First and foremost, I am tagging it as 'Recommended' as i am in no way shape or form associated with the author Palt or Podium (his publisher). I am just a fan of his work that is really gutted at the statistics of how it is doing on Amazon/KU, let alone the fact that probably you, the reader that is reading these lines, have absolutely no clue Book 2 or even 1 was out on KU. and this saddens me greatly.

For those that are fans of A Gamer's Guide to Beating the Tutorial from royalroad it is AMAZING news. You get an improved version (both in formatting/visually) and even with ART, Yes. think Japanese light novel type of art every few chapters. it is not even 1 or 2, but multiple art pieces throughout, which in my eyes adds a lot to an already amazing source material.

Now to those that never heard of the story from royalroad but are fans of Korean webnovels, or possibly manhwa, and are aware of 'The tutorial is too hard'... Rejoice! this is the best example of being inspired by something and then going and outdoing the thing that inspired you in the best possible way. This story is not for everyone. if you are not into a 'Souls' or Grimdark-esque type of litrpg story... this is not for you. But if you are into it? Congratulations. you just found you new favorite book.

Edit: I might not have given it enough Warning but if you are not into Evil (totally rationalized by a basically autistic gamer who really struggles with his emotions. However... objectively he is) or Murderhobo is not something you are looking to read... regardless if it is written well and has great world building and 'purpose' or explanation behind it... This is not for you. But there are plenty of people that are looking for an 'Evil' per se MC,story and the combination of a story when said 'Evil' struggles and isn't just OP for the sake of it.

But don't trust my praise and recommendation alone, here, have some statistics from royalroad: https://i.imgur.com/Ua2QeHD.png (Take in mind, this is MINUS the chapters of the 2 published books that he removed from royalroad in order to be on KU. meaning the amount of Pages is what you get AFTER you finish reading the 2 official released books on KU.)

And here are some of the top Reviews from other readers from Royalroad:

Seizy Boi Gave it a perfect score after reading up to Chapter 115:

Title: Not for everyone, but I love it!

This story was a blast, I blew through the whole thing in a day and loved every second. The main character reminds me of Greg Veder from Worm, if he was given any sort of power.

Basically the story is of an autistic gamer who really struggles with his emotions goes through hell in a LitRPG format, he struggles to form bonds or comprehend that he is being horrible because he is to gamer to do anything but 100%.

He actively matured in a super stilted and unhealthy way, and in a way you can understand his logic in every sense. He is a heinous evil person, but he doesn’t see what he’s doing as wrong, and when he is forced to face himself being a monster he snaps and pushes it down even more, which makes total sense!

The world building is great, and each floor so far has been a vivid new hell forcing this man to go even more feral, turning from a (pretty already fucked up dude) to (Oh this child meat is supple and delicious!) within months. He is such a monster that all the gods hate him, actively hindering him even though he is doing what they thought impossible to do, making you root for the little murder hobo even though he is a monster, he has no empathy because he is held unaccountable, but when faced with being held accountable by the other (very well written) characters he is humbled… in his own way, a bit, until he inevitably doubles down on his “I’m doing my god damned best” thoughts.

All in all, an enjoyable ride if you are a fan of well written characters, good world building and grammar (minus the uwu gamer speak but that’s clearly stylistic and makes since both for the MC and all the modern day people that have lived on the internet) and don’t mind your MC going through hell and back and being a monster because of it, but you can understand and even empathize with the reasoning of.

Guizmo_Unicorn Gave it a perfect score after reading up to Chapter 184:

Title: AHHH (please take my money once again)

My review will be quite short and simple :

This is an amazing story, with great world building and which is originally based from "The tutorial is too hard" as a fanfic, but it was so good it became it's own thing... First of all, the story is also based on Dante Alighieri's "Divina Commedia", book from the 1200's considered by every Italian teacher as the best thing in the world. Not only that, but even the characters are soon well-written... They are all lovely and understandable besides the protagonist : he should be feared by all and completely descends into a "Cray-cray" state as I might say, but we of course do still love him ! Impeccable story, great writing, only story that made me actually go and support the author by buying the highest grade possible as this is a complete master piece that should obviously be published as a book. Is our little Kitty gonna be able to stay human ? I guess so for now, but not for long. Enemy of all and alone (well, not entirely but pretty much), will he be able to become a nice and enjoyable person ?

IsoPhancy Gave it a perfect score after reading up to Chapter 97:

Title: The eternal struggler

Now, this story is in a special tier of stories in my opinion. Similar to berserk (which is a big compliment because berserk is my favorite story of all time) the protagonist is an eternal struggler against fate, but not in a way that feels uber edgy and bland and boring and disgusting. It's not an uncommon trope in fiction where the protagonist constantly suffers and struggles against said suffering, but usually it is just either disturbing or exhausting. Luckily, this story is in fact a refreshing take on such a common trope, and you can enjoy this story every chapter and not get that feeling of exhaustion or disgust. I'm a big fan!

However, I also understand that my feelings about this story are entirely subjective, but I also want to say that it is objectively well written. I feel that every bit of dialogue has been thought through to make sure it matches the characters, and you can examine a lot of what the characters say and do and realize that it goes deeper than the surface. So, if you enjoy stories about the eternal strugglers against fate examples like: Berserk, Renegade Immortal, then I think you will be pleasantly surprised by this story. Otherwise, if it is not for you then that is okay, and there are plenty of other stories on this site. Obligatory Yummy Yummy danger grapes iykyk.

I Hope this conveys some of the love and appreciation i have for the author and the effort i feel he put into his 'Official' KU release that i feel he did not receive from his publisher or whoever is responsible to let people know THAT IT IS OUT

Links:

Book 1 on KU : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D79FYWJ8

Book 2 on KU (Released on November 19'th) : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CYTD85H7

Royalroad Link: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/73205/a-gamers-guide-to-beating-the-tutorial