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After arriving in a fantastical otherworld, Gauss acquires an adventurer’s handbook—one that allows him to grow stronger the more monsters he slays and catalogs. He originally thought he was about to embark on a classic heroic journey: slay dragons, vanquish demons, and save kingdoms. Instead, he finds himself endlessly exterminating goblins—creatures that breed like pests and never seem to go extinct. As the goblin kill count and rewards on his monster compendium grow at an alarming rate, his face grows ever more helpless… “You have slain 1,000 goblins! Intelligence +1, Strength +1, Constitution +1.” “Title 『Goblin Butcher』 upgraded to 『Goblin Specialist』—you are now an expert in goblin extermination. Few know better than you how to kill goblins.” “…” “Title 『Goblin Specialist』 upgraded to 『Goblin Nemesis』—you are now the most terrifying oppressor in goblin history, a nightmare etched deep into their bloodline.” Current Effects: Effect 1: Nemesis. Deals 50% additional damage against goblins. Effect 2: Bloodthirst. Slaying goblins has a chance to randomly restore 10% of stamina. Effect 3: Intimidation. You exert absolute pressure over goblins and their evolved kin, greatly weakening them in your presence. As the title keeps evolving on his status panel, Gauss seriously wonders—

An accident invovling a highly experimental space craft goes awry, hurtling its pilot across dimensions into one that barely resembles their own. Now trapped in this new reality, Morgan must devise a new way home, all the while trying to figure out the secrets of the mysterious game like system present in this new reality. Oh, and he has to deal with the transformations brought about slowly by his ship's fuel. This story is decently slow, the protagonist isn't immidiently powerful or anything like that. Also, I suck at writing a synopsis so yeah...

a calamity once shook the earth and made it seem like extinction of all was certain however amidst the ashes of destruction the earth sudden awakened a latent power which seeped out from its core, transforming the earth and it's inhabitants and granting humans miraculous powers called ABILITIES which were powered by the energy which humans had evolved to harness. plants and animals on the other hand continuously evolved into terrifying beasts with slight semblance to their weaker predecessors. Now, over 3000 years later a mysterious young boy surrounded by strange circumstances,a past shrouded in mystery , and an unusual aura surrounding him finds himself with a mysterious system and in the prestigious sentinel military academy now with a new unknown ally in the form of the system Zen is on a mission for so much more than he knows. will he succeed? especially with literal and figurative ghosts from his past coming back to haunt them and pieces of their mysterious past coming to haunt him? ( wait did i say "them" and "their"? oops spoilers!) [important message] okay so the novel starts out a bit slow with little to no action scenes and more about providing info on the world and the MC Also,truth is i was confused about what to put as a warning notice or whether to put one at all because although the novel might contain some salty language there's really nothing too extreme. also I'd like to guarantee that there are no smut scenes. there might be some times when it almost happens or it did and I might not just go into it in detail or skip it altogether. plus there might be some times with extreme gore and torture both physical and psychological (mostly psychological) especially considering I want who as far as you know is the MC and most characters surrounding him to be as heartless as possible , and I want it to be clear that the MC is by no means a good person and won't hesitate to do some morally questionable stuff to achieve his goals,although not without reason. one last thing is that at first it might seem like I'm trying to make him powerful from the start for no reason but it's mostly due to specific circumstances. okay bye!

An experimental genius tasked with defeating the Arkon, a system that has ran its tentacles through humanity. What happens when humans are pushed to their limits? Moralities are tested. Intelligence is an essential tool for survival. And fate diminishes all in the most 'elite university on the planet'

Earth, 22nd Century The incurable cancer that served as a nightmare for people one century ago is now just a rare but curable disease. With the world’s development, there are now cures for all types of cancer. The Earth is now a planet with no more people suffering from cancer. Except for Zen. Diagnosed with a mutated cancer that was the only one of its kind at an early age, he sank in despair. That was until an opportunity which turned his curse into a blessing presented itself. What power would Zen gain from the disease that plagued him since his childhood? *** The art is not mine, all credits to the original artist.

