A Soldier's Life
A Soldier's Life

A Soldier's Life

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168 Chapters 1.47M Views 7.13K Bookmarked Ongoing Status

A Soldier's Life novel is a popular light novel covering Historical, Mature, and Slice of Life genres. Written by the Author Alwaysrollsaone. 168 chapters have been translated and translations of other chapters are in progress.

Summary

Generic story of being transported to another world.

The MC is forced into the military in a fantasy setting and rises through the ranks while keeping his true ability secret.

This is my attempt to add some humor to my writing. Hope you enjoy it.

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  • Imuttt_penguasaDunia 10

    Trail 102 Fun but not for me I decided to drop it even though it was a bit of a waste of the nine days I spent reading this

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  • Adoniz 1

    Good slice of life and interesting its not like the typical transgressions. MC is also just a relative normal guy and not Op

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  • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

    Wow, this guy is so naive. Imagine using a ridiculously powerful artifact that completely incapacitates you, as it gives you control over your dreams, in front of someone you barely know(max a month or two) and don't trust/don't want to know about said artifact... She is physically intimate with him, did he not think she might feel around him and think 'I wonder what this magical amulet does?' Never thought I would drop a novel because the main character is THAT intellectually or mentally challenged. And it's not like a hate such people - I just can't stomach people who are supposed to be pretty cautious fumbling so catastrophically. If you do not excercise caution then sometimes you don't even get the chance to regret it - survival of the most adapted after all.

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    • Imuttt_penguasaDunia 10

      Well, I also intend to stop reading since Eryk had a relationship with that woman, he has no sense of wariness towards strangers I'm on chapter 102 and the lady catches mc wearing the amulet and it sucks I want to stop but the time I spend reading will be wasted

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        I understand, I felt the same way myself, then dozens of chapter later the Mc explored the time affinity spells and that did it for me. I thought to myself 'why am I reading this? What redeeming qualities does it have? Story? Eh. Characters? Not really. Fights? Snoopy the dog. I am dropping this.'

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    • RiverShen 1

      Your loss

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        Maybe, but there were also other aspects of the story that I didn't like and was tolerating. This was just the straw that broke the camel's back.

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      • RiverShen 1

        Whatever, this book has a 4.7 rating from more than 70 people. Statistically, your opinion is just wrong. Also, am already on chapter 180 and considering buying the $25 membership on patreon just because of how f*k*n good I believe this is.

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        I don't know how statistical something can be wrong without analysis, only an outlier, sure but disregarding what I say and clinging to 'A lot of people like this so it cannot be bad' is kinda sad. You should read something because you like it, even if it's trash for other people because one man's trash is another man's treasure.

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      • RiverShen 1

        Alright, let's analyze your garbo opinion 1. You say that the MC used the dreamscape artifacts in front of the servant-- which is wrong if you even read the d*mn chapter like other humans like me did. Mc came from a mission after killing an Ettin, giat with 2 heads. He was tired af, he asked Konstantin were the servant was, she was taking care of something and would not come until late. Mc only spends like 4 hours on the amulet so he went to train, WHEN HE WAS ALONE. ( all this happened in chap 102, read sh*t properly before you yap nonsense) 2. Laurren (whatever her name is) is a servant and by no means should she even invade a legionare privacy the way she did, it was unnatural. Am sure that whole thing was forced by the author to develop further the story. It was necessary. Am on chap 211, I know. 3. Wtf you mean time magic is weak compared to his space one? Of course it f*k*n is. His space is on 98 and time on 92. Also, youthink living 20k years is weak? Are you challenged?

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        Woah chill, don't crash out friend, it's not that serious. First of, he did essentially use it in front of her since they were physically intimate and he knew she would sleep in the same bed(she did so multiple times before). Number 2 is your own admission that it was stupid. Number 3, it's quite funny that you insult me for supposedly not reading then you do the exact thing and construct a frankly pitiful strawman and attack it. I said ABILITIES! Did you get that? I don't even understand what on God's green earth you are saying, so let me put it in layman's terms. ThE PoCkET DiMenSiOn ToO StRoNg! TiMe AbIlItIeS LiKe StAsIs BuBbLe ToO WeAk In CoMpArIsOn, FoRtY PeRcEnT SlOwEr vS CTRL-ALT-DELETE. Get it. Living longer is not comparable to that, maybe if it were some cultivation novel where they would NEED such mind numbing amounts of time and even then the immortality gained MIGHT be worth it but that depends on subjective opinion of what you value more cause even polyp are immortal.

