After recovering from an explosion that shook several blocks of his city, Police Officer Robert Kipp found himself paralyzed and stuck behind a desk. Even... more>> though he'd been recognized as a hero for rescuing and evacuating numerous families, he really didn't feel like one. An unexpected birthday gift from his son, ends up being the newest technology in Full Immersion Virtual Reality gaming, which allows him to log into Hero City, and use his legs! Here he can learn to be a true hero! But with this being his very first online video game, will he be able to adapt and stop the villains from controlling the city? <<less

Selene is halfway through her eighth century of life but will forever remain sixteen, in appearance. And also in mind.... more>>

Vampires in this reality are a thing; after being so long hidden in the shadows, all sorts of fantasy creatures are revealed to be existing. Some of them, even things which go 'bump' in the night. But it's not all bad; those human scientists have formulated a 'cure' to take the bite out of so many creatures ― and, for those who resist, or are too much for the 'normies' ... there's Solitary.

Having undergone some number of centuries kept within the Solitary block, Selene is once again out in the world. But since she first went in, a large number of things happened to her: summoned to another world and had her race changed to an elf, becoming a hero for a kingdom in that world, and given birth to a number of children too. She had people who cared for her; but also the humans hated her, and made her dead.
Then to come back 'home' at the end of it, just to be back in her cell.

Also since being taken into Solitary, Earth has changed. A lot. Like, exploring space, meeting other humanoid and other races, creating this vast interstellar community ― all of which Selene didn't get to witness. But for her time alone, she's given enough credits to start a life in this new galaxy.

First, she's gonna buy a starship; maybe get a crew and also search for passengers and crew. Then she's gonna just fly away-

{Author's Note: Story idea came from watching things like Firefly and also wondering about putting fantasy races in a sci-fi/spacebound universe. Suggestions welcome for interesting or weird combinations you might like seeing...} <<less

Thousands of years ago the "Great Darkness" occurred after the Dark God Siwang attempted a coup in order to take over the God Realm. This event went down in history as the greatest war that ever happened as human practitioners of the mystic arts fought alongside gods in order to defeat the Dark God. After the Dark God was defeated his soul was sealed in an amulet and locked away in the God Realm, never to be unleashed again. But years later faithful servants of the god stole the amulet and returned it to the Mortal World. Since then the amulet containing the Dark God's soul has been missing with no clues towards its whereabouts.... more>> Until now that is.

A young boy named Bei Xing has a faitful experience within his family's mine which leads to him stumbling across the amulet and meeting the Dark God. But the stories that Bei Xing heard about the Great Darkness growing up are nothing like what Siwang says actually happened.

Follow along the story of Bei Xing as he goes on an adventure to right the wrongs of the past and help a friend in need. He will face countless adversaries, demon beasts, and even Gods on this journey of epic proportions.

But remember that in a world shrouded in mystery, everything is not always as it seems... <<less

The sky fell one day.... more>>

It's not that Darren Laneth is different, just that he... thinks differently than other people. Because they are just that, other people. Two different groups, a level of mental separation. And yet, because of a little separation, he doesn't know what to do with his life.

...

What constitutes as 'human'?

Is it how we act? How society views us? The very makeup of our bodies? This is not what he sees. What he sees is a question, a question that he's been searching the answer to his entire life, elusive and yet all around him. It is what defines a human, what they always strive for, no matter the situation. When given the ability to search for the answer, the only thing left is to take it. The story of Darren, who loses the thing that matters the most to him and searches ever harder to the answer.

Tell me,

What is happiness?

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Hey, tried something new for this competition! Wanted a less fleshed out beginning and more understanding as you advanced. Thank you for the support, and I hope you enjoy! Also, putting in some tags, even though I might not use them. This story will have immoral things, so for those looking for a safe, filtered story don't search here. Also putting the harem tag, because I don't know, maybe? It's not completed, it's a WIP!

