The Call of the Hollow Men
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An experimental AI that he doesn't remember stealing, thrown an unknown number of years into the future and promptly enslaved: Mat decides everything sucks. But alien life has been discovered, LandTech wants its AI back, the Theocracy warns war is near, and Mat is a bladeslave. The AI proclaims running, hiding, fighting and conquering are all within his domain to enhance - there are no limits to their growth, except the AI needs human souls to grow stronger, and there's only one way to get those souls. Published in revised form as The Warcrowned (Book 1: an archmage prince's journey to the pinnacle of magic and empire).
Progression: Light-LitRPG soul-powered progression (Royal Road Progression + LitRPG tags; author 'What to expect: Progression, Weak-to-strong with eventual OP main character'): an experimental AI bonds with enslaved bladeslave Mat and enhances him without limits, granting Perks of Power harvested from the souls of the dead - growth gated by soul acquisition, culminating in an archmage prince's journey to the pinnacle of magic and empire in the published volumes.
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