Arcane machinery built to birth an army creates a singular paragon of violence - a creature of pure instinct is born and steps foot into a world at war.... more>>

Egotistical. Violent. Righteous to a fault.

Bringer of change, destroyer of tyrants.

Awaken, Conquering One, the Wanderer Unchained. <<less

The story has now been moved to Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B098PLR27F... more>>

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Author's Word:

This story is not a comedy. Now, don't get me wrong, my dear reader; it is funny. Hell, it has even been called downright hilarious by a couple of readers that may or may not have been my mother. But in essence, it is not purely comedy, in the same way that it is not purely tragedy. The Crab Fighter is just an intense story. Sometimes you will laugh like a ticklish hyena and sometimes you will cry as if you're reading this on onion paper. Your blood will boil, you will feel sympathy, pity, and passion, and that's all part of the deal. If you're into that, read ahead.

Now, I know what you're thinking. These are rather bold claims. Can I truly support them?

Oh, my dear reader. I most certainly can. Welcome aboard.

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Synopsis:

A man wakes up in an unknown, fantastical world with blue screens, levels, classes, and absolutely no idea of who he is. Did I mention giant crabs? Worst of all, a series of unfortunate circumstances lead to him adopting an... uncomfortable... name.

In his struggle to survive, he will fight his way through crab dens, forests, towns, and sewers. He will befriend barbaric orcs and smug outcasts, sneakily sneak into the enemy's heart of operations, fight against monsters and stand for what is right. Besides, if he just so happens to amusingly and quite epically turn the world on its head while doing so... Eh, it happens.

But all that is only provided he survives his first day in the world of Peras. Will he live and thrive, enjoying an epic lifetime of razor-sharp adventure and manly brotherhood? Or will he be turned into crab food on the very first day of his existence?

And what's a modern-day sailor doing there?!

Join our unfortunately named friend and find out... Adventure's waiting!

~Reject humanity, return to crab~

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Meta-sypnosis:

A high-fantasy LitRPG adventure, focusing a bit more on the 'Lit' and less on the 'RPG' for later chapters. We mainly follow the MC's adventures, but significant emphasis is also given to a small, sometimes rotating cast of other characters. While the story's main genre is definitely an adventure, the theme is dynamic, with different chapters ranging from epic, to wholesome, to hilarious, to dark and action-packed.

Updates are weekly, 06:00 GMT every Sunday. This story is also posted on RoyalRoad.

Please give me feedback, friends, and enjoy! Or, you know... don't. Your call.

Why are you still reading this? I'm running out of words! Just go read the first chapter, goddamnit. <<less

By the orders of the Dynast, Wyrm Lord and the 3rd Army are to conquer the Ravaged Lands, before Iterna can set up another foothold... more>> in these lands. They are opposed by the Resistance, a gathering of various gangs and tribes in the Ravaged Lands, under the leadership of a mysterious person named King. Among the members of the 3rd Army is wolfkin Aranea, a former member of the Ice Fang order. She hopes to rise through the ranks and become a powerful person to avenge the death of her father and the madness of her mother. But while the war is raging, will she be able to stop herself from becoming the same person as the one who destroyed her life? Or will she become another monster? <<less

“They hung him for a traitor, themselves a traitorous crew,
But his soul is marching on.”... more>>

The land of Gemeinplatz is a land filled with fantastical creatures, adventurers looking to slay them, and heroes looking to distinguish themselves from the adventurers. The most common of these heroes are those who come from Earth, who enjoy a most leisurely time with their cheat skills. It’s a perfect world, the utopia of those who wish to become overpowered and get their own power fantasy, where even the most everyman of the everyman can pull themselves by their bootstraps and become a hero.

Yet, underneath this “Gemeinplatzer Dream” is a disgusting truth.

To satisfy the needs of heroes who can’t find function like a normal human being (which most of them can’t), the lucrative Gemeinplatz slave trade crushes the dreams and ruins the lives of hundreds every day. These slaves endlessly labor, in the harems of so-called heroes, at the mansions of the landowning “heroes”, and as rare materials for various magical spells.

In a world that looks down at them as demi-human, where the ruling class has no incentive to end this profitable trade, in which their oppressors are overpowered as all hell, what hope is there for the slaves?

What hope is there, is named John Brown. This time, he’ll finish what he started. <<less

A fortress clad in flames... A girl with green eyes... And the guilt crawling inside him. That was all he could remember when he woke... more>> up, alone in the dark.
The journey will be long until he learns the truth. But only his final decision will truely matter, for nobody can stop the one who once protected the world. <<less

Protag thought he was done with attractive elf hijinks, but that's until an army of dark elves (like 3 women) invade his home.... more>>

Will Protag do the right thing and protect the good light-skinned elves who abducted him from his home and tried to groom him into becoming their breeding bull?

Or will Protag take the evil route and side with the insidious dark-skinned elves offering him cookies and cognitive behavioral therapy?

Find out next time on V.A.F.E. Z! <<less

Jenna Fairchild has a secret she has been keeping since she was a baby. Under her headband, under her grandfather's fedora, under her headphone strap, and under her messy bun, she has been hiding a black crown. No one could understand it, so she had to keep it hidden.... more>>

That is, she had to keep it hidden until she was abducted by aliens, given riches beyond her wildest dreams, a palace to herself on an alien world, and been tasted head-to-foot by an enormous alien octopus. Then she was ready to take her place on the political stage of the universe. Jenna is not a princess, she's a diplomat. Armed with arms that are less plentiful than an octopus's, with fewer suction cups, and only one person who can help her... Sardius, who is only a voice speaking to her through an earpiece, Jenna has to crown seven more diplomats or blue and red blood will spill. <<less

Protag is just an ordinary man who enjoys breathing air and eating bread.... more>>

One day, an ATTRACTIVE, FEMALE (that is a woman) E.L.F™ appears and transports him into her world of sexy female elves.

Tasked with repopulation, what sexy adventures will Protag get into? <<less

Peter O'Brien is an average teenager from the United Kingdom who has definitely seen better days over the years.... more>>

In the spring of 2019, after Peter got bullied at school during the final day before Easter break, he meets someone from another class who saw him crying in the bathroom, going by the name of Luke Parker, ultimately becoming friends. Over time, Peter got more and more nightmares about his new friend, and their friendship was bound to turn upside down.

Fast forward over three years, both decided to participate in a cultural project involving a high school from Ireland, and their days as friends became numbered, with Luke slowly unveiling his true face, attacking Peter both mentally and physically, despite all warnings.

How will their friendship end?

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This is somewhat inspired from my experiences from the last several months, with plenty of modifications while trying to be as close to the source of inspiration as possible. For anyone involved reading this, the novel is not meant to offend you, and the character that may or may not represent you is merely fictitious.

This is my first book, as well as my British and Irish slang experiment, as English isn't my native language, so I apologize if there are any anomalies in writing or grammar. <<less

Orikka craves meaning, but the meaning they create is a complicated one