Second Life as a Soldier

Edward dies a nobody and wakes in a stranger’s broken body—abandoned, starving, and nameless in the Kingdom of Avalon. Here, power is measured in Tiers, magic is carved from battle, and the untalented are cannon fodder for endless war. With no lineage or innate gift, survival demands enlistment in the Royal Army, where brutal training and scarce rations forge soldiers or corpses. Edward clings to two weapons: a relentless mind and the refusal to break. He learns that strength alone won’t save him—tactics, endurance, and the fragile trust of fellow recruits might. But Avalon’s battlefields devour the unprepared, and every step forward is a gamble against the kingdom’s crushing hierarchy. The choice is simple: carve a place in this world or die forgotten.