for some reason I can't see the comment so here's the amazon blurb (also this book is 963 freaking pages)
DESCRIPTION A New World. A Thousand Threats. Welcome to The Continent.
Felix's life on Earth had become a series of dead-end jobs, ruined relationships, and rotating apartments smaller than most postage stamps. By all accounts, even his own, he was a coward. Too afraid to move forward, to take risks. Yet when given the chance to choose between risking his life or walking away from a deadly encounter, he didn't hesitate.
Moments before his untimely demise, Felix was snatched from earth and thrust into a magical world known only as ‘The Continent’. Empowered by the ‘System’, he learns that he can strengthen himself through combat and dedication. To survive he'll have to push himself beyond his limits, or else fall to the monsters all around him.
Levels, stats, and magic. Death is the start of a terrible fate, but if he lives…no one knows what he will become.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X98PHSH/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_8MJGY89VWYTXNGNJ82YV
Soul of the Warrior on RR, there is a massive powerscale in this world, and the MC starts off as a baby so the OP doesn't come immediately. But you can see from very early on where its heading with how hard the MC trains as a boy.
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Death World Commando on RR, similar to Soul, the MC starts out as a baby and trains hard. Its a slower burn to power with more setbacks along the way.
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Unbound on Amazon. Isekai'd into a wilderness with higher potential and progression speed than anyone else - but also a long way to go to catch up to the power of the strong.
Soul of the Warrior, MC starts as a child so minor spoilers about his build >!he starts out a pure warrior, but sees the value of magic so starts trying to add in magic elements to supplement his fighting style. He's a weapons allrounder but favours the sword.!<
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I've been reading the Unbound series at the moment and the MC seems to be heading into the melee mage fighting style (though not precisely swords) - though he's Isekai'd into nowhere so has to hash together what he can to survive. >!Even though he ends up with a fair few ranged spells he never seems to sit back and snipe people, he basically always uses them to get into people's faces and pound them in close. !<
>Dissonance