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Set in the Shadow Slave world...a time before Sunny was born...this story follows a simple soldier who must survive in a dystopian, apocalyptic landscape where magic and gun warfare collide. In a far-off Quadrant known as North America, a young soldier named Hope is 16 years old when he gets infected by the Nightmare Spell. He passed! But...he feels a bit scammed...? A flaw that makes him fade from people's memories... A cursed attribute that makes him remember everything endlessly in eternal wakefulness... It's as if the Spell is twisting his future and existence into an almost improbable one. All he has ever known his purpose to be was to serve as a simple soldier. Not too powerful. But not so weak either. And maybe, just maybe like some others, become an Awakened. Although he never dreamt of being one. Now that his whole life is compromised after his First Nightmare, his first objective is to survive on his own. But as he tries to escape his fate, his actions seem to lead him further from his goal. He struggles against obstacles that slowly grow bigger and out of proportion. Maybe the Dream Realm and the Real World aren't so different than one may think. Hope's journey involves uncovering secrets and gaining knowledge about his true nature and his new role in the world. Is he fit to be a hero? Could he redefine it? *** Please read the READER DISCLAIMER in Volume 0. This is my spin-off novel of "Shadow Slave" by Guiltythree. But please don't expect the same writing style, setting, and characters, especially the main character. This story reveals more about how people/cities/governments operate after the Spell’s arrival. I always find it interesting how maybe one country handles it fairly, but how others handle it with desperation to the point that you question humanity. There will be easter eggs pointing to the original novel either intentional for the plot or unrelated to it, but all for fun. I am a new author so props to all who bear with me and helps me improve my writing. If it is not for you, please don't leave outright hate comments. Eat wassabi instead if you want pain. Critique and advice would be great too. Cover Art: @ellieaedon I will be posting on RoyalRoad.com and on AO3 for some people's preferences.

Having to return to his home for business reasons - as well as personal reasons - Dimitri finds himself lost in the changes the town has gone through and many shrouding mysterious that still haunt it. Which has started to occur lately.

Khan Kage thought being a Jedi meant peace, wisdom, and purpose. But as the Republic weakens and shadows spread across the stars, he learns that the Force isn’t the only power that shapes destiny. Under the mentorship of Master Dooku, Khan faces the harsh truths of the Order, the corruption of the Senate, and the darkness growing within himself. Every choice he makes will test his loyalty, his compassion, and what it truly means to be a Jedi in a galaxy losing its light.

|SEASON 1 OF CLAXTON| |2X FEATURED · WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · PAID STORY ON INKSPIRED!| As the Octopus Man returns from the Bermuda Triangle, Makenna Angelia Delling teams up with Merlin the Great's ninja-like fairy apprentice, Tracey, to defeat him. However, what will happen when Tracey learns he is the K.T. Magic Murderer? *** Fourteen-year-old Makenna Delling is a Metamorphic Fairy, a rare fairy from a family in which one person must have been a fairy. Except, who is that one person? To help find answers regarding her past, Makenna teams up with seventeen-year-old Tracey, a mysterious fairy who hails from Merlin's Island. Together, they are dragged into the flight of their lives after they learn that the Octopus Man has returned from the Bermuda Triangle, and he is eager to kill Tracey. Mustering up all her courage, Makenna must find a way to stop Tracey from becoming who he truly is. She has to help him defeat the Octopus Man himself if he is to change his fate. Both teens have high stakes, especially since Tracey could be one of the greatest threats in the entire Magic World. Who is Makenna? Who is Tracey? Most importantly, why must Makenna find her long-lost family member? It's so she can call herself a True Metamorphic Fairy. *** *Main tropes: Love triangle and friends to lovers.* *Note: My writing style resembles screenwriting, so please judge it accordingly. Thank you!* *Also in this story... Makenna wins the Perfect Ass Award, Tracey the Most Unfortunate One Award-LOL!* Word Count: 150,000-200,000 Main Achievements: - 2022 Red Carpet Awards Shortlist! - Most Original Fantasy in the Strawberry Cupcake Awards!