A modern man with an extraordinary mind dies not in battle, but from exhaustion - having devoted his life to learning, understanding, and mastering knowledge beyond ordinary limits. He awakens in another world… Inside the fragile body of a dying orphan boy named Lui Yan. There is no system. No inherited cultivation manual. No powerful family or hidden bloodline. Only a limitless soul - and a mind capable of understanding anything. In a world where cultivators rely on rigid methods, sect legacies, and inherited techniques, Lui Yan walks a different path. By observing nature, following the flow of qi, and applying pure comprehension, he begins cultivating without knowing he is doing something unheard of. Years pass. A wooden house by a river becomes his sanctuary. Breathing becomes cultivation. Understanding becomes power. When he finally steps into the world of sects, trials, rivals, and missions, Lui Yan discovers that true danger is not beasts or enemies - but the heavens themselves, which impose limits on all living beings. Through brutal missions, quiet friendships, medicine refining, and life-and-death trials, he advances step by step - never faster than he should, never slower than fate allows. This is not the story of a chosen one. It is the story of a mortal mind that refuses to accept limits. A soul that walks its own path. A cultivation journey that stretches beyond realms… beyond worlds… beyond heaven itself. This is the Path of the Limitless Soul.

[Welcome to Murim Online, the world where the strongest reside.] [Your device has malfunctioned, and logging out failed.] [Would you like to attempt to disconnect once more?] [Yes or No] When he tried returning to virtual reality, the place he logged into was instead the “real Murim.” A once-in-an-era psychopath fell into the Murim due to the Soul Reaper’s mistake. Dong Bongsu's merciless fangs cast a shadow over Murim, which is rife with schemes and malice.

Don Klein was a forty-three-year-old veteran attorney whose life ended in a rain-slicked wreck on the Jersey Turnpike, only to awaken in a West Village walk-up in the body of a younger man. He has been gifted **Three Wishes**—supernatural abilities that function without the intrusion of a typical gaming system. His primary asset is **The Legal Library**, a cognitive construct that provides him with an intuitive, search-engine-like grasp of all law, manifesting as a sensation of "remembering" facts he never studied. Navigating the cutthroat world of Pearson Hardman, Don uses his meta-knowledge of the show's timeline to prepare for the inevitable return of Daniel Hardman. While building his own firm, **Klein Legal**, alongside a small team and a reliable Breville coffee maker, he must manage the "Library Points" (LP) required to access deeper levels of predictive analysis. As he prepares for his first major client, Tom Vasquez, Don realizes that his new life isn't just about winning cases—it’s about using his borrowed insights to outmaneuver the titans of Manhattan before they even realize he’s entered the game.

While being hunted as one of the world’s most wanted hacker, Lian transmigrates into a different world that mirrors reality on the surface until a single anomaly reveals itself: magic. Here, runes aren’t just spells. They’re programmable weapons fueled by ether. Controlled and weaponized by governments to maintain absolute authority. Using deception, crime, and engineering, Lian climbs through the cracks of power, unraveling the lies that sustain the system. A world where heroes, justice, and life itself mean nothing, Lian moves forward not out of hope, but curiosity—a relentless pursuit of ambition in a world devoid of meaning...

A continental director from many years in the future unexpectedly returns to Hollywood in 1986, and so begins his legendary journey to take step-by-step control of the center of the world's largest film industry. ----------------------- It's 1 chapter per day at 1 p.m. (Arizona) in every novel I upload. 3 daily chapters in each novel on patreon! [email protected]/INNIT ----------------------- DISCLAIMER The story belongs entirely to the original author.

