Books not originating on Royal Road

Hey all! So, I've been reading a lot of PF lately, much in the form of LitTPG, alot of which was recommended on this sub or run into randomly on Amazon. And as I read through I find that a lot of these books originally started on RR. (And you know, that's great, it gave people a platform etc.)

My issue is that almost all RR books are made for RR in mind - meaning they are so god damn long without needing to be. There's so much "extra fluff" because writers feel they have to post X amount of words each X days due to the platform. And most don't seem to edit it when moving to publishing books. The stories are still cool and intriguing, but I find myself skipping huge chunks of unnecessary parts that seem to serve no real purpose a lot of the time.

So, any recommendations on books in the genre that didn't originate on RR? I am a sucker for OP characters, I have enjoyed a lot of LitRPG as well. Adventures, mysteries, dragons, prophecies and such appeal to me.

I've already read through Cradle (I know it's 12 books, but there is constant progression and many of the early books are quite short) and Dungeon Crawler Carl and have loved both.

Funny enough, *Azarinth Healer** seems to have finished on RR, but is since removed while being edited for print - which I appreciate as I've enjoyed the books, but it's now also annoying as I know they are done but I still gotta keep on waiting! :D*