Oathbound

3.5/5 for the series as a whole.

Surgecaller is very heavily inspired by Cradle. You've got the weak shunned MC who discovers the region he grew up in was the weakest in the world. The endgoal is set early on and the entire series is working towards it.

In general it's pretty good. I have 2 issues that hold it back.

1. The MC isn't great. Unlike Lindon, Huon is mostly an annoying brat. He doesn't gain power through talent or incredible hard work, he just gets it handed to him and still whines about it. He also doesn't have much of a personality and his powers are very generic. Nothing unique here

2. The powersystem isn't great or consistent. “It takes years to go from tier 1 to 2, or 1 random pill created from 1 random encounter”. You can gain completely overpowered abilities from random monsters, but barely anyone seems to look for them. Just doesn't make much sense