Newt and Demon
Edwin M. Griffiths
When the apocalypse comes, a mysterious entity grants Theo Spencer the gift of reincarnation: a quiet life as an alchemist. He awakens in the small town of Broken Tusk in a non-human body, and with his Alchemy Skills he sets out to turn its fortune - rising to mayor, forging the Southlands Alliance, and pushing his Alchemist class core to limits never seen on the mortal plane. A cozy, low-stakes LitRPG with town building, a detailed Alchemy System, and slice-of-life progression.
Progression: LitRPG class-and-skill advancement centered on a detailed Alchemy System. Protagonist Theo holds an Alchemist class core with quantifiable Alchemy Skills that grow volume over volume; later volumes add collected classes pushed to their limits, Ascendants, heavenly realms, and a world-level system reset. Town-building/management progression (Broken Tusk to Southlands Alliance) is gated on alchemical and class advancement. Publisher markets it explicitly as progression fantasy for fans of slice-of-life progression.
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