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Surviving the Game as a Barbarian is a Korean fantasy novel where 29-year-old gamer Hansu Lee is transported into his favorite, brutally difficult game, Dungeon and Stone, as the barbarian character Bjorn, son of Yandel. Using ten years of gaming knowledge, Bjorn must survive the dangerous Labyrinth, manage high taxes, and navigate a treacherous world to stay alive.

With zero knowledge of the Naruto universe, Linto is suddenly reincarnated into Konoha as an Uchiha—on the very night of the clan's massacre. Luckily for him, he arrives equipped with a JOJO Stand System. Taijutsu fight? Summon Star Platinum! Long-range battle? Call Weather Report! Need for speed? Activate Made in Heaven! One by one, powerful Stands manifest behind him. But as his power grows, so does the list of people who want him dead. Itachi Uchiha wants him eliminated. Danzo wants him for experimentation. Obito wants him silenced. Even Madara Uchiha sees him as a threat. Linto soon realizes his enemies aren't just a few individuals—it's the entire twisted, cannibalistic world he's landed in. "If you refuse to be a master of power," Obito tells him, "you are doomed to be its slave. That is the immutable rule of the ninja world." "But just because a rule exists, does that make it right?" Linto makes his choice: "If this world is broken, then I will shatter it and build a new one." His goal is simple: to make people live like human beings.

A silver-haired beauty suddenly appeared right in front of him. She claimed that he had awakened an esper ability called “Slip”, that she needed to take him away to protect him, and even arranged for him to transfer to Hoshinoumi Academy. Wait a second.... Isn’t this silver-haired girl .....

Andy Smith lived an average life. Average looks. Average talent. Average relationships. Then he died in the most ridiculous way possible. He forgot to breathe in his sleep. Instead of heaven, he wakes up in an endless white void, face-to-face with a mysterious old man named Rob, who refuses to grant him wishes and forces him to spin four strange wheels that will decide his fate. No overpowered cheats. No choosing his destiny. No second chances. Reborn as Crystalline Alina Knowles. A five year old girl in 1970s america and the future half-sister of Beyoncé. Andy is thrown into a completely different world of music, fame, money, danger, and hidden conspiracies. Armed with a supernatural status system, a legendary vocal template, and an unforgiving personality, he must survive childhood, scandals, ruthless rivals, secret organizations, and his own dark past. From an ordinary man to a global superstar. From forgotten nobody to feared billionaire. This is the chaotic, darkly comedic story of survival, ambition, and ego in a world where talent is power and mistakes are fatal. Will he…now she…survive? ------------------------------------------ These stories are apart of the I.C.T.M.H universe. Spin-off: Crown of Rot. Spin-off: The Legend. Spin-off: Morgan Le Fay. Spin-off: House of Ainsworth. ⚠️ 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.

Reborn as the sarcastic, black-haired twin of Draco Malfoy, Orion had a simple plan: ignore the pureblood politics, torment his father with logic, and push magic to its absolute breaking point. When a blue screen popped up on his eleventh birthday, he thought he’d hit the jackpot. A System? In a magical world? It was the ultimate cheat code. At least, until it spoke. Enter Sparkle: a sentient, sarcastic, and aggressively unhelpful "System" who refuses to give him quests, stats, or a manual. Instead, she demands he "live his life" and stumble blindly into obscure conditions to unlock rewards ranging from useless Gobstones to legendary Phoenix Tears. Now, Orion must navigate Hogwarts with a brother who has more hair gel than brain cells and a voice in his head that treats his life like a reality TV show. He doesn't want to be a hero; he just wants to figure out if setting a mountain troll on fire counts as an achievement. *** Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter nor any characters in this fanfic, except for the idea of this fanfic story. I have no intention of monetizing this story, nor any intention of enforcing a copyright infringement.

Armed with Godly powers at their fingertips, the Order of the Cyberknight arose to reform the rotting world of 2069. But all this war is but a game for the God-Emperor of the cyberknights. Even as the Grand Knight, Mike would remain an indoctrinated servant of the empire. However, when the ugly truth becomes too painful to ignore, will he remain a pawn or become the adversary?

