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The kingdom does not care who they kill, only that they kill. Saphira Valcrow has spent her life as a weapon, trained to take lives without hesitation. Each kill lowers the inked number on her wrist, bringing her one step closer to freedom. Now, she has only one name left. Killian Veyne. The warrior whispered about in war camps. The Phantom Blade. The kingdom’s deadliest ghost. But when the moment arrives, something goes terribly wrong. A hesitation. A choice. And suddenly, Saphira and Killian are forced into an uneasy alliance, hunted by those who once commanded them. In a world where warriors are either predators or prey, Saphira must decide: does she finish the mission that will set her free....or risk everything for the one man who could be her ruin?

Once a mortal from Earth, Liora was reborn on the banks of the River of Oblivion — as a Devil. Just when she was worried about her future, a System awakened within her, granting her the power to grow stronger by devouring souls. From that moment onward, the rise of the Devil Empress began. Countless years later, her name echoed through the universe, accompanied by many titles. Devil Empress. Mother of Despair. Daughter of Calamity. Queen of Ruin. The Endbringer. The Primordial Sin. TAGS: Overpowered, Yuri, R18, Slight Romance, System, Dark, Villain, Devil, Action, Adventure, Reincarnation, World Hopping

[ Condolences on your untimely death, do you wish to compete for a second chance?█ ] Bennett, a college student who spends more time at Renaissance faires than at home, is better prepared than most participants when he finds himself trapped inside a simulation that expects him to role-play his way through a series of death games. Conversely, Chase took all of his four-round head start within that same simulation to adjust. This one-year-younger punk, with more than his fair share of piercings and tattoos, could only cope thanks to his athletic physique honed through years of gymnastics, track and field, and… pole dancing? Despite their initial disputes, they team up and slowly grow closer as they struggle through the Purgarion System’s plots full of eldritch horrors, historical inaccuracies, and, the greatest challenge of all, awkward social situations. *** WTB tags for Unlimited Flow, or at least Horror, and Slow Burn. The instances will typically be historical; some will include fantasy. MC/ML: Sword-loving nerd with stage fright x socially lacking, in-denial bisexual disaster fitness fanatic. Relationship type: Slowburn, mildly antagonistic strangers to teammates to close friends to finally lovers after their individual realizations that they’re both deep in the closet. Fade-to-black switch (although not an even 50/50 split)

"What are you willing to do to achieve something? How serious are you about achieving your goals?" This was the question that Loki and the other people who came to the Four Directions sect to earn their freedom were asked on their first day in the sect. For Loki, this question was easy for him to answer because he was reborn as a slave in this world and had already defied the will of his slave master in order to join the Four Directions sect. He had braved danger and suffering to reach the Four Directions sect. So he knew what it meant to be desperate and was willing to do whatever was required of him to achieve his goal. In the world of the blessed heaven realm, there is no such thing as human rights, and freedom is a luxury that very few people have. It is said that everyone is a slave to someone. The only difference is how strong their master is. So he, just like everyone else, is under the control of someone above them. But he doesn't want to remain a slave forever. He aspires to greatness, immortality, and freedom. He wants to acquire enough power to gain control of his fate. He also wants to rise to the top of the world and be the one to control others. He even wants to gain power and control over death. In order to achieve this, he is willing to do anything. This is his answer to the question of what he is willing to do to achieve his goals. His answer to this question was why he awakened the Fenrir metac. This is a metac that can help him achieve his goals by granting him the ability to find prey, hunt prey, and devour them to strengthen himself. With the Fenrir metac, he will transform from a prey into a predator. He will even have the chance to rise to the top of the food chain and become the strongest predator. That is to be his purpose in life, and with great luck and perseverance, he might achieve it. Golden Tickets/Power Stones: Bonus Chapters 1. 100/500: 1st Bonus Chapter. 2. 200/1,000: 2nd Bonus Chapter. 3. 300/1,500: 3rd Bonus Chapter. 4. 400/2,000: 4th Bonus Chapter. 5. 500/3,000: 5th Bonus Chapter. Discord: https://discord.gg/wA7n2M23Aw

"For millennia, mankind and the djinn have been locked in an endless war of occupation. As a result of this conflict, the number of lives lost is immeasurable as nations rose and fell over time. Various factions and armies rose to face the djinn threat in order to prevent the occupation of the human realm by the hostile djinn invaders. But as of the last few centuries, there has been a stalemate between the two with no side taking any decisive action over the other. That is until a series of seemingly small encounters would result in a butterfly effect that would change the course of history forever. Whether that was for better or worse was still yet to be decided."

