To play the game of politics, one must be brave or foolish, but better to appear both and be neither. Countess Julia Augstadt lost her mother in childbirth, her father to an accident ten years ago, living in the shadow of the Royal Palace by a betrothal to the Crown Prince, only for that to be annulled with her eighteenth birthday approaching. There is no justice but that which can be administered with one’s own hands, no power but for that which one personally yields, and there is no evil which cannot be justified with greatness. It is a shame, then, that she has decided there is no greatness left in the lands she calls... more>> home.

On hiatus while I focus on another project. <<less

Rick made new rules for himself every few days. But there was only one rule that he truly always followed- Don’t stretch your legs more than the size of your blanket. The way to success was by not drawing unwanted attention.... more>>

But when the Inter-planar wars began, Rick had no other choice than to survive, and for that, he had to give up his laid-back lifestyle.

“Still not gonna be a hero!” Rick vowed.

Superhuman strength, agility, ability to use magic, telepathy, all sorts of talents emerged.

As heroes began to emerge among the population, Rick decided to take up the mantle of being the man in the shadows.

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A gang leader in the year 2018 is sent to hell for 10000 years.
The details of his death are not relevant. In short: he had the power, his lieutenant wanted the power.
And a woman is always a woman involved.
You know, the cliché. ... more>>

In one day a prince with no luck or talent in combat is sent in Purgatory.

Will the prince accept the proposal of the soul from hell?

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the cover is not mine:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nEVwO

I’m not a native speaker.
if I receive negative messages about grammar, I’ll stop! <<less

The story is about Andrew Ceplinski, a guy who lost his whole family at the age of 18, and his left hand because of an... more>> accident. One day he gets entangled in the battle between the magicians and as a result of certain events he awakens his own magical power. The boy begins the training of the magician and learning the truth about the world around him. <<less

A prince sent into exile, without the means to fight back.... more>>

A young man trapped in an unfair world, without the status to bring about change.

Combined, they will have both means and status.

Armed with advanced knowledge from a strange world, will Prince Corco be able to cut through the injustice, regain his birthright and bring enlightenment to the country of his ancestors to create a paradise of true peace, equality and prosperity?

“Okay, first step: Let’s make some brandy.”

…that’s a maybe then.

Hermit’s Note: My take on the kingdom building genre, which often suffers from weak characters, low stakes and contrived challenges. Buildup will be slow, with Book 1 focused on business managment, Book 2 focused on a battle for succession and only Book 3 getting into the depths of kingdom building. There’s plenty of inventions before that point though, so if you’re here for the clever use of modern tech you’ll find quite a bit even early on.

Updates three times a week. <<less

( Please head to the link below for the revised version for I will no longer update this one, thank you very much)... more>>

https://www.scribblehub.com/series/37351/waltz-of-crowns/

Due to her bullying the Heroine, Velestina Novaldein had been punished and was ordered to head to the New World, a newly found continent across the ocean. However, a civil war stuck her motherland and she was ordered to oversee their Nation's colonies across the New World. However along the way, she had been stricken by a high fever which lasted for three days. Everyone thought that she wouldn't make it but miraculously, Veleina survived but alas, what everyone didn't realized was that something came inside her while she was unconscious.

Something new, primal and unknown. <<less

This series is discontinued. Currently in the process of rewriting the series from the beginning . Will post in the future after finishing around 20... more>> chapters.
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A certain college student fell to a lake. He can easily save himself, but chose to sink in order to stay together with his backpack. Unbeknown to him, a goddess watched the scene and took interest in him. When the goddess offer him to reincarnate in another world, He ask her to modify his backpack so he can use it there. After becoming an adult, he decided to be an adventurer. but shortly after, he realized that it's not his forte, and so, he became a merchant. <<less

Due to her bullying the Heroine, Veleina had been banished to the New World, a newly discovered continent across the ocean. However, a civil war struck her homeland and she was asked to oversee their colonies there. However along the way, she had been stricken by a high fever and ‘something’ even tried possessing her body to be reincarnated as her but Vileina is having none of it.... more>>

She is Velestina von Novaldein, and nothing will stand on her way.

Surrounded by enemies on all sides, she will fight and scheme her way into developing a poor backward colony into an Empire that can equally contend against her motherland as she makes allies, befriends locals and gathers the ‘Unblessed Ones’ who have otherworldly knowledge to create a modern Nation in a world where Magic is predominant.

