When I first gave it a try, I didn't think that it would soon become my top manwha series by far. I don't tend to keep reading series focused around fighting because it gets boring quick; this simply doesn't.

Despite being Nagyunn's main driving force, his revenge is not really the focus point. Not only is there the omnipresent threat of war and adolescents training for it, but the question of who is Nagyunn becomes more tangible as the mask on his face adheres a bit too smoothly. We see glimpses of Nagyunn hidden under his brother's skin as he refuses to mourn the most important person in his life. He manipulates in various ways his allies and foes,but it's clear to see that he cares for others and that he feels cornered to manipulate as he has no fighting talent whatsoever and he has a hard time trusting other people (for good reasons). His growth is interesting as well as the mysteries surrounding the deceased Najin and his death (it's been often hinted that Najin was not who he appeared to be).

Characters are fun, interesting, different from each other and varied. How can anyone forget chaotic Black Hen? Or Qilin and his exasperation? The fact that every knight follows their own type of justice and honour makes for interesting characterizations and explains why they have so much difficulties working with one another. The characters, even the villains, have believable motivations and reasons for acting as they are and the world is shades of grey rather than black and white.

I sometimes find the fights between knights-level individuals to be too long but it's never tedious. Nagyunn's fights are always interesting to say the least as he has to 'survive' fights in which he's always the weakest.

I highly recommend Ember Knight.

I do warn, for those that this is a dealbreaker, that this author has no qualms killing off some of his characters if his last work is anything to go on.

After one chapter, I was like WTF and then thought "nope"... And that is how I dropped this series after one chapter.

I read this series on a site that did not have that "psychology" label attached to this series... so the mind bending storyline was a surprise to me and made me drop this series like it was on fire.

So, readers of this series... beware that this series deserves that "psychology" genre label.

The start is great ,nothing too special or original.
It's similar to basara's start and many other classic stories playing with a destiny and a prophecy that's getting fulfilled by trying to stop it ...

The series uses many premises used in his other manwa Epic Of Gilgamesh, with knights being absurdly strong and having a geas (restriction given by their king or whatever). That premise in itself would be original and interesting, but I don't like the author's style. He drags things out and is the worst tactician ever.

All in all I keep going back to it over time for it's world building though but author's annoying habit of making as if totally irrelevant details that are purposely omitted were essential really kills it at times.

... Last updated on May 20th, 2023, 8:56am

So far so good, I'm liking it every chapter. This webtoon is quite underrated I guess people don't really like it when the main character doesn't have insanely overpowered fighting skills..

... Last updated on April 16th, 2022, 7:02pm

It was really great!
The pacing was genius and the artstyle was soo eye pleasing too!

It's a story with a unique character, one that is physically weak instead of strong. The environment he's in also values physical strength a lot.

However he is very emotionally intelligent and he uses that to his advantage. About every episode I read is filled with curiosity about what will happen next and how he will get out of dangerous situations. That is very important because I tend to lose interest quickly when it comes to the action+fantasy genre.

The art is also really cool. Please give this a read! I really hope this webcomic continues to be awesome and I wish an anime adaptation would happen but its probably unlikely haha.

I love stories where a dead character haunts the narrative and I definitely have that here: Najin's death is so relevant and significant. It's not a strikingly unique story but the art and pacing are good, and I like the care that is taken to develop Nagyunn's character. He's terrible at fighting, but he is desperate. Looking forward to seeing where this goes!

Every chapter I am scared that this weakling will die, and I love that feeling.