This was definitely a bit much, it's fine to lean towards certain tropes here and there but if you include nothing but tropes then it's just lazy. All the effort put into drawing is unfortunately misplaced.
I think the only trope I outright hate is when the MC randomly obtains a weapon or something that makes him stronger, that relies too heavily on the MC Plot, like here. I've no problem with it if it focuses on the MC, and not the weapon.
Oh and this wouldn't be a proper complaint if I didn't compare it to SL. Which I'll do. I'd say its okay if you grab some ideas from other works, but if you're gonna do that, you need to do it better. If you can nick ideas from other works, yet still produce your own unique story. Then you're great.. You just are.. But this is exactly the same as Solo Leveling.. Just worse. Its not 'similar' it's the exact same thing. If the author meant to make it the same, then he's lazy. If the author didn't mean to make it the same, then he's a fool.
Of course we've barely got into it, so I mean it could change its course next ch or something. But yknow, first impressions. If ppl don't like the start, they won't give the rest a chance.
...I'm sleep deprived and I'm grouchy..
...I regret nothing..