Ah! Reincarnation! A second chance at life, it's a perfect opportunity isn't it? Wrong Between a disability that makes him so weak that his parents want to abandon him in the street, a war building up, and not even knowing which world he's in, Jeremy would say you're wrong. Reincarnating is an horrible experience. And he STILL doesn't know in which world he's in! _______ Kiiiind of slow burn, of course in the world of naruto but the protagonist will take some time to figure that out. Pretty dark too. Doing this story to train my writing. _____ Also on royal road

The first book of "The Crimson Chronicles" trilogy. — In the heart of the vast Great Forest of Althea, the young fire mage Clei has spent a decade honing his powers. But as his magical strength reaches a critical bottleneck, he is driven to abandon the solitude of his woodland home—not only to uncover the truth behind his adoptive father's sudden disappearance, but to finally explore the vast, untamed world beyond the trees and step into the sprawling cities of the Kingdom of Pyraeth. What he finds is a world teetering on the brink of chaos. Two decades after the catastrophic Umbral Blight, the Human Realm is once again shadowed by doom. The Prophecy of the Black Moon has resurfaced, and a sinister cult is orchestrating a new plague. This malevolent force—the parasitic Umbral Phantoms responsible for turning millions into mindless Hollowed twenty years ago—has returned with a vengeance, threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness. Facing terrifying monsters and the hatred of people who once rejected him, Clei must fight his way through a world falling into darkness. To survive, he needs to uncover the truth about his father's past, before the very curse that made him an outcast consumes him from the inside out. *** 2-3 chapters/day Author's Note: This is the very first book I wrote when I was younger, and to fully incorporate the lore of all my stories, I decided to pick this up along with two other books in the trilogy: The Empyrean Ascent Echoes in the Abyss My discord: chrissy_8085

Baekhyun, a global K-pop sensation, is forced to trade the stage lights of Seoul for the shadows of the Philippines. His mission: hunt down the Sigbin, mythical creatures rumored to bestow immense fortune upon those who capture them. Then there is Ethan, an ordinary citizen living a quiet life, harboring a secret heroism and abilities he keeps tucked away from the world. When a single, accidental kiss binds their fates together, their two worlds collide. This spark doesn't just ignite a connection between them-it begins to unravel the dark, long-hidden secrets buried deep within their families' histories.

Anthony Zarwick was not a hero. He was a pimp, a criminal, a street predator dressed in gold, a smiling parasite who understood that loyalty was only real until fear, love, or money gave it a better offer. After being betrayed, surrounded, shot in the back, mocked by his own mistakes, and executed in a dirty motel parking lot beneath the lights of Chicago, Anthony expected hell. Instead, he woke up bleeding. Reborn inside the world of pirates as Bluejam, the disgraced captain of the Bluejam Pirates, Anthony finds himself trapped inside the mutilated body of a dying man abandoned near the ashes of Gray Terminal, standing at the edge of betrayal, memory, nobility, and a future where the strong eat, the weak beg, and justice only exists when someone powerful decides it should. Pirates kill for treasure. Marines kill for order. Nobles kill for comfort. Celestial Dragons kill because the world lets them. Society worships power while pretending laws decide who deserves to rule. And Bluejam’s ruined body will come to possess a fruit carrying the most arrogant curse of all. The King-King Fruit. A power with a royal name. A power that sounds like command. A power that may prove kingdoms do not belong to bloodlines, crowns, flags, or thrones. They belong to the man strong enough to make the world kneel. Now surrounded by burnt trash, noble betrayal, pirate enemies, hidden monsters, a mysterious Doll woman who saved his body for reasons far from innocent, and a world already moving toward an age of legends, Anthony must decide what kind of monster survives in a sea like this. Unfortunately for everyone, Anthony Zarwick already knows the answer. (Anthony’s POV) "Let’s start with you." Said Anthony with a bloody smile. ----------------------------------------- WARNING WARNING ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ ⚠️ Content Warning: Throughout this story, there are scenes involving strong language, physical and emotional abuse, sexual situations, violence, and other mature or disturbing themes. Please read with discretion.

