Times like this make me want to be impatient and just read ahead in the novel.
Then I remember that the stellar art is 90% of my enjoyment of this series. Without the visuals, I feel this story would read like the most cringy Gary Stu power fantasy ever. Since the novel has already completed, I'd imagine the story has been tightened-up all around for the comic too.
@StolenGene Other than cutting some stuff out, it's pretty 1:1 with the novel, although the novel goes into a lot more detail about everything, it has really good writing and the translations are good, as well.