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      • RiverShen 1

        Reject, Eryk dimensional ability is relatively stronger than the time abilities because of his fuking high affinity with it, what part of that do you not understand. Any other creature that tries to store another person's head on their dimensional space cannot do it. We have seen several peoples affinities and comperaded to mcs they are not even close, take for example the girl at the beginning that everyone considers a super talent. Most of her affinities are below 50. Now look at mc with affinity of space of almost 100. ts just common sense. The dimensional ability was created to store sh*t on a pocket space, but because of mc godly affinity he can just straight up kill people by removing heads. The ABILITY is essentially a plain old dimensional pocket, when you compare a dimensional pocket to Haste or live for 20k years or slow time around you, or make your mind be able to think at 10mins per second. Its not out of place. And again, the amulet being discovered was a cannon event

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        Now I think I understand your misunderstanding. You seem to have forgotten that when the Mc was listing the abilities, he was then explaining practically what it translated too with his own time affinity(which is also in 90s) and that is why I keep listing the 40% reduction of the stasis bubble I was not talking about a theoretical scenario of someone with the bear minimum affinity. I was talking strictly about if the Mc uses it. This also applies to the other comparatively underwhelming time abilities. Also, I don't know what you mean by 'fitting' in, even if they were awful abilities they would still 'fit in' because of the author's worldbuilding. And the amulet being a 'canon event' doesn't mean much when it is ultimately the author's decision so it was their decision to write a plot hole and then, by what I'm understanding of what you said(some Spiderman-Uncle Ben nonsense), is just the author's attempt at salvaging the situation.

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      • Wallace 1

        Im on chapter 301, and I personally love this story. The Mc can't be literally perfect in every aspect it destroyes the authenticity of it. He makes mistakes yes, and it gives the author a chance to nerf the Mc because he is very strong.

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      • Imuttt_penguasaDunia 10

        I'm on chapter 30 so can you tell me is Eryk still in legion and no time skip for 5 years And does Eryk master other spells besides dimensional storage?

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      • Wallace 1

        Yeah there’s no real time skip, he leaves the legion later, and he has gets a few other spells

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        I understand, but it's not consistent with the vigilance he's shown from chapter 1, so it's pretty infuriating. There's other aspects of the story that I was tolerating, such as how the author messed up with how op he made the dimensional ability to the point the abilities in time affinity are not even close in my opinion. Even the top tier abilities don't come close to the supposedly most simple dimensional ability - irrespective of mana cost. E.g. 40% slower enemies XD. The haste ability makes no sense to me when the speed of light is such that speeding up your body's time even by 10 times doesn't change your perception of it. The pace was painful with a lot of dry spells and the fight scenes had as much detailed as snoopy the dog... it's like the author did even make an effort.

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      • Alvinhale 1

        The fights were bad?dude we are definitely reading different novels I'm curious what would you say is a good novel with good fights

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        Sword god in a fantasy world.

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      • Alvinhale 1

        You mean sword god in a world of magic?

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        Yeah.

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      • DemonKingOfLust 1

        fav novel.

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        The fight scenes are the best I've read in my life, which is also pretty sad since it is not unattainable for authors.

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      • DemonKingOfLust 1

        yeah,The ending was iffy especially how Alex just one shotted abaddon kali and gregorio.

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      • Imuttt_penguasaDunia 10

        What happened to Lareen is she still with mc? I feel that girl is annoying Eryk is not at all wary of her and now in chapter 102 that I read even Lareen caught mc wearing this amulet makes me want to stop reading

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      • PrisonerOfFantasy 6

        It just felt rushed towards the end, the fight with the god had so much anticipation but for nothing. Still, it by far had the best fights I've read.

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  • LordSovereign 1

    I found Isaac after reading this. Quit the similar background setting for mc.

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    • Foolish_Savant 5

      Please what novel is this ISAAC you are talking about?

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      • LordSovereign 1

        There is only one novel named Isaac. Just type and search. 200+chaps.

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    • Kpsingh 1

      I accidentally actually found Isaac but that was a hidden gem unlike any other(other than bad scene ending time😅) So i will give this a try. Hope we talking about the same novel the one and only underrated 'ISAAC'.

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      • LordSovereign 1

        Director of security??

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  • oniiichan 6

    I read this when it fist came out on this site 6 months ago read all of 113/114 chapters it had i have been stacking since... IMAGINE MY DISAPPOINTMENT WHEN I SEE IT DOESNT EVEN HAVE OVER 200 CHAPTERS

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    • Claudistopod 1

      There are 299 chapters on the author's Patreon if you want to support him, as I myself can't give a support I'll wait patiently for the rest..

