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"Tell me, princess," he murmured. " Does your kingdom teach you how to handle monsters?" "Only how to kill them," I shot back. His eyes flickered dangerously. "Try it." Tightening his grip, he pulled my face closer to his, our lips inches apart. “I will never be with a disgusting hairball like you. You're pathetic,” he said before slamming my head hard against the wall. ------------------ For centuries, the Werewolves of Lunaria and the Werecats of Felinara have been sworn enemies. Their kingdoms are divided by blood, betrayal, and prophecy. Yet under the gaze of the twin moons, destiny stirs once more, whispering of an ancient creature born to unite what war has torn apart. Akilah of Felinara never imagined her life would be more than duty and expectations, but when a fragile alliance sends her and her friends across enemy borders to attend Veyloria Academy-the heart of werewolf royalty her world begins to unravel. As if spending time with the enemy wasn't enough, she meets her fated mate. Kael, the cold commanding Lycan prince. Bound by a connection the both refuse to accept yet can't seem to reject one another. As if dealing with Kael's torment and presences isn't enough, Akilah begins to uncover things about herself, she begins to question everything she's ever known-her bloodline, her purpose and who she is meant to be but where there is light, darkness lurks around the corner.

- Disclaimer: Chapters are long and detailed. Slower pacing and character driven narrative. The Last Step is an epic fantasy spanning years of chapters, where history, ideology, science, and humanity collide in a world ruled by magic. Once, humanity stood at the bottom of existence. Magicless. Powerless. A race hunted to the brink of extinction. To the world, humans were little more than intelligent animals, fit to be enslaved, toyed with, or discarded. Their survival was never expected. Yet somewhere in forgotten history... someone changed that fate. Now, 7,000 years later, humanity stands beside the very races that once ruled over them, wielding magic that should have never been theirs. Few remember how that miracle came to be. Kaiser Everhart is one of them. Not as a chosen hero. Not with divine blessings. Not with overwhelming strength. Only with a mind that refuses to end his story. Born into a life that could only be described as hell, Kaiser Everhart grew up believing humanity was selfish, cruel, and undeserving of faith. All he ever wanted was a quiet life. A place where he could finally understand what happiness felt like. Instead, the world refused to leave him alone. Drawn into a continent where primordial beasts roam forgotten lands, where dragonics shape empires, elves preserve ancient civilizations, demons struggle against a curse of their own existence, beastkin, dwarves, and fairies each reign over fields humanity could never hope to rival, Kaiser finds himself standing among races that have mastered magic, divinity, and power over thousands of years. Yet the deeper his journey goes, the more one question begins to consume everything: Can humanity be saved... if humanity itself is its greatest enemy? This is not a story about becoming the strongest. It is a story about changing the world one impossible step at a time. Long before Kaiser Everhart was born, another man walked a remarkably similar path. One who devoted everything to humanity... Only to lose faith in it. As the past slowly awakens, two ideals begin moving toward an inevitable collision: The man who abandoned hope in humanity. And the man still searching for a reason to believe. Somewhere between them stands Kaiser Everhart, unaware that every step he takes is leading him toward the one person who understands him better than anyone else ever could. A slow-burning saga of politics, philosophy, science, war, romance, psychological manipulation, civilization-building, and the fragile hope that even the weakest race can create its own future. The road is long. The answers are earned. And every step matters. Discord: https://discord.gg/3tRarQqWJj

Eight humans once became gods to protect the world. Humanity repaid them with betrayal. One by one, the Guardian Gods fell and turned to stone, and the creator cursed the world they failed to protect. Monsters rose from the shadows, kingdoms crumbled, and hope slowly faded from the land. Now the fallen gods lie buried and forgotten. But Princess Flora refuses to accept a dying world. Determined and fearless, she sets out on a dangerous journey to awaken the Guardian Gods and restore peace. Yet the deeper she searches for the truth behind their fall, the more she begins to realize that the gods’ fate—and the curse on the world—may hide a secret far more terrifying than anyone ever imagined.