In the sprawling, subterranean city of New Lekki, researcher Amina seeks her father's killer, only to be hunted down by the murderer himself. Forced to flee to the deadly, ice-aged surface, she forms an unusual alliance with Sullei, a fierce, unstable surface dweller. This cooperation between a sheltered cave dweller and a solitary surface dweller quickly deepens into something more than companionship, as Amina learns her father's killer also wiped out Sullei’s entire tribe. Bound by shared tragedy, they must fight monstrous human experiments and the psychotic mastermind behind them to save their fragile world before it collapses.

An arrogant, Dominant Demon soul takes over Naruto body. See how he cunningly, manipulates and takes whole Naruto world, forming a new demonic cult in this world. The demonic cultivator in Naruto's body, bonds with many Kunoichi and MILFs. Nowhere in this Naruto, gets huminated. fanfiction consists of: big harem - check romance - check MILFs - check smart mc - check comedy & Satire - check attitude - check [R18 will be there. There will be s*x scenes, I can't describe them like erotica...But I do my best. There will lot of netori and melon content] - no NTR . . . . Authors note: My patreon : https://www.patreon.com/Doctor_Strange_739 Discord : https://discord.gg/UMFKR7BY PAYPAL.ME LINK: https://paypal.me/midnightparadise69?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB If you feel I'm trustworthy, you can pay me through Patreon or PayPal. Unless you don't feel my trust in us, don't pay me anything. I will write because it's my passion to write. You can pay me if you like my work. That's all that I have to say. I will not force you to pay me; I will not ask you to pay me. It's up to you. If you like, you can; if you don't like, don't. Once again thank you for every loyal fan that I had before and every person who supported me. And also thankyou for all the loyal readers now too. I will gain my trust again. I will gain the trust of the lost loyal fans too. Thanks.

Series A - After Our Decade Vol. 1-3 Synopsis -In the year 2070, The ambition to change the entire world is always overwhelming, yet no one can achieve it alone. With the might of three stones. They create this half-eclipsed world, where the intertwined tales of seven characters will lead you on a journey of discovery and reveal what kind of fate.... draws them together to prevent the secret society from abusing the power of the stones. Vol. 1 - ⧗ Time (Main : Romance / Sub : Sci-fi Adventure) -Every sound creates three waves, scattered across millions of miles. Brian, a fallen veteran scarred by the cruelty of war. Adeline, a woman of wealth who finds that happiness cannot be bought. And two scavengers, hopelessly wandering through the vast darkness of space, found the mysterious stone Just to think of selling it on earth, If fate were to draw them together, what reason would bind their paths? And could that reason be strong enough to turn strangers into a bond unbroken? Vol. 2 - ☯ Soul (Main : Adventure-Action / Sub : Sci-fi Cyberpunk)  -Rose, known by the code "Hitokiri Gatana," an android built from a mysterious stone to extinguish the human spirit, begins to wonder what it means to be human. Drawn by that curiosity, he encounters a young woman, "Yoona," with a heart of pure light, one who seems to gift him the very soul he was never meant to have. Together, they must confront the red dragon that has long devoured both of their hearts. Vo.3 - ♰ Faith (Main : Dark Adventure / Sub : Action Thriller) -Mary, possessed by the "Anweald" stone and branded as a witch who brings ruin to her people. She has lost all faith in the beliefs she once held dear. She used the might of the three stones to flee away from the kingdom "Castletia"; however, she was sent to the present day. Her life, shattered by loss, takes an unexpected turn when she encounters an old countryman, an unlikely master of survival whose skills may be the only force strong enough to ward off the misfortune that shadows her while teaching her the way of living in the present day. -Moves on from main cast's backstories & wrap up world building- Series B - Behold The Trials (Draft / Main : Crime-spy fiction; Sub : Sci-fi Adventure) -The Round Table members had made their move; The government reestablished The DEKA project with the new agents. Brian, Hubert, Sam, and Rolina set out for the Lyre Colony to stop the new dictator, Hiat’wota. Known as ‘The Control,’ he had established himself as the colony’s president and taken the Axian princesses as hostages. Meanwhile, Adeline, Rose, and Yoona infiltrated a Paris fashion show to unmask the mysterious jester, ‘The Mend,’ who had been involved in the murder of Adeline’s parents. Series C - Cruel White Petunia (Draft / Main : Crime-spy fiction; Sub: Thriller) -Hubert, Brian, and Yoona were sent on a new mission to infiltrate the private island of Emilio Margoles in the Caribbean Sea, the drug lord, or "The Dream." Now, it's the time for Hubert to make Margoles pay for what he did to him years ago. On the other hand, Mary is feeling fatally ill from the side effect of the stone. She heard from the local that there is a cure up on the Estonian sea. She traveled across the world alone and found a hidden village, found to be her abandoned kingdom, "Castletia," from a hundred years ago. She finally found Edward living healthy here. People in this village worshipped a lady messiah called "Mama' Il'ja" who could cure any disease. Series D - The Dead Journal (Draft / Main : Dark Adventure; Sub : Political Fantasy) -Deep dive on Mary's grandma the apple brothers tale (Vol.3), Castletia origins, The mighty stones origins, Brian's, Mary's, and Arthur's ancestors, Past stones wielders, The hero of Castletia and the chosen one story, Foundation of The Round Table, period timeline. Series E - Wreak N Havoc (Draft) - TBA Series F - Forever Known (Draft / Final Volume) - TBA