Manchester United, once a dominant force in world football, finds itself struggling under Erik ten Hag despite having the financial power to rebuild. Big-money transfers fail to restore the club’s glory, forcing Ten Hag to shift his focus to homegrown talent. Among the overlooked prospects in the U18 squad is Leo Calderon, a 17-year-old central midfielder buried deep in the pecking order. Lacking physicality and dismissed by teammates as weak, Leo endures constant ridicule from those who dominate with strength and athleticism. But during one ordinary training session, everything changes—Leo suddenly sees passing lanes no one else can, angles of play invisible to even the most talented prospects. Yet, there’s a problem. His vision surpasses his ability. The passes he attempts don’t connect, his technique unable to match his newfound awareness. Coaches dismiss his efforts as sloppy, and his struggles continue. But one unexpected observer—a visiting League One assistant coach—notices something different. He watches Leo’s movements, seeing potential where others see failure. As Leo fights to prove himself in an unforgiving system, the question lingers—can he refine his raw talent before the club moves on without him? ****************************** Also, all rights reserved for the companies and teams and also players I use in the novel since I don't know how image rights work and I'm too lazy to search it up on Bing-, I mean google Also, character arts are not mine or AI-generated. I got them on Pinterest and will soon use reverse search to find the authors so I can credit them. Thank You for reading. 200 PS: 1 Bonus Chapter.

Reincarnated into a world of magic and monsters, Victor didn't become a heroic knight or an all-powerful Archmage. Instead, he woke up as the Principal of the Abyssal Academy—a bankrupt, crumbling school for the continent's worst villains, dark mages, and assassins. The teachers are embezzling funds. The students are trying to assassinate him daily. And the "Heroes of Light" are planning to raid the school and execute everyone in thirty days. But Victor isn't sweating. In his past life, he was a ruthless corporate tycoon, and he just awakened the [Tycoon's Ledger] System. He doesn't need to fight with magic; he fights with capitalism. A student tries to stab him? Victor survives and charges them a 5,000 Gold "Practical Exam Fee." The Heroes of Light are invading the campus? Victor sells the broadcasting rights to the Demon Realm and opens a massive betting pool. Armed with his ledger, a cold heart, and a brilliant mind, Victor is about to show the magical world that the most terrifying power isn't a Tier-9 Fireball. It's compound interest. Welcome to the Abyssal Academy. Your tuition is due.

"In a world where even the shadows have stories to tell, I discovered that the forgotten can wield the mightiest tales" ______________________ I, an ordinary reader of the world's greatest series, found myself entrapped in its world after a seemingly ordinary sleep. "Why am I in this goddamn world? Especially in the body of this guy?" I was now Class A's most overlooked figure—Arthur Nightingale. A magic swordsman who managed to rank 8 among the first years. A character no more than an extra. But I could live a nice life with the talent this body has and my own knowledge right? Or so I thought. "This was the only way," the voice said once more, "This was the only way she could be stopped." Who knew just how special Arthur Nightingale was and where this journey will take me... https://discord.gg/FK9GfrSjtb Patreon (total of 24 chaps ahead): https://patreon.com/WhiteDeath16?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

When dungeon gates opened across the world, it became a gold rush. Hunters chased glory. Guilds chased power. Corporations chased profit. Phong Tran awakened as a Level 1 Farmer. No skills. No passives. A broken EXP bar that never moved. So he sold energy drinks instead. Leg warmers. Electrolytes. Power banks. If everyone else was digging for gold, he’d sell the shovels. Then Josh came. University golden boy. Gym-built. Son of a man who could erase problems with a phone call. “Protection fee.” Phong refused. He woke up in a hospital bed, beaten within an inch of death. His aunt and uncle were gone. No bodies. No investigation. No media coverage. Just silence. Then, as if the universe had a sense of humor, his system finally gave him a quest: Plant and harvest 10 potatoes in the dungeon. That’s it. No penalties. No forced missions. No ticking clock. No promise of justice. Just a choice. Phong takes it. The potatoes mutate. Then other plants followed. Chilies spit burning rounds. Sweet potatoes bulk up into blunt-force bruisers. Garlic turns chemical-warfare illegal. Enoki mushrooms rattle like dungeon-grade machine guns. His crops become his frontline. Phong doesn’t want to conquer the dungeon. He wants to build something inside it. A farm. A hearth. A settlement for people tired of being disposable. He won’t let revenge be the only thing he grows. Revenge lit the spark. But it won’t be the only thing he grows. And if the most powerful man in the city comes looking to finish what his son started... He’ll learn something the dungeon already knows. This farm fights back.

Kieran’s been alive forever. Seriously centuries, millennia… who even counts anymore? He’s basically tired of life at this point. So, his four dragon buddies (family, friends, all-around awesome) decided to lock him and themselves in a magical cage for a super long nap. Problem solved… kind of. Now Kieran’s awake, the dragons are awake, and the world has moved on without them. Kingdoms changed, things got weird, and honestly, Kieran just wants to figure out what’s going on without accidentally breaking the world. But hey, being a super old king never comes with instructions, right?

