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Return of the Runebound Professor
by Actus
Fast, approachable academy progression with a strong teaching hook, useful runic magic, and enough death-loop texture to keep the power growth from feeling too clean.
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A reincarnated soul wakes in the body of a poisoned magic-school professor and uses death, resurrection, teaching, and runic experimentation to climb through a dangerous academy world.
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