This is the rise of the Villainess. <<less

Industrialist do-godder Stuart lived an honest life. When his time came and he had to leave his mortal shell behind, he found out the afterlife wasn't what he expected. With the good ending up in hell and the vile taking their place within heaven, Stuart is cornered into doing what he has to do.... more>>

«Ishtar likes the nasty ones. The ones who show what they are capable of. Vindictive ones, calculating ones, ones with no restrictions. To a man to behave himself is a travesty. The world is created for him to dominate. » <<less

A dark, science fantasy tale of a man, Subject 513, sent to another world as an experimental test subject.... more>>

WARNING: This is not your typical isekai, wish-fulfillment story. You have been warned.

In the year 2022, a mass-transit of test subjects occurred inside the confines of a vast, underground research facility. The 500 or-so individuals taking part in this secret experiment -- labelled: The 1st Beta Phase -- were force-transferred to another world under the direction of Project Prometheus.

These test subjects had one, singular role: to act as "baseline tests" for future, planned experiments.

Among the individuals taking part in the experiment, was Subject 513…

...sirens blared throughout the 4th Research Facility as an anomalous event transpired within one of the many transfer pods...

“Subject 513: missing. Force-transfer procedure has been cancelled. Foreign matter detected.”

Those were the last words uttered by the life-support system monitoring Subject 513’s vitals, as it shut down indefinitely.

As 513’s consciousness faded into the void, his physical presence left on Earth crumbled to dust, blanketing the floor of the transfer pod he was stored within, in grey ash...

...when he awoke, the last few years of his life had seemingly been plucked-away from his memories. And to make matters worse, he found himself trapped under the gaze of a ravenous beast, ready to tear him apart...

Join Subject 513 on his grueling journey of struggle, misery, and search for purpose, as he navigates through an unfamiliar world alone.

What to expect:
-Gore
-Horror
-Humor
-Multiple character focus
-Psychological elements
-Survival
-Tragedy
-Stubborn MC
-Dark, Science-Fantasy Isekai

My goals are to:
-Become a better writer
-Release on a set schedule
-1-week cycle (currently)
-Create exciting scenarios
-Deliver an immersive experience
-Provide a rich, expansive fictional world

How the chapters are divided:
-Normal chapters provide the Micro aspects of the story
-Interlude chapters provide the Macro aspects of the story
-Supplementary chapters provide side stories and miscellaneous information such as maps and journal entries
-All chapters are EQUALLY important

Author's Notes:
Feel free to join my Discord server where I update my content status and schedule releases: https://discord.gg/KKmk4Bc <<less

To fight against the future Apocalypse and metastasis. Jim incarnated his consciousness from the future after his death. To fight against the future he knew.... more>> The metastasis didn't bring the Apocalypse like many stories might lead you to believe; governments still operates, food isn't a problem, guns still kill for the most part, economy is flourishing with new industries, and mutants are killed before they can revolt. <<less

Gloveer Sibjaan (53), one of the Salt Barons of Vara has been having trouble this past year. ... more>>

Matters at home are chaotic. Isbrun, Gloveer’s eldest isn’t shaping up as the heir he should have been and Gloveer’s other 3 children have issues of their own their father has to deal with.

Even worse, dark clouds cover the horizon, and the abnormal rains are a damper on the salt trade. Shipments are irregular these days and there isn’t much sympathy for a salt baron without money.

Even at the best of times, the hawks were never friends to the mercantile barons and naval faction. They become bolder and ruder as Vara’s ally and neighbour Aaljau gears up for war against the So Empire once more. The front looks desperate this time, even Gloveer has to admit, as the So buy the full support of the recently formed Princips United to the North to support their campaign.

But even occupation of the Diostejan Peninsula by its historic foe might not be the true threat. As the skies change in Vara, so do the animals in the woods. Tales of leviathans surfacing in the seas reach Vara from far ranging fisherman. Worse, reports of Princips soldiers flinging fire from their hands lower the morale of the Varan council.

As Gloveer wonders how to keep his mercantile interests afloat until his second son can come of age, a letter arrives for him with a cryptic warning from a familiar name: his own. <<less

When life gives you lemons, make citrus gernades. When life gives you isekai, create free markets and industry. ... more>>

...What? You want me to go on an adventure or something? Build a harem? Become an ashen specter? None of those activities are economically productive! Well, technically, if you kill a dragon and sell its materials, that makes you a "producer" and— But I digress! The point is, there's no way to enjoy a fantasy life if the nobles hog all the resources and technology is at the point where "flush" and "toilet" would never end up in the same sentence.

