What Happens At The End Of The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1?

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Just started this fantasy Isekai series and already obsessed with the healing magic mechanics. How does the main character's journey wrap up in the first volume's finale?

adwlstr28 · Answer

For those interested in a good story and avoiding spoilers for this particular title, the first volume of Healing Magician Goodwyn ends with Goodwyn solidifying his reputation at the healing magic guild and choosing to leave the city to continue his training. The rest of his journey will, no doubt, be interesting. In the meantime, for another completed progression fantasy title, I recently read HUNJI: A Broken Wolf & the last witch of Andora - Book 4. The final battle between the last witch of Andora and her guardian was a wonderful and conclusive ending to the series as it progressed the very real and tangible character relationships that had developed in the previous books.

Oliver · Answer

WOW! The ending really caught me off guard. It is easy to see how Luciel could become a member of the healers at the church and become a good and respectable man. But instead he finds out that the healers at the church are taking advantage of people and charging too much for healings, keeping the poor from getting the help that they need. At the end of the volume Luciel has started treating the injured townspeople for free and is doing it in secret at an underground clinic. It is revealed that one of the high-ranking members of the church knows what he is doing and is turning a blind eye. It is implied that there may be more going on to fight the church’s corruption than just this one man’s actions. The way the light novel shows how Luciel’s acts of kindness to help people can have a large affect on others is amazing. The last chapter showed how some of the street kids that he had helped were now guarding him and his secret clinic. I guess that really shows that the true measure of power is not in how high your magic levels are, but in how you use your power to change people’s lives.

Aiden · Answer

THE GREAT CLERIC Vol#1 ends with our hero finally grasping his role in this new world. Following the grueling training with the healers guild, and a dark underbelly or corruption in the church to uncover, Luciel is able to find his purpose in life. Instead of simple healing, he aims to shake up the system a bit. This is achieved in the climax where he uses his skills to save a group of adventurers from a collapsing dungeon. Word of his heroics spreads quickly, and he gains a lot of recognition. But of course, this also puts a big target on his back. We also get a glimpse of the large-scale conflict that is awaiting him in Vol#2 and the beginnings of a larger story in the last few chapters of this first volume.

I liked how the author of the story handled the growth of Luciel to not become overpowered to fast. Also how the relationships between the main character and other characters in the story like the strict guildmaster and the smart merchant evolved well throughout the chapters. The last scene in particular was excellent, I very rarely see isekai protagonists with as much a down to earth moral compass as this guy.

Micah · Answer

That final dungeon rescue scene has gone straight to my brain and is now living rent-free there. After his team got ambushed, instead of just healing his allies, Luciel performed an insane magic move that used purification magic to attack the monsters while at the same time stabilizing his teammates. The way the adventurers continued to call him ‘Saint’ despite him trying to play down his actions and really how the legend was being created around him was wonderful. However, the epilogue undercut all of that. His guildmaster noted that fame has a tendency to attract enemies and that people from the corrupt clergy in the capital would surely come after him. It creates a delicious tension between Luciel’s idealism and the real world he has to live in.

Kai · Answer

I was really impressed by how Volume 1 of The Great Cleric ended. After all that training and near-death experiences, Luciel ends up sitting alone in the guild library. It’s the same hands that had healed the nobles for gold and the little orphan boy for nothing a few days earlier. And the line “The weight of a life lingers in his palms” really cracked me up (emotionally). This scene really shows Luciel’s internal conflict very well. Is he going to play by the rules of this corrupt world, or will he find his own way? It was a very subtle and wonderful character moment, making The Great Cleric so much better than other isekai.

Sophia · Answer

What a wonderful ending to the story of Luciel in this final volume. The ceremony in which Luciel is finally presented in proper cleric robes is interrupted by that odious noble from earlier, still fuming from the fact that everyone in the city will now have access to healing services, not just his customers. A long and venomous argument ensues, revealing much about the class warfare of this world. I loved seeing the growth of Luciel in this argument, where he once cowered at the noble’s words, now he dismantles each of the noble’s arguments in a cold, logical fashion. Much of the argument is delivered in short, snappish dialogue, with much emotion behind Luciel’s words, especially fury. The story ends with Luciel walking off from the glittering spires of the church to serve the slums, his true calling. An afterword at the end of the volume mentions that the next volume will delve into the shadowy aspects of healing magic, and I am excited!

Liz Mathyssen · Answer

Luciel is also kind of awesome in the ending. For one, there’s no big heroic speech. No big Church-bashing. He doesn’t even seem all that mad. Mostly just vaguely frustrated, but then immediately he goes into assess-and-plan mode. It’s really his salaryman self from another life, stuck in a dying branch office and suddenly applying all that to a fantasy world. The corrupt Church could care less about him or his rebirth, and he’s left to think of a SWOT analysis for his situation. And he figures out really fast that the contaminated water is a huge public health danger and a threat to his very life, so that’s Priority One for him. The series could be summarized as ‘The Reincarnated Salaryman Applies Project Management to Fantasy World.’ If you find that boring, then this series isn’t for you. And if you find that weirdly compelling, then you’re in the same boat as me.

jessicacarillo12 · Answer

A perfect ending for a first volume: It sets up expectations for the sequel without relying on a cheap cliffhanger. We see no villain appear and no sudden betrayal at the gates. The environmental conflict and the systemic problems are plenty to deal with for our protagonist Luciel. He has to face a lack of resources, a broken infrastructure, and a somewhat suspicious populace. And then, pragmatically, we read: “I have to get up early tomorrow. I have a lot of work to do.” The ending is very refreshing because unlike most light novels which end with a showdown or a big surprise, this one just states: “This is your new life. It’s going to be tough. Now get to work.” We can continue reading on because we’re curious to see how Luciel will – in his very meticulous and almost obsessive way – tackle these problems that are so real and tangible. We’re not wondering whether he will make it. We just wonder how he will do it.

Samantha D · Answer

This volume could have been the end of his ‘character creation’ and he has maxed out his stats, acquired the basic skills for his chosen profession and unlocked his unique profession. Now it is time to play the game proper. He leaves the starter city and enters his first hostile area, the clinic of the first quest hub becomes familiar and the locals with their problems are his first NPCs. As he decides to accept the first real quest to survive and to improve this place the volume comes to a satisfying end. It’s a very video game like structure but it is done seriously and with reality in mind. There is no quest log but the hero’s thoughts do the job of a quest log nicely and they provide a good structure for readers of progression based games, as they give closure to the tutorial and a good objective for the hero to work towards in the main body of the volume.

What Happens At The End Of The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1?

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