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The Pawn Ascendant: Chronicles of the Expendable Hero

A coward 28-year-old convenience store clerk with crippling anxiety who apologized to customers and avoided conflict at all costs. Then he died saving a child and got summoned to a fantasy world as a "hero." There's just one problem: he wasn't meant to succeed. While three powerful heroes get legendary skills and royal treatment, He is given trash stats and a useless ability called [Adaptive Evolution]. The truth? He's the Expendable—a sacrificial pawn summoned to absorb the System's curse so the real heroes can shine. He's supposed to die within months. They didn't count on his survival instinct. Betrayed by his party, sold into slavery, and thrown into death matches for noble entertainment, he learns the world's cruelest lesson: kindness is weakness, and only monsters survive. So he becomes one. Copying skills from everyone who tries to kill him. Devouring the power of those who underestimate him. Smiling politely while orchestrating massacres. The cowardly hero transforms into something far more terrifying—a strategic nightmare who turns every attempt on his life into a new weapon. But as he climbs from Level 1 to god-slaying powerhouse, he discovers the horrifying truth: he was never random. His soul is a fragment of the First Hero—the one who nearly destroyed the gods 1,000 years ago. The Expendable Protocol wasn't designed to kill a nobody. It was designed to kill him before he remembered what he was. Now the gods themselves descend to finish what they started. But he has spent years learning from predators, tyrants, and monsters. He's absorbed hundreds of skills, toppled kingdoms, allied with demons, and killed without hesitation. The coward who apologized to goblins has become the man who makes gods afraid. From convenience store clerk to weapon of mass destruction. From victim to predator. From hero to heretic to something the world has no name for. One man's journey to survive in a world that wanted him dead—and his transformation into the exact monster they deserved. Genre: Comedy → Dark Fantasy | Isekai | LitRPG | Psychological Thriller Tags: Weak to Strong | Anti-Hero MC | Strategic Battles | Skill Evolution | God-Slaying | Betrayal & Revenge | Political Intrigue | Morally Gray | System Apocalypse Warning: MC starts sympathetic but becomes genuinely ruthless. This is not a redemption story—it's a descent into necessary evil. "I'm not the hero of this story. I'm the thing heroes are supposed to stop. The difference? I'm honest about it." —Hiroshi Yamada.
LowBatteryWriter · 723 Views

Armor Link: The Armorless Legend

(27/1/2026) Author note: ​[WARNING: EXTREME SLOW BURN / DEEP WORLD-BUILDING] This isn't your typical instant-op story. It’s a journey of a man building a legend from scratch. If you prefer high-stakes engineering and real character growth over mindless, face-slapping... Synopsis: For ten years, Lawson was the undisputed God of the mobile game "Armor Link". In the virtual world, he saved galaxies; in reality, he was a "loser" working a dead-end mall job, mocked for his "childish" obsession. ​Then, the servers crashed. Forever. ​But the nightmare was just beginning. The "Shadow-Mimics" from the game began devouring reality. As blood stained the mall floors, A mysterious prompt appeared before him : [Armor Linked: YES / NO?] ( One time hero pass for Lawson ) ​While the next wave of monsters is rampaging,others gained flashy powers and became "Heroes" to Save The World,Lawson—the veteran who knew every boss’s weakness and every hidden mechanic—received nothing . In a world where Armor is survival, the Legendary Veteran was disqualified. But as the dust settled, a new notification flickered in his eyes: ​​[Veteran Save-Data Detected. Forced Authorization Granted: SSS-Rank Gearsmith] ​The world thinks he’s just a support worker, a mere mechanic for the "real" heroes. They are wrong. Lawson knows what the others don't: The game was never just a game. ​He doesn't need a suit of armor to be a god. As a Gearsmith, he doesn't just fix the armor—he controls the very laws they are built on. ​He is not only a Gearsmith. He is the chosen world saviour... ​[Game Fusion] [Veteran Protagonist] [Hidden Power] [Non-Armor Lead][SSS to God-tier]
Zester1215 · 9.2k Views

Naruto: Eating A Devil Fruit In The World Of Shinobi

You’d think waking up in the Naruto Universe would be a dream come true. For most people? Maybe. But for me? No kekkei genkai. No Senju vitality. No Uzumaki stamina. No Uchiha eyes. Just… me. Weak. Ordinary. A civilian in a world built on bloodlines and battles. I was ready to die in the background. Just another nobody swept up in the chaos of shinobi wars and cursed fates. Until it happened. [System Binding Complete.] [Welcome, User.] [Starter Gift: Goro Goro no Mi — Rumble-Rumble Fruit.] [You are now the inheritor of thunder.] And just like that, everything changed. I could feel it — the voltage crackling in my veins, the storm whispering in my ear. No more chakra limitations. No more clan inferiority. I didn’t need Sharingan to see death coming. I’d outrun it at the speed of lightning. The villages took notice. The Akatsuki tried to control me. Even the tailed beasts learned to fear thunder. Because I wasn’t just another shinobi anymore. I was something else. A storm given form. They called me a god. Once I stood at the peak of the Shinobi world, I turned my gaze outward — to other realms, other timelines, and other universes. I walked among Shinigami. Faced pirates who challenged the sea. Clashed with Saiyans beneath shattered skies. But a question lingered. Who's this mysterious being everyone keeps talking about? Maybe I’m more than just a transmigrator. Maybe I was never meant to be human in the first place. “Lightning doesn't bow. It strikes.” From the Hidden Leaf… To the edge of the multiverse… I will carve my name into legend. Because thunder doesn’t ask permission. _______ There would be consistent updates, 2 chapters a day. Mc doesn't get spoonfed by the system. ********************************** Join our discord server Link: https://discord.gg/Mr8Q62CH Support us on patreon (+Gain access to chapters in advance) Link: patreon.com/Zphyr_ **********************************
Zphyrr · 5.6m Views