It's a lazy wish fulfillment story, and a rather obvious one at that. The main character is the son of a maid whom the king got drunk with one night. The story portrays the king as mean and an idiot while glorifying the main character whenever possible. The story gives him a hot loving mom, a hot sister who isn't related by blood, (Gee, I wonder where THAT is gonna head... 😒) and say that he's a genius with a 260 IQ. Which he definitely doesn't show. We all know where this is going. King sends him to die in a barren region, he makes it more powerful than the kingdom, regrets it, women fall at his feet, etc, etc. Lazy stories like these are a dime a dozen.

 A story that is both interesting and detailed, while also frustrating. 

Let's go over the good points first. The fights are rather detailed and unique. Most of the time it focuses on realistic actions and mentalities in combat. Taking advantage of gaps, outmaneuvering the enemy, etc. It's usually good. The combat aspect is one of its stronger ones.

In the beginning, the character's growth is good. We see him become more mature and face loss, and becoming better for it.

The aspect of each element being different and having their strengths and weaknesses is interesting. I'm not sure I would entirely agree with some of its concepts, but a good amount of work was put into it. And it helps make the fights more unique.

Now for the bad parts.

It constantly complains about how heaven is interfering with the MC and frequently brings it up as if we've never heard it before. You will find this concept interesting in the beginning and then get absolutely sick of it. I get that this is supposed to be frustrating to the MC, I do. But there's a difference between getting the readers to understand the character's struggle, and simply annoying them by endlessly beating a dead horse. Would you find the same joke amusing if it was told to you dozens of times?

There is a problem with heaven attacking the MC with bad luck, or absence of luck as it were. And that is...nothing is off the table. Pretty much anything can happen at any time. A meteor falls from the sky and nearly kills someone? Heaven. A big bird just so happens to land under the MC's enemy and save him? Heaven. Heaven is a literal Deus Ex Machina. Does it make sense story-wise? Yes. Does that make it good writing? No. Just because anything CAN happen doesn't mean it's good. It causes shortcuts, allows the author to skip any build-up, and can even ignore explanations. Even if it's "possible" it still detracts from the quality.

Despite having troublesome moments, I still enjoyed it and pushed on for a while, but became frustrated later on. Some random person knows one of the MC's biggest secrets. (Won't spoil who) They're barely been interacted with, disappear for dozens of chapters, appear out of nowhere, and know his biggest secret without any hints or build-up to it. It's as if there was no real thought process behind this event. Not only is this weird, but I couldn't be bothered to become interested in the sob story of that random person whose barely even been in the novel.

That said, thank you for the entertainment up until this point. And good luck.

A good story with entertaining events and is usually realistic. One minor gripe would be that the MC, a former mercenary captain somehow blends in well as one of the nobility and their constant schemes with basically no flaws. The writer took quite a bit of liberty there... 😅 Other than that though, good stuff.