Dargil

Earth has been cut out of the Manaverse for millenia. Life on Earth is boring but peaceful, nobody suspects there to be such a thing as Mana or Magic in the universe.

But that changes when the underlying Manalevels of Earth start to rise and the different planes of the Greater Whole start to merge once again, introducing new challenges to humanity.

Dave and Max only wanted to have an adventurous travel experience and to escape their boring everyday life for a bit, when suddenly their world turns upside down.

Now they have to fight for their survival. But they don't just have to survive, they have to thrive an grow stronger, for there lie new challenges and responsibilities ahead of them.

Will they be able to adapt quickly enough to their new reality, build a safe haven for humanity on Earth and uncover the secrets that lie in the Greater Whole?

New Chapters Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

A Ghost from Earth finds itself in a new world, and right as it escaped the predator that wanted to capture it. it was eaten by a Honey Badger.

Not wanting to give up its life, the Ghost somehow bonded itself to the Honey Badger and with that action, a shift in Honey Badger's Species Evolution occurred.

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[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon Novembar challenge of 2022]

Well, as the title says, the goal of the story is to evolve the Honey Badgers into the Apex of the Universe. 

I have a few key events that I need to lay out, especially early on, but the goal is to have a story as varied as possible.

By that I mean I plan to try out every scenario and genre that exists in story writing.

How it will turn out, I do not know. However, my hope is that I will have a lot of reader critics for my story to fuel the ideas for the plot.

First Arc - The First Badg'er - Completed - Introduction to my style of writing and some basic impression of Honey Badgers.

Second Arc - The First Ascent - Completed - World-building based Arc with side plot, as I establish some of the Basic Rules of the World in which the Honey Badgers are born.

Third Arc - Tribal Beginnings - Completed - Can't escape the world-building, I am afraid. Although there are more Honey Badgers in this Arc.

Fourth Arc - Stone Age - Alexander's Reincarnation - Completed - Added a LITRPG Tag to the story. My first time doing one. Was both easy and hard.

Fifth Arc - Stone Age - Name still to be decided - Commencing - Hopping to add Horror elements into this Arc. Will see if it happens or not.

PS; Additional tags will be added as the story progresses.

PSS; The Cover was done in 15 minutes, don't expect it to be good or anything.

There are many possible fates that can await those whisked away from our world to another.

Some became heroes or villains, given the right power to forge their own destinies as they wished.

Others, the powerless, became victims, doomed to perish, at the mercy of the cruel world filled with mystical powers they are unprepared for.

A lone man that woke up alone under the alien sky was neither of those.

He didn't get to choose what he was going to become - a disaster, an unwilling source of intelligent, yet violent monsters, rapidly rising in numbers. Stranded in a foreign land, without even knowing the language, forever locked in the unending cycle of violence he neither wished for nor can escape from. His creations may be the only company he would ever find. 

The man wasn’t powerless. But was he really that much better off? 

It just took one wrong power.

What are you?

That was the nature of the question asked by the veil as it slowly consumed Earth. To those millions of withering souls, it was a spark in the void. To those living, it was the blossoming of hell.

There was a single truth though, no matter if the answer had been forged in honesty or lies, not caring if their fate was to lose the gem of their humanity or become mere fuel for other's nightmares...

That fateful day, together with the very few virtuous, Elgan Klein had been one to grasp the key to that riddle.

Follow our protagonist in his adventure as he wakes up confused and disoriented in the remains of the world he used to know, be witness to his evolution for survival, introspection, and self-discovery as he uncovers the mysteries that changed the world and those that inhabit him. 

"There are only two types of people in hell. Those that rot, and those that thrive. Which one are you, ¿̷̛̹̥͐̊̀̌̅̃̇̎̀̚͠͝*̷̧̖̼̏̏̄̔/̸̨̛̛̤̬̙̹̩̤̣̪̙̘̼͖̉͊́̈́̇̿́͋́͑̒̇͂͛̋̃͠ͅ!̵͔͍̓́̽̈́̅͠?̵̦̮̹̥͔͇̓͒̄̄̏͗̾̐̑̓͆̎̚̕͝͝  ?"

Under the power of an ancient artifact, the fate of young Kirra appeared to be engraved in the stone of worst misery. 

(Blurb)

When Ardan, a teenage elf boy, is thrown into the world- his world, of distrust and tension, he wants only one thing. To live a normal life, get a job, make friends, even start a family. But either dumb luck or fate won't leave him alone. With the power of a game system and magic, he's determined to find out the reason he was picked, and what makes him special. Along the way, hopefully meeting new friends and learning some magic here and there.

(Synopsis)

Domhain - a world split between five nations and five unique magical gifts; home of elves, dwarves, goblins, trolls, and humans, each of them so different but in reality more alike than anyone would like to acknowledge.

Twenty years ago, the humans, weakest of the five, secretly acquired powerful magic and set out for war. The united forces of the other nations stood no chance. Humanity prevailed, proving itself as the new leader of the modern world.

