The Combat Alchemist

Self-Published

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Description

All his life, Lukas has felt as though he were living in a dream—one he doesn’t belong in. For years, he has simply been drifting through each day, waiting out his life. Yet, when he suddenly finds himself in a strange forest, he feels truly awake for the first time—only to be brought to the brink of death soon after. Filled with newfound purpose and a relentless drive to grow stronger, Lukas will do whatever it takes to reach the top.

Follow Lukas as he navigates a new world, discovering what it means to be an outworlder while learning all he can about magic and striving to grow stronger as quickly as possible. Along the way, he will forge few friendships and unwittingly make enemies as he eagerly explores all the world has to offer. But when the harsh realities of this world come knocking far sooner than he expected, he finds himself at a loss. Still, through it all, he will not break. He will not bend.

Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2025
Author: J. E. Barney

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Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 284
Views: 124,884

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Community Reviews(5)

jfeichterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Love this story! It is a different take concentrating on an alchemist class that I have not seen before.
I am enjoying seeing the MC rise in levels in alchemy and battle skills. His character progression has kept me interested along with the supporting characters that have rounded out the storyline.
I look forward seeing where this story takes the MC and myself along with it!
FrofroRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
An overall decent story with no glaring grammar errors. The MC is a workaholic as MCs tend to be but not an unlikeable character overall. I disagree with the authors naming of a class but thats not a show stopper. This story seems to have few readers but I think many more would enjoy reading it so give it a try.
IonManRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
If you're looking for extreme plot twists, you're not getting them. If you're looking for OP-ness, you're getting spoonfed, little by little. If you're thinking 0-100 MPH in zero-to-hero NASCAR, you'll be seeing a modified go-cart instead. But if you're the patient type who likes to enjoy a nice read, predict probabilities, and expect detailed development, then this is the story for you. Otherwise, jump to Bioweapon Rhapsody, Propagation, or even Solo Leveling instead. Without giving the story away, let's break down things at a glance.
MC is not OP, yet. At the pace of MC development, it's considered fast. It's not super-villian or superhero fast, but overall, it's fast. Most takes years to develop. MC got a mysterious self-proclaimed divine helper without a flashback, yet. This divine helper better have their debut before chapter 200, you hear, writer!? It's fun keeping the divine helper in the dark, but there are hints everywhere along the story of the divine helper's past. I can already visualize it. However, even with the so-called assistance from this cynical helper, MC is progressing like a real-life isekai person. This reminds me so much of Garbage Brave, Chaotic Craftsman Worships The Cube, The Cave King, Did I Seriously Just Get Reincarnated as My Gag Character, Disciple of the Lich, Failure Frame, Frontier Magic Pharmacist, Production Magician’s Easy-going Frontier Cultivation, just to name a few with similar plot lines and starting frames. It's about personal development, going from square one. It's about a personal journey to learn, experience, and personal best development, while exploiting the comprehension of the basics. Slow burn? Kind of. More like medium roast burn.
The cliche of meeting the girl who happens to be a rival, jealousy of the same sex, the Guild's Cliche Arc, meeting the parents, and facing the higher society anxiety. This is definitely the integration with the Death March, where the MC is thrown into the harem's scheme as a stud horse
Kimbrough7Royal Road
★★★★ 3.5
The story is good. I love a good isekai. The MC is special bit not OP. The system is pretty standard but well done. The supporting characters are decently fleshed out and the little bit of action we've had is decent.
The issue is that the MC acts like a 13 year old boy who's never been around people. He's awkward and unnecessarily anti social. He's supposed to be mid twenties but his inner monologue reads like a teenager. He has no experience with woman and the author takes the anti social trope wayyyy too far. He refuses to take off his mask at all. And there's no justification for it. He won't even let the people who are helping him see his face.
If you don't mind a MC who's kinda a beta then give this story a chance.
Eric GarRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
I made it to chapter 54 before I got tired of the overpowered mc being told he was actually a inept useless moron that ruined his fundamental and could have handicapped his future without his chance meeting with this girl thats training him now. Like cmon author, its one thing to say hes behind but another to claim he'd missed key fundamentals while totally obliterating anything in his path.... good luck with the rest of the story