Ascension through the abyssal echoes

Cunning kept his heart beating. Grief taught his hands to forge. Agony turned the man to steel.  And thus began, his abyssal ascent!  When Ray wakes up in a primordial nightmare with a 1,000-day countdown ticking in his mind, he has nothing but the clothes on his back and a "glitch" in his head that screams when death is near. But in a world where humans are more monstrous than the beasts they hunt, a glitch isn't enough to survive. Ray must suppress the despair of the home he lost and replace it with the heat of the forge, the sting of alchemy and the blood and sweat of the swords.  The world is rigged against him, and his own persistent unluck ensures that every step forward is a fight for his soul. But Ray isn't here to play a losing game. From the smithy to the battlefield, he learns that when the rules are designed to kill you, the only way to win is to flip the board. What to Expect : Grimdark-Psychological-Hardcore *An eventuall Jack of all trades / Crafting, Alchemy etc.  * Weak-to-strong/ Swordsmanship * Living characters/ Psychological aspects Upload schedule: 3 chapters a week. (M-W-F) 12:21 PM EST Each chapter with 2500-4500 words.