antihero

How to survive as a summoner.

Kailen Darkhaven had a simple, happy life growing up. But when a sudden misfortune claimed the lives of his parents two years ago, his entire world collapsed. His heart broke, his grades plummeted, and worst of all, on his sixteenth birthday—his final chance at hope—he failed to become an Awakener. By his seventeenth birthday, hungry, exhausted, and alone, Kailen collapsed in an alleyway, regretting how pitiful his life had been. As he drifted toward what he believed was death’s embrace… something impossible happened. Instead of dying, he awakened bound to a mysterious artifact—an object of overwhelming, incomprehensible power that defied every known law of the universe. For the first time since losing everything, a spark lit within him. With this second opportunity, Kailen vows to never be weak again. In a world where strength determines identity, status, and survival, he will rise above every boundary placed upon him. He will shatter every perception of strength. He will seize control of his fate. He will climb until he stands at the absolute Pinnacle of the universe! --- Tags: #Psychological #Interstellar( with advanced technology) #Unrivaled #ExtremelyFastPaced #UndeadArmy #NoHarem #RuthlessMC #Urban #Apocalypse #Mythical creatures( elves, vampires, witches, dwarves etc) #IntelligentMC(High IQ, deductive , strategic, high functioning psychopath) Disclaimer: This is purely a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real names, places, or events is coincidental. This is an extremely fast-paced novel, and the protagonist becomes absurdly overpowered. He is not the usual “hero complex” type. The villain and antihero tags are not for show. If you are looking for a “goody-two-shoes” protagonist, this novel is not for you. Kailen is a morally grey character. He makes decisions that those interested in hero complex protagonists may not find pleasant. Note for Readers (Please do not skip): Early on, Kailen awakens with a shadow affinity. Yes—it may remind you of popular works you've read… but this is only the beginning. As the story progresses, he will unlock and master multiple affinities. The shadow affinity is a nod to some of my favorite novels, but the journey, characters, and world are entirely my own. Join the Community: Care to interact with me and other readers? Help with things such as character art, fandom wiki, OSTs, and more? Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/d5yf4sgb3y Credit to Nortex for the amazing revamp on the discord server

Xiao He unexpectedly gained a criminal cheat skill that allows him to learn all kinds of crime-related abilities. —But the catch is, he has to keep “stabbing people” to stay alive. Xiao He: …I was a perfectly fine college student, who the h*ll wants to be a criminal?! Huh? There’s actually a loophole! By chance, Xiao He triggered a bug in the cheat skill. He figured out a way to substitute real crimes with acting performances and broke into the entertainment industry as a professional villain! He can be a refined yet depraved mu*derer, wielding a chainsaw and haunting everyone’s nightmares. He can be a heartless, despicable fugitive whose crimes are so notorious that the public wants him dead. He’s a romance scammer, a serial killer, a cold-blooded assassin… He’s actor Xiao He! —At first, Xiao He was just trying to survive by constantly taking villain roles. But unexpectedly, he rose to fame with his so-called “nonexistent acting skills” and became one of the hottest award-winning actors in the industry! Everyone in the business knows: the more people a script’s character kills, the faster Xiao He accepts the role. But outsiders say: He doesn’t look like he’s acting at all—better investigate him thoroughly! Even the fans are saying: Bro, please stop killing people! I’m seriously scared you’ll end up in jail! Yet, while the real “cancers” of the industry kept getting arrested, the one who looked most like a villain—Xiao He—kept thriving, even sweeping awards like crazy. Eventually, everyone was like: Whatever, let him stab people on screen for us. Just give him space.

Accept the eternal suffering, or to break heaven itself? "I died again then again and again. They called me villain, called me evil, as i was just a stepping stone in their path to heavens. But why should I accept it? Why not i became the monster they called me, why not i became the evil the fear, why not become a real villan!" In a world where the fate system decides who lives and who dies, Zhao yang was never meant to win. He was trapped as a tutorial villain, killed by fated children again and again, he existed only to make them stronger. But when corruption becomes his only path to freedom, he takes it without hesitation. Between being Heaven's puppet while forging his own fate, Zhao yang has made his choice. Even if it means dragging every fated one into darkness with him. ----------- What to Expect: •First person POV. •LitRPG based ( both mc and Heros have system) •A Villain as the Main Character. •Morally grey choices

