The story has been taken down for publishing to Kindle Unlimited. If you're interested, you can read them here: https://www.amazon.com/The-Blood-Demons-Retirement/dp/B0BXYJB2MJ/... more>>

Civil War has raged on the Al-Shan Archipelago for the past four decades, only recently coming to an end with the enthronement of the new Emperor.

This is not his story.

The Blood Demon, renowned general of said civil war, is tired of all the fighting and politicking that has described the last four decades of her existence. All she really wanted to do now is to go out into the world and see the many lands from her father's stories.

Thus she retired. And went and did exactly what she wanted.

This is the story of what happens when you toss a (retired) war machine with somewhat lacking common sense into an unsuspecting world at peace.

Chapters will range from 1-2.5k words, scheduled for release every day from Monday to Friday.

First time posting a story on Royal Road here, hoping you folks will enjoy.

Expect:

-slow going slice of life with occassional faster paced action

-world building

-detailed anecdotes on the world, its races, the magic system, and whatnot every now and then

Do not expect:

-romance, other than maybe some passing mentions

-politics, again, barring passing mentions

Any comments, reviews, and criticism will be much appreciated.

And thank you for reading.

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Disclaimer: This story is my original work and only posted on the Royal Road and Scribblehub websites. If you should find this story elsewhere or under another name, please let me know.

Also please don't be too hard on me when I make occasional grammatical mistakes, english is my third language after all. XD

Edit suggestions are very welcome though. <<less

A supposedly random person wakes up in the body of a young boy on Earth Bet, the world of WORM. He doesn't remember anything and ends up having the worst day ever. He triggers his power and has to learn what it is, what it does, and what he's going to do with his life. Follow his adventure in the Grim-Dark world of Worm. Is he's going to prosper or bring everything crashing down? Let's find out!... more>>

Sporadic updates. I only wrote this in my spare time. COMPLETED!

WORM is owned by Wildbow and its respective owners.
Create Your Own Adventure is a genre. If anyone claims to own it, good luck collecting royalties. LOL <<less

Herik Wagner von Harburg had sworn his life to the service of the Crown... Until he was betrayed.... more>>

Framed for a crime he did not commit, robbed of his name, his status, and even his very body, he must now endure constant humiliation in a new, unknown role.

Will he find a way to make things go back to the way they were?

Will she want to?

Author's note: as a general heads up, this story is intended for mature audiences, and will contain instances of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse; whenever a chapter merits a specific content warning, I will put one up. <<less

Ming Quan has been put under a terrible curse, one that will claim his life after seven days of suffering. There is only one way to escape this fate, and that is to be mated to a beast of the Silver Serpent Clan. The cold and aloof Yin Xue is just such a beast and has been under the service of the prestigious Ming family for millennia. If ordered, he will have no choice but to take the young master of the Ming household as his mate.... more>>

But refusing to take advantage of Yin Xue in such a way even for the sake of saving himself, Ming Quan instead prepares to live a leisurely life until his death. However, as Yin Xue takes care of Ming Quan during his final days, will the frost in his heart finally melt? <<less

A profound dark comedy, manifesting on top of a female sexual fantasy with a certain twist. A straightforward approach, which leaves little to the imagination...... more>>

The basis of a good comedy is often and quite surprisingly, hidden in the fact, that the tale must be taken overly seriously.

A comedy based around a man reincarnated into the Lord of the Rings world. It is a dark sarcastic tale, filled with lighthearted moments and dark humor. Spiced up with quite a lot of erotical content, some of which a few might consider of particularly heavy taste. Be warned, because of that reason the story was created with a strictly adult readerbase in mind. That means 18+.

Short description:

A man died, and met with a strange being on the other side. One that offered him an interesting choice. He could ask the being to create his body and talents, anything he wanted about his future life, in a world of his choice. He could ask the strange being to make it all real.

However for every single wish the otherworldly being will choose something for him too.

Something that he will have to accept, and live with, and that choice will have a similar weight as the powers, or abilities he chooses for himself.

Let us follow the wanderings of our nameless hero. Will he fall in the line of the ring bearers, or will he perish in the dire land of Middle-earth. Or perhaps his adventure might turn out in an entirely unexpected way? <<less

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The first hints of spring bring with it the Corruption – an anomaly of strange sightings and missing corpses.... more>>

Shu Haize really isn’t interested, but what was supposed to be a short excursion to locate his only friend has led to something he never signed up for. He wants to escape its grasps – wherever it's confining him – so he’s walking, roaming, heading nowhere in particular but he’s moving, letting loose in the adrenaline of battle.

There’s a cemetery of stars tonight. Shu has never had any affinity to stargazing so when he looks up, he’s hollow and lost in its immensity. Then he’s finding companions, all of them unfamiliar, and one in the form of raven hair and amused amber eyes.

“Hello?” His lips curve. “What a coincidence.” <<less

Once upon a time, in a distant land of lilies, 8 authors spun 8 old tales into new forms.... more>>

In the spires of the spinning wheel, a dragon-slaying saint charges headfirst into battle, seeking a prize no king can grant;
A forest nymph makes a human lord an offer too tempting to refuse, supported from the shadows by an unexpected ally;
Elsewhere, the lady “imprisoned” in the tower walks out the front door again, and a clam repays the woman who saved her life in perhaps the worst way possible.

