Brave

The god is dead, but its memory is hungry. Three thousand years ago, the god Tharos fell. Today, his fossilized remains—the Lorn Expanse—serve as the lifeblood of an empire. In the shadow of the Ribs of Lorn, the Empire of the Spine mines god-bone and harvests aetherich to power a civilization of brass and gears. But for those who toil in the dust, the cost of progress is madness. Kael is a survivor of the bone mines, forever changed by a catastrophic collapse in Chamber 19. While others died from the weight of divine essence, Kael woke with the "hum" in his blood. He now hears the frequencies of the dead god and tastes memories trapped in the dust—a gift that feels more like a slow-acting poison. He wants only to survive the grueling life of a scavenger, hiding the resonance that marks him as different. Everything changes when he encounters Ilara, a woman whose voice carries a power that shouldn't exist. She is a Vessel, capable of singing raw god-bone into life, and she is being hunted by the Empire’s mechanical enforcers. The Empire has spent centuries trying to stabilize divine energy, but Kael and Ilara represent something they cannot control: a living connection to a waking god. As the "Thrice-Born" prophecy stirs and the ground beneath the salt flats vibrates with a terrifying new rhythm, the two must flee toward the heart of the god’s corpse. In a world where technology is fueled by the sacred and bone-tech determines the hierarchy of man, Kael and Ilara must decide if they are the harbingers of a new era or the final echoes of a dying god's scream. https://www.royalroad.com/profile/869094/fictions

Ethan Bennett was the perfect son-in-law—humble, quiet, and willing to endure every humiliation from his wife, Sophia Steele, and her arrogant family. They mocked him, treated him like dirt, and tossed him aside without a second thought. But they never knew the truth. Ethan is no ordinary man. He is the hidden heir to the world’s most powerful conglomerate. And now, after Sophia’s cold betrayal, he’s done playing the fool. When Ethan walks away from the Steele family, he disappears into the shadows—only to return as their worst nightmare. With wealth, power, and ruthless determination, he will dismantle everything they hold dear, piece by piece. The once-mighty Steeles will crumble, and when they finally realize who Ethan truly is, it will be far too late. They called him a nobody. Now, he’s the one pulling the strings. And this time, he won’t be silent.

After his rebirth into a magical world of cultivation, Lin Feng acquired a fragment of the divine dragon treasure and developed the dragon body, preparing to embark on the path of Immortality. When the demonic gods awaken to wreck havoc on the world, he decided to use this opportunity to acquire the remaining fragments of the dragon treasure located in the hands the Immortal sects and defeat the dark gods for good.

In a world thriving on freedom and technology, the first full-dive VR game was launched and within a month over half of the world's population is immersed in it's boundless digital realm. Among them is Henry Williams, an ordinary highschool student with a frial body and a life plagued by bullies in the real world. But in the virtual world Henry was a legend know for breaking records, defying limits, and earning global fame. Henry find's in the game what real life never gave him: Power, purpose and happiness. On a single day everything twisted while he was fleeing away from his real world tormentors, he was hitten by a truck but his life didn't end there. Instead, Henry awakens inside the very game he once dominated, but not as a hero he was. Now he's the lowest of the low: an FF- rank golbin, despised, disposable and destined to die. Then comes a sound that sparks hope. *Ding!* [The Endless Evolution System has been activated] Armed with a mysterious system that promised growth beyond limits, Henry embarks on a new journey. if he can fight, envolve and survive, he may uncover the reason for his reincarnation and the dark truth behinds the game that's becomes his new reality.

The world didn't end with a nuclear explosion or an alien attack, but with the "Great Silence." Blind monsters called The Sleepers emerged from the bowels of the earth, slaughtering anything that made a sound louder than a breath. Raka, a paranoid night-shift barista, is trapped in his cafe as a massacre unfolds. On the verge of death, a blue hologram appears on his retina. It's not a guardian angel, but the [Doomsday Streaming System]. This system has the personality of a "Toxic Netizen" who craves drama and is sarcastic, and uses Raka as an Avatar for the entertainment of an entity from another dimension. To survive, Raka discovers that caffeine is his power source. The stronger the coffee he drinks, the faster his heart beats, and the slower time passes in his eyes (Bullet Time). Raka becomes the fastest man on earth, but at a fatal risk: if his heart rate reaches 450 beats per minute, his heart will explode. Accompanied by Baginda (the fierce Mutant Swan and System's golden boy), Luna (the mute archer), and Dr. Vanya (the mad surgeon), Raka must run through this silent hell. He fights not only to survive, but to satisfy the "Audience" in exchange for points to upgrade his dying heart. This is a story about a man running against time, fighting monsters, and arguing with a supernatural admin in his head, towards a bitter but relieving finish line.

Lin Jiang, a young man stripped of talent after the inner pathways of his body were shattered by the blast of a nearby battle. From that day forward, scorn and humiliation became the only road left to him. His life was steeped in suffering—cast out by his family, branded as worthless, treated as nothing more than refuse. Endless torment defined his existence. But one fateful day, Lin Jiang fell into the abyss of death. That descent marked the beginning of a new life. Within the depths of that deadly chasm, what awaited him? The Sword of the Dark Emperor—an artifact of shadow and ruin. Yet for a mortal child, it was also the first step toward the path of light.

In a world where humanity teeters on the edge of extinction, survival is no longer guaranteed—it is earned. Jake never asked to be reborn. Thrust into a vast, war-torn world where alien races, demonic beasts, and dungeon-born horrors dominate most of the land, he quickly learns one brutal truth: power is everything. Those who awaken rise above the rest as elite mech pilots and super soldiers. Those who don’t are left behind… or forgotten. Born into the lowest-ranked Region F—a place mocked as the “Region of Bad Luck”—Jake stands at the very bottom of a merciless hierarchy. Orphaned by a Kaiju attack and surviving on borrowed time, his future hangs on a single moment: the Awakening. With no talent, no backing, and no guarantee of survival, Jake must defy the odds in a system rigged against him..

In a fantasy-driven world, Zagorzaly Frostpyre is a ruthless villain who has killed thousands of humans and other races for pleasure. He has no remorse for his actions and continues to commit heinous crimes with zero regard for human life. His actions finally catch up to him when he is forced to confront his past deeds by the ultimate power in the universe, Luca, who sentences him to live a life of perpetual pain and suffering unless he reforms his ways. Zagorzaly must now embark on a journey of redemption, where he meets new people and experiences things he never thought possible before.

Alexis Kingston. A former soldier who became a commoner. Alexis has to accept the fact that he is the lifeline of his adoptive mother, but at the same time his fiancé has to leave him, because Alexis is considered poor! Frustrated, Alexis tries to vent his helplessness by being alone, until he falls at the bottom of a hill and gets injured. However, this is where it all began. Alexis is rescued by a man, named Andre who then takes his back to his past. The beginning of Alexis' distrust is shattered when he reunites with his first love, named Lea, who tells him everything. Who exactly is Alexis with his past? How did he finally conquer the world, and take revenge on those who brought his down?

Despite being the most feared and respected figure among the world's War Gods, Calvin Reed's life is far from fulfilled. He still hasn't found the woman who once saved his life. In his quest to find her, Calvin uncovers a grand conspiracy that intertwines with his own existence. As the King of the War Gods, Calvin embarks on a mission to unravel each layer of the deeply hidden conspiracy.