The Grind

Astrid awakens to find she is no longer in the hellscape that was her life. No. Now she is in a fresh new hellscape. One with magic, skills, numbers, levels, and pigs…lots of pigs. Trapped, she is forced to grind her skills or die trying.  ——————— I decided to write a burnout litRPG that lives up to its name. “The Grind” is a grind to read, a grind to write, and a grind to enjoy, but one that I hope is worth the effort. Comments and critique are more than welcome and actively encouraged. Give me your all and I’ll give you mine. Try and enjoy.  Copyright © RCPoet, 2026 All rights reserved. This story is fully human written. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. You do not have my permission to feed this story and its contents into a large language model. All characters and events in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. “The Grind” is only posted on Royalroad, any other publication is stolen and violates my copyright.