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Second Life as a Soldier by Soldier_of_Avalon

Second Life as a Soldier
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He died a nobody.

Now he’s reborn in a body beaten and left for dead, no family, no... Read more
He died a nobody.

Now he’s reborn in a body beaten and left for dead, no family, no food, no future.

In the Kingdom of Avalon, strength isn’t just respected, it’s survival. Power is ranked by Tiers, magic is earned through blood and elemental affinity, and those without talent are nothing more than fodder for war.

Edward has neither noble blood nor rare talent. What he does have is an iron will, a sharp mind, and the stubborn refusal to stay down. Desperate for food, shelter, and a second chance, he enlists in the Royal Army, trading the uncertainty of the streets for the grueling discipline of military life.

But the army is no place for the weak. Training is brutal, resources are scarce, and every recruit is just one mistake away from the grave. Here, camaraderie is forged in hardship, tactics matter as much as raw strength, and survival demands more than swinging a sword, it demands learning, adapting, and enduring.

The road ahead is long and unforgiving. Yet with each step, Edward edges closer to something greater, growth, purpose, and perhaps a place in a kingdom that would rather see him buried than crowned.

Rise… or be forgotten.

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What to expect:
  ~Slow-paced progression
  ~Non-OP
  ~Military focus
  ~Gritty, grounded tone
  ~No harem
  ~Detailed worldbuilding
  ~Coming-of-age journey
  ~Kingdom building (later in the story)

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    Mebmoral
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    • 4.8
    4.8
    If you read this story and hate it in the beginning, I can't blame you. Pretty sure it was due to the author using ai to edit his chapters, but the descriptions and dialogues obviously sounded like ai. The overuse of cheesy one liners during basically every paragraph shows this, and lack of depth in the character actions made me consider dropping it.

    But that wheres it changed. After around chapter 25, i'm sure the author stopped used ai, and that is probably the best decision he ever made. Now the the descriptions have weight, dialogues feel real, characters don't speak in cheesy one liners but actually talk and react like normal people. The worldbuilding is set up to be phenomenal, and I love the main characters reflections and growth to power.

    My only gripe is that the long winded paragraphs sort of bore me at times, but it seems like that the author's style, but he does seem to be changing it up in more recent chapters by including more dialogues and characters interaction which is good for me. Plus the paragraphs do go in to depth about the mc's skills, struggles and inner thoughts quite well, which most authors can't be bothered to do. If you hate the way this story is written in the start, please just bare with it for a bit more, cus currently I am on chapter 100+ and story got peak from around chapter 50, and chapter 80 onwards will hook you every damn chapter.

    So far, I would rate it a 9.1/10, and I have high hopes for the future.
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    IAmNotABot
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    Very good novel.
    The only big problem is that in the first 50 chapters it is very obvious that the author used AI to rewrite the chapter, like, the pacing of the chapter and the important parts are fine, but the way it is written is CLEARLY AI, my best bet is that author wasn't confident in his writing and tried to use AI to "clean up" his text. Luckily, after those first 50 chapters he stops doing it, and let me tell you, this story is VERY nice.


    Definitely recommend this one.
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    astrobigobaldo
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    This novel is a joke in itself, "Second Life As a Soldier" and the first thing he does is not pick the soldier class
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    Paul MuadDib
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    This novel is still only at one hundred chapters, but its potential is high—really high. If you’re tired of sword master tropes and ‘I will avenge my family’ clichés, I definitely recommend this novel.
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    azurecloud
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    As of Chapter 96:

    This is honestly a hidden gem although it just started even though the author must have used chatgpt to rephrase his text making sound unnatural in some chapters (luckily he gave up on that).

    It is better and different from a Soldier’s Life novel. This one is more grounded and realistic. There is no cheat or plot armor as of yet. Just grinding and struggling with a focus on military strategy and coordination.

    Looking forward if it can keep getting better. For now rating 6-7/10
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    azurecloud
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    This is another litRPG novel; but more realistic and gritty. The best part is that the MC doesn't get cheats.

    The story and pacing are great, but I wish the characters interacted and were explored more. Also it is sometimes written in a LinkedIn style of writing with short terse sentences that dont let the text flow. The characters all talk in the same manner of speech as the narrator. This remedies a bit in the later chapters.

    This novel has potential to be more than slop. Rating 6-7/10 (unironically)
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    Bloodbrood4
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    Why so slowwwee

    I need more chapters
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    Bloodbrood4
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    I need more chapters of this book where can I find it
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    Rhaelbarnes
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    Beware I haven't read this but I felt compelled to post this.

    I find it incredibly ridiculous when people in this thread complain about AI writing.

    A) I doubt they are really able to reliably distinguish it from real writing as LLM's only purpose is to imitate human writing.

    B) Most authors' ability to write is so mediocre or outright bad that it is completely ridiculous to complaint about a straight up enhancement because "AI bad".

    C) This coincides with A) but how are you so sure that anyone is using AI or not? How are you so sure that you won't go on a witch hunt?
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      Woundy
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      I haven't read this work yet, however to counter you

      LLMs work on an algorithm. Its "only purpose" is to predict the next most likely word/number/character/phrase (token) in a string (series) of tokens. It does not imitate human writing as you said, although it could be presented as such.

      It's extremely obvious when someone uses AI to write. The structure and length of words and phrases are repetitive and there are occasional slip ups and repititions that don't make any sense. In simple terms it's formulaic in a way that wouldn't make sense unless a program was the one writing.

      AI only works out when the person using it actually cares enough to take the time out to edit and create a decent story out of the mess being spewed. Which is almost never.

      Furthermore there is very much a detectable difference between when someone is simply a bad writer and when there is AI use.
      Honestly, it's preferable to read a mediocre author, than read something that sounds like a chatbot wrote it.

      And about the witch hunt thing, it's different. I don't immediately assign AI to a work just because I detect certain things. However, if I'm reading a book and I keep seeing these things over and over and over, multiple times a chapter, for each chapter... well I have a very hard time believing that a writer is genuinely that incredibly bad and careless and especially that they don't read over their own work.
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        azurecloud
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        Ah so that's why it sounded like LinkedIn or chatgpt. I thought it was just the author's style
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    FreeRangeMongrel
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    The narrative seems fine so far. At chapter 23. Has some good parallel’s with “A Soldier’s Life”, however I prefer that one a little more than this. The writing in A Soldier’s Life seems natural, while I am getting some hints of AI and repetitive chapter structure from this. Constant sets of 3 adjectives or adverbs used for emphasis or an entire extra line line every other moment in a scene dedicated to emphasis, the way each chapter has a specific conclusion line to punch in the end of the scene and not all seem to flow naturally into the next, and the way thoughts, actions, and dialogue are always evenly distributed. Still, not a bad read so far.
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