survival

Dungeons don’t care about hope. Or fear. They exist to kill—Kin just happens to be better at it. He’s not a hero, not some wide-eyed fool chasing treasure. He’s a Raider, and the deep is his proving ground. Down there, where the stone breathes and the walls remember, he thrives—faster, sharper, deadlier than anything that crosses his path. But the dungeon is changing. Paths warp. Patterns break. And the monsters? They don’t charge—they coordinate. They flank. They wait. It’s not instinct. It’s strategy. Something down there knows him. And it wants a war. Good. So does he.

"Abyssal Rebirth" After dying in a deep-sea disaster during Earth's collapse, scientist Elara Vossawakens reborn as a mermaid with iridescent pink scales—a transformation tied to a rogue AI in her mind and an ancient ocean's secrets. Now, hunted by abyssal horrors and wielding unstable powers, As the Leviathan stirsand the ocean itself fights back, Elara discovers her rebirth wasn’t an accident—she’s the key to a war older than time.

Waking up to a world where order is decaying, chaos is taking root, and fate has mysteriously died. Noctis finds himself rudely awakened. His place turned to smithereens, all of his possessions nothing but ashes, replaced by a lone fragment of fate, becoming his only path forward. Beginning his path to ascension, the path of an Authority Wielder. Thrown into a world of mysteries, conflicts, secret organizations, wars, and rituals, where concepts and laws of nature are manipulated and degraded to nothing more than weapons, tools of mass destruction. A new world of opportunities for Noctis to navigate. https://www.royalroad.com/profile/971911/fictions

She transmigrates into the body of Alice, a beautiful blonde girl. She starts out stranded on a deserted island surrounded by dinosaurs, and her teammates are Doctor Strange (before he transforms), the Hulk, and Hawkeye, who is seriously injured. Faced with a hellish start, Alice calmly activated the system. [Ding! Loading Kato Megumi template—Passerby attribute activated, the dragon ignores you.] [Ding! Mikasa Ackerman template loaded—3D Maneuver Gear activated, hunt begins!] [Ding! Misaka Mikoto template loaded - Railgun ready] ... Years later, Thanos descended upon Earth and, looking at the girl standing in his way, fell into deep thought: "Why is her style different from ours?" This is the story of a girl with the soul of a time traveler who, relying on the abilities of anime heroines, stirs up trouble in the world of American comics.

Died in the cold. Starved. Betrayed. Devoured by the very people he once trusted. In a world where humanity collapsed into chaos, kindness was a weakness-and he paid the price for it. But fate gave him something impossible. A second chance. He awakens 30 days before the apocalypse. This time, he knows what's coming: The freezing world. The rise of enhanced humans. The fall of civilization. And the moment the people closest to him chose survival... over him. But Jae-Min is no longer the same man. Cold. Calculated. Unforgiving. Armed with knowledge of the future, a growing spatial power, and unmatched precision as a sniper who never misses, he begins to prepare-not just to survive... But to dominate. As factions rise, monsters emerge, and the world descends into war, Jae-Min moves from the shadows-one step ahead, one bullet at a time. This time, he won't be the one abandoned. This time... he chooses who lives. Warning: This novel contains graphic violence, gore, explicit sexual content, psychological trauma, and mature themes intended for adult readers only.

This story is set up in a fictional world called Gladiolus dynasty where right and wrong, black and white line got invisible, you can only see differences and discriminations, in that time two people met with different purposes and feel the betrayal, in world's eye they are enemy but are they really read the novel and discover the truth with us

*Spanish and German versions will be posted alongside the English posts! An epic and ever-growing anthology! A collection of wild, weird, and wondrous tales that will intertwine with time! The world of Enverdolmal is on the edge of war as dark and menacing powers begin to make their moves from the Shadows, slowly tilting the balance of Aether -the magical energy that fuels everything in existence- in their favor. Demonic forces are growing stronger within the confines of their prisons... Witches gather at the edges of humanity's dorpies and cities... Monsters are on the march under the banners of mysterious masters... The long-lost Elemental Dragons are due to rise once again... Our story is told through the eyes of approximately. 25 powerful and unique characters, starting with a lone and enigmatic knight by the name of Bastion Ridder, who finds himself in the middle of it all. Garth Verlore -the famous and sprawling school where he was set to teach- falls under siege by mighty and magical forces that no one seemed to see coming. He must do all that he can (while fighting alongside staff and students alike) to see to it that their one safe haven doesn't fall as darkness spreads across the land. Knights & Mages & Rangers & Warriors! Dragons & Goblins & Orcis & Trolls! Spirits & Demons & Witches & Zombies! And so very much more awaits you in this tale of triumph, chaos, love, war, betrayal, and loss. Are you ready to turn one last page? Read one last story? Witness One Last Knight? -----

