kingdombuilding

In the blood-soaked Kingdom of Morvath, Ciro is not just a fool in a cap—he is a monster painted in motley. Known as the man death refuses to touch, he slaughters the Tyrant King's enemies with a smile, his laughter echoing over piles of corpses. He fears nothing. He feels nothing. Until he meets Her. Princess Elara is the only light in his abyss. Their love is a secret bloom in a garden of rot, hidden within the cold palace walls. But when King Valerius discovers their affection, he does not offer Ciro the mercy of execution. Instead, the King devises a punishment far worse than death. He forces the Jester to attend the royal wedding. Standing guard at the altar, Ciro must watch the only woman he ever loved say "I do" to a foreign prince. No chains hold him back—only the threat against her life. As the vows are spoken, the monster inside him doesn't rage. It simply dies. Now, the Jester still walks, still kills, and still smiles. But everyone who looks into his hollow, dead eyes knows the terrifying truth: "Some deaths happen without a grave." [WARNING] This novel is a Dark Fantasy containing elements of Extreme Gore, Psychological Tragedy, and Anti-Hero themes. The story explores the complete destruction of a man's soul. There are no fairytales here. Read at your own risk. #darkfantasy #psychological #gore #jester #assassin #brokenmc #tragicromance #royalguard #coldmc #betrayal #grimdark #villainprotagonist #obsession #fallenhero

In the neon-flickering streets of New Orleans 453, Adam spends his days numb and aimless—trapped in a tiny apartment, numbing his mind with an obscure indie game, cold leftovers, and sleep. Life feels stuck, like a bad loop he can’t escape. Until one night… he does. He wakes up in a tower—not just any tower, but an impossible, living structure that stretches endlessly through the sky. having many portal, and each portal leads to a completely different world. Some are made of bones and shifting flesh, their walls crawling with eyes. Others are forged from gears, steam, and broken time. There are dreamlike gardens of light, glitching voids of darkness, and futuristic cities where nothing breathes. This tower is a relic of a desolate planet—where remnants of war, science, and forgotten souls blend into one.

The year is 476 AD. The great beast that is the Western Roman Empire lies dying. Outside the dismal fog-bound walls of Ravenna the barbarian king Odoacer waits patiently with his horde. He is ready to claim the corpse of a civilization that ruled the world for a thousand years. Inside the cold palace sits Romulus Augustus. He is merely fifteen years old. The world sees him as nothing more than a puppet emperor wearing a crown too heavy for his head. He is a placeholder draped in purple silk waiting for history to finally turn the page on Rome. His own people whisper insults behind his back and call him the Little Disgrace. But fate is cruel. When his father, the empire's last true protector, dies in the mud, the illusion of safety shatters completely. The siege begins and Romulus finds himself abandoned. His generals are traitors looking for a new master and his own guards prepare to trade his young life for their safety. He is trapped in a city ready to surrender him to the butchers outside. Yet in the deepest valley of despair a strange new strength is born. Broken by grief and terror Romulus sheds the skin of the frightened boy. He refuses to be a sacrificial lamb. Armed only with a stolen dagger and a burning need for vengeance he crawls out of his besieged city through the filth of the sewers. He goes not to escape but to hunt. Tonight the boy king dies and something else takes his place. History has written Rome’s obituary but the Wolf of Ravenna is about to rewrite it in blood.

Takumi traveled through the world of Teyvat and made a contract with Zhongli, obtaining a Vision from his hands. Unexpectedly, this directly activated the power of the Herrscher of Reason. To fulfill the contract, Takumi joined the construction efforts in Liyue. However, this elemental power did not seem as convenient to use as Honkai energy! Keqing being extremely powerful next door was not without reason. Seeing his own growing strength, Takumi silently decided to start developing Teyvat-style technology. As long as I don’t touch the Abyss, Celestia won’t be able to do anything to me. Surely, developing civil technology should be fine, right? At most, I’ll just let Klee make a rocket launcher...

Rebirth after death is already a miracle… But rebirth as a rabbit, the prey of both low-rank and high-rank beasts? Now that’s not even luck, that’s punishment. Linda Ein is born again—but in the Beast World—as a tiny, fluffy, high-value snack in a world full of predators. She discovers that the beastmen here suffer from a strange disorder that makes them shift uncontrollably between human and beast depending on their emotions, instincts, stress, or even random habits. They have no idea why this happens. But they assume it’s because their world lacks females, and that various mates for each of them will magically “fix” everything. Unfortunately for Linda and fortunately for them, Linda—now a rabbit—is the rarest female they’ve ever seen.  But Linda had one advantage no other creature had: in her previous life, she came from a family of generational zoologists, people who studied animals and passed it down to their offsprings the way other families passed down carpentry or smithing. She knew animal behavior, instincts, patterns, tricks. And this Beast World was simply… a very large, very chaotic research site. So when the beastmen begged her to stay, she lifted her rabbit ears and declared: “Perfection begins with giving me my own house.” “Done!”
“I need a store too. Beside it.” “Done!” “And… a generous supply of carrots delivered regularly. Two trucks a week isn’t bad.” “…..Done!” “Also, someone please tell that 1000-year-old flying snake to stop circling my roof.” “…” Suddenly, beastmen of all tribes are lining up, begging her…. “Queen Rabbit, please stay with me so I can stabilize!” “Me too!” “I want your presence too!” “Queen Rabbit, choose me!” Linda raises a paw. “Enough. I hear you. But this Queen Rabbit is a STEPMOTHER now so,….”