I usually write on RR. <<less

One evening Nanaha arrived home to encounter the brutal scenery of her family members murdered in their own mansion. The one to commit such a foul act was her big sister Raaja. ... more>>

Filled with hatred and rage Nanaha dueled her sister but could not defeat her. Before Raaja departed, however, she declared that their father's country that was chained in rule and order shall fall.

After she left, Nanaha remained as the sole blood heir to her father's kingdom. She swears to protect the city/country her father had built and brought up. But becoming the new emperor is not something that could be easily accomplished.

Theme: Empire Building
Extra Theme: Combination of Magic and Technology

My discord server:
https://discord.gg/jkTQ9kG <<less

Who needs mana?
Who needs ki?
Not me :)
Pure strength is all I need... more>>

I am THE coolest, bestest, strongest, greatest, richest, talentedest, smartest thing alive on planet earth, nothing can beat me, not even god itself. But what now? I've fulfilled my desires, and helped humanity the best I can.

Hmmmm

Guess it's time to do crime. (In a generic fantasy world) <<less

A more scientifically and faith-enhanced world. An Empire that wants to be a man of all things. A Union under the name of peace, trying to prevent it to replace it. A Federation that is the relic of the old World.... more>>

And a Turk who wants to bring balance.

And one sentence: A man is born again in a more complex and realistic anime world than he seems.

To read earlier; https://tengriata.wordpress.com <<less

Meet Phoenix V. Amber, a teenager whose ancestors were the founding members of the Kingdom of Raycania. As he went about his day in his barn, a mysterious letter appeared in his mailbox, informing him of his ascension to the Crown. Being the only known successor left, he forced himself to accept his fate.... more>>

As per the tradition set in stone for generations, he must now assemble the new generation of Raycanian Mythics, whom he will lead as their King. A simple task had been bestowed upon these Mythics, the defense of all corners of the Kingdom from any possible threat.

It felt like the Kingdom will become one blooming with peace when all of a sudden, problems threatening the Kingdom rose one after another. From unknown enemies holding a coup to long and old blood rivalries that have haunted the Amber Bloodline. Will he carry forth the torch of the monarchy, or will he crumble down under the weight of problems?

Perhaps inheriting the Crown... was a terrible idea.

Updates weekly every Monday, 12:00 AM GMT+8 Time. <<less

Rick wakes up in a world unknown to him. He doesn't know what exactly happened or why he is there, he just feels he's not from that world as if he had Dissociative amnesia.... more>>

Soon after waking up, he gets attacked not once, not twice but three times in a single day. Our hero can know how strong enemies are thanks to a special ability of his, but the thing is... What good does it do to know just how weak you are compared to a deadly creature chasing you?

This is a LitRPG Fantasy Adventure in which battles are won (or lost) with strategy and wits as our protagonists aren't necessarily the strongest... So if you enjoy more strategic battles I think you will love this story!

About the chapters:

I will post mostly 1,300 or so word chapters, I love weekly manga and feel like that pacing is similar to the one in a weekly serial chapter, hopefully, you enjoy these chunk-sized chapters :)

I only do this for fun in my free time so I think I will probably post a chapter a week, but if my patreon ever gets busy I might put more time into my hobby xD

If you feel like checking out some of the newest chapters, I have them over on my Patreon (Currently 5 chapters in advance):

www.patreon.com/rija

Extra info (Might get spoilery):

As the story progresses I intend to add more strategy, politics and economics into the story, but it will still be mostly a LitRpg action-adventure.

(Also if you had read my synopsis previously I changed it a bit because the elements I mentioned before in the synopsis won't come into play until much later into the story, and that's why I changed it.) <<less

Discord here: https://discord.gg/uXFSejNH... more>>

Kade Wilson is a retired Cop and an competitive Gamer. For the last 4.5 years he has held the number #1 spot on the VR World Games List. And while he did not win his last championship game he struck it rich. And to top it all off he is approached to be one of 500k hand-selected beta testers for an entirely new kind of game, an offer that he is incapable of refusing. Now he is trying to make money, take possession of relict find, stop pirates from harrassing them... all while trying to figure out who is a friend and who isn't.

