Reader Mage

F14/100

Web serial by A Random Turtle

Ongoing391,744 words · 186 chapters · 2025

Royal Road

4.10

261 ratings

He read the novel no one else would — and now had a System to show for it. Merlin Tyrrell's favorite web novel came to an end, and with it his dream of entering one of the most prestigious Mage Academies on Earth. Evaluated as Deficient — a Mage who could cast no spells — he could only watch as his wish to protect those he loved from Dungeons and Towers slipped away. That was, until the author sent him a gift for being his sole reader until the end: the System of the novel's protagonist, and his greatest Skill — Reader Mage. Now possessing the ability to analyze and deconstruct spells on the fly, Merlin sets out to become the greatest Mage to ever exist.