Earth has changed and with it so has humanity. Follow Miwen as he makes use of his Gift, Gacha Kingdom Building.

A weak demon born on the streets of Ira, the region of Wrath, in hell after fighting in the gladiator ring to try to gain a better life, even for a short while, then, after an event, he will awaken memories of a past life. He will try to have everything he never had in his past life, and many people who love him, unaware that something even darker lies within both him and his past life. [email protected]/c/FictionDragon replace @ with a

Cain, an Overgod Vampire feared across the eight thousand planes, was moments away from killing an Above All God, the strongest being in existence. Just before he could strike the final blow, he was ambushed by several Above All Gods and was destroyed. In his last moments, he activated a forbidden spell that rewound time. He expected it not to work. Instead, he opened his eyes in a time he never wanted to see again—a time when he was once a powerless servant bound to the Moonshade Family, forced into marriage with their three vampire daughters, who truly hated him. Determined to free himself from the blood pact, Cain decided to make the sisters despise him even more. However, unbeknownst to him, his spell made his three beautiful vampire wives hear his every thought. Every insult. Every scheme. Every complaint he tried to hide. Instead of driving them away, his thoughts only pulled them closer. Cain’s plan to escape crumbled instantly, and the three women who once loathed him now refused to let go of the man whose mind was completely exposed to them.

Upon reaching adulthood, Velin awoke to a soul skill unique to him—Guidance of Destiny. This might be a gift bestowed upon him by fate. This Guidance of Destiny would provide him with valuable guidance or information at 8 o'clock on the first night of every month. The first guidance illuminated his path. Bound by familial rules, he had once resigned himself to a life of mediocrity. Yet this revelation transformed his resolve, propelling him onto the most perilous trail of exploration. The second guidance bestowed him with wings. Fate pointed him towards distant stars: two geniuses shackled by servitude, yet whose latent potential could shake the world. They were the cornerstones destiny had prepared for Velin. Clutching this unique foresight, Velin set forth upon an unknown path, bearing his family's support and the cornerstones of destiny. He might yet come to understand that following destiny's guidance does not spare one from hardship... but grants a ticket to weather the storm.

[You have signed in!] [Lucky spin in effect!] [You have obtained (Immortal Body)!] --- Rion was a teenage boy who, unfortunately, had never seen the world beyond his own. Born with a weak body and a mind too great for it, never allowed a single moment of peace; he always dreamt of the outside world, of the great nature. His doctor had told him that he would be going out soon... but he didn't think he meant he would be outside like this. Rion had died that day, only to be reincarnated in a tribe of Warriors. But this time his life would be different as he was accompanied by his cheats. Rion had decided to live a simple life— [Ding!] [You have signed in at The Spring of Youth!] [You have obtained the passive skill (Minor Heal)!] [Ding!] [Lucky Spin is in effect!] [Congratulations! You have obtained 100x reward!] [You have obtained the passive skill (Immortal Body)!] —Until he obtained Immortality. He had never cared about the rewards he obtained from his sign-in system and lucky spin; he was happy with anything—everything, but... Now he could travel the world without fearing what he feared the most—death. He had gained Immortality, after all. ____ Stakes would be low. Slice of Life with Action and Drama. *** Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ryvw9t3wQP

“Ruling is the duty of oversight, to oversee instead of create. To govern instead of live. It came with power and prestige, with obligation and responsibility. Soldiers fought and farmers farmed, but to be King is to rule. To maintain the illusion of power one’s forefathers had built. Marcus didn’t care for any of it. He saw magic when he first opened his eyes, and nothing else ever compared. But the King is old and he an only child. Decisions had to be made. Important, hard decisions. No one expected much of him. Not in regards to anything but magic. They were right not to. Until the cube. Until it taught him what life meant for people not born into nobility, and that all his skill with the arcane did not make him immortal. That running from problems did not, in fact, make them go away. Marcus Sepsimus Lannoy—Marcus to the friends he did not have—touched something he should not have on the day he planned to run from his problems.” Inspiration taken from The Menocht Loop, A Practical Guide to Evil and everything else I have ever read in my life. But mostly the first two, though not overly much from either. Concepts and the like. I hope to do them justice. Am I rambling? I feel like I’m rambling.