Arthur Moreau disappeared during a live broadcast. No warning. No transition. No last words. One moment he was finishing a world event in front of fifty thousand viewers. The next, he was gone, and what arrived somewhere else was Gepetto: his character, his creation, the most feared Marionettist ever built in a game where power was the only language that mattered. The world that caught him is not new to collapse. Gods have existed here, and some of them have died. What stands now is only the latest arrangement of a cycle that never needed him. Elysion is a Republic in the way that a cracked foundation is still a building. The institutions function. The titles exist. But beneath the gas lamps and the steam columns and the elevated rails connecting district to district, the actual structure is simpler: those with enough power do what they want, and everyone else absorbs the cost. The working class breathes chemical residue and calls it employment. The middle class negotiates in a market that has stopped rewarding negotiation, trains for credentials that no longer open doors, and moves forward because stopping is worse. There is no king here. There are only people with enough accumulated weight to act as though the question of permission does not apply to them. The Church of the Solar God holds the whole thing together, which is not a metaphor. A population that does not share language, origin, or history requires something to organize around, and the Church understood this long before anyone thought to ask. The Solar God is not a symbol. He walks. He acts. He has reasons of his own. And now, Players have begun to appear. Not as heroes. Not as chosen figures. As variables carrying power without understanding the system they have entered. The world does not pause for them. It absorbs them, bends around them, and continues. Gepetto does not try to fight it. He studies it. While others assert themselves through force, faith, or the assumption that visibility equals strength, he builds something quieter. Not an army. Not a faction. A structure: distributed, patient, invisible until it is not. A web that does not need to be seen to function. The skills are real now. The strings are real. And what they touch does not reset. House of Puppets is a story about control, belief, and the cost of acting in a world indifferent to your intentions. It follows a man who does not seek to win, but to understand the rules well enough that losing becomes unlikely. Because the puppeteer pulls the strings. But in a world this old, someone is always watching. A word from the author: House of Puppets is not a standard webnovel. Not power fantasy. You won't get that constant power escalation hit or that achievement system satisfaction. What you get is slow burn, structured more like a novel than serialized content. Each chapter accumulates. Each arc tightens. Tension builds and doesn't release until it's supposed to. The work touches on philosophy, politics, economy, metaphysics, theology. Everything woven into narrative, not explained to you. If you've already read Lord of Mysteries, Reverend Insanity, A Song of Ice and Fire, works that trust readers to hold complexity, you already know what we're trying to do here. The ambition is simple and honest: get there. Write something that redefines what this genre can do. I can't promise we make it. I'm a beginner without experience and this work is experimental. But I can promise I'll give everything I have trying.

Queen Medusa: "Who are you?" Wu Tian: "My name is Wu Tian. I am the guardian spirit of the Serpent Clan's queens, generation after generation!" Queen Medusa: "Then how did you get in here?" Wu Tian: "Whoosh! Just like a skyrocketing firecracker, and here I am!" Thank you for the support, friends. If you want to read more chapters in advance, go to my Patreon. Read 40 Chapters In Advance: patreon.com/Canserbero10

[Progression Fantasy] [Grimdark] [Flaw to Potential] If flaws are humanity's greatest weakness... what happens when someone turns them into potential? In Evoslon everyone possesses a flaw. Some inherit madness. Some inherit blindness. Some inherit crippling defects. Others awaken sins buried within their bloodline. Those who survive the Sin Purging Ceremony become Pathbearers—beings capable of powers beyond ordinary humanity. Morca Sherman was never meant to become one of them. His awakening should have followed the same ancient rules as everyone else's. Instead, his father interfered. His awakening collapsed. His memories fragmented. And something called the Infinity Nihility System awakened alongside him. Now Morca possesses a power that doesn't simply overcome flaws—it can turn them into something far more terrifying. Hunted by those who fear what he could become, Morca must uncover the truth behind his broken awakening, his mysterious lineage, and the strange existence known as Nihility. Because in Evoslon, the greatest monsters aren't always the ones born from flaws. Sometimes, they're the ones who learn how to evolve them.