Suck it Rockefeller, Lipton, Rothschild, and Krupp: you’ll never get the chance to industrialize a fantasy world! Glory to Adam Smith!

—Author’s Note:

As a voracious reader of the fantasy genre, I’ve found a sort of unfilled niche for economic matters. No, not microeconomics like Spice and Wolf. Macroeconomics. Banking and government policies and the like. Most of the time you just see the paperwork, but never the details. Perhaps they aren’t touched upon for a reason, but I guess we’ll see.

Also, this story’s progression is rather slow with long-ish chapters, so it’ll read like a slice of life fantasy story a good bit of the way and will probably extend to during when the economics hit too, or so’s the plan. Oh, and this is my first novel so… please treat me nicely!

—Adventum Contest:
- Town/Kingdom/Empire Building
- Combination of Magic and Technology <<less

Ever wondered why you're alive!

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"My name is Nixolas Zinn, I'm the commander of the Mercenary Group known as the Grimm Tails, and this is my story--"... more>>

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This is going to be a space adventure story... Wooo~.... At the start, it will be the fresh beginnings of our commander struggling to get funds to survive and the story will work itself up from there. There will be timeskips, there will be mistakes, this is a Grimdark world at times, and at times the story might be slow.

This is my first time publishing my work. I will be working on this in my free time, or when I'm bored.
I will probably add more tags and/or genres as I go along.

Finally, thank you for checking out this story.

This was Commander Nixolas Zinn, signing off~

(Do to Real-life Issues, The story will be on Hiatus. I'll try to sort them out as soon as I can, but it's troublesome... Also, I may just redo the first chapter, and rethink how I do the narrative for the story. When everything is said and done, I should be able to do weekly updates... maybe, idk, might just bulk release every month or so... I'll think on that) <<less

Yun was an extraordinarily gifted young man for strength and physical size, but that couldn't save him when the mace struck his helm. When his brother urged him to wake up, things were no longer as they once were. Yun's spirit had moved on, but his body was still strong enough to survive.... more>>

And that is exactly what the spirit of a murdered young man needed. His own heart had given up while restrained, but Yun's heart was strong. Somehow, he moved across worlds, and tunneled through time to end up in that broken body.

When 'Yun' heard a familiar voice beg him to wake up and save his sister, he once again saw red.

This is a WIP, and is still ongoing. It is not a translated work. It is my own, and is currently on blogger up to chapter 4. Any further chapters will be placed here only. <<less

Marcus hates his life.... more>>

Life was hell for him. Living on a cramped, 8 meters square room with only the basic necessities. Subsisting on a cut down, pittance of a disability pension, due to a workplace accident that rendered him paralyzed from the waist down. His company got off scot-free from providing him support due to technicalities. He has no family. His friends abandoned him.

Only way he can escape this nightmare is by somehow getting miraculously healed.

Or die.

"Sleep... for tomorrow will come a new day. You may find yourself living a new life once more."

But, now he wakes up miraculously healed.

And in an place that he's never been. Or even knew ever existed.

Welcome to Ekrios. Mind the monster hordes.

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Now posting in Royal Road under the same username.

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Now undergoing a massive rewrite. Might take a while for me to finish. <<less

It's Opening Day.... more>>

After 20 years of service in the Army, Micheal Irons, Mike to his friends, is now ready to get back to his old life.

He's now once more running the old family business; a roadside pit stop that combines a gas station, a motel, a diner and a convenience store.

The only problem is.... His first customer? He's not from this dimension. Or even human at all.

And with 'His' glowing recommendation, 'Mike's Resting Place' is now open to the Multiverse.

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Now posting in Royal Road under the same username.

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Now undergoing a massive rewrite. Might take a while for me to finish. <<less

One day, MC wake-up without any memory of past, without name, and trying to re-learn ways of the world. But during his happy early life he discovers that this world is just a chessboard for higher powers. So, now to fulfil his dream of living a life with his loved ones, MC must fight against this world's existing social structure and powers. In this fight, MC needs all the help he could get for facing what to come.... more>>

Come join the MC in his struggle for survival, and how he will save everyone he cares about and how he end up as King from a simple farmer’s child in this new world.

