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The Stubborn Skill-Grinder in a Time Loop

A LitRPG Adventure

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The Stubborn Skill-Grinder in a Time Loop

By: X-RHODEN-X
Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski
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An action-packed LitRPG Adventure perfect for fans of Mother of Learning, Primal Hunter, and The Perfect Run!

Fight. Grind. Grow strong enough to stop the Cataclysm.

Orodan was an orphaned street rat who clawed his way to the county militia with hard work. When calamitous events unfold and draw him into events bigger than himself, Orodan's battle-loving disposition leads to a warrior's death.

Then he wakes up again at the start of the Cataclysm. Then again. And again.

In a world of skills, titles, and blessings, a smart time-looper would perhaps scheme, plan, amass equipment, and allies. But not Orodan. If there's one thing he's good at, it's stubbornly trying the same thing over and over again via brute force till it's done.

If a wall is in front of him, going around is not an option. Instead, he'll batter it thousands of times until either the wall breaks or he does. And gain skill levels along the way.

Until, maybe one run, he'll grow powerful enough to stop the Cataclysm.

Experience this fast-paced LitRPG Adventure about Orodan and his progression toward becoming extremely overpowered using a time loop. The series features a detailed system, loads of skills, varied progression paths, deep worldbuilding, cultivation aspects, and a heroic character you can't help but root for!

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This book was amazing! It was well written, narrated and all around easy to follow. The book allowed me to easily turn my brain off after work and get sucked in to the story. It reminded me of a previous book trilogy called “Jake’s Magical Market”. That was a series that I have yet to see anything best, with its story plot, narration and width of character development.

However if all the following books are similar, and the author knows when to end the books rather than make a forever series. It could be an astonishing story, one that could even be on par with Jake’s magical market!! Especially with its current narrator! Keep up the good work Mr author!!

Amazing story

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Good audio performance and great story. I’ve read this book on kindle unlimited and am up-to-date on royal road. Has the perfect mix of an OP hack/slash MC but plenty of crafting elements to give occasional reprieve from the action

Favourite series of the last few years

Highly recommend

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it's a good story with nice fast progression i thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book and am looking forward to a sequel.

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My man's slapped this one out. Captivating story start to finish, thoroughly enjoyed the pace of this. I am curious how this translates onwards in future book/s..

a stand out in my collection

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A book where you can just shut off your brain and enjoy the endless progression.

Grate book

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Solid writing/story, good characters, smooth narration. Kept me listening despite having read the written story in the past. It is definitely a bit of a power fantasy but come on guys, it's LitRPG that's basically slang for power fantasy. I don't see that as a criticism but an endorsement.

Listened through in 2 sessions

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I loved everything of the book, I have no complaints. genuinely enjoyed the series im every way. only thing I disliked was how evil the villians are... which just means well written villians..

the story was compelling and enjoyable.

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This is a pretty good story, for what it is, though it has its faults.

The MC is stuck in a time loop but his skills and stats save from one restart to another, meaning he's constantly growing stronger. Unlike other time loop stories, the MC is a meathead who will pick fighting above any other option. It's a fun excuse for a violence-filled story where the hero grows from ordinary human to god-fighting monstrosity!

It reminded me a fair bit of Mother of Learning, or Cradle, in that way that small things grow and by the end of the book the character is just absolutely epic.

Unfortunately, the fact that this is a royal road story somewhat spoiled things for me. It's obvious that this was written over a large amount of time. Often the same information was repeated perhaps 1over the course of the book - something I think came from the fact that the original chapters were meant to be read many, many months apart. I can't count how many times I was told (literally 2-3 times per chapter at the start of the book) that the hero was a stubborn, bull-headed fighter who preferred to bang his head against a brick wall until it collapsed than walk around.

Additionally, the author used words like 'Unfathomable' and 'Monstrous' a lot. Like, a lot, lot.

This was a good story. I understand why people like it. But I won't be picking up book 2. YMMV.

Gets progressively more epic

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It starts simple with constant combat, easy listen that always kept me listening. This story is now one of my favourites.

• Overpowered MC (a personal preference)
• Great world building and character development, no dumb or shallow characters
• Combat, fighting, and action. Never gets old!
• A progressive story & character that start simple but develop over time, but never too complicated to require memorising everything
• Brilliant voice actor!! Many different characters with distinctive and vibrant voices, and always easy to tell who’s speaking. Definitely one of the better ones,

I would agree that this book is on par, albeit slightly shy of, the Primal Hunter. Maybe book 2 will change my mind, can’t wait for it!!
(Asaranth Healer is another great title similar to these, with a bit more realism)

Simple yet epic

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Would reccomend, enjoyed the width of the character progression. Silly, but doesn't really try to be overly serious. Worth a read. Fun

Simple but fun

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