school finished, and thus I studied as my if life depended on it. I mean it literally was.

I would study hours and hours on end, just so that I could enroll at the prestigious University A and later find myself a suitable job for myself.

But hold on. How could I possibly afford to go to university? I mean university usually costs a hell of a lot of money.

A bank loan? Would they loan to someone that had no parents and no assets? Well, I tried but in the end, I got rejected by the government.

But there was a way. A scholarship.

If I managed to secure myself a scholarship I could attend university without paying a single cent.

Luckily University A, the only university near me, offered a scholarship program that was perfect for me. One of my teachers heard that they only offer one scholarship a year for people in the school I attended. But that was enough for me. If I studied hard enough and achieved a high enough score, there was definitely a chance.

And so I studied, studied so hard that all the friends I had made over the years became estranged. But I was fine with it. As long as I could attend university I could make all the friends that I wanted...was what I thought at that time. But looking back at it now, I could only laugh at how naive I was back then.

Thanks to all the effort I put in I managed to get on the top 1% percentile in the national exams, but in the end, the scholarship I so wanted never came.

got the scholarship was actually lower ranked than me.

scholarship should've been mine! All the sleepless nights and lonely days that I had

the fact that the father could totally afford to send his son to university without a

give it

to apply to other universities for scholarships, but they were all outside of my

point, having exhausted all my family's savings, I was dirt

jobs. How could I possibly study in another city where the

dropped all

depression and found an escape route

with each passing day, it became increasingly harder for me to continue going to part-time jobs as I would always run out of breath after standing for

as more and more people started reading my novel, a fire that had long been extinguished

And I succeeded

hit,

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[Descent of the Hero]

an orphan boy from a poor village hopes of one day becoming a hero and embarks

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what could I say? As

my second and third novels

made to write. Because I was

service, but it was really uncomfortable from a writer's point of view. Especially for a virgin like myself. Fortunately, I had the internet to help me, but it was stuff like this that made my passion for writing decrease. I mean who would want to write about putting some cucumber in their mouth?

exactly as my readers asked, apart from the first novel I never found

was today staring blankly at

click

sound of my keyboard typing echoed inside of my

repeated like any other

Wake up

Type

Eat

Type

Repeat

the save button at the top right of my screen and

Sigh

at my ceiling.

shaking my head, I look at

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like your writing is becoming worse and

agree with you. This novel had so

: I totally agree with you man. There are too

for the new

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my fist, I raged

tired of this

myself. Getting angry

story, but unlike my previous novels, this one was set

occurred. A three-stage disaster that hit the earth causing the

resulting in tsunamis and earthquakes, killing millions in the process.

other races, started emerging. At first, they were docile, but as soon as they deemed

with great disasters come opportunities. As portals appeared, humanity managed to gain access to mana. A special force that lingered throughout the atmosphere and originated from other worlds. It would allow humans to do things they could've only dreamt of doing in the past

Cataclysm' - This happens near the ending of the novel, and it was when the Demon

faction, the Human

between the elves, dwarves, and the

were created with the sole goal of devouring planets. They would first start by entering a planet, then as time progresses they would reproduce like crazy, and

orcs, and dwarves were all refugees and survivors from the demons, who

enough to join their alliance to fight against the demons. At first, they were very excited with the prospect

the selfish acts and schemes which they witnessed during humanity's dark moments made all

orcs, humanity's weak and frail body left them

made them seem like brainless monkeys who roamed around flaunting their

the demon faction and the Fantasia faction each claimed 3/8 of the earth, while humans only claimed

enrolling in the 'Lock', a specialized school that was established by the effort of all humanity, to raise warriors to defend the borders against the attacks

was your typical MC

due to war at the