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An apothecary alive during the witch trials of the 17th century finds himself burned at the stake for his benevolent use of magic. However even the cold embrace of death could not keep him down as he now finds himself reincarnated in a new world as the first of his kind: a Nephilim. Join in an this magical journey to new lands.

Daniel Voss, an ordinary individual thrust into the anomalous expanse of the Backrooms, awakens in Level 0 equipped only with a newly integrated Survival System. Facing relentless environmental hazards, deteriorating mental stability, and unpredictable entities, he begins a methodical process of adaptation and growth. Through disciplined observation, strategic resource management, and incremental mastery of the system’s mechanics, Daniel transforms initial vulnerability into steadily increasing capability. Each level presents distinct challenges—environmental extremes, shifting geometry, darkness, pursuit, sensory overload, and deceptive endpoints—that he confronts with escalating competence. Over an extended period, repeated encounters, carefully chosen upgrades, and hard-earned milestones compound his advantages. Passive resistances, active abilities, and fundamental alterations to how he interacts with the Backrooms’ rules accumulate, shifting the dynamic from mere survival to dominance. The narrative follows his measured progression across multiple levels, culminating in a decisive assertion of control over the anomalous structure itself. By the conclusion, Daniel achieves an irreversible position of absolute authority within the Backrooms, rendering him effectively unbeatable and granting him permanent sovereignty over its domain. The story emphasizes persistence, analytical thinking, and the systematic exploitation of available systems to overcome an environment designed to be inescapable. A software engineer awakens in the Backrooms with a Survival System and rises as the Pantheon’s Conductor, only to discover that the greatest threats are not the entities — but the gods who created the systems and the man who nearly destroyed reality itsel

"Master Roshi, Who?, The World only knows Master Shen, The Great Crane Hermit!!" —A avid Dragon Ball fan reincarnates as Master Shen; The old rival of Master Roshi... Follow along to know how the story will differ as a new soul takes over the future master of Tien Shinhan... Could Tien Shinhan and Grandpa Gohan gain a new spark? Could a human rival the strength of Frieza and beyond? In his grand journey the world will be shown, 'The True path of Human Martial Arts'.. "Maybe earthlings had that potential all along" Even the Supreme kai is Surprised by the rapid transformation of what once was a unremarkable backwater planet. -The Rise of the forgotten Crane School is now Imminent. ______________________________________ Patreon- patreon.com/AsuRa20 ______________________________________ -I will be posting this story on different sites including RoyalRoad.com...

​The world is not as you know it. Hidden beneath the surface of everyday life-from the luxurious corridors of South African palaces to the quiet banality of a local high school named Milner-a secret war is being waged by ancient royal bloodlines and primordial demonic forces. ​Enter Hakuna, a young prince of the mighty Letebele Clan. Gifted with phenomenal power and burdened by the spirit of a ten-thousand-year-old entity named Psycha, Hakuna is expected to carry the weight of his legacy. But all he really wants is to navigate his confusing High School years, keep up with his superhuman friends, and maybe-just maybe-avoid permanently breaking reality during a casual confrontation. ​ ​As the lines between domestic squabbles, royal duty, and world-ending chaos blur, Hakuna must grapple with the shocking power he inherited from his father yet still doesn't fully understand. When his personal life collides with the war-leaving his loved ones suddenly vulnerable-Hakuna will be forced to unleash a level of destruction that could save his world or reduce it to ashes. ​The greatest danger to the world is not the darkness it hides, but the sheer, reckless power of the boy determined to protect the only people he cares about.