The dead scream for justice, thinking their hatred matters. It does not. I have plucked the 12 most dangerous souls from history—Caesar, Cleopatra, Qin Shi Huang, Wu Zetian... Stripped of their crowns and divinity, but cursed with their memories, they are thrown into my Endless Reincarnation Game. World 1: The Modern Conglomerate. The boardroom is their new battlefield. Stocks are their arrows. Hostile takeovers are their sieges. Here, Qin Shi Huang is a ruthless COO enforcing draconian order. Cleopatra is a VP weaponizing desire to close billion-dollar deals. Caesar is a Chief Legal Officer. They fight for power. They fight for the single seat at my right hand. And this is just the beginning. From Modern Corporate Empires to Cyberpunk Wastelands, from Ancient Warring States to Interstellar Fleets... they will reincarnate, struggle, and conquer, over and over again. But I stand above every world, every timeline, every scheme. I do not follow the rules. I AM the rule. I do not compete. I do not pity. I only judge. Their fates. Their cycles. Their very souls. I decide them all. Let the dead shout. I smile. Tags: #QuickTransmigration #Historical #BusinessManagement #AntiHero #KingdomBuilding #RuthlessMC #Strategy Warning: 1.The MC is a God-like Observer/Judge. He is cold, neutral, and does not save people. 2.Infinite Flow: The setting changes every arc (Modern -> Ancient -> Sci-fi). 3.If you are looking for a "save-the-beauty" savior or a naive protagonist, this is NOT for you.

[Your shadow is alive.] [Feed your shadow, devour souls, level up, gain skills, complete quests, and grow stronger.] [Do you wish to view your current stats?] In the magical world of Aetherus, Damon Grey is the weakest student at Aether Academy, relentlessly bullied and ridiculed for his lack of power and defiant personality. Yet, he endures the torment, clinging to his scholarship—the only thing providing him with the funds to keep his sick sister alive. After a brutal attack leaves him near death, Damon encounters a dark viscous entity in the forest that fuses with his shadow, awakening the Living Shadow System. This strange power grants him unimaginable abilities but comes with a grim cost—a relentless hunger for souls and flesh to feed his shadow. Now, with his shadow alive and insatiable, Damon faces a terrible choice: feed it to grow stronger or starve it and die with it. In a world ruled by ruthless nobles, deadly monsters, and power-hungry demons, Damon must decide if his newfound power is a curse or the only way to survive. With the Living Shadow System, his fate is clear: devour or be devoured. discord. https://discord.gg/AYMgESBCTP

Leo is an ordinary young man living in the Kingdom of Flowers. With no magical abilities, he dreams of becoming a knight despite the world believing he is nothing special. But when a brutal war erupts in the legendary **God Valley**, Leo hears a mysterious voice calling to him from a forgotten blade buried deep within the battlefield. The moment he touches the sword, everything changes. Memories he never knew existed begin to surface, and a power long feared by gods and kingdoms awakens within him. Now hunted by powerful enemies and guided by a cursed weapon, Leo must walk a path he never chose — a path that may shake kingdoms, challenge the Divine Wardens, and reveal a truth buried deep within his past. But one question remains… **Is Leo truly the person he believes himself to be?**

Lioran is a boy who never learned how to laugh… or cry. Emotions are foreign to him, something he has never truly understood. Throughout his life, he has only had two companions: his mother, and a mysterious spirit named Anahita who appeared inside his body when he was still a child. No one knows where she came from, or why she chose him. Lioran once asked her who she really was. But Anahita would always give the same answer: that their souls were connected, and that even she did not know the reason why. Lioran knew she was lying. Yet he never asked any further questions, because he already knew he would not receive a real answer. Anahita taught Lioran how to use Qi, a mysterious power that almost no one in the world recognizes. In a world where every swordsman and mage relies on mana, Qi is something completely unknown. Along with this power, she also gave him two strange abilities: the Copy Skill and the Shapeshifting Technique. Hunting monsters soon became his only pastime. By killing them, taking their skills, and growing stronger, he managed to suppress the dark urge to kill that had been growing inside him for seventeen long years. But one day, when he returns from a hunt, everything changes. His village is gone. Burned to ashes. And his mother… has been murdered. From that moment on, something inside Lioran finally begins to awaken. What will he do now that the only person he ever cared about is gone? Will he seek revenge? Will he destroy those responsible? Or will the world finally witness the true monster that has always been hidden inside Lioran?