With more than yuri to twist these once-familiar stories, is a happy ending still within reach?

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“Sappho’s Spinning Wheel” is the result of the second Yuri Garden anthology event, challenging writers to adapt fairytales and folktales. To see the full list of rules applying to the stories in this collection, please read the original event information here: https://forum.novelupdates.com/blogs/event-sapphos-spinning-wheel-a-yuri-garden-collaborative-anthology-event.3927/
Stories will be released once per day until completion at 00:01 GMT.

This collection contains:
1. pynkbites’ pulse-racing adaptation of “St. George and the Dragon”
2. Queenfisher’s thought-provoking retelling of “Thumbelina”
3. Toomanysorrows’ bold reimagining of “Her Mannelig”
4. Moonpearl’s witchy rendition of “Petrosinella”
5. jmassat’s powerful transformation of “John Henry, Steel Driving Man”
6. Maple-Leaf’s comedic edition of “The Clam Wife”
7. uwu_Nabong’s heart-wrenching adaptation of “La Xtabay”
8. thedude3445’s side-splitting parody of “Hansel and Gretel”

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The fairy and glass slipper silhouettes used for the cover were created using clipart from disneyclips.com. <<less

A murderous AI has infected a fantasy world, reprogramming [Dungeon Cores] to build an army of unstoppable killing machines and programming magic to create unnatural mechanics in its continuing efforts to eliminate all organic life. This Story is an unconventional gamelit fantasy story infused with some light sci-fi themes and [System] mechanics.... more>>

This book has been stubbed and can now be found exclusively at Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW25MYZG <<less

Coming off of a fresh defeat at the hands of the Justice League, Vandal Savage tries his hand at community leadership. But a man like... more>> Savage can't stay under the radar for long. The beautiful and formidable Lady Blackhawk is sent to investigate his peculiar commune. And she soon finds herself the object of the immortal's... Savage Desire! <<less

Salem has arrived at Atlas. Ironwood wants everyone arrested and Asher dead. Atlas is falling, how will our heroes get their way out of this one?... more>>

I don't own anything except Asher. <<less

Phil, a poor miner's son, becomes the lover of one of the wealthiest actresses around--a woman he idolizes. A woman he's not sure he can save.... more>>

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Phil is Lydia "Gara" Garant's biggest fan. But reaching a massive starlet from the dingy home of his miner father is an impossibility.

When Phil shucks off his humble beginnings in a heist gone wrong, he not only meets Gara, but ends up as her lover.

In no time, he learns that the seemingly perfect woman with the perfect life is as lonely as they come. Can this good boy fill that void and save this bad girl from herself? Or will the lifestyle of decadence and debauchery drag him under, too? <<less

The City of New Winstam, also known as "The City at the Center of the World" and "The Beating Heart of The Empire," is notoriously known for its unassailable squalor and has been knowj as a collector for many varied diseases.... more>>

Due to the ludicrous mortality rates, doctors of worth are scarce found in the city despite the relatively generous salary. All doctors of worth, except one, a Dr. Bertold Vanderbilt. World renowned for hos courage and intellect Bertold has elected to tame the untamable and subdue the ferocious, he will go to New Winstam, and he will stop at nothing to make his mark on it.

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Hello everyone, this is my first novel and I'm sure there's much to learn, so don't feel pressured on leaving thoughts and criticisms. <<less

Everyone Scattered. Everyone has changed. Asher has finally woken up. With big changes. How will he handle the changes. How will he get his team back. How will he get everyone back together.... more>>

I don't own RWBY or Red vs Blue. It belongs to Rooster Teeth. <<less

Asher's back with a group. Simmons and Grif are with him. Weiss as finally confessed to him. Him and Ruby are not doing to well.... more>> But when new information comes to light how will Asher react to it. <<less

Asher and friends have finally got the Relic of Knowledge to Atlas. A old friend returns and new friends are made. But something mysterious is going on in Atlas. Something that will tear everyone apart. ... more>>

I don't own anything other than Asher. <<less

Asher determined to get everyone back together. He gets ready to go and get his team back and then head to Ruby.

At twenty-four, Mason Chamberlain had it all. When scandal leaves him with a broken heart, not much could make him believe in love again...until the new governess for his eight-year-old sister arrives.... more>>

He's drawn to her. Despite Mason's good lucks and coveted status, he can't break through her chilly facade. She wants nothing to do with a duke's son. It slowly becomes clear to him that she's running from her past.