(18+ Worldheart Warriors has sensitive content some my find disturbing.) Their world is gone. Now the heroes Sinephilim, Rhenvar, and Willow must save others in hopes of one day restoring their own. Allied with the Goddess of Shadow, they travel from world to world, gathering the divine power needed for an impossible mission. But something far more sinister lurks between the worlds. Worldeaters, beings who shattered their destined stories and now devour Worldhearts to claim power beyond the Gods. To stop them, the heroes must leap from romance realms to superhero cities to nightmares made real, confronting twisted reflections of stories shaped by those who defy fate. Love. Trust. Loyalty. Guilt. Grief. Lies. Each hero carries wounds deeper than their magic. How much are they willing to sacrifice for a chance to see home again? And when the pressure becomes unbearable, will any of them gamble their own soul for the power of restoration or fall prey to the hunger and become a Worldeater themselves?

This is a place where everyone can become a God. Han Wu was a Divine Being whose parents went missing when he was young. He lived with his grandfather until he was eighteen when he first received his core race. Unfortunately he was cursed with misfortune. Not only did his grandfather pass away but he also received one of the weakest core races, the locusts. After suffering much humiliation from the bullies and being ignored by largely everyone, he took his life. Little did he know however the end of his life was also the start of someone else. An unknown soul from the modern civilization reincarnated in his body. Taking on his name and body, “Han Wu” started clawing his way upward to become strong enough to search for his missing parents as per the will of his dead grandfather as well as staking his claim in this large world. Official: A civilization where everyone can become Gods. Myriads of civilizations ranging from tranquil worlds to outright brutal hellscapes. Civilizations where goblins, orcs, angels, demons, undead, and all manner of life forms flourished. Wielding his locusts as his loyal subjects, Han Wu swore to take advantage of every civilization and become strong enough to protect everything he loved.

They called the Abyss a place where even gods disappeared. Across kingdoms and ruined lands, hunters chase whispers of an unknown existence tied to vanishings, distortions, and something darker than death itself. Meanwhile, a silent traveler walks alone through the world with no memory of who he truly is. He does not know why animals avoid him. Why the forest grows quiet around him. Why people feel something wrong before he even speaks. And he does not know the most terrifying truth of all— The being the world fears may already be walking among them. As strange forces begin noticing his existence, reality itself starts reacting in ways it cannot explain. Hunters close in. Ancient powers awaken. And somewhere beyond the edges of the known world, something waits for him to remember. But the human body he walks in is only a vessel. And if what sleeps inside it fully awakens— the world may not survive it. Nihilfire Reborn: God on a Vessel — A dark atmospheric fantasy about identity, restrained destruction, and a presence the world was never meant to contain.

