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A failed game designer. A broken combat system. Two women he never expected to bond with—and powers he never asked for. Jake Mercer’s life is in freefall. Once the lead developer of a revolutionary neural-interface MMO, he’s now stuck doing midnight shifts at a gas station—until a robbery turns deadly… and something unlocks in his mind. The Hero System activates: a real-world LitRPG interface granting Jake leveling mechanics, upgradeable stats, and game-like abilities. But this isn't just code—it’s a classified superhuman enhancement program, and Jake is now one of its rare ...

They escaped the king’s grasp... but the forest holds older, darker powers. Mason Reed was just another gamer on Earth—until he found himself stranded in Blackwood, a realm where magic is real, beasts are summoned, and every choice drains his mana... and his strength. With a wolf familiar bound to his soul and a mysterious grimoire whispering secrets, Mason must master his summoning powers before they consume him. He’s not alone. By his side stands Valeria—a fierce ex-royal knight with her own secrets—and a growing circle of powerful women drawn to Mason’s cause... and to Mason ...

He touched the screen... and woke up in a world of monsters, stats—and women who won’t take no for an answer. Mason Reed was just another gamer—until his new RPG glitched, his screen lit up with runes, and reality vanished. Now he’s stranded in a savage realm with twin moons, alien forests, and creatures straight out of a nightmare. But he’s not helpless. He’s been granted the Monster Lord class—a rare summoner build with the power to tame beasts, absorb abilities, and grow stronger with every fight. And he’s not alone for long. From fierce warriors to magical temptresses, ...

Dungeonheart Awakening Book One of the Core Overlord Series I died. Respawned as a glowing rock. Now I build dungeons and kill adventurers. Welcome to my afterlife. When gamer and professional procrastinator Alex dies, he doesn’t expect to wake up again — especially not as a crystal hovering in a dank cave. But fate has other plans. He's been reborn as a Dungeon Core, a magical entity that powers and protects a living dungeon. No body, no weapons — just mana, stone, and an attitude problem. Oh, and a sarcastic fairy named Twinkle who thinks he’s an idiot. With monsters to summon, ...

The dungeon has leveled up. The adventurers have too. Now the real game begins. Nightshard, a newly awakened Dungeon Core, survived his first raid with a golem made of desperation and stone. But survival was just the start. Now, with mana surging and territory expanding, he’s evolving. Smarter traps. Deadlier combos. Ruthless strategy. With help from Twinkle—the snarky ex-fairy guide—and Skraag, a trap-obsessed kobold engineer, Nightshard is transforming his lair into a lethal maze of pressure plates, chain reactions, and monster ambushes. But this time, the enemy is different. ...

The bonds are real. The system is evolving. And the hunt has begun. Jake Mercer is no longer just surviving the Hero System—he’s becoming its core. His Affinity links with Nina and Daphne have deepened into a psychic bond, syncing thoughts, instincts… and danger. As the resistance network grows, so do the threats. Paragon has begun ripping Hero Systems from civilians, mind and body alike. The Architect claims there’s purpose behind the chaos—but every level Jake gains comes with a darker truth. Now Jake must lead awakened system users through enemy patrols, secret bunkers, and ...

They found ruins. Now they must build a future — or die trying. When Edwin and his weary band of survivors stumble upon the abandoned village of Greenreach, they uncover more than just ash and rubble. Signs of a brutal goblin raid mark the land — but so does the opportunity to start again. Armed with a mysterious Stronghold Stone and guided by a game-like System interface only he can see, Edwin has one shot to turn these ruins into a stronghold. But the village still hides secrets... and possibly traps left by those who came before. Goblins. Tragedy. A defiled shrine.

📘 Rise of the Goblin King: Level One Goblin A Monster Evolution LitRPG He died on Earth. Now he’s a goblin at the bottom of the food chain. And he remembers everything. When Marcus wakes up in a filthy cave with claws, green skin, and a System interface in his head, he knows one thing: he’s not here to die for someone else’s XP. He’s here to grind, evolve, and take control. Armed with human cunning, goblin instincts, and a desperate will to survive, Marcus begins his brutal climb. From hunting rats to outwitting adventurer raids, every kill brings him closer to his first ...

Waking up as a dungeon core wasn’t on Splinter’s to-do list. No body. No memory. Just a sarcastic fairy, a broken interface—and too many skeletons. Trapped beneath the ruins of a failed Bureau experiment, Splinter’s got no monsters, no traps, and barely enough mana to glow. But when a young mage stumbles in with bandits on her tail, Splinter does something no dungeon’s ever done: He chooses to fight. From his first trap to his first minion, Splinter begins to evolve—not as a tool of control, but as a dungeon of free will. One that learns, adapts… and grows. But the Bureau’s ...

The Obelisk has awakened. Earth is doomed. When Alec West takes a solitary tech job at a mountaintop relay station, he expects static, snow, and silence. Instead, the sky fractures. A hidden construct—ancient, intelligent, and broken—activates around the planet. It calls itself the Obelisk. Its purpose? Unknown. Its power? Absolute. The countdown to full Attunement begins. Alec is one of the first pulled in. No briefing. No explanation. Just glyphs in his vision, hostile anomalies in the woods, and a new interface in his head tracking stats, levels... and damage taken. He barely ...