This is a work in progress and largely unedited. There shouldn't be too many spelling and grammar mistakes in there but then again, I am just the writer... Bear with me or contact me if you find something that is just too bad for you. Actually, I appreciate any reports of errors (spelling or continuity) that you find and let me know about. In the discord I have a dedicated channel for these reports. If you don't want to join... I do read the chapter comments. ;)

There is one thing I want to point out though. And that is that I chose to place this story in a LitRPG and game universe so it doesn't have to be 100% scientifically correct. Also: Clarke's 3rd law! 

The update target is 2x per week (Thu & Sun) with a ~2k words chapter. However, this story has been on RoyalRoad for a while already and I will be posting Mon-Fri a chapter per day until the story is caught up. In the beginning I wrote very short chapters and I don't want to make you log in for 800 words. So I changed the chapter structure but from 5.1 both are similar. <<less

A talent that can only be described as transcendental was unfortunately paired with a weak and pitiful vessel. Despite these limitations, he boldly pursued his goals, allowing his natural ability to push his frail body to its breaking point repeatedly, and he finally achieved his desire...but at the cost of his life. ... more>>

However, when he was ready to accept death's warm embrace he was brought to a world he believed to be imaginative and given a new vessel, whose durability could potentially match his genius ability.

Countless questions plague his mind, but they soon fade into the background due to his passion to play the game that has won his heart. He will once again follow his passion and perhaps at the end he will find his purpose in this world if there is one, to begin with.

*I do not own the image. So, if you are the owner, feel free to inform me and I will remove it.

**I also don’t own the Prince of Tennis. Sadly. <<less

Vealand's jewel twin cities of Portin and Brinhold fell to terror fourty years ago. During their fall a man rose up and saved them. He took the survivors of the fall of the Veaish coast and brought them inland, setting up his new empire inland in the mountain stronghold of Fiell. ... more>>

The Emperor singlehandedly saved the people of Vealand. Everyone knows that and everybody in Vealand adores him as a hero and the savior of their nation.

Dren though, says differently. As a Memory Mage and the leader of the Rebellion, he's desperate to prove that the Emperor is a false savior. He bets his life on it.

He fails that bet and fails in his last attempt at transfering his memories into the mind of one of the Emperor's Inquisitors. Now it's up two the two most unlikely people, Aris Ravenscroft, the head of Fiell's city guards and Kestrel, a street rat, to save Vealand from a monster that it worships as a savior.

Notice, this is a High Fantasy novel, there are no LitRPG or Cultivation elements in it. <<less

Jake Hadeon bought the game 'Genesis Evo' as a way to have fun. He came back home with the game's two helmets, one for himself,... more>> and one for his sister, which transfers your consciousness into the game, and thus his life in game begins, trying to get to the top for money! <<less

What happens when Virtual and Reality swap places? Humans have become NPCs, their lives now bound to a couple of lines and actions. On the other hand, the denizens of the virtual world—the world of Murim Recurve—became sentient. Time passed in the realisified virtual world, its history became culturally diverse, eventually surpassing that of the Earth—whose time had become still.... more>>

A lady of noble birth encounters a deranged human, a denizen of myth in Murim. In his dying breath, he passes her the fading embers of the fate he had shouldered, the fate of bringing back reality. As a denizen of Murim, will she betray her world? Or will she pave the way to her reality?

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Alexander was the third son of the king of a small kingdom on the continent of Alfheimr and as the third son he had should have no chance of becoming the king dut after obtaining the system a series of events started that led to a rebellion by his siblings and the death of his father.
After seven years the rebellion Alexander is now old enough to finally be crowned as the king and the day of his coronation is also the day our story begins... more>>

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English isn't my mother language so if I make mistakes please tell me so I can fix them also my RL schedule is a mess so expect updates whenever <<less

He lived in many different nations, along with many different names; Larry, Alan, Lane.... more>>

But his original is and always was Thorni, and his homeland was and always will be Finland.