THE FOUNDRY PROTOCOL "Try not to die like a bitch this time." That was the last thing the System told me before it rebooted the timeline. I’m Jack Monroe, a construction manager who failed to save the world. In my first life, I died screaming on Day 30, ranked 47th out of 50 warlords, watching my fortress crumble because I cut corners on a concrete wall. Now, I’ve been sent back to Day 1 with a roadmap of the apocalypse carved into my skull and a 30-day countdown to a cosmic Server Wipe. Round Two isn't about heroics. It's about industry. Trapped in the toxic wasteland of East St. Louis, I have to turn a bankrupt chemical plant into an impenetrable Silo. I have to manage a crew of terrified laborers, a mutinous sheriff, and two System entities warring for my soul. The dead don't just walk—they evolve. Shamblers turn into Runners, Runners turn into Mutants, and my neighbors turn into looters. I have a plan. I have a blueprint. I have a shovel. And if you get in the way of my construction schedule, you’re going into the concrete mixer. Build. Harvest. Optimize. Welcome to the Cull. Genre: LitRPG, Post-Apocalyptic, Survival Horror Tags: Kingdom Building, Regression, Anti-Hero, Base Building, Zombie Evolution, Crunch (Stats), Gore, Ruthless Protagonist. Content Warning: This story contains graphic violence, strong language, body horror (System Sickness), and a protagonist who prioritizes survival over morality. Rated 18+

Alex Garreck is an ordinary student who loves strategy games. One quiet evening, a strange message pulls him into a real, primitive world, one where he becomes the patriarch of a tiny, starving tribe. This world works like a real-life strategy game. Luo Ji can build tools, earn civilization points, level up his people, and even advance eras. But unlike a game, every mistake can kill someone. His tribe is weak, hungry, and constantly threatened by wild beasts and stronger tribes. Armed with nothing but his wits, a few loyal tribespeople, and the mysterious “Ruler” talent that boosts his leadership, Alex starts from scratch with stone spears, stone axes, fishing nets, and firewood, doing everything with his own hands. As he guides his people, he awakens new skills, inspires morale, and slowly builds a foundation for a real civilization.

Imagine waking up as the villain in your sister's cheesy fantasy novel. Yeah, not ideal, especially when that villain is destined for hatred, and a grim end in some forgotten dungeon. That's Astrid's new reality. Her old life? Gone. Her new mission? Survive. And step one means throwing the original script out the window. But changing fate is way harder than it sounds. In a desperate move, Astrid makes the story's heroine, Lyra, her personal maid. Clever, right? Except teaching Lyra magic and treating her like, well, a person, backfires spectacularly. Lyra's gratitude twists into something intense, dark, and possessive. And she's not the only one. Astrid tries mending fences with her powerful aunt, only to find herself smothered by a love that feels dangerously close to madness. Even her ambitious half-sister, originally her rival, gets weirdly attached after Astrid shows her a bit of warmth and helps her gain power using some modern-world smarts. Astrid thought she was being clever, building alliances, creating intelligence networks, rewriting roles. She is changing the story, but it's warping everyone around her. Their loyalty? It's becoming obsession. Their affection? A dangerous fixation. Now, Astrid isn't just fighting the plot. She's drowning in a mess of her own making – caught between people who crave her, tangled in lies and affections twisted way out of shape. Everyone wants her, and sharing isn't remotely on their agenda.

Tian Liu Yan is the human reincarnation of the curse shackle. A host who unites and filters the demonic energy and bad karma of the world within himself. Destined to live a life of suffering, deprivation, and hatred, he has long since come to terms with his fate of being unloved throughout his life. One day, however, Luo Xinxin, who has been scarred by life, stumbles into his life. Xinxin, however, does not endure her suffering quietly. The fire in her eyes ignites a flame in Liu Yan as well, and he begins to visibly fight back against the injustice he experiences every day. The daily abuse and harassment culminate one day in a bloody confrontation, and Luo Xinxin gives him a choice for the first time in his life. The two flee, and on their journey of self-discovery and freedom, Liu Yan soon realizes that he is not as powerless as he has been led to believe his entire life. Under difficult circumstances and with the unshakeable Xinxin by his side, he rises to become the true threat that is to haunt the world.

