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Wandering Alchemist: Starter Town
Welcome to the magical world of Aria!
Ethan Woods dies in an industrial accident and awakens in Aria, a world of swords and sorcery. He quickly gains a rare crafting Wandering Alchemist. While powerful, it comes with a major he must travel to gain power. The if he stops for more than thirty days, his powers will fade, and his class will eventually change into 'Villager.' Once it does, he will lose his levels, skills, and ability to make potions. Despite those limitations, Ethan embraces the chance to explore his new world and use his skills to help people along the way.
Threats to his new slow life abound.
After a chance encounter, Ethan runs into a young mother afflicted with Fox Wisp Disease. Unable to turn away, her cure becomes his cause, and that cause, he soon finds, is filled with peril. The rare ingredient he needs to complete it doesn't just grow on trees, and he's forced to scale a dangerous mountain to gather it, with an even more dangerous elder white dragon between him and his quarry.
Ethan Woods dies in an industrial accident and awakens in Aria, a world of swords and sorcery. He quickly gains a rare crafting Wandering Alchemist. While powerful, it comes with a major he must travel to gain power. The if he stops for more than thirty days, his powers will fade, and his class will eventually change into 'Villager.' Once it does, he will lose his levels, skills, and ability to make potions. Despite those limitations, Ethan embraces the chance to explore his new world and use his skills to help people along the way.
Threats to his new slow life abound.
After a chance encounter, Ethan runs into a young mother afflicted with Fox Wisp Disease. Unable to turn away, her cure becomes his cause, and that cause, he soon finds, is filled with peril. The rare ingredient he needs to complete it doesn't just grow on trees, and he's forced to scale a dangerous mountain to gather it, with an even more dangerous elder white dragon between him and his quarry.
372 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 24, 2026
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October 6, 2026
I finished this book, but I wish I hadn't bothered. It just didn't do anything for me. It's a haremlit book where the MC puts zero effort into getting his LIs to want him.
The MC wakes up on a new world after dying on Earth, and a goddess has given him a new race (royal elf) and character class (Wandering Alchemist) that is a rare class. He can make potions, but gets no experience from fighting or using weapons unless he's in a group. He also must wander, not returning to the same place for 3 months or he starts to lose experience after a month. He's given a chance to create a potion that will break a rare curse/illness, so off he goes.
The MC has two LIs by the end of the story. One is a catkin Swashbuckler that is 10+ levels higher in class than his level 1 and has already decided he is "her person". (Read: Mate for life). The other is the head of the local chapter of the alchemist's guild, who happens to be working the desk when he walks in after getting his class. And has already started to unbutton her blouse further to entice him. Only his Earth sensibilities prevent him from bedding both immediately, which makes the relationship aspect of the book boring.
There were a few typos, and the MC uses a character's name before she's introduced, but otherwise it's not bad as far as editing goes.
I see no reason to read a sequel to this book.
The MC wakes up on a new world after dying on Earth, and a goddess has given him a new race (royal elf) and character class (Wandering Alchemist) that is a rare class. He can make potions, but gets no experience from fighting or using weapons unless he's in a group. He also must wander, not returning to the same place for 3 months or he starts to lose experience after a month. He's given a chance to create a potion that will break a rare curse/illness, so off he goes.
The MC has two LIs by the end of the story. One is a catkin Swashbuckler that is 10+ levels higher in class than his level 1 and has already decided he is "her person". (Read: Mate for life). The other is the head of the local chapter of the alchemist's guild, who happens to be working the desk when he walks in after getting his class. And has already started to unbutton her blouse further to entice him. Only his Earth sensibilities prevent him from bedding both immediately, which makes the relationship aspect of the book boring.
There were a few typos, and the MC uses a character's name before she's introduced, but otherwise it's not bad as far as editing goes.
I see no reason to read a sequel to this book.
October 7, 2026
good read,
actually a surprisingly good read, the description did not do the story justice at all. glad I read it, the description had me wavering.
actually a surprisingly good read, the description did not do the story justice at all. glad I read it, the description had me wavering.
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