Kaoru Kagami, known to his fans as the mysterious Erebus Kyrielight, is one of the manga world's rising stars, crafting epic tales of heroism and despair under the veil of anonymity. But behind his pen name lies a chuunibyo artist who spends more time summoning his "Abyssal Flame Technique" than meeting deadlines. Aya Takahashi, a cold and emotionless manga editor tasked with refining Kaoru's work. Her sharp critiques and no-nonsense attitude clash hilariously with Kaoru's overly dramatic and eccentric personality. Yet beneath her icy exterior lies a secret soft spot for the stories she helps cultivate. As the duo navigate the chaotic world of manga creation complete with tight deadlines, fan expectations, and Kaoru's constant anime-inspired antics they begin to realize that the most compelling stories aren't always found in panels and ink. Sometimes, they're written in the moments shared between an artist and the person who believes in their vision, even when it's hard to say out loud. (This is one of my first ever books, sorry if the writings on older chapters are random, I was new back then.) Expected while reading: Random Bold/italics in old chapters, I've long been improved. This book is 2 years old. If you're expecting a harem, a love triangle or etc. Don't. Read. This. Book. this book may be mainly Comedy, a sprinkle of Romance you can say, but also mainly references to shows, animes etc. This is heavily inspired by anime and light novels yes, I know you’ve seen it before. And no, it isn’t a typical romance. Bummer, right? At this point every romance novel isn't "Typical." Readers may think it's original, to me it's typical normal romances, no offense to any Authors here reading. I also consider my novel normal as well. Another note: "Writing is a hobby of mine, and only be a hobby. I don't do contracts, I rarely don't reply to 'asking contacts' comments whom I consider 'Bots.' (No offense) I don't intend to change any of my books covers for now. And I won't give any contacts of any sorts for Privacy." And for the record, I don't usually write inside webnovel, all my ideas are inside a notepad on my Phone and Laptop. Chapter length: 1500-3000 words, may vary 4000-5000 words depending whether it's a very important chapter, or a impact. The Books I've made are merely passion projects, or because I start having ideas of anything to be fair. It's annoying. Bye. Apologies if it isn't "realistic." Holy I'm tired. — Author: Ultima Morora.

Han Junho is seventeen years old. He lives alone in a single room on the commercial edge of Seolmun — a city whose name means threshold — pays his own rent, works a part-time job that has just closed without warning, and calculates, each month, whether the numbers will hold until the future his parents promised him becomes the present he can finally live in. He is not remarkable by any measure the world has developed for measuring such things. He moves through Seolmun with the specific invisibility of someone who has learned, through necessity rather than choice, not to draw attention. He reads. He plans. He continues. Then the gates open. Across Seolmun, dimensional gates tear through ordinary space and release beings from other worlds into the streets — beings displaced mid-transit through connections that have begun, without warning or explanation, to collapse. The human response organizes with the specific efficiency of a civilization that has no framework for what is happening and builds one anyway: factions, rankings, a system that classifies the awakened and deploys them against what the catastrophe is producing. The system is thorough. It is well-intentioned. When it attempts to classify Han Junho, it produces no result. He is designated Unregistered and set aside. What the system cannot measure, it cannot see. What it cannot see is this: the gates opening across Seolmun are not the catastrophe. They are the symptom. The catastrophe itself is a process — vast, indifferent, traveling through the dimensional connections between every planet in every universe that has ever existed — and it has been consuming worlds for longer than Seolmun has existed to be consumed. Every universe has fallen to it. Every version of this story has ended the same way. Every version except this one. So far. Somewhere above the story, something is watching. It has been watching since before the first word was set down. It knows what Junho does not know — what he is, what is positioned against him, how many times this has been attempted, and how many times it has failed. It knows what kind of reader you are. It knows whether you are cheering for him or not. And it knows, in the specific way of something that has witnessed every version of this story across every universe where it was attempted, that what happens next depends not only on Junho — but on what you bring to the pages that follow. THE LAST EXISTENCE is a story about the last surviving universe, the last version of one boy, and the last attempt at something that has never yet succeeded. It is also, depending on what kind of reader you are, something else entirely. You are already part of it. Turn the page.

