War Aeternus
Charles Dean
Lee is a quiet office worker until a drunken god whisks him to another world as his Herald — a pawn in a cruel game between gods. Trapped among magic, monsters, and rival Heralds, he must level, gain skills, and build alliances to survive arena bloodsport, broken cities, and finally open war against an empire marching on his kingdom.
Progression: LitRPG/GameLit progression inside a divine game: office worker Lee is chosen as a god's Herald/pawn and must advance via explicit game mechanics — levels, stats, and new skills (Goodreads book-1 page: 76 LitRPG mentions, 28 level mentions, 40 stats mentions). Survival and rank among rival Heralds depend on quantitative power growth, and each volume arms him with new skills for arena combat, city-scale conflict, and war.
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