Someone put a bullet in my head. Joke's on them — it activated my system. Now I'm Tony Stark's forgotten twin brother with super strength, regeneration, and an adamantium skeleton. I fly faster than his suits. I hit harder than his missiles. And my motorcycle just turned into a woman with serious attitude problems. Obadiah wants us dead? He's decorating the sidewalk. S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to recruit me? I lead or I walk. They called me the useless playboy. Wait till they see what I unlock tomorrow.

Yasenia is a child born different from the rest. Her mother, Tatyana, used an ancient technique she found to absorb the world's energy to get pregnant instead of having regular intercourse. Her objective was to create a lover for herself after the endless years of solitude, and all the heartbreaks that covered her heart in eternal ice. While pregnant, a strange soul seems to try to seize her child's body to be reborn; a shame that Tatyana is someone not to be messed with. In her rage, she destroys the sense of self and memories, leaving only a husk of the soul, and uses it to nourish Yasenia. What Tatyana didn't know at that time was that this would change Yasenia in ways she never expected. Consider supporting me on Patreon.com/Mortrexo Or donating on Paypal.com/paypalme/Mortrexo Uploading on Wattpad Uploading on Webnovel Uploading on Archive of Our Own (AO3). Uploading on Fenrirealm Discord-> https://discord.gg/NJN2GcgRwb Novel Cover: https://www.patreon.com/posts/novel-cover-2-86054319 Artist: https://twitter.com/_taaakaaaa

Follow the story of Tianlian Liu Shu, a tree who didn't know anything at first and struggles to survive and extend her roots through the cosmos. The World she lives in is filled with fantastic sights and strange new cultures, and there is something everybody in this World has: A system. Moreover, even while she is a tree, she has people who will fawn over her...? "Tiantian, does the Sun feel good on your leaves today?" "Liu Liu, I've found this delicious compost made of natural extract~." "Tian'er, does the wind feel good on your branches?" Tianlian Liu Shu, a female tree, didn't really know what to do with these fawning women. patreon.com/Mortrexo Uploading also on Scribblehub. Uploading also on Wattpad. Uploading also on Archive Of Our Own. Uploading also on Royal Road. Uploading on Fenrirealm Discord-> https://discord.gg/NJN2GcgRwb Novel Cover: patreon.com/posts/ascension-of-97475506

Reality is not natural. It is administered. Every action requires permission. Every consequence must be paid. Gods rule because existence recognizes their authority—and those deemed too dangerous, too contradictory, or simply too inconvenient are erased until even history forgets they were there. Nyxus should have suffered that fate. Known as Access Denied, he survives an attack designed to delete him not only from existence, but from the story itself. Thrown into Archaverse Twenty-Seven, Nyxus awakens beneath the rule of Karma, the God of Chaos—a being so thoroughly favored by reality that the universe carries out his decisions before he needs to move. Nyxus is recruited into ACT, a faction of anomalies led by the impossibly knowledgeable Aoikishi. Its members include Kaosu, Karma’s rebellious son; Raiyo, a swordsman capable of severing the relationships between things; Torin, an ordinary man too stubborn to let his own injuries stop him; and Yamiya Miekō, the surviving remnant of a deleted world whose strange Dark Logical Energy can reduce impossible systems to their simplest answer. They are not an army. They are an arsenal of errors reality failed to correct. Their enemies extend far beyond Karma. The Continuum Concord appoints gods, regulates history, measures deviation, and removes anyone whose existence produces too many “Flicks.” An ancient man whose touch destabilizes reality has concluded that suffering itself is being arranged into stories—and he intends to find whatever is watching. What begins as a hunt for corrupted artifacts and the mythical Terminal becomes a war over the ownership of existence itself. To survive, these anomalies cannot merely become stronger. They must deny the permissions that make gods untouchable, sever power from its source, simplify the laws protecting it, and force reality to collect the debts it has paid on behalf of its favorites. But some truths were buried deeper than history. Something inside Yamiya has never needed permission. Gods can die. Heroes can be deleted. Narratives can be destroyed. And somewhere beyond everything that believes itself real, the Observer is watching. This is not the story of one chosen hero. It is the story of every broken thing that refused its assigned ending. Fandom: https://next-generation-arsenal-nga.fandom.com/wiki/Next-_Generation_-_Arsenal_-_NGA_Wiki Animation https://youtube.com/shorts/q1xumm7CKiE?si=nDVE3Qb68q5wLHMl

