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Ascending Pride

Ashton is stuck between an underwater volcano, and a heart devouring dragon. Metaphorically speaking anyway. The princess of the sea has sworn on her mother's life to drag him down. Problem is, Ashton can't be killed. So after hundreds of years of pulling beasts of legend to her side, rewriting history, and backing him into a corner where he broke his heart into pieces, she thinks that with one final push... she may convince Ashton to simply end his own existence. Ashton is fully aware of her little schemes, it's not every day a dragon get's its still beating heart ripped out, then is bound to the land it ruthlessly conquered. Ashton would have even found it mildly poetic that the slain dragon was now forced to bless the land for all eternity... if, and emphasis on the IF, the blessing hadn't been twisted into a curse for the last 700 years. Now, Ashton has a few minor inconveniences to deal with. First, he's stuck in a decaying body. Second his memories aren't fully intact. Third, it would prick his pride if the descendants of "blessed" dragon died while he was in their territory. Fourth, he has two really, really, REALLY scary siblings that don't always bother with the details. Fifth, the only reason this princess and her mother even had the chance to scheme against him is because he was looking for a possible mate. He's the only one of his kind, thousands of years alone has him craving for a companion... for a heart to sing just for him... There are really only two outcomes now that Ashton is starting to regain his memories. Will the princess succeed in dragging him down, used as the new sacrifice to keep the "blessing" going, or will he ascend? Well, maybe three outcomes. Maybe this time a heart will sing for him as he ascends... a bird can hope.
KairoKM · 150.5k Views

Dead Man’s Truth

The truth doesn’t set you free. It gets you killed. Fifteen-year-old Veles remembers the sound of bullets better than the faces of his parents. A refugee from Ukraine living in the US, he learned early that the world doesn’t care about survivors. Especially not in the era of the Gates, where Demons don’t just invade — they negotiate, and entire nations have sold their souls to the abyss to survive. Veles thought he had hit rock bottom when he touched an ancient Slavic totem in a ruined village, cursing him with a System that refused to initialize. Instead of power, it gave him a Flaw: Soul’s Echo. Unlike others who can hide their thoughts, Veles is cursed to speak the truth — whether he wants to or not. If he sees a weakness, he points it out. If he smells a lie, he calls it out. He cannot bite his tongue, he cannot feign respect, and he cannot stay silent. In a world built on diplomatic lies and military hierarchy, his unfiltered honesty is a suicide note. It gets him kicked out of foster care and thrown straight into the conscription line for the Mortal Legion — the cannon fodder of the apocalypse. He has six months to prepare for a war he cannot win. He trains, he fights, and he alienates everyone around him with his jagged tongue. And just as the odds predicted... he dies. Betrayed by a commander whose incompetence Veles couldn't help but expose. But death was the only requirement he hadn't met yet. [System Initialized.] [Welcome, Gravekeeper.] Resurrected on a battlefield silent except for the groans of the dying, Veles finally unlocks his power. He can harvest the abilities of the fallen, but the price is steep. To gain a fraction of their power, he must fulfill their dying wish. To inherit their full strength, he must accept their Flaw and add it to his own. Now, Veles must rise from the mud to hunt the demons and the traitors alike. He will become strong, not by being a hero, but by becoming a living graveyard of other people’s regrets — and he won’t be able to keep quiet about it.
KlymSerhii · 835 Views