Mind-bending

Gabriel, a guard in a commercial city, makes the mistake of letting a stranger into his country. He unknowingly caused that place to be attacked by invaders from another country. Seeing how in a matter of minutes invaders arrive and attack the city. He decides to flee with hundreds of people and leaves his family behind, however he is caught by some adventurers who belong to the invaders and is used by them as a slave to explore the dungeons that they consider very dangerous. However they are lucky and he manages to find the entrance to a place protected by a stone giant. He gives him a sword so that Gabriel leaves and does not bother in that place. However, due to the power that the young man is acquiring in all the missions with the sword, he begins to become a little colder and loses the heroism that he should have developed, because he begins to remember that all the people of his city perished by the invasion. His mind begins to cloud, but the world does not need a villain, it needs a hero at that moment.

30 Year old Bastian Smith died and reincarnated into a different body, in a world different from Earth. He was now in the body of a 12 year old noble boy named Sebastian Tirius. Sebastians body however a a golden coiling dragon tattoo. When Bastian touched it for the first time he heard a voice "To the owner of the titan's Mark be warned. You have great power but possess a mighty curse. Behold, anyone who bears this mark is a child of, I, the great Ambevilius, emperor of all that is under the nine heavens. The first of you to slay or subdue 1000 mark bearers shall become a successor of mine. Now go forth. And bring chaos in my name!" At this moment, memories belonging to Sebastian flooded Bastian's mind, fusing with his soul. This was the Sovereign Continent! A place where only the strong are just! Bastian began his long and arduous journey, to a learn his right... To sit on the Titan's Throne!

In this gripping tale, we delve into the life of Mark, a university deliveryman whose life suddenly changes forever. When he accidentally uncovers the affair of his beautiful girlfriend, Lisa, with the wealthy quarterback, Jake, he plunges into a pit of anger and despair. However, fate plays its peculiar game. When Mark faints due to the incident, he hears a mysterious voice in his mind - a system offering him one million dollars if he can spend it within three days. With unwavering determination and resolve, Mark embarks on an extraordinary journey towards sudden wealth. However, the money is not the end of his story but the beginning of a greater quest. "The System's Game" is a tale that intertwines power, intrigue, and second chances in life. While Mark spends millions of dollars, he also discovers his true self and a way to mend his past. Love, betrayal, and the enigmatic power of the system will lead him to difficult choices and a profound conclusion in his quest for redemption.

In the quiet city of Whitelock , New Zealand, secrets lurked beneath streetlights and silence. The government had one strict rule no mutants. Anyone caught with powers was executed on sight. No questions. No trials. Just blood and law. Behind the polished smile of Mayor Clark, fear ruled. His only son, Alan Clark, lived a life wrapped in privilege fancy cars, spotless uniforms, admiration from nearly every girl at school. Yet beneath all that, he felt... incomplete. Like something in him waited to awaken. It all started the night of the President's son's party. The lawns of the Danny estate glittered with golden lights. Music thundered. Laughter spilled into the air. Teens danced like they had no past no future. Just now. Alan stood alone at the edge of the pool, a red solo cup in hand, untouched. His jaw clenched each time Danny passed by with his arrogant smirk. Memories from the Freshers' Night burned in his mind shame, humiliation, rage. He should've never come here. Then it happened.

Delaney Huang is about to embark on her greatest journey yet. Her mother has died and her uncle can no longer take care of her anymore, forcing her to leave and find her own path in life after seventeen years of depending on others. But her new life is more than she asked for… Thrown into the kingdom of the Faeries, Delaney learns that her missing father was once a friend to the king of these magical lands. Keeping his promise to his friend, Lucian Xanthias, keeps Delaney in his lands and away from the Half Blood hunters. But his heart is not all too pure when accepting Delaney into his court. Breaking Delaney’s lost father’s promise, Lucian places her in a match of death to prove to him and his court that she has what it takes to join the Crown. Will Delaney be able to conquer all the mind twists, betrayals, forbidden romances, walking nightmares, and trials set before her? Or will she crumble in the hands of a forgotten promise?