They called him a demon. They spat on him in the streets. They let him eat alone for twelve years. And when the Heavenly Screen flashed across the sky—showing Naruto Uzumaki as the man who would end everything—the first thing he whispered wasn't rage or vengeance. It was: "Why didn't anyone tell me my parents died for me?" This isn't a story about a hero turning evil. It's about a boy who loved too hard in a world that only taught him how to bleed. And when the screen revealed everything Konoha buried—the lies, the cover-ups, the bodies in the basement—Naruto didn't become a monster. He just stopped pretending to be their hero.

Thousands of years in the distant past, humanity faced a threat unlike anything they had ever witnessed. Creatures known as entities roamed the ancient lands, leaving nothing but destruction in their wake as they attacked civilization after civilization, each one lacking the strength and power to oppose the rampaging monsters. From the stacking tragedies emerged the Ancient Symbols, a group of mighty individuals led by one of history’s most renowned figures — the Realm God. Together, they united to form the World Anomaly Hunting Organization, uniting the early world of entities under a single government. Millenia passed before the WAHO plunged into instability, eventually overwhelmed by entities 700 years ago and returning the world to chaos. The three-year timespan between the WAHO’s fall and the next formation of a new hunting organization was known as Anomaly Doomsday — a time where nobody — not even the remnants of the WAHO, could restore order. That was until 697 years ago, when the Nahatan Federal Anomaly Hunting Organization (later changed to the Nahatan Federal Entity Hunting Organization to match modern terminology) formed, followed by hundreds of others such as the AOES (Anatan Organization of Entity Suppression, 690 years ago) and the AEP (Animare Entity Pact, 472 years ago). Together, these country-bound organizations restored order to the world and grew, bringing yet another period of stability in what is known as the Present Day.

I am a new author, so there might be some grammatical errors. Try not to be too harsh. And don't forget to share your valuable reviews. SYNOPSIS "You are my mate, I am not going to share you with anyone, not even my brothers " his whispering tone felt like melted sugar in my ears. I was drowning in his scent, my mind was in a frenzy. Suddenly, I woke up with a start, panting heavily after a steamy wet dream which I have been having quite a lot lately. Myra Miracle, an orphan since birth, visits her childhood best friend Nora to Kimberg to. While she was having dinner with Nora and her parents, she felt dizzy and enchanted at the same time for some unknown reasons. Later that evening, she met four hot, handsome and mesmerizing people which made her restless all night long. Since then she has been having wild dreams. Why is that so? Why is she so attracted to her best friend's brothers?

Rewrite of the original Zero Fate Against the World series Synopsis: Philip lived his life like any university student, he went to the campus, heard his teachers, made his notes, went home, studied, and played some games with the boys at night. Until one fateful day. It was the final class of the year, and he together with all of the people present in the room, were transported to another world. In a strange and unfamiliar land, everyone received powers and abilities, but with a twist, he didn't receive what everyone had, a class—only a skill to help him on his journey. They weren't there to kill a demon king, nor they were there to prevent a war. Although you could say they were there to cause one... This was their struggle for survival. . . . Hey! I am just here to say that I don't own the cover image or the MC's special abilities. If you own any of these things and want me to take it down I will, but remember that currently, I am not receiving any money from this. If you wish to know the progress of each chapter or just talk, you can access the discord: https://discord.gg/zpAgtPBAMK

In a world divided between the noble Knights and the daring Pirates, a hidden heir to the throne emerges from the shadows. Gideon, raised as a pirate's son, discovers his untapped elemental powers. With the fate of his kingdom in his hands, he must navigate treacherous seas, epic battles, and a destiny he never expected. Will he reclaim his royal heritage or forge a new path as the Pirate King? Join Gideon on a thrilling adventure filled with power, loyalty, and the clash of empires in this gripping tale of "Pirates vs Knights."

