It seems that good taste begets good writing. Your style is very clean, and easy to understand and visualize. I love a good eastern villain.
The critique I have is it feels like there should have been a chapter or two prior to explain the character and the world through a possible action scene, reincarnation, or tragedy plot. The world/magic is only as interesting as the character using it.
Wonderfully good writing, it just needs your special twist on the genre/magic system and a little more understanding of the character’s motives.
It seems that good taste begets good writing. Your style is very clean, and easy to understand and visualize. I love a good eastern villain. The critique I have is it feels like there should have been a chapter or two prior to explain the character and the world through a possible action scene, reincarnation, or tragedy plot. The world/magic is only as interesting as the character using it. Wonderfully good writing, it just needs your special twist on the genre/magic system and a little more understanding of the character’s motives.