Return of the Runebound Professor [BOOK 8 STUBBED]

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[STUBBING MEANS BOOK 7 (up to ch634) IS UP ON AMAZON, NOT ENDING]. ALL OTHER CHAPTERS WILL REMAIN ON ROYAL ROAD UNTIL SUBSEQUENT BOOKS RELEASE. THAT MEANS YOU CAN CONTINUE READING AFTER CH559 UNTIL THE NEXT BOOK COMES OUT!

Books 1 through 8 are available on Amazon here.

Lives are a currency, and Noah Vines is rich.

Reincarnated into the body of a poisoned magic school professor, Noah is given more than just a second chance at life. Every time he dies, his body reforms. With infinite variations of runic magic to discover and with death as a painful soul wound rather than a final end, Noah finally has a chance to wander the lands of the living once again.

And this time, he plans to get strong enough to make sure that he never has to wait around in the afterlife again.

Schedule: Monday - Friday 2k word chapter uploads at 11:15 AM CST

Book 1 Chapters: 1-90

Book 2 Chapters: 90-202

Book 3 Chapters: 202-296

Book 4 Chapters: 296-377

Book 5 Chapters: 377-476

Book 6 Chapters: 477-559

Book 7 Chapters: 560-632

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Status: Ongoing
Year: 2023
Author: Actus

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Rating: 4.6/ 5.0
Followers: 15,054
Views: 2,674,174

What readers say about Return of the Runebound Professor [BOOK 8 STUBBED]

“Great storyline! Great writing!! I Await new chapters eagerly!! Highly highly recommend to anyone who likes a good fantasy book. Great story arcs that still somehow flow into the whole thing. I am officially addicted. It took a very common theme and turne…”
RinaxRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“My favorite part of this story is the main character. A lot of reincarnation/transmigration stories have the main character mostly unchanged by death— confused, yes, but still essentially the same person as before they died. Noah is not this kind of chara…”
SnuggleCatRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(10)

RinaxRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Great storyline! Great writing!! I Await new chapters eagerly!! Highly highly recommend to anyone who likes a good fantasy book. Great story arcs that still somehow flow into the whole thing. I am officially addicted. It took a very common theme and turned it utterly unique and fascinating. Could not recommend this book more!
SnuggleCatRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
My favorite part of this story is the main character. A lot of reincarnation/transmigration stories have the main character mostly unchanged by death— confused, yes, but still essentially the same person as before they died.
Noah is not this kind of character. His time in the afterlife has reduced his views on death from ‘incredibly scary ending’ to ‘extremely inconvenient, would not recommend.’ What’s more, it’s completely screwed with his sense of time— he’s late to his classes sometimes, and often gets caught up in whatever he’s doing without noticing how long he’s been doing it.
I love all these little character details because it just makes him seem so much more real and interesting. Noah having some extremely strange characteristics makes him more relatable, because those oddities make sense.
Combined with a unique and well thought out magic system, lively side characters, and generally sharp writing, this story makes for great reading. It’s only at the beginning right now, and I’m already far too invested.
1bhigpackRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Very engaging and fun to read. Keeps you coming for more and you always know there's a higher mountain though as impossible as things get in a calm and calculative countenance you can make it out. Great job with the character devs and growth. Love the power build up, allies and worlds or realms involved
ElieRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The start of the book was very similar to another book I won't mention (waiting in line to reincarnate when something goes wrong). Once it really started though I am enjoying the 'teacher' perspective and the unique magic system with the runes. I look forward to the MC getting a bit more power and deeper into the world and learning more about the people and kingdoms, etc.
DaedosunRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The author manages to make it feel both earthlike and alien, as in it feels like earth but the actual alternate world elements do feel very fleshed out and real to both an alternate world and life as we know it. People have human feeling motivations. The society feels lived in and accurate, particularly the aristocratic element. The magic does have some minor iseki broken system elements for the protagonist but it feels more than outweighed by his lack of knowledge of reality giving him a balanced chance. The heart of the book though is the protagonist. He's both well defined, as in he has definite behaviors and tendencies quirks and ticks well fleshed out, while simultaneously never giving much to define who he is or was. Show don't tell. You see him every day and relevant details come up but how the pieces come together isn't ever focussed on. You end up liking him while constantly wondering about the history that made him who he is. Oddly his personality is a power fantasy when combined with the iseki power fantasy element because his personality simply takes advantage of it so well. It engages the reader because at the end of the day the personality being overpowered kinda justifies itself by default. It's kinda like the punisher as that personality, while very different, is why people assume he wins. The dichotomy alone and radically different storytelling style is worth a dip if only because it might be novel reading material. Though to be honest for me personally this is all window dressing. I rarely encounter a character I can legitimately enjoy. Most don't feel properly human. They feel like an automotons often winning by plot armor. This one doesn't. He feels like a breathing character. Though that is just personal preference. Anyway I very much enjoy the story and look forward to reading more.
Gislbert_the_Ruinously_StrangeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The weak to strong aspect appeals to me, and the jokes and bits are suitably bad in a self-aware fashion. The romance is as silly as it is adorable, and the power of friendship is strong. The Gods watching their soap opera has me cackling every time.
The powers, and power-scaling aspects are quite new, and very interesting. It took me some time to wrap my head around it, and I like that Noah learns with us; showing rather than telling, when new information appears.
But what really gets my attention, not to mention my unequivocal, enthusiastic patronage... is the breathtakingly titanic magnitude of bullshit Noah calls upon.
It's magnificent.
GuydoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Story isn't perfect, but the next exciting thing is always around the corner. Characters are good and power scaling is consistent and well paced. It's the kind of story that really rewards attention to detail, and I enjoy that. I am looking forward to reading more in the future for sure.
DetroxRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Seeing a new novel on top of the rising stars caught my curiosity, and seeing the familiar name of the author piqued my interest.
The opening is very good, and I especially liked the bait the author did with the reincarnation. It was just one paragraph, but I remember how I thought, Huh, so it's this kind of… Nope he got me there.
Style: I loved how the author introduced the story in a smart way, and instead of long info dumps he played into a trait of the main character to slowly explain the necessary information to his audience. Easy 5*
Grammar: Not much to say here, everything felt as it should… easy 5*
Story: As of yet, I am liking the story. It is simple yet enjoyable, no immediate world-ending threats or insane odds stacked against our MC. The only thing I'd call out is at least in my opinion a lack of story promises or future goals. The story is great and binge-reading the first 30ish chapters was very enjoyable, but after I ran out I barely felt the itch of hoping to read the next one as soon as possible. 4.5
Character: Very good characters all around. Feels like a living world and the characters around the main character have their own agency, and aren't there just to serve their singular purpose. 5*
Overall: I'll give it 5* because the quality is among the best of this site and I am curious where the story will lead in the next 50… 100… or even more chapters.
Keep up the great work!
Kevinlo1Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story is an enjoyable piece that is a light isekai, came from earth but doesn't shove the fact down your throat. The mechanics of the magic are interesting and learning about them in time with our main character is well done. The other characters are well made with their own goals and paths. Very good story and I recommend it highly.
The Ceaseless WatcherRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
TL;DR: Excellent worldbuilding, interesting characters, solid magic system, and go read EB too! Noah reappears next to a magic gourd every time he dies, much like a Tarnished revives at his Site of Grace. It's a very fun way of giving your intelligent character a way to screw up without abruptly ending the story.
Written much like his previous work, "My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror," Actus has a comprehensive, evocative writing style. However, I've noticed a repetitive habit when it comes to descriptors, so the grammar suffers just enough to be slightly inconvenient. The Story isn't what I expected from the blurb. If you can imagine reincarnating into the body of the super-magic-academy's least-liked teacher, all whilst having to learn magic yourself, then you have a good idea of the struggles so far. Noah, the protagonist, used to be a music teacher on earth. It isn't the worst character concept on paper, but Actus has quickly made him a great one. With magic being restrictive in it's gain, but limitless in it's potential power, the only real thing Noah has going for him is Sunder. Metal as hell. He can't quite use it, but Damien Vale couldn't quite throw a punch, either.
Overall, I would recommend this to anyone who likes to see how a protagonist gets their power to Anime levels of ridiculous, starting with a humble wind cutter. Actus is really good at making power scaling in literature look easy, and I expect good things from this. In my eyes, it's potential is even higher, even if it's only because of how good Eldritch Bestie is, so go read that too!
Edit: I, to my shock, found out that RR reveiw system is kinda wonky. For the sake of promoting this story, I re-did the score to be higher.