Logging out was supposed to be simple. Except I, Eunji, an ordinary girl, somehow woke up inside the body of my MMORPG's number one male avatar, Leonhart. Now I've got six-pack abs, a voice that sounds like it could narrate epic movie trailers, and a sword so big I can barely lift it without auto-assist. Sure, Leonhart was a legend at the top of the leaderboards... but I'm just me. A girl who used to hide behind filters, complain about lag, and farm slimes for fun. To make things worse? The monsters bleed. The pain is real. And every poor slime I kill looks like it belongs in a children's plushie store. Oh, and apparently rival guilds want to fight me for "glory" while I'm still figuring out how to walk without tripping over my own armor. It's the ultimate isekai nightmare: stuck in the body of my OP male avatar, trying not to cry every time I swing my oversized sword. Can I survive this new world without embarrassing myself, or will Leonhart's flawless reputation crumble under the weight of... me?

"Well… I'm fucked." … Imagine this: you escape your most mind-numbing college lecture… Professor Henderson droning on about the Agricultural Revolution of 14th Century Flanders, just to hide in a bathroom stall and pull your guaranteed legendary gacha in your favorite game. You've been saving for months. This is it. This is your moment. ...And you pull the worst fodder character in the entire game. Then, as if the universe hadn't humiliated you enough, you hear gunshots. That's how Klaus died… clutching his phone, staring at a trash-tier pull, bleeding out on grimy bathroom tiles while some psycho unloads a clip outside. Pathetic? Absolutely. But hey, at least it couldn't get worse. Except it did. Because now he's woken up inside [Artemis Online]... the very game that betrayed him moments before his death and not as the overpowered Protagonist with his bullshit angel bloodline and auto-heal cheat code and not even as one of the gorgeous gacha waifus everyone whales for or an extra with a decent backing. No. He's reincarnated as that exact same fodder character he pulled. The tutorial NPC. The guy with Metal Magic… the most common, bottom-tier trash magic in existence. The guy whose entire life savings (one measly gold coin) was already spent registering for the Divine Wizard Academy's Entrance Exams in two months. Oh, and did he mention the Protagonist is basically a nepo-baby demigod? Born with the King's bloodline, raised by an literal angel mother who peaced out to heaven, and adopted by the most prestigious noble clan in the kingdom because some rich lady thought his rags looked cute. The guy trips over plot armor everywhere he goes. Meanwhile, Klaus can't even afford a decent meal. How the hell is a no-name mob character with garbage-tier magic supposed to survive an entrance exam designed to kill 90% of applicants? How is he supposed to avoid getting trampled by protagonists, villains, and every overpowered side character in between? Just as despair sets in, a familiar notification appears: 「Ultimate Gacha System has been initialized」 「Roll the gacha wheel once daily for a chance at legendary rewards!」 「Good luck, player. You'll need it.」

Wondered if a cryptomining app would make you a Superhero..or villain? Damen Dark is an unfortunate orphan trapped in a cruel household, forced to endure the abuse of his uncle, his family, and a world that seems determined to break him. One ordinary day, he receives a mysterious link on his phone advertising a new app—DemCoin, a cryptocurrency mining program. Damen knows it’s probably a scam. But curiosity gets the better of him. At first, the app seems harmless. It “mines” coins by targeting living beings—stray animals… and people. With little expectation, Damen uses it as a private outlet for his bottled-up anger, siphoning coins from those who torment him: his family, his classmates, the bullies who rule the streets. It feels like justice. It feels good. But DemCoin is far more than a mining app. As Damen accumulates enough coins, hidden features unlock—features that allow him to target individuals and steal their powers. What begins as survival turns into temptation, and temptation into transformation. With every stolen ability, Damen grows stronger… and more dangerous. Now faced with unimaginable power, Damen must choose who he will become. Will he take revenge on a world that never showed him mercy, or rise as a hero to protect it? The truth lies somewhere in between. In a cruel twist of fate, Damen soon realizes the irony of power: the stronger he becomes, the greater the threats that hunt him. And worse still, DemCoin is not just a tool—it is a force, subtly guiding his path. Whether he knows it or not, the app isn’t shaping him into a savior. It is forging a supervillain. And Damen Dark may have no choice but to become exactly that.

