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X-RHODEN-X

X-RHODEN-X is an Australian author who publishes under the pen name Knight_Rhoden on Royal Road and ScribbleHub. The Stubborn Skill-Grinder in a Time Loop is their debut series, published through Aethon Books starting in 2025.

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The Stubborn Skill-Grinder in a Time Loop

Legendary

Ongoing

Orphaned militia soldier Orodan Wainwright dies in a world-ending Cataclysm and wakes up at the start of it — again and again. Rather than scheming like a clever time-looper, he does what he has always done: throw himself at the wall until it breaks. In a world where skill levels are everything, stubbornness turns out to be its own kind of power.

Status: Ongoing
Books: 4
Length: 90 hrs
Pace: Fast, hooks hard after a slow first stretch