Burnout Reincarnation [SLOW BURN COZY 'MAGIC CRAFTING' KINGDOM BUILDING PROGRESSION] (LitRPG elements) [3 arcs done!]

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Description

Archmund Granavale was nine years old when he remembered his first life as a (former) “gifted kid”.That world told him for years that he would grow up to do great things and change the world. Then he grew up, and he got stuck in a boring office job, and none of that happened.

In this new world, Omnio, he can't relive that. At first, he wants to use all of the useless knowledge and trivia — science fun facts, recipes, and self-help books — that a "gifted" kid absorbs to either revolutionize this pre-industrial fantasy world or achieve total freedom instead of being bound by the rules of the nobility.

But that all changes once a Dungeon Storm opens a passage to the underworld in his home county, sparking an empire-wide gold rush for its magical gems. If he wants either a quiet life or a career at the forefront of industrialization, he has no choice but to navigate the complex social landscape of the military, the nobility, and the masters of magic.

He'll take every advantage he can get — magic gems, independent wealth, connections and the status to make them — and the knowledge of a burned-out gifted kid.

This time, hewillchange the world — or at very least the path of his life.

Even if he ends up burned out again.

And using those goddamn spreadsheets.

Featuring:

Magical experiments!

A magic system drawing inspiration from Bleach and Path of Exile, but with Metaphors!

A slowly-unlocked System that gets more and more spreadsheety with each upgrade!

Slow-burn 10-year-old realpolitik!

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2025
Author: LORDXVNV

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.2/ 5.0
Followers: 935
Views: 401,131

Chapters(151 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

intercedentRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I found this after being recommended it by a friend who was a fan of the author from his other webfiction stuff, it seems really good so far. The prose is engaging and it seems like it's setting up for a high quality narrative. I especially enjoyed the worldbuilding and elements of the leveling system shown so far. Awaiting the next chapter eagerly.
chaozheroRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Fun story with a neat premise ! I enjoy the relationship developing between the main characters and the magic system! The magic system has plenty of room for the MC to expand on their powerset and how the dungeon is portrayed is not one I have seen done in this way before! Look forward to more as it devleops.
Constantly_TinglingRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Very rare for a story on here to have many characters who have strong personalities, personal goals, and sensible flaws. There's a real sense of each character's own way of thinking and the blind spots and strengths they have because of it. While there is an emphasis on world building, it isn't heavy handed at all. I'm someone who usually skips long lore dumps. I haven't skipped anything here, because its all been interesting and relevant, provoking more thought instead of answering everything. The world is fantastic and the exploring of ethical dilemmas has been very interesting. Not to mention the unique magic system. Highly recommend for enjoyers of: Slow burn, world building, character driven
PotestiusRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Slow-burn but good pacing, the story is engaging and the characters keep things interesting. It's an interesting take on an isekai-type story, and the story is pretty self-aware but not in-your-face about it. There's an internal logic to the world that stays consistent and little hints and teases of a meta plot that shows up occasionally. Give it a try, the quality is pretty consistently good throughout
topherhughesRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Read the first arc and am enjoying it so far. Curious to see where it goes, so I'll keep this as a follow and keep reading it.
Ok, more words. There's some of the typical isekai knowledge from another world, but honestly the mayob thing is new to me. Ib don't think I'd ever read a story with that before. Different ag methods, industrialization, etc sure - but not mayo. Why import the epitome of evil into a poor innocent magic world?!?
MatthewsonTRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
The Author's description says "Slow-burn 10-year-old realpolitik" - I've seen similar descriptions on other stories but they've always seemed moderately paced. This really is a slow burn, and if you can get through that, and you enjoy more of the academic/thoughful side of worldbuilding, then it is really rather good.
Not everyone will like it, but some people will love it
UhohhRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
It's a great story that has fantastic prose and dialogue. I can't believe how many qoutes I've saved from this. The side characters gets fleshed out. The plot is interesting. From the description, I thought this would be more of a tech uplift/Inventor MC type of story, but there's a lot of dungeon delving on this. Not a lot of politicking as advertised. The main con for me is how the latest arc is taking its long ass time resolving, but that just might be a me issue.
VicLRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
I like how real/grounded this main character is. He wants to uplift his people and make life better for them, which is nice, but it's because he wants to make plenty of money for himself to live luxuriously, which is even better. He's not some self-righteous hero-wannabe trying to proclaim his moral superiority; neither is he steeped in vengeance and wanting to kill, steal and destroy ad nauseum. He just wants to live a nice life.
I also appreciate the economics in the worldbuilding, clear but not too detailed,
Not to mention the pacing. Skipping the training montage to develop the supporting characters? Quite appreciated.
What I do find too detailed is the introspection. Too much thinking about himself, comparing worlds, worrying endlessly about this or that which may or may never actually happen... it kinda feels like a waste of my time after reading half a page of worrying and then later something happens and all that worrying is completely pointless. I'd understand if it was foreshadowing to future occurrences but if all it does it try to show how the MC overthinks or why he does something, well... I think it's a step or two overdone.
Heather SerraRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
So, the story starts out well and has a decent plot concept, with a young heir in a fantasy world regaining memories of being a ‘burned out’ prodigy from our world. The magic system the author built is excellent and what really made me keep reading. I also am intrigued by how dungeons are formed by the restless dead and what implications it has for the soul and afterlife and religion. Where this story really falls short is in the characterization. No one is suddenly suspicious of the main character suddenly acting differently after regaining his memories from his prior life. His lord father despite being the lord and quite willing to ‘spoil’ his son, is so superfluous that he probably should have been killed off by the author in the same plague that killed the rest of his family. When the main character is confronted in the dungeon by the restless dead spirit of his mother, it is jarring, because his sorrow seems to come completely out of left field with the main character’s new personality. Besides this, many of the character interactions seem strange and kind of forced.
TheSpaniard777Royal Road
★★ 2.0
This has good bones, but they’re covered in sludge. Let’s do the pros and cons I guess.
The good:
Gem based magic system with enough variance to be interesting. It’s got this “soft magic meets hard magic,” vibe that could have really been something.
A system that‘s more descriptive than prescriptive.
A fairly deep cast of characters that, while not exactly being unique, are believable (ish) and had potential.
The Bad:
The main character is the worst kind of self insert. A significant chunk of well over half of the available chapters are just references to the only non-fiction the author has ever read. It’s possible to walk that line without coming off as pretentious, but the execution here is extremely immersion breaking. It literally feels like we’re drug out of the story for a minute so the author can give an expose on all the hoity-toity literature they’ve got under their belt. One minute you’re mid adventure in your favorite kind of escapism, and the next you’re at a seminar on How to Win Friends and Influence People. (That book is referenced at least 5 times in the first 100 chapters). To be clear, I’m not throwing around insults here. This kind of stuff might feel nice to write, but it sucks to read. So I hope the author got it out of their system, because they’ve got potential.
Next, the labels on this thing are entirely wrong. There’s no kingdom building, there’s no magic crafting, and frankly it isn’t particularly cozy either. This is an action-adventure Isekai about dungeon diving, with a pseudo-soft magic system involving gems. There are gamelit aspects, but they’ve been essentially ignored — beyond “if you do stuff to get stronger you get stronger.” Frankly, the system didn’t even need to be involved in this story. It’s not all bad, and the system was being setup as the “thing you have to know about to be in the big leagues,” but it’s just not there yet. Otherwise, no kingdom building beyond the MC being loosely aware of the fact that he’s a noble and sh