The Codex Wars [Slow-burn LitRPG progression fantasy]

BOOK 1 COMPLETE! CHAPTERS FROM BOOK 2 CURRENTLY POSTING. Three new chapters posted a week every week Mon/Wed/Fri. All chapters posted at 11:00 AM CST. The Patreon is always 20 chapters ahead of RoyalRoad. Quests. Chapters. Pages. Power. Every Codexer lives by the System. Complete Quests. Earn Words. Turn Pages. Level Up. Farm boy Aaron Thorn thought those rules were simple—until the Arcane Codex, the sapient library of all magic, assigns him a forbidden Quest: End the Codex Wars. Now armed with a flickering portable Node, a glowing stylus, and a sarcastic cloud rabbit named Nimbus, Aaron must survive corrupted dungeons, ruthless Guilds, and the rogue Codexer Wolfbrand, whose goal is nothing less than the destruction of the Node Network itself. To save his village, Aaron will have to learn a lost Discipline—the power to rewrite spells mid-cast—and master a progression system that seems determined to erase him from its pages. In the Codex, even the smallest entry can spark a war. The Codex Wars begin here. For fans of Cradle and Arcane Ascension. What to expect: Slow-Burn Progression Crunchy but Narrative-Driven System Single POV / Primary Solo Protagonist Weak-to-strong protagonist Limited Power with Hard Constraints Skill Customization / Build Crafting Snarky Magical Companion Numbers go up