Gumball, a colony-guardian monkey, along with his crazy best friend who like to craft anything, Maxwell, suddenly awakened to human-like consciousness. There were rumours about a briliant scientist of the country held big grudge for Valeria's War of Ideology, and he tried to cleanse the humanity entirely. As it turns out, every human who transforms into a zombie, caused animals across the world to take that human conciousness. Gumball and Maxwell always wanted to free, as a bird. But mother-nature always found ways to shut those ideas down. She did not want any souls that died unjustifiedly took an exit out of this world. The souls found a new carrier, the animals. Many animals begin strived to evolve as well; after all, everyone sought to reach the highest evolutionary processes to instantly reach the peak. The world thrown into chaos: limited animal brains, combined with newfound human abilities, create a global bottleneck. Zombies, conflict, emptiness, struggle, and uncertainty turned the chaos into a completely crushing disaster. Their journey slowly unravels the layers of truth behind this phenomenon. Behind it all lie terrifying malicious intentions… and the fragile hopes of many. Mother nature choose and forced Gumball and Maxwell, two monkeys, to unite all the species around the world against zombies, evils, chaos, and wrongdoers. Anyone in this planet evolving, even the zombies, the humans, and the animals. Made their struggle through the journey got leveled up. "We dont want to be y'all leader at all, please leave us alone" -Gumball. No... no... They are still the choosen heroes. They could not escape the loop hole, instead, each one of the so-called Heroes: the monkeys, a female-orange cat, Albartos bird and many got ascended instead. Some were getting cultivation-like powers with levels, some was getting scientific and engineering advancements. In the end, they found the animals that turned fusing with human souls were the hot and the most wanted commodities, they were the accelerator of cultivations for humans... and zombies... and other animals. It would not be an easy mission from mother-nature, but she was hard-headed! There would be two part of bundling arcs. The first focused on saved the forest, and saved the area... and eventually they became the leader of Valeria. The second took a broader settings and there would be the first Animal World War and war with humans. They would took long and pain-in-the-ass journey the whole time. -------------------------------------------------- I am currently, and always, improving my works. But, if you find a... or some errors in my writing, such as typo and/or incosistency, please tell me in the comments, i'll work on it. i'd really love feedbacks, so... thanks for your willingness to tell me. And... please give it a chance, and click that collection button if you're intrigued with this novel. Thanks again, xoxo!

◆Loosely based on the history of Song Dynasty, To Rule in a Turbulent World tells the story of You Miao—the dandy son of a merchant who climbed his way to the very top from rock bottom. We witness the history of a nation, from prosperity to decline, to a new order. ◆Peace, war, internal strife; You Miao has lived through it all—but not without his loyal Quanrong slave-turned-husband, Li Zhifeng. Theirs is a story of undying devotion that combats racial boundaries in a time when the ethnic tribes of the north clashed with the Han empire. Together, they ruled the world! (Behind the scenes, of course.) ◆As friends, as foes, as friends turned foes and foes turned friends, the epic continues its song, and the most beautiful moonlight of the great desert is yet to come... Purchase Our Physical Books: https://vialactea.ca/collections/english-edition/products/in-stock-to-rule-in-a-turbulent-world-english-edition-vol-1 Chinese Edition: http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=3021665 Ebook Version: https://www.amazon.ca/Rule-Turbulent-World-Vol-1-English-ebook/dp/B0CLL1QLXW Follow us on: X (Twitter): https://x.com/ViaLactea_press Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vialactea_press/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vialactea.publishing Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7278978093

Transmigration brought me into the world of One Piece—but as a mere Earthling with a pitifully low racial stat cap, I was nothing more than a combat-inept weakling. To make things worse, I was exiled to the infamous Marine Branch 157, known far and wide as the Navy’s retirement home. And yet… A few years later, what was once a crumbling outpost with only a handful of half-hearted marines— …has transformed into a sprawling, modernized city that stuns the world. --- This is a One Piece Fanfiction. Updates will be 2x a day. +260 Chapters on Ko-Fi https:// ko-fi.com/sami27

I died, and reincarnated as a Slime! But, I am not Rimuru. I am a bad slime.

"In a Galaxy rife with Chaos, Death and Tyranny. What happens when destiny leads one to finally bring Balance?" Reincarnation should have been a cause of celebration for Celebration especially when it's in a fantasy world, yet everyone could agree that the Grimdark universe of 40k was one place no one would wish to go to. Tyrants, Insane Cosmic Gods, Races engaged in eternal war and endless suffering. A young soul was born again but was not from this universe yet he didn't even know his old name only the one his new parents had given him; Alastor. He was a man, He was a Demi-god but most of all he was not a slave; whether it be to a Golden tyrant or Insane Gods and if he needed to bring Balance to this Forsaken galaxy to finally get it on track. So be it. He was Alastor Wrynn. Primarch of the Second Legion and King of Azeroth. (Note: some elements from other works will be adapted like from Warcraft and Warhammer Fantasy. Constructive Criticism will be noted but flames will be promptly ignored and thrown into the Incinerator)