The Arbiter's power has run reality since time began. Now, a new god's Apotheosis, a corrupt script threatening to crash the entire system forces the Arbiter to try and accommodate the newcomer. The gods themselves do not want any kind of war—one is a steadfast administrator, the other a privileged newcomer. They are above mortal concerns. But mankind is ruled by nothing but. Sensing the chaos and smelling blood in the waters of a shifting world order, the machinations of man scramble to capitalize. In the brief moment the gods falter, they unleash horrors so profound they scar even the Divines.

​Raj should have died when he plummeted from the cliff's edge, landing on a vertical sword that plunged right into his heart. However at the brink of death a holographic window appeared in front of him. "2/3 conditions are fulfilled. 1. Host should be of %@#*& bloodline- completed 2. Sword of awakening should pierce the heart of host-completed 3.Bath in the Amrita Water-pending" "Teleporting the user to the location of Amrita Water." "Error Amrita Water is not in this world." "Advanced teleportation is activated." He was thrown in the middle of a forest, inhabited by thousands of giant wild beasts, with a single quest: {Escape the Forest of cursed Gumiho} The system only provided him one skill: [All-Devouring Breathing Technique] Raj was scared, nervous, and anxious but was never hopeless. He gritted his teeth, ran a hand through his hair, and took his first step into the unknown world. ----- Additional tags: R18, magic, No yuri, No ntr. Races: Dragons, phoenix, humans, beasts, demons, nine-tailed fox.

To gain popularity, I have to hide my vest and jump back and forth between the black and red party~

Without knowing how or why, Lumian awakens inside his first Nightmare of the Shadow Slave world—trapped in the body of an Awakened beast. Forced to survive among monsters, hunters, and fragmented memories, he confronts his own inhuman nature while uncovering powers he barely understands. After escaping his first Nightmare, Lumian begins an impossible journey: to rise from the lowest form of existence and claim a divine destiny… to become the King of Monsters.

[The Demon King’s Standard, First. The Demon King kidnapped the princess….] “I would not follow such a tr*shy standard!” And with that, he became a hard-headed fool.

The "Grand Game" turned Earth into a living hell of dungeons and monsters. For ten years, Kael survived not as a warrior, but as a lowly Porter—a bag carrier for the awakened elite. He endured humiliation and abuse, only to be betrayed and left to die as bait by Lucian, the so-called "Savior of Humanity". But death was not the end. Kael opens his eyes to find himself back in his university classroom. The date is September 1st, 2024. Time until the Apocalypse: 10 minutes. He has no mana, no weapons, and no allies. But he has two weapons that can overturn the heavens: The knowledge of every hidden boss, secret dungeon, and traitorous guild for the next decade. The location of the only Divine-Rank Item in existence—an artifact destined to make Lucian the strongest hero. In a race against time, Kael steals the item before the first monster even spawns. He doesn't awaken as a Hero. He awakens as something else entirely. [Class Unlocked: SSS-Rank Predator] [Ability: Gluttony. You can devour the stats and skills of anything you kill.] Now, the Heroes, the Monsters, and even the Gods are no longer threats. To Kael, they are just... food. Let the hunt begin.

Gray, a young man living solely for his sister’s sake, is thrust into a world where madness runs rampant. After a mysterious encounter with an Ancient Monolith, he becomes a Nephilim—a member of a race of solitary, death-mongering individuals, where strength is the only rule that matters. In this concealed world hidden from the likes of normal people, the Nephilim clash against their own kind, using their arcane powers—so that they may live. No matter the cost. Faced with an incomprehensible amount of insanity and suffering, thanks to his ability to glimpse the future, Gray fights to protect his sole reason of being. Will he remain pure and retain his humanity, or will he abandon it for power, becoming like those antediluvian beings, to protect her?