Fate sets everything into motion. Dream drives that motion into action. And action causes death. This endless cycle is inevitable. Despair. Madness. Delusion. Sins. Ideals. What awaits someone broken again and again by this cycle? Beyond the unending path, does happiness exist? But to what end? The story of why he chose to walk this never-ending path.

Traveling to a world where ghost stories and abnormal creatures are rampant, Serie not only becomes a beautiful, fragile, and sickly girl like a porcelain doll, but is also taken in by the salvation organization as an S-level abnormal creature and imprisoned in a steel fortress in the deep sea. But Serie didn't care, because she found that as long as she closed her eyes, those witches condensed by fear, desire and power would open their demon eyes on the other side of the world. They were walking taboos and also puppets dancing on Serie's fingertips. Each witch has a completely different form and ability. Complete tasks, light up the skill tree, and continuously upgrade and evolve. Beautiful and powerful S-class witches appeared one after another like mushrooms after rain—— "The Witch of Pleasure plunges New York into a lewd abyss?" "The Dread Devourer ate the Golden Gate Bridge clean?" "The Slaughter Witch rules the battlefield, weaving nightmares for her enemies with threads of blood?" "The ruling witch made the organization's top executives betray her and become her loyal servants?" Alarms on the radio sounded one after another, and the employees were talking about Serie's trumpet, some with fear, some with admiration, and some with vigilance, but they would never know that the culprit of all this was that useless and cute girl who was tied with chains and restraints and did nothing every day except act coquettishly and wait for food. Serie said nothing, just buried her face in the pillow and continued to play the simulation game: "Let's open a new account... I want to try a different evolution path this time."

Ryo Kenzaki was good at being invisible. Just another high schooler, keeping his head down and waiting for each day to end. Then a star fell from the sky. When Ryo pulls a dying woman from the crater it leaves behind, he learns the world he knows is already breaking. Beyond it lies the Hunting Realm—a place where monsters are born from fallen Hunters, and something is beginning to push through. Hunted by a creature he cannot understand, Ryo is dragged to a sanctuary between worlds and forced into a choice that was never really his: take up a Kizugami, a living blade forged from wounds, or die before dawn. But the blade doesn’t obey. It judges. As the weapon begins to search his soul, Ryo is pulled into a war he never asked to join—one shadowed by an impossible Eye in the sky, a relentless Kaimon on his trail, and an ending that may already have been decided. Ryo never wanted to be a Hunter. But if becoming one is the only way to protect what remains, he’ll have to answer a far more dangerous question: When the world strips everything from him, can he still stand as himself once more? Character Art by @_iamskiddy

A Forensic Analyst investigates the gruesome murder of her family, seeking to hunt the ones involved with that childhood incident.

[This webnovel is the direct sequel to Emperor's Reckoning. Returning fans will see Lyon's legacy continue, but new readers can jump right into the chaos without missing a beat!] My dad conquered the Three Realms. My mom is the literal War Goddess. Me? I just got grounded for peeking into the Valkyries' changing room... (with my two brothers.) My punishment? I have to infiltrate the Fourth World—a bizarre, invading reality governed by 'Levels,' 'Classes,' and 'Aether'—and destroy its logic from the inside... with my two brothers. They think their rigid laws make them invincible. They think a high level means they can't be touched. But they haven't met me. Between my massive inherited skill grid and a 100% EXP boost from my Zodiac Heir title, I'm leveling up faster than this world can handle. And when I meet an enemy I'm not supposed to be able to kill? I use my cheat to drag them down to my level and cave their face in... (with my two brothers.) Alongside Anthierin, a blacksmith who constantly yells at me for breaking the gear she makes, I'm going to speedrun this world, loot its dungeons, and burn its absolute laws to the ground... (I got separated from my two brothers.) The Fourth World wanted an invasion. They're about to get a reckoning.