A time of darkness, of blood and fire. The game of the gods continues, unaware that they themselves are about to enter the board. In the Savage Lands, a green tide of evil sweeps in all directions. In the darkness, the undead leave their graves to wage war on the living. The new emperor of the human empire must prove he is capable of defending himself against foreign enemies. In the void, chaos corrupts everything, and only the strongest are spared. Finally, a terrible storm sets off the destruction of the world. But there is still a glimmer of hope, and one soul arrives with a chance for change. And he is ready for it. ----------------------- It's 1 chapter per day at 1 p.m. (Arizona) in every novel I upload. 3 daily chapters in each novel on patreon! [email protected]/INNIT ----------------------- DISCLAIMER The story belongs entirely to the original author.

There was a time when the world was ordinary. Humans ruled the planet. Wars were fought with machines and bullets. Science explained the impossible. Magic did not exist. Monsters belonged only in myths. Then the sky broke. Across the world, massive glowing cracks appeared in the air like shattered glass suspended in the heavens. These strange distortions became known as Gates. At first, humanity thought they were harmless. They were wrong. From the Gates came monsters—creatures beyond imagination. Beasts with claws that tore through steel, serpents that burned cities with flames, and horrors that could slaughter entire armies. Modern weapons were useless. Humanity stood on the edge of extinction. But as the world collapsed… Something inside humanity began to change. Children started being born different. Some had long ears and glowing eyes, naturally gifted with healing magic. Others were short, broad, and possessed an instinctive connection with metal and fire. Within a single generation, humanity had changed forever. Three races now walked the world. Humans. Elves. Dwarves. And to fight the monsters emerging from the Gates, a new profession was born. They were called Raiders. Warriors who entered the Gates—deadly dungeon-like worlds filled with monsters—and cleared them before the creatures inside could invade the real world. To train the next generation of Raiders, powerful academies were built. Places where magic, combat, and survival were taught. Among them, one academy stood above all others. Eldoria Magic Academy. A school that trained the strongest future Raiders. And within its walls studied a boy considered the weakest. A boy with water magic. A boy ranked D-Class. A boy named Theo Vale. What no one knew… Was that the calmest water could hide the deepest abyss. And Theo possessed something the world had yet to understand. Limitless growth potential

Meet the worst therapist on Earth. He drinks cheap whiskey, aggressively insults his patients, and boasts a bulletproof zero-star rating online. He doesn't want to heal you; he just wants your hourly rate so he can pay his rent. But when a routine session with a weeping middle-manager abruptly turns into a telekinetic meltdown, he realizes that he is in a parallel dimension that is basically a psychological hazard zone. Welcome to a world where unresolved trauma literally gives you superpowers. The citizens here are walking, superpowered powder kegs, relying on their fractured "Egos" to cast fire, bend gravity, and level city blocks. The catch? If their mental health deteriorates, they burn out, and become food for interdimensional monsters hungry for negative energy. In a society entirely populated by emotionally unstable, heavily armed psychopaths, a guy who actually understands the DSM-5 is the ultimate mechanic. But our protagonist didn't get a superpower. He got something infinitely better: absolute, soul-crushing apathy. Because he is so fundamentally cynical and completely dead inside, he leaves zero psychological footprint. Psychic detectives can't track him. The trauma-eating monsters think he has the nutritional value of a cardboard box. He is the ultimate anomaly—a ghost in a city of glowing targets. Well, a ghost with one massive headache. Because his transition to this world woke up his subconscious "Alter"—a sickeningly sweet, overly empathetic Beverly Hills life coach who now lives rent-free in his head and refuses to shut up. Stranded in a dystopia where nobody remembers him and a militarized anomaly task force is hunting his shadow, he has only one goal: find a decent cup of coffee and extort these superpowered lunatics for everything they’re worth. Heroes save the world. He just bills it out-of-network.

Most people dream of receiving a System. Adrian Vale received one that wants him dead. The night an assassin murdered his father, Adrian died as well. When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer in his world. Instead, he awakened in Eldoria, a land ruled by nobles, conspiracies, and hidden powers. Waiting for him was the Judgment System — a system that offers no power, only deadly missions meant to test his survival. Adrian has no magic. No overwhelming strength. Only the weapon his father spent years sharpening: his mind.

