Forge Dragon is my new dragon riding crafting LitRPG on Royal Road.

What happens to the world after the Isekai’d hero leaves?

A thousand years past, a hero came from another world, defeated the great evil, forged an empire and left the system to the people. Then he left.

Now the system is failing.

Caleb’s village knows the secrets of unlocking some of the empire’s most coveted classes. He longs to be a Blacksmith, but such a class would craft system-recognized equipment, drawing the eye of the empire and its hungry, enslaving legions.

As Caleb wrestles with his choice, an unexpected option appears in the form of a baby dragon seemingly made of iron.