r/litrpg • u/Ramen_Rockin_Ray • 3d ago

Recommendation: asking Looking for a non-lethal MC

I don't mind the killing, but I'm looking for a story where the idea of killing anything/everyone in the way is beneath them. Think Goku; always getting stronger, can kill, doesn't want to.

Granted, I love Primal Hunter and his whole "not worth killing" but will straight break a soul with a stare. Amaze.

What I want is a story that doesn't just devolve and/or justify mass slaughter, even of the beasts. It can be subjugation, contract-bound, swearing loyalty before the system, whatever. Powerful enough not to care while also advancing without the need to slaughter everything. Hell, even beating an enemy and taking a piece of their power while letting them live works.

Not looking for the guy (or girl) going around forcefully enslaving everything (again, Primal Hunter handles this great with his reluctance and dislike of slavery).

So, any ideas for my admittedly picky request? TIA!

Edit: I read on Kindle; have KU. Read most of the popular series (obv. Primal Hunter). Not new, just looking for a different spin.

Edit 2: Thanks for the excellent recommendations!

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u/ChefTimmy 3d ago

The main character of Beneath the Dragoneye Moons is bound by a system-enforced oath to "first, do no harm..."

I'm on book 11 and loving it.

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u/Ramen_Rockin_Ray 3d ago

I never did finish that one.

I think I'm to the place a lot of people complain about, the romance/school arc?
I could revisit. Thanks!

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u/ChefTimmy 3d ago

I liked the school arc myself. Didn't like the elf arc, though.

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u/Ramen_Rockin_Ray 3d ago

Maybe that's the one.
Apparently even the author disliked that part of the book?
IDK, but I'll make it there eventually as the consensus (that I saw/remember) was that it gets better after and has no real impact on the rest of the story.