I died a hero. Glorious battle. Noble sacrifice. The perfect ending. Or at least, it should have been. Instead of sending me home, the God who summoned me threw me into what he calls an ‘H-World.’ Now I’m living as an ordinary high school boy in a peaceful world that shouldn’t need a hero at all. Just school, daily life and a group of girls who are far more complicated than they first appear. At first, I thought this world only needed supervision. But beneath the laughter, flirting, and everyday chaos are scars, loneliness, and burdens no one should have to carry alone. I already saved one world. This time, I may have to save the people in front of me before they destroy themselves. A character-driven slice-of-life drama with comedy, healing, and heavier emotional themes. —————————————————- [No NTR] [No sex scenes] The characters except my OC, may differ from the original source material as they don’t have any backstory, so I had to create them myself, however, I will try to keep them as close to the source material as I can. But no promises as a change to their past will change their future.

Twin brothers, Taro and Ren, mourn the death of their younger brother, Junpei, after he is brutally murdered while walking home from school. As the brothers struggle to come to terms with this harsh reality, a mysterious being appears at Junpei’s funeral, offering them the irresistible opportunity to resurrect their younger brother. Desperate and determined, they accept the offer. After being transported to a world identical to Ren and Junpei’s favourite video game, For You, the twins must complete the game if they are to revive Junpei. There is, however, one known catch – if they die in the game-like world, they die in the real world too.

The ninja world of Naruto as seen by additional peers of Naruto & Company who graduated in the same class. Events of the manga & anime (excluding filler episodes) get different takes in this story series with the fundamental premise that this AU may NOT violate canon events of the series. Begun in 2009 as a collaborative story project on Yahoo! Groups by William Beard, George Kicklighter, Maria Matthews, Rei Smith, Scotty Keyser, Holly Monger, and Ciara Bernhardt, the stories and ideas are now gathered into a cohesive story. The original archives have been fully uploaded and new content (when completed) is released the first Friday of each month.

The war is over and peace has come. That's what people everywhere believed anyway. People never questioned the origins of present peace. They never cared of those who were sacrificed for it to be obtained. Well then, what happens when the sacrificial pawns of peace return? What do we do to restore it. But even more, what happens if they shatter all before them. Ryuga Xicor, a boy who was sealed in Netherworld for thousands of years returns. He had lost all in the far flung past. And now breaks free from his seals. He destroys all that blocks his path. But one question remains. Where did he get his power? More so, how did he become a living, cunning disaster? He was known as the kindest prodigy after all.

I never believed that there is an 'afterlife'. Similarly, I also never believed that reincarnation, rebirth, transmigration, or any other bullcrap related to it, were real either. I died as a loser, and that's my choice...well, not really, but I was never really the guy who aimed high, I just accepted whatever's thrown my way and made do with it. In my mind, life/living is already hard, why make it more complicated for yourself? Dreams? Lofty goals? Prized possessions? I never had any of those and I don't miss what I never had to begin with. With all of this, tell me why? Why, amongst all the damn people on earth who will be willing kill for this opportunity, was I the one to transmigrate? And what the hell is this situation? Why did I found myself transmigrated into a world, or more specifically - a story, that I'm familiar with? Wasn't this the world of the Inverted Spires from the 'Tales of the Martial God'? Out of all the worlds they could throw me in, it had to be this? What the hell? The entire plot of this story was 'crack treated seriously' or a 'random 3am thoughts'!! Why here! God! Come out an explain!? And what the hell do you mean by giving me this 'Unparalleled Comprehension' crap!? For free, too! What exactly do you want from me!?

