Protective

He did not care if the prayer stole precious seconds from the timer. Between speaking to God and the damnation the system promised at zero, there was no question which came first. “Dear Lord,” he murmured, “Ye who see all hearts and weigh all sins… hear me now as I stand at the threshold of damnation. What I am about to do is cruel and unforgiving. A stain no river may wash from my hands. Yet, if this evil must be borne so that greater horrors may perish, let that burden fall upon me. “I know the gates of Hell stand open before my feet, and should this act be the step that leads me through them… so be it. Let history curse my name—if by my damnation, others are spared. “But Lord…” he continued quietly, “when the trumpets sound in the final days, when the dead rise and judgment cometh upon all souls, I ask only this of You: do not forget that I once wept for what I became. Do not forget that I hated the necessity of my hands. Don't forget that though I walked willingly into darkness, I did so that others may remain in the light. And if mercy exists even for the damned… then let me be counted among those shown pity. “For the sins I commit in Your name, for the evil I embrace in pursuit of a righteous end, and for the soul I surrender this night… I beg Your forgiveness.” He lifted his gaze and fixed Vir Ossium a death stare. “... Amen.” —————————————— Kael was just an ordinary guy—until the night he died. But instead of staying dead, he is thrown into a brutal death game. The rule is simple: Be the last Kamen Rider standing... by any means necessary.

They thought he was dead. Buried. Forgotten. They thought they had crushed him beneath their feet, erased him from existence. But they never knew. He was coming back. And this time—mercy was dead. This time, he was war. There is only one name that makes the world tremble. Only one name that turns power into fear. ROCKY

In a city rotting from the inside out, Kewin just wants to scavenge for beans and survive the night. But when he finds a corpse in his kitchen frantically scrubbing the dishes, his solitary life turns into a survival nightmare. Antang isn't just a zombie; he’s an experimental iteration with a glowing core, a fractured memory, and a lethal, secret purpose. Now, caught between the military's 'clean-up' squad and the hungry abominations lurking in the dark, Kewin must become the keeper for a monster who is slowly turning back into a man. Can they reach the source of the rewrite before the world—and Antang’s humanity—is wiped clean?

Reborn in a frail body, Alaric Vale must master secret martial arts, survive deadly rivals, and rise to ultimate power—where every move decides life, death, and destiny.

On Laurent’s eighteenth birthday, he expects to be awakened to power just like every other person does when infused with their system but his system doesn’t follow the script. Not only was it defective it was also the lowest ranked system making him the weakest. Unfortunately for him, weakness in Elarion was a death sentence. The monsters beyond the borders didn’t care about rankings, and neither did the predators hiding among humans. Cast aside, mocked, and hunted, Laurent soon finds a glitch in his curse: unlike everyone else… he can level up.

Ethan Cole is a broke accountant crushed by inherited debt, a stolen career, and a fiancée who leaves him for a billionaire heir. Framed for embezzlement by his own CEO, publicly beaten by loan sharks, and stripped of his home, Ethan reaches his lowest point and attempts suicide. Instead of dying, he awakens the Infinite Cashback System ... an entity that converts every loss, humiliation, and injury into wealth, skill, or power, the magnitude of the reward matching the depth of the loss. What starts as quiet survival becomes empire-building, as Ethan anonymously buys out the people who destroyed him. As his fortune grows, so does the scale of his enemies: corporate rivals, hidden martial clans, ancient cultivators, and secret rulers who have controlled Earth from the shadows for centuries. Guided by Luna, the System's evolving AI, Ethan discovers his suffering was never random ... his parents' deaths, his humiliations, even the System itself were engineered as part of a cosmic selection process to produce the next Universal Administrator. As Earth is revealed to be a mere "beginner planet" in a vast interstellar hierarchy, Ethan must decide whether to become a tool of that system or dismantle it entirely ... using the very power his losses created to free countless worlds from the cycle of exploitation that shaped him.

Cedric Rivers has always escaped into his sketchbook — drawing deadly worlds, monstrous games, and a darkly beautiful villain named Baran. But when heartbreak drives him to throw his journal into a strange halo-shaped bin behind school, his fantasy doesn’t just vanish — it comes alive. The next morning, a red storm rolls over Alder High, sealing 500 students and teachers inside. The gates slam shut. The classrooms twist into battlegrounds. And a familiar voice welcomes them: “Welcome to the Survival Game.” Every game demands a sacrifice. Every rule is written in his ink. Now Cedric must face the twisted world he created — and the gorgeous, terrifying game master who calls him Creator. To survive, he must play. To win, he must destroy the story he once loved — before it destroys everyone he cares about.

In Detroit’s neon-lit alleys, art doesn’t just exist, it exposes, manipulates, and controls. Jace Arden discovers that his graffiti manifests people’s hidden memories and fears, making him the most dangerous artist alive. When a shadowy corporation, The Lumen Group, seeks to weaponize his gift, Jace must form fragile alliances, navigate the city’s criminal underbelly, and confront truths about himself he never wanted to face. Every mural he paints risks lives, sanity, and the very soul of the city. In a place where secrets bleed from the walls, how far would you go to survive, and would you still be yourself when it’s over?

Born with a forbidden bloodline, he was destined to inherit the Devil's throne—but he rejected Hell to live as an ordinary human. When an ancient war threatens both worlds, the only one who can stop it is the heir everyone fears. To save those he loves, he must become the very monster he has spent his life trying to escape.

[System + Monster evolution + Weak to strong + Catastrophic class Apex progression] I hatched from an egg in a fantasy world with a system screen. I’m not a hero. I’m not even a person anymore. I’m a Helion - the hatchling form of an apex predator, cursed with a hunger that never stops screaming. In this world, if you don’t level up, you’re just meat. And right now? I’m the smallest, most tempting steak in the forest. The System doesn’t care about my morals. It wants me to kill, to evolve, and to climb the weak-to-strong ladder until I’m the one looking down. But every time I sharpen my claws, I feel the human part of me slipping away. Instinct says devour. My conscience says protect. They call me an Alpha - but they’ve never seen a predator who chooses to stand between the monster and the prey. As Helis, the forgotten energy of creation, begins to burn through my veins, the forest is starting to realize I’m not just another beast to be hunted. I’m the one who’s going to change the rules.