When Zei Gove awakened without a god, his noble family didn’t see a son—they saw a defect. Marked by a dying fallen deity with an eye that never closes, he was cast aside. Then slaughtered. Death was not the end. Reborn in another world as Noctis, he carries a parasite divinity inside him—one that whispers, watches, and wages a hidden war against the heavens. But Zei refuses to be a pawn in a divine game. When he learns the gods orchestrated his suffering as part of something far greater, he makes a decision no mortal should ever make. He won’t fight the gods. He will erase them. The Gods Shall Fall and the one who sleeps beneath creation shall awaken once more.

Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo. Chiss, officer, imperial. Thrawn. Thirteenth Grand Admiral of the Empire. The only alien in the service of Emperor Palpatine spent many years in the Unknown Regions. His return in 9 year after the Battle of Yavin 4 restored hope for the Imperials to regain control of the galaxy and defeat the rebels. The happiness did not last long - the Chiss was killed by his own bodyguard, and the Empire again plunged into crisis. But today the New Republic faces a completely different Grand Admiral... *** You can read month ahead on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Granulan And also go check boosty of the original russian author: https://boosty.to/marnomax

【Racing Competition + Zero-to-Hero + Paddock Battles + Technical Breakthroughs + Underdog Victories + F1】 Alex Sun, a simulator racing player, transmigrates into the 2021 F2 season and awakens a dual-module system, using missions and intensive training to eliminate his weaknesses. Starting with a 2+ second deficit, he launches a shocking comeback—claiming the F2 championship and earning his promotion to Formula 1. He builds his own team, breaks through engine development bottlenecks, and defeats elite rivals with extreme late-braking kills at the limit. By shattering regulatory lockouts and technological barriers, he conquers the championship three times. With every millisecond deciding victory or defeat, he forges the most electrifying comeback legend in the paddock.

John, a regular nerd, dies and wakes up in a fantasy world as a pathetic punching bag nobody. He gets killed fast. A tired god needs a long vacation and picks John as substitute ruler of the universe. "How long?" John asks. "Infinity minus one years, roughly," the god says before dipping out. Now with godlike power, bitter John takes revenge and reshapes the whole world to match his twisted, dark ideals, becoming a ruthless overlord.

Seven years ago, a world-shaking show captivated the entire globe, an unforgettable experience and a chance to become rich overnight. But all good things come to an end… and this game did, in a pool of blood, leaving only one scarred winner behind. Now, it's back, reborn under a new face, ready to change the world’s very perception of reality. Who are the shadowy investors behind it? Why bring the game back at all? Human nature is fragile. For the right price, we forget yesterday’s brother and sell our souls for survival. Are you ready to join a survival game where every nation is a contender… and only the strongest live to tell the tale?

“When you read these words, I am already dead…” “Please take good care of my last will and my ashes safe.” --------------------------------------------------- During the Third Great Ninja War, Kiyohara was nothing more than a disposable pawn, a true cannon fodder. He lived each day believing death could come at any moment—if not today, then tomorrow. But unexpectedly, he received the Last Will System. With it came the ability to obtain the will of himself who had died in different versions of the shinobi world. By fulfilling the last wishes of his other selves, he could inherit their abilities, even stack their talents upon his own! Thus, Kiyohara gained the support of countless versions of himself: “Anbu Captain Kiyohara” “Akatsuki Member Kiyohara” “Missing Nin Kiyohara” “Mizukage Kiyohara” “Uchiha Kiyohara” “Ōtsutsuki Kiyohara” --------------------------------------------------- “What? My future self dies just like that? Then I must avenge you all!” “Oh, infinite futures of mine, lend me your strength! .... Not the same as Overdrafting the Future, Starting in Naruto but had the premise. Not known if harem or had romance yet.