He lost everything in one night. His job. His girlfriend. His dignity – in that order, at a company gala, in front of everyone. Ryan Russo hit rock bottom with $247 in his bank account and nowhere to go but down. Then his phone showed him something that shouldn't exist. A system. One with a single, ruthless premise: spend money on pleasure, seduction, and revenge – and it comes back multiplied. What starts as desperation becomes something Ryan never expected. Money. Power. Rooms he was never supposed to be in. Women who don't give most men a second glance. But the system has its own agenda. And the higher Ryan climbs, the more he starts to wonder whether he's playing it – or it's playing him. ---- Tags: System, Revenge, Harem, R18 No NTR, No Yuri

The feeling was fleeting, sharp—a sudden and terrifying void where his past should have been. A beautiful face he once loved… now mere grains of sand slipping through Clark's fingers. All that remained for him now was his name: Clark. This forgetting was incredibly potent. Clark felt an intense headache in every pore of his head. He began to see his surroundings. He was wearing rusty metal armor. When he looked ahead, he saw a strange man. He was calm, holding a nearly empty bottle of liquor. This man had lit a fire and was sitting beside it. Next to him was a rotting, dead corpse. The stench of blood was piercing, revolting to Clark's senses. Clark was tense, his hand on the sword beside him. He didn't understand why, but it was the survival instinct within him. The man looked at Clark. His voice was unsettlingly calm. • "Don't trouble yourself reaching for that sword. I didn't kill him, I found him like this with an empty bottle." Clark ignored the dizziness and sat beside the man, his hand still on the hilt. Clark's voice sounded as if his vocal cords were frayed from hunger. • "Who are you? What is this place?" • "My name is Jin. I woke up in a field of corpses. You were the only breathing thing. So I dragged you here." I was hoping you had answers. About me. About any of this." Clark's expression froze. He hadn't comprehended that he had amnesia. "What do you mean 'about you'?" Jin replied with a helpless smile. "I don't know. I've lost… everything. All that's left for me is instinct. The need to survive. That's all." Enjoy reading it!

In a world where ancient myths, chaos,magic and logic intertwine with modern reality, follow the journey of Author, a fierce,cold and successful CEO living in the bustling City of Los Angeles. A man looking to retire at age 35 but was murdered on a cruise ship while attending an auction for ancient stolen relics. Author unwillingly awakens in a novel as a cat with an ancient bloodline he does not understand, tasked with a mission he has to undertake to grow. Join author now named kat as he accepts and undertakes the fate of being a contract beast, a teacher, guardian and the balance between nature and reality all with the ultimate goal to retire.

Lee Eunwoo was a completely ordinary Korean office worker. Actually… no. He was even below ordinary. He had no talent, no money, no girlfriend, and his boss treated him like a disposable NPC. His only hobby was reading trashy webnovels where the protagonist becomes the strongest being in the universe. One day, after staying up all night reading a 3,000-chapter cultivation novel, Eunwoo muttered: “If I got reincarnated, I’d definitely do better than this idiot protagonist.” Then he died. Just like that. Truck-kun didn’t even bother slowing down. ⸻ The System Appears When Lee Eunwoo opened his eyes again, he didn’t see heaven. He didn’t see a fantasy world either. He saw himself. But something was wrong. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t blink. He couldn’t breathe. And then a mechanical voice echoed. [Welcome to the Universal Reflection System.] [Host has been reincarnated as: Mirror.] Eunwoo: “…Wait.” At first Eunwoo believed his second life was cursed. He was just a mirror in a dusty antique shop in a small fantasy town. But then a thief broke into the shop. The thief looked into the mirror. And suddenly— BOOM. The thief collapsed unconscious. [Skill acquired: Reflection.] Anything shown in the mirror… Can be copied, reflected, amplified, or reversed. Magic spells? Reflected. Sword skills? Copied. Curses? Returned to sender. Even divine abilities could be mirrored. The stronger the opponent, the stronger Eunwoo becomes. ⸻ Eunwoo’s Biggest Problem The system kept giving absurd powers. But Eunwoo misunderstood everything. Every time he gained a new ability he thought: “This is probably the weakest starter skill…” Meanwhile the world thought something completely different.

I am not a god. I am the Cycle of Destruction and Rebirth itself. In the previous eon, I was betrayed. The women I trusted—my so-called soulmates—stabbed me in the back, forcing my destructive urges to go berserk and wipe out civilization. Now, I’ve awakened in a modern world where spiritual energy is just returning. I am weak, my memories are fractured, and the apocalyptic urges inside me are threatening to tear this new era apart. My only anchor? The Omega Exchange, an ancient entity bound to my soul, hiding in the shadows of the world's most sacred Divine Temple. To survive and reclaim my throne, I must balance two paths: Flesh to suppress the Destruction. Soul to ignite the Rebirth. In my eyes, the women of this world are divided into a strict hierarchy: 1. Fuel: Ordinary mortals. Good for nothing but raw energy to be consumed by the Exchange. 2. Vessels: Beautiful, but lacking true essence. Their only purpose is to satisfy my primal lust and suppress my violent urges. No attachments. No mercy. 3. The Eternals: The flawless few. Bearers of the true Origin sparks. Only they are worthy of Dual Cultivation, my protection, and bearing my bloodline to rule the next era. This time, I will not be deceived by fake affection. I will solve the mysteries of this recovering world, unmask the traitors hiding in the Divine Temple, and take what is mine. Those who submit will reign by my side. Those who deceive me will be reduced to dust.