Mark did not survive the corporate world by being a genius. He survived by copying one. Whenever his logistics firm faced an impossible deficit, Mark asked himself one question: What would Reine Asakura do in this kind of situation? Reine was the cold, calculating, flawlessly logical protagonist of his favorite light novel, "Welcome to the High School of Meritocracy." Mark used her fictional strategies to climb the corporate ladder in the real world by simulating her cold, analytical thought process. Then, a twelve-ton truck suffered a brake failure, and Mark’s real world ended. He wakes up inside the biological vessel of Kenji, a painfully average, 160-centimeter-tall background character. He is sitting in a pristine white classroom. The girl sitting at the desk next to him has flat, dark reddish-brown hair, piercing amber eyes, and a perfectly neutral expression. It is Reine Asakura. He is trapped inside the novel. This academy does not operate on friendship or standard grades. It operates on a brutal "Seat Economy." Classes fight in psychological Special Exams to earn currency. That currency is used to buy the physical seats of students in rival classes. Once your seat is bought, you pay monthly rent to the enemy. If you default, you are expelled. It is a system of financial hostage-taking and mutual assured destruction. Kenji does not want to be her ally. In his previous life, he owed his entire corporate success to Reine's way of genius thinking. He was imitating her mind's cognitive process. Now, standing next to his idol, he feels the ultimate drive of a fanatic. Just as a basketball player dreams of playing a serious, limit-testing game against their ultimate idol, Kenji wants to step onto the court against Reine. He wants to prove he can dismantle the flawless genius mind that built his own success in his previous life. Kenji has one advantage: he knows the entire three-year timeline of the novel. But he also knows a mathematical truth. Meta-knowledge is not enough to defeat the super-genius, Reine Asakura, in a fair fight. If Reine detects that he can predict the future, her genius mind will adapt, and she will crush him. Kenji makes a calculated decision. He cannot fight her immediately because they are assigned to the same class. He knows her exact script: Reine will operate in the shadows for two years, secretly pulling the strings to elevate their defective Class D to the top-ranking Class A. Once she succeeds, she will transfer to an enemy class in Year Three simply to seek a real challenge. That is Kenji's strict deadline. He has exactly 24 months to gather the massive currency required to execute his own transfer to a third, opposing class. While Reine builds her empire, Kenji plays the perfect background character. He acts like an idiot. He complains about trivial things. He tricks Reine into categorizing him as harmless biological noise, even provoking her into a spontaneous, absurd bet: If he ever defeats her in a battle of wits, she has to go on a date with him. She agrees, calculating the probability of his victory at zero. She is wrong. While Reine manipulates the school from the shadows, Kenji uses his future knowledge to quietly exploit the economy's blind spots. He builds an untraceable dark pool of capital right under her nose. Then, the first day of Year Three arrives. Former Class D became Class A. Reine transfer to other class. Kenji cashes in his hidden funds, executes a hostile class transfer, and shatters his camouflage. The two-year observation phase is over. Reine’s data on foolish Kenji become suddenly obsolete. The war between a flawless super genius and a man holding the knowledge of the future has begun. #shadowmastermind #manipulation #psychological #strategy #tactic #battleofwits #pretendingtobeweak #hiddenabilities #calculation #highschool #schoollife #metaknowledge #chess #cote #cunning #ruthless #scheme #underdog #hierarchy #meritocracy #cold

A detective story in a world of no crime. A villain protecting safety of the people. And yet, Orion Winters, a private detective sets out to demolish the organization that had kept the people safe for so long—the villain, as he calls— all because they took his family away.

Viraaj was the undisputed King of his world. As the only son, he was the heartbeat of his home—his father’s pride and his mother’s ultimate joy. He lived with the golden arrogance of a boy who knew he had no rivals, basking in a love that felt eternal. He was the "Ladla," the chosen one, the center of every universe he inhabited. Then came the intruder. A girl who walked into his home as a guest but stayed to dismantle his kingdom, brick by brick. With her calculated innocence and a "uniqueness" that enchanted his parents, she didn't just share his life—she stole it. She pushed Viraaj into the shadows of his own home, turning his sanctuary into a prison and his parents into his coldest judges. Driven to the edge of madness by neglect and humiliation, Viraaj reaches a breaking point. He makes a choice—a dark, irreversible decision that turns them into mortal enemies. What follows is a silent, psychological war. Behind closed doors, a battle of egos begins where every look is a challenge and every smile is a weapon. They are two predators circling each other, waiting for the other to bleed. But in the heat of that hatred, something twisted begins to grow. A dangerous attraction. A suffocating obsession. The line between "I want to destroy you" and "I can't live without you" starts to blur. Their rivalry evolves into a dark, feverish passion—a love born of spite and fueled by madness. But just when it seems that their fire might finally burn away the past, a final secret emerges. One truth so devastating that it changes the entire foundation of their story. A single revelation that threatens to end everything before it truly begins. How far will a King go to reclaim a throne he lost? Can love truly survive when it is built on the ruins of hatred? And what is the price of a secret that can turn blood into ice? Step into a world of manipulation, jealousy, and a passion so dark it consumes everyone in its path