All his life he never knew what peace meant, following the old beliefs that peace is just a lie, an extended post-war ceasefire to prepare for the beginning of a new and worse conflict.

This line of thinking was only strengthened when his homeland was invaded and stolen, his house taken, his family divided and the love of his life lost.

After so much pain and suffering he made a promise, he would not rest until the nation and ideology that divided and threatened his homeland is destroyed.

This took him to every corner of Europe, from Finland to Vietnam, to three different armies and changing identities all the time.

The only thing that remained in him was his fervor in combat, something he would carry on the day of his decreed death.

But he had not died.

In his disappearance something happened to him, now he was in a world that he didn’t recognize.

Where is he? What happened? <<less

As the world of utopia has been created.... more>>

The people of Lumia wanted to help the other existence of the vast universe.

With the grace of God that is bestowed upon them.

They wish to spread their perfected ideology of peace throughout the vast universe.

And with that, They started the great age of space exploration. <<less

With trouble as her only constant bedmate, the only aim, after being exiled, was to spend her life in peace and relative obscurity. A chance encounter brought back memories of her last love. The more she pursued, the more question she faced and the people who were close to her are not what they appear to be. ... more>>

Even in exile, her constant bedmate would not stop. Now, being hunted, embroiled in an age-old conspiracy, torn apart by various factions, how is a lone drow to survive? Of course, by doing what she did best, raising an army. For the dark-elf Matrons have a nasty habit of not staying down when knocked. They rise up again and come back with fury.

______________________________________________________________Volume II______________________________________________

Things should have been easy for Rylonvirah. The exiled drow matriarch has finally reunited with the love of her life, Lyria. But from the north descends a new threat, the Cambion Warlord, in his bid for ascension, to claim the title of the demon lord, rallies his horde.

Will Rylonvirah and Lyria reforge the broken bonds between them? Will the Warlord drown the world in a sea of fire? While enemies both old and new beset Rylonvirah, her greatest obstacle is Lyria herself— and the pregnant secret that she harbours.

===== Series Info=======
The world-building is a combination of DnD, Pathfinder and Elderscrolls. Though I prefer to take a few liberties if possible.

The yuri/GL Is an **extremely slow** burn one.

=====Author Notes=====

This is my first writing attempt, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I am not a native English speaker and I am hoping to use this chance to improve my writing.

Constructive criticisms are always welcome.

I have a full-time job but I would try to keep the releases consistent.

______________Announcements______________

1. Monday and Thursday release.

2. Explicit scenes will have a content warning. I was told by some kind folks to mark explicit chapters with ❤❤❤, to protect the purity of innocent SH readers. So they will be marked accordingly. :)

3. The real plot takes a while to get started. For those of you who stuck through, You have my thanks.

4. Hit 100 chapters finally and Volume II ongoing. <<less

600 years into the future, there are only 5 countries ruling over the world. They are not the countries that we know now, but totally new countries, dictated by 5 different rulthless men and women. Guns and missiles have gone extinct, but people now wear advanced suits, capable to break down a building in one blow.... more>>

Brian Smith, a man preparing to be a soldier and who loves his motherland, wants to achieve Peace for his country. This is his story of how he achieves this dream.

P.S. Thanks Asviloka for the cover art. <<less

Superhumans exist. Although, not in the way you would think. These abilities aren’t so unique nor extreme that they are noticeable. Though, a secret organization working in the shadows and funded by nearly every world power seeks to learn the secret to these abilities. Thus, they have taken people from all over the world who have shown even the slightest hint at being superhuman and put them on an island to be tested on. Their abilities can then be watched as they fight among each other for power and dominance. ... more>>

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Please check out my other works as well!
I am not anywhere near a pro-writer. Please understand.
This is a beta version as it has had no revisions yet.
If you would like to support me then please support my Patreon.
If you have any questions or suggestions please put them in the comments. I will answer as soon as I can. <<less

I only remember that my planet was destroyed by an evil alien race. I died as a soldier while blowing myself up.... more>>

Then I woke up in a bright place. I thought I was in heaven and ready to harvest the good deeds I used to do on earth.

