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shadow slave monarch of crimson

Most stories start the same way. You either have the slum rat who claws his way out of the mud, drenched in blood and sweat until he becomes a god… or the golden child, heir to some ancient clan — fallen or thriving, it doesn’t matter. Either way, they’re destined for greatness. Alucard was destined for death. In the original Shadow Slave timeline, his fate was sealed: die in his very first Nightmare. As Rain’s adoptive older brother — just as close and beloved as the canon one — his tragedy was meant to end there. But fate made a mistake. Alucard survived the Nightmare he was [Fated] to die in… and the price of that survival was a path no human should ever walk — a path paved with death, sin, and horrors beyond mortal understanding. To claim even a fragment of salvation, he must defy the destiny written for him. He must face terrors that twist reality, monsters born from blood and hatred, and the sins that cling to his soul like chains. This is the story of a man who should not exist a man who was never meant to defy fate and a man who will do whatever it takes to protect the ones he loves --- I'm really bad at writing synopsis so just read the story I promise it's peak some background info if you are curious Alucard is the same age as Effie and Kai Al is not a self insert he is his own character not me putting myself in the story and you can tell that pretty early in the novel there is a ton of unique lore and characters so if you're interested please read it
bad_gamer_novels · 627.9k Views

SSS Rank: Paragon's Ascent

Kade Torren has one goal: survive long enough to never be powerless again. Born during the Merger—the cataclysm that shattered reality and transformed the universe into the Game—Kade is a product of humanity's desperation. Raised in a government facility designed to forge Earth's best candidates, he's spent twenty years preparing for the Tutorial, the brutal proving ground where humans must compete against seventy-two other sentient species just to stay relevant. Humanity ranks forty-eighth out of seventy-three races. No natural magic. No enhanced strength. No evolutionary advantages. Just grit, tactics, and the slim hope that reaching level 50 will grant enough power to matter on the Main Continent, where territories are won and lost daily and extinction is always one war away. But Kade holds a secret even he doesn't know yet. During the Merger, as reality tore itself apart and reformed, his newborn soul absorbed the raw energy of that cosmic restructuring. The result: **The Paragon**—an SSS-rank talent so rare the system itself seems shocked by its existence. Everything Kade does is amplified tenfold. Experience gains. Stat growth. Skill comprehension. Learning speed. The boundaries that limit other candidates simply don't apply to him. It should be the ultimate advantage. It should guarantee his survival. But in a Tutorial designed to break the strong and kill the weak, overwhelming power draws overwhelming attention. Other candidates will see him as a threat to eliminate. The system itself will scale challenges to match his growth. And on the Main Continent beyond, where humanity desperately needs every edge it can get, Kade's talent could make him either Earth's greatest weapon—or its most dangerous liability. Pragmatic, skilled, and burdened with the knowledge that forces far beyond him could erase his existence on a whim, Kade doesn't want to be humanity's savior. He wants power enough to carve out peace in a world designed for endless war. But the Game has never cared what anyone wants. And neither has survival.
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