“Hey, everyone's used to main characters transmigrating into cool guys or extras with hidden potential... But the rotten corpse of some lowlife hustler? Seriously?” He ended his previous life on a high note... But he never expected to be chosen as a Champion and sentenced to a new life. Just as he never expected to wake up in a filthy grave, in the most dangerous place in the world. Following a forgotten dream, he steps onto a path to become a living legend... and the darkest star this world has ever seen. “Hey, what do I even call you?” “Me? Nobody... You may know me as Mr. Nobody.” “…” “And yeah, one more thing… Don’t talk sh*t about cats.”

Li Chen is the universe’s favorite punching bag. In thirty lifetimes, he’s been a Sword Saint, an Emperor, and even a Demon Marshal. He has died in the most ridiculous ways imaginable—crushed by falling asteroids, vaporized by mecha lasers, blown up by exploding alchemy pots, and even smited by a Buddha who thought he was Sun Wukong’s secret child. Now, in his 31st life, Li Chen wakes up as a crippled young master of a declining clan. His dantian has been shattered, his twin sister is labeled a fallen villainess, and a so-called Heaven-Favored Son is determined to see him dead. But this time… something is different. The System has finally awakened. Unfortunately, the “system” turns out to be a trainee operator from a cosmic academy who may or may not have “borrowed” a Master-Tier cheat card from his roommate. Now armed with a True Dragon Physique, the memories of thirty tragic lifetimes, a Demon God bloodline, and a seven-attribute spiritual root that defies the heavens, Li Chen has had enough of dying. He isn’t here to be a hero. He’s here to make sure his enemies don’t live long enough to see the next arc. Hello dear readers! If you enjoy this story, please consider dropping a comment, leave a like, voting, and adding it to your collection/library. Your support really motivates me to keep writing and improving! This is actually my first big novel for a 18 year old, so every bit of encouragement means a lot to me. I hope you enjoy the journey of this story as much as I enjoy creating it. Thank you for reading and supporting the novel! ❤️

In Neptunia, one of the Seven Worlds, darkness rises every five hundred years. When magical corruption reaches its peak, the Demon King is reborn to bring ruin upon the land. To counter this cycle, Uriel the Archangel, guardian of Neptunia, blesses a newborn with the Light — creating the Chosen Hero destined to defeat the Demon King. But this time, destiny collapses. One of Uriel’s valkyries forges a forbidden relic capable of peering twenty years into the future. When Uriel gazes into the vision, she sees a nightmare: Neptunia has fallen. The Demon King reigns. The Hero is dead. The cause is a single curse — the White Witch has stripped the Hero of most of her power, dooming her in the final battle. Uriel, known even among archangels as the greatest strategist, realizes the future can still be rewritten. Not with armies. Not with divine miracles. But with one ordinary soul. To preserve the balance between worlds, Uriel summons a completely average human from a distant realm — Earth. This person is no warrior, no mage, no chosen one. Yet their mission is the most crucial of all: prevent the White Witch from cursing the Hero, and save an entire world from destruction. Wolfheart is an isekai story that proves one thing: even the most ordinary soul can change the fate of a world.

"What would you do if you were suddenly transmigrated into another world, armed only with your current knowledge and no magical powers, overpowered system or plot armor? Could you rise to the top by sheer wit, defeat enemies with nothing but cleverness, or even reshape the world from scratch? How far could you really go?" Adrian, a fresh graduate, was killed while crossing the road. He awakens in a world ruled not by science but by magic, bloodlines, and ancient towers that pierce the heavens. Born into a minor family with no power and no system to rely on, Adrian quickly learns that only those with noble blood can climb the towers and control the world’s magic. If he wishes to survive, he must manipulate bloodlines, gather forbidden knowledge, and weave conspiracies so intricate that even fate becomes trapped within them. Because in this world, power is not given. It is extracted.

One boy. One city. No competition. When stoic transfer student Ekam Sanjeevan arrives at Hyderabad’s most notorious school, he finds a "System" built on violence and broken ranks. To protect his friends and honor a fallen legacy, he shatters the hierarchy in a legendary five-second fight, claiming the mythic title of Rank Zero. As the leader of the resurrected Raven Gang, Ekam transforms the city's youth into a disciplined "Red Tide." But as his fame reaches its zenith, a global criminal syndicate—the World Class Gang—targets him. Ekam must now choose: rule as a monster, or sacrifice everything to become a legend.