But why can't I move? And why does my body look like a corn sprout?

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What happens when a human was reborn as a Celestial?

They were a race born of galaxy formation energy as well as the leader of the Milky Way. They also destroyed Earth civilization that kill our Hero.

Will his revenge plan work? While he knew that the Celestials were the strongest beings in the galaxy and immortal.

He couldn't wait to keep raising his power level which would took thousands of millennia and changed His plans when someone told him there was a way to undo Earth's past destruction.

Did his reincarnation as a Celestial mean that he was given the opportunity to save Earth?

What if he was faced with another problem and learned the fact that they weren't the only strongest beings in the universe?

Things get even more complicated when it was not just Earth that need to be saved, but the entire Milky Way galaxy.

Come and find out as we embark of His journey.

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Second Tempest contest choice ---> 3. the exploration of space (scifi)

The cover image are free from freepik
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/portal-cartoon-posters-with-traveler-man-stand-magic-teleport-stone-frame-inside-mountain-cave_15733293.htm#page=1&query=Fantasy&position=2

I edit the cover with "textonphotos" app <<less

"War and conquest will never end, for it is human nature. If it ends it will be when the world is no more." This applies to a world where every kingdom is at war or preparing for it, magic and technology clash in battle and in the the workshop. The age of domination has arrived and one kingdom of all races will not stand by and idly await their destruction, this is the Kingdom of Minterl.... more>>

Akasha Celestia is of a species that has little remaining members, the vampires. She is also a General in the Army of Minterl and will help to defend the Country as if it were the one she were born in. Why? Because this Country won't turn you away due to being afraid of being crushed, it will instead fight for you no matter your race and will help you find your place in the world. Due to this ideology the Country is now in a war with one of the strongest coalitions on the planet, The Kingdoms Alliance. Akasha will attempt to fight them off and protect Minterl while also pursuing personal errands such as finding lost family, and perhaps romance... If she has the time for it.

Update time: Every Friday at 8:30 PM est/12:30 PM UTC and I’ll post extra and character introduction chapters when I want.

Genderbending will happen moderately so the tag isn’t there for nothing lol <<less

Commander Liao Shan gets back to the Imperial capital with his cavalry troop after a month in the badlands, to find he has a new mission: escorting a convoy of treasure to the Kingdom of Qiu, an ally of the Empire in the far north-west. To complicate matters, the treasure includes the beautiful young Sixth Prince Yan Jinhai, forced against his will to enter the harem of the vicious King. As the journey progresses, Liao Shan finds his conscience and his heart increasingly in conflict with his orders. And it doesn’t help that the young Prince, kept a virtual prisoner in the Imperial Palace, is hell-bent on escape.... more>>

As the journey continues and the relationship between them deepens, events are building which will rock the Empire and turn both their lives upside down. <<less

Every god and hero is known not because of their names, but because of their epics. From Hercules and his twelve labours, the monkey king... more>> doing pranks on gods before helping Xuanzang journey to the west or of Gilgamesh, a king who tried to conquer death. In this universe an unlikely person will meet all these heroes and gods and have his own epic echoed in the universe of gods. Join Rufus a pushover from an unlikely world, from and unlikely kingdom and his unlikely epic and journey on how he built his own pantheon and became a god. <<less

When the lights from the sky opened portals around the world and let loose terrifying monsters it was a destruction no one saw coming. But wait, what's this? A magic circle that had everyone choose their classes and a dungeon inside the university? Escape the university by defeating the monsters, become the strongest and become the leader of a guild. ... more>>

The rise of the strongest Necromancer. <<less