The First Sovereign of Ash [Strong to OP Archmage, Progression Fantasy]

The road of the First is a lonely one.

Constantino Kazarov has been the first for as long as he could remember. The first thaumaturge to ascend to archmagus before his twenty-second birthday. The first to turn ash into a weapon capable of erasing dragons. The first to seize an enemy’s emotional resonance and make it his own. The first to assemble the legendary Crown of the First Sovereign.

Yet the road of discovery knows no bounds, and Constantino has never learned when to stop.

The Kingdom of Raslan fears what it cannot understand: legendary artifacts, forgotten civilizations, dragons, demon lords, primordial titans, and the Celestial Conquerors destined to return.

Most of all...

It fears the monsters born from its own ambition.

Hunted by the kingdom that raised him and challenged by powers older than civilization itself, Constantino finds himself walking a road no one has ever walked before. Yet, every mythical artifact hides another secret. Every impossible enemy guards another discovery. And if no one has ever dared reach beyond the limits of the world...

Then Constantino Kazarov will simply be the First.

What to expect:

Strong to OP

Morally gray MC

RPG-like Cataloguing Ledger (in-world, no actual LitRPG system)

Epic battles with varying foes

Intricate artifact crafting system

Emotion-based magic system

This book is set in the same world as Basic Thaumaturgy and Maximum Intimidation Knight, 40 years before the events in either books.