Luca DR

The threat: the destruction of all life on Earth.

The agents: a young man with a system, and a military woman in charge of Bureau of Supernatural Affairs.

Albert woke up and saw a Quest waiting for him, written in words hovering in the air. A System. But the System did not come without a reason. And the reason was to give him power to fight a full-scale invasion of planet Earth at the hands of an unknown species, waging war against Humanity. 

One day. One step at a time. First he must become strong through fire and tribulation.

And he's not the only one fighting for humanity. There is another, a woman of pure steel and resolve working against all odds to save humanity.

Follow Albert Grassman, a college student on his way to becoming a mage worthy of his name, thanks to a powerful System and invaluable allies.

Follow Samantha Cromwell, head of the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs in her attempts at containing a planetary threat and shielding the world from the horrors that come with magic, at the price of her own soul.

And hope that they save the world from annihilation.

The world, under the guide of the System, was prospering. The Dungeons gifted untold riches to those brave enough to challenge them, and the System watched and helped those who were willing to complete its Quests.

But not Charles. As soon as he appeared inside a dark cave, the system told him that he was an anomaly, that he was not worthy of its gifts.

His mind was damaged. His AI companion was convinced that he was in a world of sword and magic. All around, schemers and manipulators tried to play their part in a story that was thousands of years old. Spanning entire planes and worlds. And yet, he only saw what he wanted to see. For a while, it worked. Slowly, but inevitably, it became impossible. The threat was too big to ignore, the evidence too strong.

He was just a pawn in a game so large that it was impossible to comprehend.

At its center, the System. The System was not what it seemed. It was a tyrant, or maybe just a tool created by someone or something so powerful that it could control entire worlds.

And it had declared him its enemy.

THE NOVEL IS BEING REWRITTEN AND EDITED FOR A RE-RELEASE

LINK TO THE NEW VERSION: tba

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to kill you. How about I reincarnate you in a fantasy world?”

These were the words uttered by the Keeper to Ishrin who, incidentally, was not a high school kid but rather one of the most powerful beings of his own universe. A ritualist who had climbed the ladder of power until he stood at the top, all with the single objective of gaining god-hood so he could see his wife again. And then, all of a sudden, a god calling himself the Keeper killed him with zero effort... before saying it was a mistake and offering to reincarnate him. Without any of his former power and just a lame compensation. 

Fortunately Ishrin still had memory of all the rituals he used to gain power in the first place. Perhaps he could take a vacation, knowing that his wife was waiting for him at the end of the line.

Not so fast. There were other reasons beyond what the Keeper said, reasons that became apparent in a matter of days. What was supposed to be a vacation quickly turned into a race to survive, to gain power, friends, and information about what was going on and what the Keeper really wanted from him. Enemies too powerful to deal with sprung up left and right, and the all-present Guild of Adventurers turned out to be a totalitarian dystopia that actually hunted heroes and reincarnators.

Plus, the multiverse was much wider than Ishrin ever thought.

What is this story? This story began as a way to just have some fun with a power fantasy but soon, much in my style, it turned into something else entirely. You can clearly see it by the tone shift from the carefree and random tone of the first chapters (in need of a rewrite) into a more serious and mature prose later on. It's a nod to power fantasy and isekai, with a little bit of litRPG in it, and tons of progression that happens organically. All choices and actions have consequences. All villains are tangible threats who are felt and who shape the decisions of the protagonist. The characters are not flat 2d cardboard cutouts, but they have complex personalities and relationship, going from the main character to the supporting cast and beyond. In fact, one might argue that there is no main character but a main cast of them, going on adventures and barely surviving the dangers of the universe together.

I hope you'll enjoy the ride.

A Renegade. Someone with a modified System, and therefore an enemy of the System.

Julian was a Renegade. For years he had known that the system would come, and he was prepared. But something went wrong with his plan, and he found himself in the Tower with a butchered System and barely any information about the Multiverse. He would have to discover his powers, his cheats and his weaknesses as he struggled to survive in this strange new place. But death loomed around every corner, in this vast ruthless Multiverse. Although... death was not going to stop him.

Armed with his intellect, his knowledge from Earth and his quick temper, Julian will have to discover his place in the Multiverse on the path to becoming the strongest. His past will haunt him, with the dreaded discovery of the M-field, the uncertain fate of his family and the System looming above it all. He will make friends, enemies, suffer defeat and endure tremendous losses. All in the name of survival, and carving his own piece of paradise, even if it meant war with the System itself.

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A classic take on the litRPG genre with a few twists. Follow the steps of a former scientist from Earth as he ventures out into the multiverse. There he will find some friends, lots of enemies and a whole lot of unknowns he will have to investigate. Some things will be familiar too, making him think that maybe something was going on well before the System arrived.

Venture through Floors and Towers, Worlds and Realms, dabble in Cultivation and Level Ups, gain Skills and, most importantly, don’t get Vigor-checked!

[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]

Three thousand years ago the world shattered.

The one who was tasked with preventing the end had failed. Forgotten and fated to never wake up again, he slept in his stone tomb for three millennia.

When he opened his eyes again, he had woken up to an age of magic, and of forgotten relics of the past. Of his past.

How could a man of science, of technology capable of bending reality itself, approach a world so vastly different than his own?

The hero woke up in his new body. He was no longer a human, a mage, a hero. He was a mass of nanites, the very same Doomsday weapon he should have destroyed.

An overpowered being made of nanites, forever hungry and starved for more, but with only the desire to return to his family.

[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]

Jacob, an avid Minecraft player in his free time, touched that damn mirror that looked so much like an End portal.

And portalled away he was, because the next thing he knew, blue boxes were everywhere he looked.

He could craft items, he could roam around. He could enjoy life!

With his extensive knowledge of the game, of the mods, of the playstyle... He knew that he would thrive here, in a world so similar to the virtual one where he had spent so many hours of his life.

Warning: the first blue box appears at chapter 24.

David always lived his life, looking at the world through a film of grey. He knew he was dull, he knew he was worthless. And the world was too.

His life ended in an instant, hit by a truck. Then he woke up again, and the System gave him a mission.

Pretty standard isekai, so far.

The only problem was that whenever he died, he respawned. After agony and pain, he would come back reforged. And so he died, again and again.

And when he completed his mission, another one awaited. On and on. 

But his life had meaning now.

The Technocracy was the most extraordinary empire to ever exist in the multiverse. Despite this, its famed legacy stems from just a single man.

An untold number of players, each with their own desires, participated in the game. Some joined in the name of progress and others in search of fame. The rest joined because The Machine asked them to.

This is the tale of the universe, how it was shaped by the advent of an empire from Earth and the stories of the players who built it.

Fenrir was a captain of a spaceship, back in his world. He was happy, he had found a family in his crew, and desired for nothing else beside exploring the wonders of the cosmos. And yet, in the span of a few minutes, his idyllic life ended.

He found himself inside the wreckage of his ship, surrounded by death and desolation.

He was not in his universe anymore, but in a world ruled by magic, where humans struggle, and technology does not exist. He made friends with the elves, even fell in love with one, but something lurked in the shadow of day. Tucked within the safety of the sun, a mad god watched with his ever-present eye. He spied upon his vast lands, and he conspired.

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