My life was a mess. I mean, it had always been chaotic — that kind of comes with the package when you're Spider-Man — but now it was on another level. First I killed Norman Osborn, crossing a line I swore I would never cross. Then I was left without the girl I love and watched the city I try so hard to protect start looking at me like I was part of the problem. But it was okay, all of that served as a lesson and showed me what I really needed to focus on from now on. Being better. Doing better. Honoring what Uncle Ben always believed I could be. But apparently the universe decided that wasn't enough chaos. Because right after that I got pulled through some crazy portal into another reality and discovered that there are multiple versions of Spider-Man running around. Then I came back home and a few days later two ridiculously strong monsters were practically demolishing Harlem while trying to kill each other. Then Tony Stark — who until yesterday was just a billionaire genius with way too much free time — showed up flying in a suit of armor that looked like it came straight out of a science fiction movie. And, as if that wasn't enough, a bald guy with an eyepatch showed up basically calling me to go to New Mexico to help deal with… gods? Right. Right. Maybe saying my life was a mess was a bit of an understatement. My life was an absolute mess. *This fanfic is a direct continuation of the animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008).* *** Disclaimer: This story and its characters belong to Sony Pictures and Marvel Comics (Disney). This is merely a fanfiction written by a fan, with no intention of infringement.

At Dominion Advanced Academy, the most prestigious high school in the world, students are given something no ordinary school would dare offer—complete freedom of course to an extent. No strict control. No constant supervision. Only one rule truly matters: Survive… and rise. Behind its flawless reputation lies a ruthless system where intelligence, strategy, and manipulation decide everything. Alliances are formed and broken overnight. Trust is nothing more than a tool. And at the very top sits the untouchable king—the student council president, Kazuki Arashi. Feared. Admired. Unchallenged. Until now. Enter Ren Aokami—a calm, calculating first-year who sees people not as classmates, but as pieces on a board. With no interest in friendship or loyalty, Ren is willing to use, break, and discard anyone in his path. His goal is simple: Take the throne. But Dominion is no ordinary battlefield. Other prodigies lurk in the shadows, each with their own ambitions. Psychological warfare unfolds behind smiles. Every move carries consequences. And the higher Ren climbs, the more dangerous the game becomes. In a school where freedom is power and power is everything… Can a lone strategist outplay an entire system? Or will he be consumed by the very game he seeks to control?

"Special Admission, Rank 1." That was the title on the golden invitation I threw into the trash three months ago. Back then, I was the Crime Lord of Oakhaven. I had money, territory, and an ego that touched the sky. Why would a King lower himself to attend a school? I was arrogant. I was foolish. And I paid the price. It took less than an hour for a single knight to turn my criminal empire into a graveyard. He didn't just defeat me; he ignored me. I was an ant beneath the boot of a god. Broken and desperate, I used my last asset: a golden letter granting me entry to Zenith Imperial Academy as "Special Admission Rank 1." It’s a lie. I’m not a prodigy. I’m a fraud with no foundation, surrounded by the strongest heirs in the Empire who want to see me bleed. I can’t cast their spells. I can’t hold their weapons. But I can steal their lives. My Authority is [Usurper]. While they study theory, I steal reflexes. While they practice honor, I copy trauma. I am not here to learn. I am here to hunt. My targets are the "Four Calamities"—four women who hold powers strong enough to rewrite reality. They think I’m their peer. They don’t know I’m the parasite waiting to hollow them out. I’m going to make them mine. Discord: https://discord.gg/FK9GfrSjtb

When zombies invade the country, a century of secrets is revealed through a group of students who are more than they seem. As darkness in the form of a gnawing, shambling horde closes in and overwhelms everything, they escape together with a few others. Each one is hiding something, but what will be revealed in the end?

When Cassian Johnathan died, he woke up in a strange room. The walls were covered with pictures of him, all marked with “You are mine.” A few posters of women were crossed out: “He is mine, not yours anymore!” It didn’t take long to realize, this was a stalker’s domain. What he didn’t expect… was that the stalker was a goddess. A devoted fan of the idol Cassian Johnathan, she wanted him forever. So she sent him to the mortal realm with one command: Become a god. There’s just one problem. Cassian… isn’t that idol. He’s just a nobody. Yet, he transmigrated with an OP blessing: [Boundless Authority – The One Who Claims All] Now, with an overpowered blessing that guarantees his rise, he faces a choice: Tell the truth and risk her wrath? Try to fail and escape her? Or become a god… and belong to her forever?

The Immortal stroked the top of my head, and as my hair was tied up, I was bestowed with eternal life. IBM z15, 190 CPUs, 40T of memory, 12.2 billion transistors Arriving in the Cultivation World with a portable data center space, a tale of cultivation aided by the IBM z15. All for the sake of immortality!