Su Wen transmigrated into the world of Douluo and awakened the Martial Soul: “Poké Ball.” Every soul ring allows him to capture a soul beast, and the soul beasts can level up and undergo super evolution. “You’re telling me that is a Wind Baboon?” “All of these… are your Martial Souls?” “What do you mean your Martial Soul can super evolve?” Everyone was left dumbfounded. Su Wen shrugged: “I dunno. All I know is, when you fight me one-on-one, it usually means you’re fighting all of my pet beasts one-on-one.” Evolution Paths: [Wind Baboon] → [Storm Baboon] → [Hurricane Demon Ape] → [Celestial Cloud Stream Ape] [Mandrake Snake] → [Venomfang Viper King] → [Thousand-Source Venom Jiao] → [Emerald-Scaled Royal Dragon] [Great White Shark Cub] → [Thunder-Scaled White Shark] → [Abyssal Emperor Shark] → [Endbringer Shark] [Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear] → [Behemoth Beast] → [Amethyst Behemoth Beast] [More to be unlocked…] P.S.: Evolution stages are unlocked at soul power levels: 30, 50, and 70.

Julian Hayes has spent most of his life at rock bottom. Hurt, isolated, and barely holding himself together, he finds fragile comfort in Margaret Monroe, a girl carrying wounds that look a little too much like his own. Drawn together by the same loneliness and quiet pain, they lean on each other for warmth and struggle through each day side by side, believing that maybe surviving together is enough. Then Isabella Lowell, the older girl next door who once stayed by Julian’s side for years, suddenly returns. From that moment on, everything begins to change. What once felt like comfort slowly twists into something darker. The love surrounding him grows possessive, suffocating, and mad. Just when Julian thinks he’s finally found a way out, he’s pulled into an even deeper abyss, one built from obsession, dependency, and hands that refuse to let him go. Only then does he understand the truth. He was never reaching for the light. He had been sinking in a diseased swamp of love all along, and by the time he realized it, escape was no longer possible. (Additional Tags: Weak Protagonist, No Yuri, No NTR, Reverse Rape, Older Love Interests, Obsessive Love, Beautiful Female Lead, Kidnappings, Confinement.)

Ayanokōji is the legend; Yagami is the update. Different code, same cage. He’ll crack the operating system—point by point, favor by favor—until the White Room’s owner is the one standing on the drop floor. If he fails, children pay. If he succeeds, no one will ever call obedience “education” again.

When he woke up in a cellar, facing down a swarm of giant rats, Leo knew this wasn't his normal Tuesday. Transmigrated into the body of Elian, the orphaned dreg and punching bag of the Skyfang Aviary, Leo's new life is a brutal downgrade. He's weak, despised, and tasked with the most suicidal jobs. His only inheritance is a crushing debt of humiliation and a scheduled, early death by beast. But as the Dire Rats close in, a window of blue light shatters his despair. [Beast Taming Prodigy System Initializing.] Suddenly, the rules have changed. Leo can see stats, gain quests, and forge bonds with the monstrous creatures everyone else fears. While the arrogant tamers rely on force and fear, Leo has a strategy guide to their world. His first, humble tames? The very rats sent to kill him. His second? That’s where the real story begins. Assigned to feed the Aviary's most dangerous captive, a broken, furious Storm-Wing Gryphlet that has maimed every apprentice who approached it, Leo sees what others don't. Not just a C-class beast of legendary power, but a terrified, injured creature. Using his system not for domination, but for understanding, he does the impossible: he earns a flicker of trust from the un-tamable. Now, the Aviary's elites are watching. The Head Keeper’s suspicion is a knife's edge. And Leo is stuck between maintaining his facade as the "unassuming" dreg and unleashing the prodigy growing within. With a mysterious system glitching around his core affinity, a hidden bond with a legendary beast, and a hoard of system points burning a hole in his pocket, Leo must navigate a world of cutthroat tamers and soaring monsters. He'll have to forge his own path, because if they discover the truth of his power, the very masters he serves will become his most deadly enemies. In a world of Rocs and Rivals, one man with a system will rise from the dregs to touch the sky. --- What to expect: · A weak-to-strong protagonist who uses intelligence and a system over brute force. · In-depth beast taming, bonding, and evolution with clear stats and skills. · A unique, growing bond with a mysterious and powerful broken gryphon. · Kingdom and Aviary building elements from the bottom up. · A hidden system with its own secrets and a corrupted core affinity. · Plenty of progression, strategy, and satisfying payoffs.