"I want to be free…" Kaiser Solace always dreamed to be free—from responsibilities, expectations, limits, and even the laws that bound humanity. To him, freedom was ultimate pleasure—an intoxicating dream beyond reach. However, his dream was not something attainable. In truth, true freedom could never exist. Yet, in a world ruled by control and measured by power, Kaiser saw hope in the ability he awakened—[Freedom]. Though, raw and incomplete, it fueled his resolve to pursue his dream. With that ability, he slowly carved a path the world had never witnessed—a path to absolute freedom.

I will be posting on Royal Roads. “Mum told me nothing. Not that she was an alumni of this hell or that she was a member of “The Ten Ultimates” whatever that is! Or the fact that she’s a freaking multi-trillionaire while we struggled with the bills and most definitely not that the love of her life - was alive and kicking!!!” My Dad is alive… And she lied about it, about everything it seems This follows the journey of Lilliana, an innocent, sheltered young woman forced to leave the only home she’s ever known. Thrown in the midst of wolves eager to devour her because of a past, she never knew. In this new world, truths that upend her very existence unfold as she struggles with the lies that made her till now. Trust is not an option but her innate optimism, makes it difficult, despite the discovery that her whole life was built on lies. Vulnerable and hurt, she walks through the paths of hell laid before her in hopes of getting answers. High School: Heaven in Hell is a psychological thriller following the journey of a young woman, who navigates the dangers of the new world she finds herself in. This tales is one of ruthless survival. Where after weighing every option, survival is the only path even if its means going through hell. In this journey, growth and evolution are the only constant. I wish to bring to light the story of a young girl who goes through the worst and survives. Not because she’s talented, or secretly protected or privileged. She survives without support or any backing, with nothing but sheer determination. Until she realises surviving isn’t enough. In this world where darkness seeks to consume everything in its way, she’s a protagonist who refuses to be consumed but makes the darkness her own. Despite the betrayal and lies, she still holds to the warmth that seems to be a lie. Transformation is key. Pushed to the edge and climbing up back every time. She survives because every time she was pushed down, she crawls her way up. She learns and grows every step of the way, becoming a version of her that shouldn’t have existed. Adapting is her strongest trait. Her mind, her only asset. The answers she seeks her only strength… Lilliana Halecrest Will be posting on royal roads also

"So naive, Melanie. So stupid." Those were the last words I heard before a bullet ended my life. Betrayed by my best friend and murdered by the man she loved, I thought death was the end. Instead, I woke up inside a novel. Not as the heroine. Not as a side character. But as Seraphina Helene Valemont—the villainess destined to be executed for treason by her own husband, Duke Draven Everfrost. Armed with knowledge of the original story, survival should have been easy. Avoid mistakes. Avoid enemies. Avoid the Duke. But the story refuses to stay the same. The Duke who was supposed to despise me begins protecting me… for reasons I don’t understand. Events I know by heart begin to change. Secrets buried for decades begin to surface. And the future I relied on becomes less reliable with every passing day. As political conspiracies threaten the empire and old legends refuse to stay buried, I find myself caught between a fate I desperately want to escape… and a man I was never supposed to trust. But the deeper I dig into this world, the more terrifying one question becomes: What if the most dangerous thing in this story was never the villainess? Because some monsters are not born. Some monsters choose to chain themselves. And some names should have remained forgotten. [MISSION UPDATE: SURVIVE.] [WARNING: ORIGINAL STORYLINE HAS DEVIATED.] [WARNING: UNKNOWN ENTITY DETECTED.] [CURRENT RISK LEVEL: CRITICAL.] reach out via Instagram @merah_writes via TikTok @merah_writes

On the snow-bound borders of the empire, General Chu Hongying commands legions with unbending steel and a heart she swore to silence. When fate binds her to Shen Yuzhu—a frail strategist whose mind gleams sharper than any blade—their alliance becomes a mirror reflecting both strength and vulnerability. Together they must survive the empire’s shifting chessboard, where bloodlines are currency and truth is a weapon. Between snow and flame, they discover that even hearts tempered by war can still learn to tremble.