Now, Domhain is at peace but tensions are rising again. The humans want more than their territory back. They want it all. And they want revenge. But this time, the elves hide a dark power, and will stop at nothing to wipe the humans off Domhain forever. 

War is inevitable. Thousands will die.

And the power to stop it all falls into the hands of none other than a particularly tall fifteen-year-old elf orphan.

Ever since he could remember, Ardan lived a normal, sheltered, life in an elven orphanage. On the day he's finally able to leave for good and start his independent life, something strange occurs. He is given a pill, a gift, that turns his life into a game with levels, quests, dungeons, and a... talking weapon? All of which are capable of transforming his body and the world around him. 

As if that weren’t enough, Ardan learns the orphanage has hidden natural magic from him, and the whole world is intertwined with it. More importantly, he, as an elf, has a particularly unique and powerful heritage. That heritage, along with the benefits of his new power makes him a target for the greed of many...

With nothing but his friends and a incredibly smart sister, he is determined to find out what makes him so special.

Who can he trust?

New Chapter Schedule: M/W/F - 3x Week

(Relaxed Pace)

Book One: The First Hybrid

Credits:

- Joshua Yee

- Archie Chee

- Jay Grundy (Cover)

- And to the rest of my beta readers!

The world is in ruins. 

Extreme sub-zero temperatures suffocate the surface, making even simple survival an ordeal. Frozen derelicts of bygone eras span across massive ice wastes. And the survivors closely guard any technology rediscovered within.

The only escape from the deadly climate is beneath the surface. But it’s another disaster underground. Monstrous machines lurk in the depths. Unhinged demigods war against them, dying over and over, treating it all like a game. The land itself shifts over time, more contraption than rock. And an ominous prophecy states that the key to everything waits on four heroes - but nobody knows who or where they are.

When an expedition into the far uncharted north goes terribly wrong, Keith Winterscar and his father get trapped together in a desperate fight for survival. Stumbling upon an ancient war of titanic scale; the two will need to set their differences aside while they struggle against Gods, legends, and the grand secrets of the realm that lies below.

Updating Monday and Thursdays.

Discord can be found here (This is a shared discord server with other books.)
WARNING: This series is ridiculously filled with spoilers, every book has multiple reveals. Discord was made for up-to-date readers since there's no way to really police spoilers.
Don't join until you're current!!

In a world where rank, blood-ties and religion are intertwined; Silika Everest lived an idyllic life as the third child of the Marquess of Oblon, spending her time causing trouble for the estate servants and playing with her siblings to her heart's content.

Until a fateful day when a game of hide and seek turned into tragedy. When she woke up, her life had turned on its head, everything she had now slipping away from her.

That day her quiet life began— an unforgiving life where all odds are stacked against her.

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Hi there! This is my first webnovel story! I hope you will enjoy it and help me make it better!

I try to keep my chapter lenghts between 1,500-2,500 words

The story will follow Silika, the young daughter of an aristocratic count who becomes handicapped and must adapt to a world not designed for people in her situation. She will have to struggle through her disability, religion, family, abuse, trauma and politics. The world will not be kind to her, but she will find her place.

The tone is a bit darker at times in this story, but not in 'edgy' or 'grimdark' ways. They reflect the main character's struggles. There will be happy times, funny times, but also sad times and painful time. The main character will grow and learn in what I hope will be a very interesting experience for you all to read!

Zorian is a teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, attending his third year of education at Cyoria's magical academy. He is a driven and irritable young man, consumed by a desire to ensure his own future and free himself of the influence of his family, whom he resents for favoring his brothers over him. Consequently, he has no time for pointless distractions or paying attention to other people's problems. As it happens, time is something he is about to get plenty of. On the eve of the Cyoria's annual summer festival, he is killed and brought back to the beginning of the month, just before he was about to take a train to Cyoria. Suddenly trapped in a time loop with no clear end or exit, Zorian will have to look both within and without to unravel the mystery before him. And he does have to unravel it, for the time loop hadn't been made for his sake and dangers lurk everywhere... Repetition is the mother of learning, but Zorian will have to first make sure he survives to try again - in a world of magic, even a time traveler isn't safe from those who wish him ill.

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Mother of Learning is now available for sale on Amazon. The story will remain available in full here on Royal Road and on Fictionpress, but if you're more interested to read the story as a Kindle Edition e-book you now have a way to do that.

The audiobook for the first, second and third arc is available for on this link here. The physical edition is available through a Kickstarter campaign, which can be found here.

I will keep you all updated on that as things develop.

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If anyone is interested, I have a story-related worldbuilding site that can be found here. I don't update it as often as I should, but there is a fair amount of content there already. It also contains a page with all the fanart, fan translations, audio books and the like - you can reach it directly by clicking this link.

I have a patreon account for those kind people that want to give me money. It also contains info for those who want to donate via paypal.

The story was originally posted on fictionpress, back in 2011. When I reached chapter 91, I started uploading the story to RoyalRoad, one chapter per day. The Fictionpress version of the story can be reached by clicking on this link if somebody is interested, though at this point there is nothing there that isn't also on RoyalRoad.