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    • Dinossauro994 4

      It's release frequency is 2 a week

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  • Mallient 13

    Hey so I paid for future chapters on patreon but I’m wondering how do I also let everyone else here read future chapters

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    • Anel1 1

      If you make it please respond

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    • RiverShen 1

      Pls don't do that bro We already have enough free sh*t. Not right to f*k author in the a*s like that

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    • lnwUser98768 3

      Romance?

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      • Mallient 13

        Yes, there is some and it’s fun to read.

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    • Black_kai 5

      Could please upload it to kimono or this site because it been months since I have read it I stop at 251 I want to continue so bad. Please I would be grateful

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      • alnsrmohamed32 1

        where did u read 251 chapters?

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      • Mallient 13

        Alright I’ll try and do this later today, as I’m busy right now.

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    • Beingfamous 1

      Can you make pdf or drive and make telegram and send it?

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    • AncestorDuck 7

      send the admin the chapters on dc, he can upload them. Otherwise, I dont think there are much more opinions.

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  • LordSovereign 1

    Soldier's life .. so he is going Remain in this familiar setting atleast for another 200 chaps it seems. Can anyone suggest me some novels similar to this ( no need for him to be a Soldier, just the world setting and theme).

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    • legendofnothing 3

      Author has a another novel called "The First World Sphere". It's kinda similar maybe u can like it. But still, i need recommendations like this. All in all, seeing life from every angle and being realistic (according to its world) and at least decent system are hard to find. Most of novels focus only one aspect, show only grinding etc. Sucks...

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  • FaisalGo 1

    I would say the novel is interesting to read. Don't look at its ranking, the story itself is quite captivating. The downside though, it is quite slow in update. I was hoping to marathon but it was impossible.

    Edited: 1mo
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  • skibidi 1

    does it have any love interests

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    • SkyLynx 3

      Why tf would that be relevant

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      • skibidi 1

        i just want some romance novels :(

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      • SkyLynx 3

        Then go and read a romance novel? Why spoil a novel with it when it has no place there. This is how you guys ruined shadow slave

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      • D_rtywh_ret_ts 17

        the romance in shadow slave is incredibly crucial to the story so i think that is a bad example

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      • skibidi 1

        man chill i am allowed to look for a rom subplot and why do you give a fug stfg up and keep going have a great day<3

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    • Orswock 6

      There was a couple of flags (and a harlot that belongs to the streets) but no romance yet, dude is focused on the grind

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      • LordSovereign 1

        Haha.. lareen what have you done?..!!

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  • TABOOO 8

    It only takes one annoying thing to make me put down a good story, and that thing is these statistics. I can't understand anything at all, and this, at least for me, really hinders my immersion in the story. So please can someone tell me if this has been fixed? I really really want to read this🙏

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    • Zerzele 4

      Most fantasy novels are based on statistics and system mechanics. If you're new to reading novels and manga, this seems interesting at first, because you're encountering the idea of using a character system, like the ones you use in games, in a real-world context for the first time. But after reading several fantasy novels, you eventually want to scream "ENOUGH!" You start craving a simple story without systems, bizarre ability names, stat points, and all the other nonsense. The biggest factor that causes this fatigue is that many authors fail to handle the system well, and as the story progresses, it becomes a convoluted mess. PLEASE, SOMEONE TELL THE AUTHORS. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPLICATED NONSENSE.

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      • jbw35 1

        I hate systems to the core and Chinese ones even more

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      • bobSlayer 1

        no its prety ligt its mostly just a way of mesuring his abliletys not an acktual system

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      • Zerzele 4

        I started the series today. Whether it’s a system or just visible statistics, it honestly doesn’t make much of a difference; both disrupt the flow of the story. All of a person’s traits are reduced to simple and fixed numbers. This ruins the depth of a long-term story. At times, you have to stop reading just to spend minutes figuring out what each stat means. Even in the second chapter of the novel, you can see how much it affects the world created in the story. There are people getting fired just because their stats didn’t increase enough. Is that realistic? It's complete nonsense. In novels, you want to read about a person’s life or the lives of many people, but in novels with systems and stats, you feel like you’re reading about a game character, not a human being. And this turns many unique and beautiful stories into something unreadable.

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      • bobSlayer 1

        after thestart its used like two times before chapater 150. its not a mayor theme but if thats not your thing thats fine but the stats andsystemis like 60% of webnovels nowadays.

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      • Zerzele 4

        I was worried that this series might fall into the type you mentioned about the 60% part. Now that I’m up-to-date, I’m glad it’s not one of those. The statistics that were heavily mentioned in the beginning have taken a backseat in later chapters. Now, I’m eagerly waiting for the new chapters.

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