What do we all seek after a long day? Some may say wealth, others comfort… perhaps the embrace of a lover or the warmth of laughter among friends. Yet when everything is stripped away, there is one thing every living being longs for: Rest. To lie upon a soft bed, wrap ourselves in warmth, close our eyes, and surrender to the tranquility of sleep, hoping for blissful dreams to carry us away from the cruelty of reality. But what if sleep was the crueler reality? What if every time your eyes closed, you were dragged into another world? A world not of wonder, but of nightmares. A place where monsters hunt you endlessly and even rest itself becomes impossible. At first, it may sound like fantasy. Another world? An adventure? The dream of every reader. But think deeper. If you spend the day surviving one harsh world, only to spend the night surviving another… then when do you truly rest? When do you heal? When do you live? Such is the fate of Prince Idel . A frail, exhausted royal who wanders the Dream Realm every night for eternity. In one world, he is misunderstood. In the other, he is hated. to get more info about the world, power systems and the like, hit my Tic tok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZS92ku3TGugtN-2aGQj/

"If all the Ancient Ones rise against us, I'll burn them all. If the entire world turns against us, I will set it ablaze. Nothing will stand in our way. Nothing!" - Achilles Adrastia Maxwell --- Death followed Achilles like a plague. Finding himself at his lowest point, he comes to realize how little value human life held as terrifying Advanced Humans and Evolutius Beasts waded across the Colonies of this World. About to lose the only remaining person close to him by falling into the jaws of an Evolutius Beast, a spark bloomed inside of him as the Evolutius Crystals he held disappeared, and he saw a distinct blue panel appear before his eyes! [Achilles Maxwell] [Assimilation]:: Organic Crystal(Evolutius Crystals)(3%)- Obtained qualities of Regeneration, Energy Conversion, Flexibility, and Light Manipulation  [Existence Corruption Value]:: 0% [Complexity]:: Negligible A simple spark. And yet the changes it brought…were limitless! In an endlessly vast post-apocalyptic world filled with futuristic Colonies that merged magic with technology, undercurrents surge from the depths of the World as even the Ancient Ones sealed many years ago begin to awaken. In the middle of all this, the terrifying power dwelling within Achilles leads him to question its origins, and the answer to this is something that resonates and leads back to his very bloodline. Ancient Ones. Advanced Ones. Ancient Bloodlines, and Unfathomable Lineages...anything and everything swirls into a storm of heavy proportions that will change everything!

unwell, sick, are two words that have been said to describe him. While trying to outrun the help he so desperately needs Nolan finds himself waking up in Gotham. after running from the truth for so long Nolan might finally find the answer he so desperately searches for inside one of the most violent cities in the world. and in doing so he becomes someone truly incredible. — nothing is owned by me.

In 2018, at the height of the digital age, humanity believed it had mastered the world. Data replaced belief. Protocols claimed to explain everything. Democracies spoke of control. Then, what should never have returned answered. The collapse did not come in silence — it was broadcast, debated, and denied until it could no longer be ignored. Institutions fell, leaders collapsed, and a world fractured by ambition was divided. From the chaos rose the 24 Empires, ruled by beings the world would come to know as the Celestial Sovereigns. There are no nations left. Only territories shaped by divine will, where each empire imposes its law, its faith, and its war. Decades later, humanity endures amid fragile alliances, hidden conflicts, and thrones raised upon ruins — both digital and sacred. Now, as even the gods begin to move beyond their thrones, the true fate of the world is about to be claimed. This story is originally written in Portuguese and is being translated into English. I appreciate your understanding and feedback to keep the story faithful to its original version.

In a world where magic is a weapon of the state and 'divinity' is a death sentence, one man's blood is the ultimate heresy. Across the Four Regions, every city is plagued by cathedrals and shadowed by the threat of 'Holy' executions. Here, the Holy Order rules with a terrifying mandate: Align with their vision of a perfect world, or face purification. -Author Notes- "What to expect - A continent of different, made-up half-human/half-monster races - There are some small changes that I will go back and fix, mostly names of cities and places I have not fully settled on yet. - You may find some grammar errors; I do tend to try to go back over and clean them up. - I hope you enjoy the read!

Waking up as Steve Harrington three years before Will Byers vanishes, a man from our world decides to change the tragic future. He isn't just armed with knowledge of the show, but three impossible abilities: the Dimensional Backpack, which grants him one random survival item (like a medkit or grappling gun) every period of time; Fight Master, allowing him to learn any combat style instantly; and Pain Heal, a double-edged power that lets him miraculously cure others by absorbing their agony into his own body