Description:
Close Combat Mage (近戰法師/近战法师 Jin Zhan Fa Shi) is a Chinese web novel written by Cloud Sky (雲天空/云天空 Yun Tian Kong) on 17k.com.
It is complete at 790 chapters and 2187807 words. It belongs in the Qihuan (‘Strange Fantasy’) category as a type of ‘Western Fantasy’.
Synopsis:
A young boy genius, Suo Jia, is a water mage who dreams of being a warrior travelling the great and dangerous trade routes to find his lost father that set off on them before Suo Jia was born. Having to look after his sick mother, Suo Jia manages to find a way to solve all their problems, as well as make a name for himself. He gathers nobility, vast wealth, items of great power, knowledge lost to the ages, and exceptionally talented females around him as he plots and plans – preparing to set off on an epic journey that will go down in history as a new legend. However, will others that depend on his powers so much be willing to let him go on such a dangerous journey so easily? (Written by Zalpha)
Disclaimer: I do not own Close Combat Mage, nor do I make profit off of it. All rights belong to its original author, 云天空. The only thing that I own are my translations. Please do not re-post this content anywhere.
Chapter Titles List (Beware of spoilers. Not updated.)
(Note: Chapters 1-152 were previously hosted on Pika Translations. All chapters and appropriate credits have been transferred.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010
011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020
021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030
031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040
041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050
051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060
061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070
071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080
081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090
091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110
111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160
161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170
171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180
181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190
191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200
201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210
211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220
221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230
231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240
241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250
251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260
261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270
271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280
281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290
291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300
301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310
311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320
321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330
331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340
341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350
351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360
361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370
371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380
381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390
391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400
401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410
411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420
421 422 423 424 425 426
~Taffy Translations~ 
Not sure about the novel but the translation is first class
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First things first, translation is very good, props to Taffy.
Ima try to keep this civil and sorry if it gets long and hard to read as I’m super bad at grammar but i want to give it my best non Flamey review. As you can guess i’m going to give this a Thumbs Down (made it to chapter 92)
1. if you hate Inconsistencies:, just run and don’t look back, as it is what finally broke my resolve
-eg. “as the 2 water balls collided they both fell apart” – (then not 2 paragraphs later) “as one water ball was bigger it took many shots to hold it back” and this is a weak example just the one most fresh in my memory.
1.5. Character inconsistencies: main character (having received no education + being a total shutin at the start) constantly switches between being an 8yo with PhD level intelligence in things like biology, economics, History and swindling to being completely inept at things only when convenient to the story, and much more but moving on.
2. Names or there lack of: I’m not sure if the Author is just Realllly lazy or if they just don’t care because as it looks from other reviews most of the current character don’t even matter. But by my very rough estimate there is only maybe 6-7 characters with real names that don’t mysteriously need to be changed eg. Xue er and Selena? (guess Aimi and Aier were easier to remember so to hell with it ill just change them in the middle of the book)<–really pissed me off. Everyone else is just a number. Maids 1-6, wind fire girls 1-36, and so on (makes the MC just seem like a total asshat to me, as he can remember complex spell formulas and entire books in the library in mere hours but when it comes to his slav….friends their names don’t matter.
I really could go on But im sure you’ve gotten my point by now, i will say in the most basest form the story is interesting and the First 30ish chapters where great, but just no
Short Version :Good translation, Interesting story, Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Author.
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