Please check out the kickstarter for the Webcomic adaptation! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tdod/the-dragon-of-dreams-webtoon-adaptation Also, chapters 10 and 11 are not missing. The novel is being rewritten for the coming webtoon and the chapter count is getting cut with the cleaning of filler and such. -------- Quick Synopsis: A boy reborn as a dragon, exploring the world to try and sate his curiosity, only to come to question EVERYTHING he considered fact. -------- Long Synopsis: This is the story of a young man who was reincarnated as a dragon with a near-insatiable curiosity. Initially sparked by questioning his own reincarnation, he quickly gets lost in the endless world of magic, using his deep understanding of advanced sciences to learn the laws and properties of a new type of energy known as mana. However, soon enough, the table would flip, and he would begin using that very same energy to expand his knowledge of science, to the point that he would begin questioning his own understanding of the world. Although not his original intention, with the combination of his intelligence, expanding curiosity, and the 'miracles' that occurred to allow for his existence, he quickly found himself climbing the mountain of strength as if it were a small hill before eventually climbing to a point where it seemed as if he himself was the peak itself. Even if.. that was never the case... - There is mild gore, and profanity is 'censored' toward the beginning, but not later in the story. - Tags: Action, Discovery, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi Sub Tags: Reincarnation, Magic, Non-Human Lead, (Extremely) OP Protagonist, Mystery - New Chapter (currently) once a week, on Thursday or Friday at 1:30 PM EST! (Unless Stated Otherwise, join the Discord for updates) - Uploads not on Webnovel, Royal Road, Wattpad, FenrirScans, or Scribblehub are ILLEGAL - Community Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Dv7G5bQD4v Account must be at least 3 days old. Note: This novel takes place in the same universe as my other novel, TSH (The System's Harvester) on RR and SH

House of Hidden Secrets is a gripping tale about a young woman named Roxanne, in her mid-twenties, who purchases a farmhouse in the nearby town of Sugar Creek. Little does she know that the house is shrouded in dark secrets from its past and that these secrets will significantly impact her life. Despite this, Roxanne is inexplicably drawn to the property as if it were calling out to her. The house has a sordid history of its own, as the Catalano family, who originally owned it, vanished without a trace, leaving behind a mystery that has never been solved. I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com. Click the link Https://www.royalroad.com/profile/862919/fictions

When Feng Qi awoke, he realized the world had been completely overturned. Wherever his eyes fell, the land was strewn with desiccated bones. All life had withered away. [Warning: Three hundred meters ahead lies a database. It contains historical records, including a detailed account of your untimely death. You should go take a look.] [Trust me—don’t go west. You could die!] [Do you see that black stone monument? You decide to approach it and investigate.] “I don’t want to!” Feng Qi protested, resisting the voice echoing in his mind. [No. You do.] … Guided by that mysterious voice, Feng Qi begins to traverse between reality and the future, gradually uncovering the truth of this ruined world—and searching for a way to change it. For it is only after witnessing true darkness that one comes to long endlessly for the light.

What if, one day, the clock began to tick backward? Call it a power, or a curse—but when you gain the ability to see beyond the veil, it becomes the Curse of the Clock. When a being slips through from another dimension, or an ancient legend awakens, or a dark spirit stirs, someone must hunt the intruder before the world drowns in chaos and the supernatural. It’s called the Devil’s Hour. In the city of Pendralice, the factions are divided—each marked by the symbol of its own bird and driven by its own beliefs. Sikakama arrives, searching for the legendary sword to become a knight, shaped by the story of her childhood, and soon crosses paths with the Raven Tower Division. Here, time controls everything. And no matter how much you think you hold power over it, you’re merely part of another tale woven by fate, in a world that has forgotten the meaning of a knight and the ideals they once stood for. Can you still become a hero… while the clock keeps ticking in reverse?

Humanity is thrown into a cruel death game. Everyone has to use their vehicle to travel on the infinite road, desperately gathering supplies while avoiding the game's trials. Sandrine is just the same. Except... Why does she have a horse instead of a car ? The tribulations of an insane heroine galloping in panties and fighting big trucks with her trusty picthfork !