If you like character evolution and calm MC with ability to think. Then come and join MC on his life’s journey to pave the way for his dream of a stable and harmonious life in a cruel world ruled by higher powers. <<less

Gray always knew he was special. He was blessed with a pair of heavenly eyes that saw the world like nobody else. He had dominating strength, honed by the savage wilderness of the King's Mountains. He was meant to achieve great things, to surpass his upbringing as an impoverished miner.... more>>

His belief was confirmed one day when a beautiful fairy sister fell from the sky into his lap. She didn't stay long but she left an unforgettable impression. So, he set out into the endless world of cultivation to see her again and win her heart.

He would encounter, along the way, countless treasures including ancient weapons, heavenly gems, rare metals, and sacred medicinal pills. He would meet all kinds of people and develop unbreakable bonds. He would struggle against enemies that challenged him to the physical and spiritual limit. He would even be dragged into an existential war for the human race against their eternal enemy.

And perhaps, he would also find the time to establish his own dominion as the one and only Treasure King!

Book 1 - Lord of the Jade Plains

The Jade Plains, filled with great herds of bison and ferocious packs of wolves, was a dangerous frontier region where two towns fought for supremacy. These two towns, and two families that controlled each, were old foes destined to clash after a long period of fragile peace. The one that emerged victorious would become the undisputed lord, the owner of all the wealth that lied beneath these windswept hills and endless waves of grass. But nobody was prepared for the arrival of an exceptional young man from the mountains taking the first stumbling steps on a path to greatness.

Author's Note:

This novel has gone through major edits. Older versions of chapters have been removed. Returning readers are encouraged to start over from the beginning. I hope you enjoy!

© 2020 Kirbyisgreen, All Rights Reserved.

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Support the novel on patreon and get early access to chapters: https://www.patreon.com/kigreenwriting <<less

Mankind hasn't yet understood gravity and space. When stars are aligned, an eddy in gravity is formed. At the center of it, just for tiny millisecond there comes a condition when quantum channel is formed. This channel teleports anything which lie at the center of it.... more>>

A modern day successful tv-celebrity went to Bermuda triangle with his friends. Whether he was lucky or unlucky but fate created a quantum channel just for millisecond around his body and transported him to a very dangerous world of magic.

Magic on this continent wasn't something pleasant and romantic. Magic here was corrupt.
It wasn't voluntarily but a forced choice for people to use it.

He became professor of magic but without any knowledge of magic. See how protagonist acts as a professor and eventually became real one.

Note: Author is currently studying personal finance course(https://www.quantzaar.com/personal-finance). He might add certain trading or financial concepts.
You can read this story as an educational material also :P :D
- I don't have copyright for image. Let me know, if you are the owner. I will take it down <<less

Arman, teleported to another world similar to earth.
The world is called "Terra".
Arman is always waiting for his golden finger like other traversers.
After one year the golden finger finally appeared.
But Arman did not think that not only did he change, but that the whole world had also evolved.... more>>

If you like the story I wrote, please provide comments and suggestions. so I am excited to add to the next chapter

Sorry if my English is bad, because English is not my native language.

I will be posting this story too on RoyalRoad.com <<less

Daniel hates min-maxing. While other players are trying to speed run the tutorial of Edenquest Online as fast as they can to min-max time wasted in the tutorial, Daniel discovers an error in the tutorial...... more>>

This is a story about a main character who has curveballs thrown at him left and right, and must make on-the-fly decisions under pressure with incomplete information.

Sometimes his decisions are right, sometimes his decisions are wrong... <<less

A boy of 15, Elliot hates having to continue his life as a court jester, following his dad's steps. Mocked his entire life for being... more>> the son of a jester and his nickname "Elly," he wants everything to change.
But when people say these things, they are never REALLY serious, are they?
Well, he got his wish, alright.
Awakening his magic in front of the imperial family and a group of delegates from another country, Elliot sets an ambassador and the palace on fire, turns the crown princess ten years younger, and teleports himself and the princess to the enemy territory.
Now he needs to figure out how not to get killed by the enemy country and the Emperor of his own, while making sure the princess doesn't remember anything.
Fan *bleep* tastic. <<less

A spatial vending machine by the name of SVM shows up at the entrance of dungeons in another world, what will become of the inhabitants?