They called him a failure. The gods called him unworthy. During the Awakening Ceremony, Yang Lionheart—the disgraced son of a powerful noble family—is rejected by every god. Humiliated. Cast aside. Forgotten. But as the divine light fades… something else answers. A presence older than the gods. A power buried in shadow. A voice that should not exist. “If they will not claim you… then I will.” Chosen by a forbidden entity, Yang gains a power the world was never meant to see. Now hunted by the divine, feared by his own bloodline, and walking a path that defies heaven itself— Yang will rise. Not as a hero. Not as a savior. But as something far more dangerous. A slayer of gods.

Some people survive the unsurvivable. The world calls this resilience. The world has never had to live inside it. Kisuno Minazawa is fourteen years old and has been surviving since he was three — since the night he watched a person with frozen eyes take everything from him, since the years he spent running through Tokyo's forgotten spaces, since three weeks in a warehouse with two broken teenagers who chose him as family and paid for that choice with everything they had. He is very tired of it. Relocated to Kurosawa, a quietly defeated city in Gifu Prefecture, Kisuno enters Shirakawa Higashi High School carrying grief eight years old and no lighter for the aging. Within days the school knows his name. Within a week it knows what the internet says about it — that the white-haired transfer student with the dead blue eyes is the reason two people are in a cemetery under a zelkova tree. What follows is not a redemption story. It is not about finding light at the end of anything. It is about what depression looks like when it isn't performed for an audience. The hollow mechanics of surviving a day. The smile deployed to keep people from looking too closely. The rooftop visited not with drama but with the quiet, exhausted arithmetic of someone who ultimately doesn't have the energy to act. Two graves haven't been visited in two months. The chrysanthemums have gone brown. But Kisuno is still here. That has always been the most complicated thing about him. FOLLOW YOUR HEART: FUTURE EVENTS - 自分の心に従って：今後のイベント - RATED: MA29+

The lines you are reading are simply the written form of thoughts that sometimes linger in my mind… small moments I’ve experienced… and questions I find myself asking for no particular reason. What I write here is not absolute truth. In fact, some of it might even feel wrong to me as time passes. But that’s exactly why I write. To see how I change. To notice how my thoughts evolve over time. Sometimes… this is how I think. Maybe you do too.

In a world where mysticism and steam industry coexist, cursed objects, the Reception Bureau, and Evil God fanatics... That year, the King was bedridden with illness, the successor was inexperienced, and power slipped away, leaving the empire teetering. That year, external forces gathered around the empire, and foreign civilizations eyed it covetously. That year, the prophet delivered a prophecy that the era of civilization was nearing its end. That year, Ethan arrived at a small town on the outskirts of the imperial capital. To survive in this perilous era, he began practicing Fireball Skill. Years later, Ethan looked at the meteor falling from the clouds and realized there was a problem. The beginner Magic he learned seemed a bit off.

[Player Name: Qin Huai Unlocked Illustrations: 0/12 Skills: Dough Fermentation (Intermediate): Your dough fermentation technique has surpassed 99% of breakfast shop chefs nationwide. (0/10000) Stuffing Preparation (Advanced): Your stuffing preparation skill has surpassed 100% of breakfast shop chefs nationwide. (0/100000) ... Evaluation: A novice just starting out] The moment he stepped into the cafeteria, the protagonist of this foodie novel welcomed the successful activation of his system. Qin Huai: A foodie novel, you should have said so earlier! I'm familiar with this! Later on— Qin Huai discovered that this system might not be purely about food. It seemed like some odd elements were added. Even his view of neighbors, friends, guests, and employees started to seem less human... But no problem. When in doubt, take a bite! ----------------------- Game Instructions: 1. This game has a very high degree of freedom; please explore on your own. 2. This game will not interfere with any of the player's choices; please strive to unlock all illustrations. 3. All explanations belong to the game.