![The Rise of Ashborn [Kingdom Building / Weak to Strong Progression]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F150970-the-rise-of-ashborn-kingdom-building-weak.jpg%3Ftime%3D1775411551&w=640&q=75)
by Forst-Icicle
Volume 1 is done!! Volume 2 chapters will start dropping late august or early sep!!Civil engineer Arthur Vance was two days away from marrying the love of his life when a truck ended his future. Instead of death, he awakens in the body of Oliver Ashborn—a frail thirteen-year-old noble who has just survived an assassination attempt. His new reality is worse than death. The once-powerful Ashborn family is collapsing. Their mines are exhausted. Their roads are mud. Their territory is drowning in debt. And powerful enemies are already circling. But Arthur isn't a noble.He's an engineer. Armed with the knowledge of physics, chemistry, and structural engineering, Arthur begins to analyze this new world's greatest force—magic. If mana follows rules, then it can be understood.If it can be understood, it can be engineered.And in a world where magic decides power… one mistake could destroy everything.=> Updates: 3-5 times per week! What to expect from this novel: ⚙️ Rational, Engineer Protagonist🔮 Hard Magic System📈 Weak-to-Strong Progression🏰 Kingdom Building & Industrialization⚔️ Fantasy & Political Intrigue🗝️ Deep Lore & Mysteries⏳ Slow Romance This is my first experience in writing, and I hope to get better with time, and be able to stand on my own.
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| 1 | Chapter 1: Arthur's Demise | 0 |
| 2 | Author's note | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 2 : The Blueprint of Ruin | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 3: The Midnight study | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 4: The Facade of Recovery | 0 |
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| Chapter 5:The Viscount’s Office |
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| 7 | Chapter 6: The Sanctuary of Dust | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 7: The Economy of Ruin | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 8: Viscountess Lunalar's Arrival | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 9: The Ice Queen Warning | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 10: Rust and Roses | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 11: The Invisible Elara | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 12: The Fountain’s Secret | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 13: The silent Sentinel | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 14: The Black Book | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 15: Magnus Ashborn | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 16: The Impending Doom | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 17: The Spatial Rift | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 18: Deep into the Woods | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 19: The Lost Child | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 20: A Fight for Survival (1) | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 21: Echoes of the Void | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 22: A Fight for Survival (2) | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 23: Between Two Souls | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 24: The Three Paths | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 25: The Royal Decree | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 26: Frost and Ash | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 27: The First Spark | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 28: Ashford City (1) | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 29: Ashford City (2) | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 30: A Quiet Suspicion | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 31: The Cold War | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 32: The Cost of Power | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 33: Ashford's Winter Crisis | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 34: Shadows in the Mine | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 35: The Iron Lesson | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 36: The Winter Gamble | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 37: The Iron Beast | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 38: Draining The Abyss | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 39: The Blizzard's Wrath | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 40: When the Fire Went Out | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 41: The Ledger of a Lord | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 42: A Soul Bound in Winter | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 43: The Debt is Logged | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 44: What the Cold Left Behind | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 45: Beneath the Half-Spent Moon | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 46 : You Were Too Late | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 47: The Watcher on the Ridge | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 48: The Second Rhythm | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 49: Drawn Into the Open | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 50: The Quiet Shift | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 51: The Hound (1) | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 52: The Hound (2) | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 53: A Name in The Dark | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 54: Quiet Manipulations | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 55: The Cannibal City | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 56: Hemlock's Fall | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 57: The Lockdown | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 58: The Silence Between Steps | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 59: One Chance | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 60: Worth Keeping | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 61: The Uneasy Morning | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 62: Stars Over Ashford | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 63: The Quiet Departure | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 64: Beyond The Pass | 0 |
| 66 | Chapter 65: Between The Mountains | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 66: Under the Lunalar Crest | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 67: Dinner Under Stone | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 68: Lyra Thalienne | 0 |
| 70 | Chapter 69: The Hearthline | 0 |
| 71 | Chapter 70: A Night's Talk | 0 |
| 72 | Chapter 71: Rowan Hale | 0 |
| 73 | Chapter 72: The End of The Beginning | 0 |
| 74 | Chapter 73: The Descent to Velaryn | 0 |
| 75 | Chapter 74: A Thing Out of Place | 0 |
| 76 | Chapter 75: Echo of The Spear | 0 |
| 77 | Chapter 76: The Ignis Node | 0 |
| 78 | Chapter 77: Between Two Cities | 0 |
| 79 | Chapter 78: Flicker In The Dark | 0 |
| 80 | Chapter 79: The Codex (1) | 0 |
| 81 | Chapter 80: The Codex (2) | 0 |
| 82 | Chapter 81: A Troublesome Morning | 0 |
| 83 | Chapter 82: The Lunalars Library | 0 |
| 84 | Chapter 83: The Pillar and The Spear | 0 |
| 85 | Chapter 84: A Saintness? | 0 |
| 86 | Chapter 85: Arthur vs Norris | 0 |
| 87 | Chapter 86: Spatial Domain | 0 |
| 88 | Chapter 87: A Calculated Lie | 0 |
| 89 | Chapter 88: A Letter to Ashford | 0 |
| 90 | Chapter 89: Moonlit Abyss | 0 |
| 91 | Chapter 90: A Smile Beneath The Stars | 0 |
| 92 | Chapter 91: An Unspoken Promise | 0 |
| 93 | Chapter 92: A Rainy Night | 0 |
| 94 | Chapter 93: Distraction? | 0 |
| 95 | Chapter 94: Chessboard | 0 |
| 96 | Chapter 95: The Deal Is Sealed | 0 |
| 97 | Chapter 96: The Father's Arrival | 0 |
| 98 | Chapter 97: Life Magic | 0 |
| 99 | Chapter 98: The Mother's Sign | 0 |
| 100 | Chapter 99: The Northern Temple (1) | 0 |
| 101 | Chapter 100.1: Temple (2) | 0 |
| 102 | Chapter 100.2 (Temple 3) | 0 |
| 103 | Epilogue (End of Book 1) | 0 |
| 104 | Announcement! | 0 |