Her secret puts his family in jeopardy, but is this love worth the risk? <<less

Titama's crew runs illegal clones on the streets of Neo Francisco, grown in vats with only brain stems intact.
But with her boss, Muturangi, wanting... more>> to spread his tentacles of influence and greed, his latest venture takes things a step further.
Over one bloody night, Titama will be forced to fight for her life, and for what she hopes is right. <<less

Cami, a Girl and a Planet. Synopsis
On TI LEPUS, a planet in a galaxy called Markers Star, one of many galaxies and planets that... more>> are part of an Empire ruled by The DARK LORD, thirteen year old CAMI SIS NEP takes a lunch to her mother where she is working. While there, CAMI is surprised to be asked to carry out a simple duty, one which she does not realise is actually a test. After leaving her mother, CAMI worries about what happened and thinks over her life. This leads her to the decision that she will do whatever she needs to do to better herself and resolves to let nothing get in her way.
The surprise test results in CAMI being offered a contract in a salon called the Trigon Club located in LEPUS MAL the capital of TI LEPUS. These salons are a way for young girls to enter houses of people of high status or gaining other contracts. After she turns fourteen CAMI moves to the capital where she works at the club and meets CHEAINE DRESSILER, the wife of RENTAP DRESSILER. CHEAINE takes an option on CAMIS contract and returns the next day with her husband. They accept CAMIS contract and she becomes part of their family.
Life is good for CAMI and it seems that she has obtained the first of her goals, that is bettering herself, but there are other forces at work. Unrest, fostered by professional agitators NIKIE and KIRKRUP DI FRIM, is becoming dangerous. The two work undercover for Councillor LEJA LEVES who is the actual leader of the agitation and is hungry for power. NIKIE, who knows and hates CHEAINE, has another idea, to create and train a group of suicide assassins.
The DARK LORD has sensed all this and returns to Tihab, the administrative center of the empire. With him are some of the LADIES OF THE CIRCLE who are his closest advisors. In a bid to reduce the tension and unrest he sends six of the LADIES as his ambassadors to Ti Lepus. Before they can arrive, the DRESSILERS and LORENA MAKAPET, Rentaps mistress are murdered in an act of terror inspired by NIKIE DI FRIM. CAMI SIS NEP escapes and go’s on the run. She makes her way to NETHER WEST where the underclass, who are workers of the lowest status live. ILARI NE PATOR, one of the leaders of the underclass tries to help CAMI but she is stabbed in an attack. The DARK LORD arrives, heals CAMI using his powers and then returns to his palace on Tihab taking CAMI with him.
While CAMI is convalescing in the palace, the Ambassadors arrive at Ti Lepus to try to negotiate with LEVES. Meetings between the ambassadors and LEJA LEVES, now Chief Minister, are unsuccessful and a deadline is imposed. Before the deadline expires, the DARK LORD arrives and speaks with other leaders of the planet who are opposed to LEJA LEVES. These include TREM DE MARKUS who has organised a group of the planets leaders as they realise that LEVES will also murder them. The DARK LORD also brings CAMI SIS NEP who speaks to all the planets population explaining what happened and revealing who ordered the murders of the DRESSILARS as well as speaking against all their societies’ unfair rules. She is so effective that her speech sparks a revolt against the many problems that plague their society. TREM DE MARKUS and his supporters begin the process of reforming the planets society. The DARK LORD gives them one thousand years to complete the process and hides the planet behind a story that he destroyed it.
CAMI leaves TI LEPUS with the DARK LORD as she realises that if she stays she would become the focus of resentment and a focal point for the forces that will be resisting change to rally against. The DARK LORD sends her, her two sisters and two of her brothers who he has collected along with some others to another planet in another galaxy. There she finishes growing up and finds love. <<less

[Oneshot] ... more>>

A pair of astronauts finds a fresh crater on Mars, but so did a rival agency. The only way to settle their dispute is through a contest. Their arena of choice?

A game of blackjack.

Discord: https://discord.gg/aAuCwJkkrz <<less

On the 16th of October, 2022, the end of the world began not with a whimper, but an overpowering bang.
Who, or what, was behind this attack, there is no way of ever knowing for certain.
What we do know with great precision however, is how it happened.
These are the records that attest to humanity's downfall.... more>>

(Hey reader, I decided to stop writing this story before it really began. Frankly there just doesn't seem to have been much interest, which I understand; it was pretty experimental. It was fun while it lasted.) <<less

Following the events of “Enchantyon: The Cost The Elves Must Bear,”…... more>>

Turmoil infects the Jördlands as Mox Magnusson's party, fleeing into Northern Tesardess, faces pursuit by ruthless vampires and their undead minions. Towering in Vinterlund is the World Tree, Aslauga, a revered Dryad Queen guarding her realm. Yet, a grave illness afflicts her, endangering the Lundi people against the looming threat.
In this dire scenario, two Lundi Jörds, Sylvi Narin and Lord Runolf, embark on critical missions. Sylvi seeks a remedy for Aslauga's sickness, hoping to also heal her familial strife. Meanwhile, Runolf confronts the undead menace and grapples with Aslauga's offer to become her champion, a decision laden with dark consequences.

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This completed story is part of the "Enchantyon, Enter The Arcane" anthology series (Book #6), and a new chapter will be posted every Wednesday at around 7 PM. <<less

Elske wants to achieve the power of a god, but it may come with a different sort of price

When a child is in misery. Is bullied, is tortured, is hurt, is having a hard time, a creature comes to put them out of... more>> their misery.
(This book is extremely short and is a simple break from my other books) <<less