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The Will to Live Is My Strongest Skill

The Will to Live Is My Strongest Skill
Iron Everfall awakens in an unfamiliar body—in a world where magic has replaced science and ancient technologies have become forgotten relics.
In his past life, he was a genius of engineering. Here, he’s just another survivor.
But Iron sees what others miss.
Where mages see miracles, he sees a system.
Where ruins are deemed cursed, he finds functioning machinery.
Every step in this world is a test: toxic zones, mutated creatures, and cities where power is held through fear and force. Alongside unexpected allies, he seeks more than survival—he seeks control.
Yet this world offers no mercy.
One miscalculation, and you are dead.
One weakness, and you are used.
To survive, Iron must unite the irreconcilable: the logic of science and the chaos of magic.
And perhaps… become something more than human.
(Some situations, dialogues, and elements of humor are taken from my life. Iron largely reflects my personality, and future characters such as Noah and Elyria are based on my friends.)
Enjoy reading!
Narrative Note:
The story is primarily told from Iron’s first-person perspective. However, many chapters—especially in the future—will shift to third-person narration to better explore the wider world, major events, and deeper lore.
Chapter List
- Chapter 101: Event Horizon
- Chapter 102: Survivor’s Syndrome
- Chapter 103: Skill Evolution
- Chapter 104: The Ashes of Dornheim
- Chapter 105: The Limiter
- Chapter 106: Foundation of the Future
- Chapter 107: The Price of Progress
- Chapter 108: Program Failure
- Chapter 109: The Mathematics of Survival
- Chapter 110: Dictatorship of Laws
- Chapter 111: The Name of the Wind
- Chapter 112: Burnt Strings
- Chapter 113: Mechanics of Power
- Chapter 114: The Seal of the Falcon
- Chapter 115: The Framework of the World
- Chapter 116: The First Inquirer
- Chapter 117: Deep Seeding
- Chapter 118: The Key to the Black Hall
- Chapter 119: Potemkin Villages
- Chapter 120: The Architecture of Deception
- Chapter 121: Right of the Strong
- Chapter 122: Beacons and Dandelions
- Chapter 123: The Iron Boar
- Chapter 124: Dead Center
- Chapter 125: Reboot
- Chapter 126: Magnificently Hideous
- Chapter 127: The Trial of Truth
- Chapter 128: The Pulse of a New Era
- Chapter 129: Bio-mechanical symbiosis
- Chapter 130: Ghost of the Third Way
- Chapter 131: The Thundermaker
- Chapter 132: 8.64
- Chapter 133: Window of Vulnerability
- Chapter 134: Symphony
- Chapter 135: White Silence
- Chapter 136: Conductor
- Chapter 137: Ecoul sabiei
- Chapter 138: Laplace’s Sphere
- Chapter 139: Runaway Core
- Chapter 140: Dust and Ash
- Chapter 141: Warped Echo
- Chapter 142: A Little Light in the Gray Dust
- Chapter 143: Iron and Rot
- Chapter 144: The Weight of Realization
- Chapter 145: Shadows at Their Backs
- Chapter 146: Twenty-Four Hours
- Chapter 147: The Choking Knot
- Chapter 148: One and a Half Percent of Life
- Chapter 149: Worn-Out Parts
- Chapter 150: Waiting in the Rut