Desmond is just another broke nursing student, trying to balance survival with his hidden passion—programming. Out of sleepless nights and a mind restless with possibility, he builds something extraordinary: a program he calls The Algorithm. At first, it’s a harmless tool, predicting the outcomes of football matches with eerie precision. But soon, it begins to do more. The Algorithm starts reaching beyond sports, predicting reality itself—betrayals, crimes, murders—before they happen. What seemed like Desmond’s way out of poverty quickly becomes a curse. His friendships fracture, loyalties twist, and the wrong people begin to take notice. A mysterious figure known only as The Arbiter circles closer, determined to control the program at all costs. As danger closes in, Desmond is forced into a relentless struggle: should he profit from the knowledge, destroy the creation that defines him, or fight to protect it from those who would use it for darker purposes? But one question haunts him most—if the future can be predicted, can it ever be changed?

Scot has been struggling in his marriage to Tarius' daughter, Jane. His wife and in-laws has made him feel small and unworthy, constantly belittling him. In a moment of desperation, Scot takes a job from his close friend, but after a week of serving as a cleaner at the company, he discovers that his wife has been cheating on him with his friend. Scot is outraged and feel betrayed by everyone around him. He has no support, and instead, they insult him for remaining faithful to his wife and trusting her. But little did Scot know his new-found fortune would come with a dark twist. As he basked in the riches that now surrounded him, a question lingered in the back of his mind: At what cost did this fortune come? What price would he have to pay for his new life? Could he really trust those who had wronged him, even as they pleaded for forgiveness? And could he truly be happy, knowing what he had learned about his wife and his friend?

Dean is desperately searching for the women she loves who disappeared three years ago without saying a word and that leave him completely nothing. He has a power, popularity and money that anything can buy yet at the end of the day he felt lonely. He thought that having a short break or cool off with her will clear his mind and put thing of what is important. Now he knows already what is important and must pay a price. He is paying every pain, sadness and agony until he can't stand it anymore. The worst thing is even if you can't stand the feelings, you still have to go through it all. Every year of the month as the days pass and every minute of hours as seconds beat on the clock. Then Rhianne suddenly walked into his life again when he least expecting it. Now Dean swore on his tenth generation that he will do everything to make her stay. Can he really make her stay?

Fred is a young man trying to survive the crushing weight of poverty and debt. His world is harsh: a slum where the strong exploit the weak, and his only purpose is to protect his sick mother and fragile little sister from a cruel mafia leader who runs a dark brothel empire. A job at a prestigious research lab seems like a miracle, until it becomes something more. On a quiet night shift, Fred stumbles into a sealed-off project and accidentally triggers the activation of the Primordial Evolution System, an experimental fusion of AI, ancient magic, and quantum bio-enhancement. The result? Fred’s body, mind, and soul are rewritten. Strengthened beyond belief. Granted abilities that defy science. Gifted a leveling system no one understands, even the scientist who built it. But with great power comes chaos. Secret factions awaken. A hidden war is brewing. And Fred’s presence sets off a chain reaction that will reshape the city—and the world. This is not just Fred’s story. It’s the story of how a powerless janitor becomes a myth.

O Bored Prowler of the white pages stained in dark ink. Do ye tire and lose interest in the scrolls of endless writers that tell the dry tales of Systems? Of modern men who traverse through time and space to arrive in fantastical worlds where they achieve naught but baseless journeys? Of tasteless worlds with no intrigue, failing to grasp thy mind? If that be the case, hearken unto me, O Prowler! Let me appeal to thy desire for adventure and darkness, bringing thee into the world of LEASTRIA, where ye shall follow the story of foul men born from distorted shadow! Where selfish Stars toy with fate from their Odd Demesnes! Where the Enlightened, the Sorcerers, the Cradlers and the Genuine Accursed roam and rend the Sheltered Lands with their obscene lust and greed! Where ye shall follow the story of the Cursed Child as he seeks ‘The Bringing’ and rises from meagrehood to significance under thy eyes. Hearken unto my voice and begin this tale, if ye fear not to prowl in Mythology. Do ye dare, O Prowler, to be lost in true Fantasy? ---------------- I will be posting this story on Royal Road under the name Shade Arjuun