Sixteen-year-old Zero is struggling to survive in the Gray Zone—the lawless wasteland between two warring empires. Born Veidonian but marked with an Empyreal symbol he can't use, he's hated by both sides and surviving on borrowed time. But Zero refuses to die forgotten. When he meets Vex, a mysterious swordswoman with deadly skills and darker secrets, she offers him one chance: become strong enough to matter in a world where only power speaks. In a land where two hundred years of war has made strength the only law, Zero will carve his name into history—or die trying.

Murdered in Ecliptica’s blood-soaked ruins, Prince Vaelor was born blind beneath a cursed eclipse. His corpse was left to rot—until Kain, a man struck down by a bus from earth awakened inside his body. Across his chest coils a living tattoo. A swirling glyph pulsing with raw aether, evolving with every eclipse. Scattered across the ravaged lands lies Nexus grounds fractured realms where reality bleeds, nightmarish Nexusborn hunt endlessly. Every eclipse changes him, as the glyph grows. Powers beyond imagination, battle-shifting mists, cataclysmic storms, and destruction that bends worlds come at a price. To survive, Kain must defy gods, crush the Nexusborn legions, and conquer the abyss within himself. As the final eclipse paints the sky blood-red, will he seize supremacy… or be consumed by the very power that crowns him?

Trapped in a monastery of breathtaking nuns, Charles recognizes them from Witch Monastery—they’re monsters in saintly disguises, hungry for his flesh.

Heaven can be fathomed, Earth can be measured— Only the human heart cannot be guarded. Some bare a sincerity red as blood; who knows the lying tongue rings sweeter than any harp? Mortals call those who have walked far on the path “immortals.” Yet without proving the Great Dao, they remain flesh: joy, anger, sorrow, love, greed, hate, delusion—none are shed. Cultivation, cultivation— Is it truly just sitting on a cushion, trapping the mind in a single square of silence?

He was a Fenris-an ancient shadow beast, guardian of a territory older than human history. His life was simple: hunt, watch, and keep the balance in the quiet corners of his realm. Until the world cracked. Strange distortions appeared at the edges of his domain, pulling in land, beasts, and mana itself. Curious and unwilling to ignore a threat he didn’t understand, he approached the tear-and made a choice. Investigate it. Cross it. Learn what was breaking his world. But the tear was unstable. To survive passage, he had to rip away most of his own power, sealing it behind him. What emerged on the other side wasn’t the towering shadow-beast feared in his realm… but a weakened humanoid shell stumbling into a world called Earth. A world where mana is new. A world full of rifts-pocket dimensions containing fragments of realms he’s never heard of. A world watched over by an organization called the Hunters Bureau that hunts anything “not human.” And he’s very much not human. With the System binding him in unfamiliar ways, his power stripped, and hunters closing in, he must hide what he is while uncovering the truth behind the fractures destroying his realm-and now Earth. He didn’t come here to conquer. He didn’t come here for power. He came to understand what’s breaking reality. But Earth is far stranger and more dangerous than he expected… …and the convergence that brought him here has only just begun.

Albert is transmigrated into a new world at the exact moment he was supposed to kiss his wife—only to awaken into a man named Calen, leaving everyone to think he… well, “made love to a watermeloin.” Now, he must navigate this strange world of survival, deities, and blessings while sorting out his chaotic new life.

Harold Etton led a sad life. Yet, he never stopped fighting. Everything changed when he discovered a legendary Artifact—one of the thousands that exist across the world. Artifacts were stones that manifested into powerful weapons, and Harold had just obtained one that changed his fate. discord: https://discord.gg/3VTG2JZPwt

In a city ruled by shadows and power, Kai — a broke, fire-wielding Omega — hides from the world and his past, surviving underground fights to stay alive. When Lucien, a ruthless Alpha heir burdened by his own deadly curse, lays eyes on him, fate ignites. They were never meant to meet. They were never meant to burn. But something ancient binds them — and in a world of alphas, secrets, and syndicate wars, their connection could mean salvation… or destruction.