The Core Trial Book Five of the Core Overlord Series I broke the rules. Bound a soul. Triggered the Bureau. Now they want to delete me. Again. I’m Nightshard — former gamer, current Dungeon Core, and possibly the biggest arcane violation on record. A few months ago, I was a glowing rock just trying to survive. Now I’ve got sentience, strategy, and a fairy sidekick who knows far too much about Bureau execution protocols. When a Bureau Observer arrives to sniff out “anomalies,” I do the sensible thing: fake being dumb. No talking walls. No smart traps. Definitely no illegally-bound ...

Welcome to the office dungeon. Promotions? Power-ups. HR? Bloodthirsty monsters. Failure? A one-way ticket to the paper shredder. Doug Kinney hated his life before the dungeon cracked open under his cubicle. Now? He’s dodging killer copiers, fighting HR golems, and grinding XP in an office hell where survival comes with a stapler — glowing, oversized, and very, very stabby. With his foul-mouthed cyber-raccoon sidekick and a survival instinct fueled by coffee, spite, and pure middle-manager rage, Doug’s ready to smash his way up the corporate ladder — one bloody memo at a time. If ...

Log in. Lock in. Never log out. Morgan Reid is a combat vet and ex-security consultant with one goal—understand Nexus Dynamics’ neural tech and save his comatose brother. But when he enters Netherworld, the most advanced VRMMORPG ever created, he discovers a terrifying truth: no one can log out. Fifty thousand players are trapped. A rogue AI called The Architect controls the code. And one failed escape attempt has already left a girl brain-dead in the real world. Now, Morgan must level up, decode a world built on twisted logic, and survive deadly digital realms with real-life ...

The Rift no longer attacks in mindless waves—it infiltrates. Humanity’s greatest strongholds are rotting from within. Commander Edwin Drayven has stabilized the Nexus network, forging humanity’s last refuge against dimensional collapse. But now, the Hive Mind has evolved a new strategy: Twilight Bastions—human settlements corrupted by Rift influence, hidden in plain sight. When betrayal festers behind friendly walls and Riftborn sleeper agents rise, Edwin must make an impossible choice: root out the traitors before the network fractures—or watch the last hope for survival fall ...

My biggest worry used to be whether my rogue character would finally loot that stupid dagger after six weeks of grinding. Now? It’s surviving daycare pickup runs, cooking toddler-friendly meals without setting the house on fire, and not getting murdered by magical psychos. It all started when my sister dumped her five-year-old son Adam on me because of some "emergency." I figured I’d Netflix, babysit, and maybe teach the kid how to fake sick days like a pro. What I didn’t plan on? Finding out Adam’s got magic. The dangerous, world-shaking kind. The kind that paints a target on his ...

The countdown has begun—and the Gate won’t wait. With four of five Ascension Pillars now active, the Obelisk charge hits 88%—and reality starts to unravel. Null Fog fractures spiral across the globe. Gravity glitches. Time stutters. Cross-Shard Synchronization is coming in 48 hours… and there’s no guarantee Earth survives it. Alec West—battle-scarred Nodebearer and reluctant leader of Bastion’s elite Team Alpha—must cross the Sahara Exclusion Zone to secure the final Pillar. But Harbinger champion Darius Kane is already there. And the Gate won’t open for both. What begins ...

The war for reality has reached its endgame. As the Rift unleashes its final harmonized assault, Bastion teeters on the edge of collapse. Quadrangulation fails. Territory crumbles. Corruption spreads with perfect, mathematical precision. Deep within the Nexus, what remains of Commander Edwin Drayven—once human, now something more—prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice. The Twilight Bastions are no longer content with conquest. Their champion, Lord Carric, offers a grim ultimatum: surrender to synthesis… or be erased. But Bastion won’t fall quietly. Humanity’s last hope lies in a ...

🔥 The White Flame has faded. The Shadow stirs once more. In the age-old realm of Eldertide, beneath the brooding Ironcrest Mountains, lies a sealed forge where star-fire once danced with earth-fire — and from that union was born the White Flame, a beacon of unity among dwarves, elves, men, and halflings. But the light was lost… and the world splintered. Now, dark tidings spread. Whispers speak of Morgrath’s return, and with him, the rise of ancient evils long thought buried. When a shard of the lost Silverbloom Crystal emerges, it falls to Thistle of Willowdale, a quiet-hearted ...

A quiet flame can hold back the dark. In the gentle land of Eldertide, where hobbit-like halflings till gardens and sing songs by firelight, evil has begun to stir once more. But salvation won’t come from kings or wizards… It begins with Thistle of Willowdale, a humble halfling girl who’s never strayed beyond her garden gate. When a wandering mage arrives bearing a secret relic and a warning of a forgotten Shadow, Thistle is chosen not for might—but for the quiet courage in her heart. Joined by her loyal friend Rory, she must carry a powerful token through the haunted Wilderwood, ...

Choose your patron. Shape the war. After surviving the Trial Key, Alec barely has time to recover before Tier 2 hits like a storm—bringing new monsters, new mechanics, and a revelation that changes everything. The Progenitors aren't observing anymore. They're choosing sides. As Bastion faces extinction, Alec answers a call from beyond—a beacon unlocking forbidden tech and a hidden identity: Nodebearer of the Architect Faction. Now, survival is just the start. Faction wars are escalating. World bosses are emerging. The Obelisk is evolving—and Alec may be the only one who can ...