Dark Sage

Someone screamed as the dogs outside the hall began to bark just as the young boy was about to speak.Together with the others at the table, he quickly got up, and they all looked out the hall's open door.The boy turned to face his father as several yelps and the dogs' abrupt barking stopped.With his hand on the hilt of the long knife at his waist, the village chief was slowly making his way toward the door.The boy thought Jane, his sister, had screamed, but he had no time to think any further because three Asabya, the terrifying, murderous barbarians of the plains, stormed into the room with a ferocious battle cry at the same time.The boy watched in horror as the tall men, their long, dark hair pulled back by leather thongs around their foreheads, painted black with white around their mouths and dark eyes, swung their swords, and killed everyone in his immediate vicinity.Before the chief could draw his knife, the first person in the room severed his father's head from his body. But they didn't stop there.Everyone was killed, from the tiniest infants in their mothers' arms to the elderly with gray heads who had just given the boy their blessing.The pain and blood as a sword was buried to the hilt in his chest were all he could remember when another person appeared in front of him.

Drison Chaosen paid the price for love but receives curses, humiliation and being buried Alive in a shallow grave, his poverty and resilience ties him into watching his loved ones die with his wife sleeping with another man before his eyes whilst he mourns to be loved back, He gets Imprisoned and tortured by his in laws, but on discovering his true Power… He embraces his Dark side, disguised as a poor man but a Supreme God.

Every 20 years, a peculiar event happens in the world, most people call it "The blood moon". When the sky turns dark and the moon red. They say a beast will come hunt you at night, a beast born from your worst nightmares. Every 20 years, a genocide happens, no one ever being able to understand or stop it. It was during one of those specific nights that Shane lost something precious to him... but for some reason... he can't quite remember.

🏆 ["Golden Medal" in Sci-Fi Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"] 🏆 Zeke, a student in the prestigious school known as Erys, is leading a monotonous life in which he is bullied due to his inability to manipulate Aether. However, upon coincidentally seeing a falling red star, his life drastically changed. He was granted the Paths of Extinction System. What was a first a mean to empower himself quickly turned into something beyond his control.

Lance, a 15 year old boy who lost his mum, the only parent left, and then his job, is devastated and believes his life had come to an end and would only spiral downwards from then on. And it almost does, because he meets his end in a car accident , when he is transported to another world and reincarnated by fate and the forces at work. He is given a new life, a goal and purpose, to hold the torch of a mage, a wizard and fight the dark forces that are risen to destroy Golredot.

In programming, it is known as a bug. In astronomy, it is referred to as dark matter. It is simply an unprecedented occurrence, something that shouldn't exist but does. Maxwell was precisely such an anomaly in his world, a mistake of the Gods. A mistake that had the potential to erase them. And what do you do with a mistake? You erase it. The Gods decide to erase Maxwell, but as an intelligent life form, will he allow it? Let's follow Maxwell on his journey as he fights against the world for what it has done to him and what it intends to do.

In a world once victorious over the Specters, a sudden disappearance thrusts humanity into chaos. As the once-celebrated leader vanishes, leaving fear in his wake, the Specters and Dark Orcs seize control. Amidst the turmoil, Keith, a downtrodden youth, discovers the Immortal Mage System, a legacy from the vanished leader. Bestowed with newfound powers, Keith becomes humanity's last hope, tasked with salvation and the daunting quest to overcome formidable adversaries and reclaim a shattered world. [Immortal Mage System is extracting Curse]. [Curse Extraction completed]. [Congratulations, you are blessed]. .

“In a world torn by Gates… where monsters roam, and strength is everything…" "He was the weakest Hunter alive. " "Forgotten. Powerless. Disposable." "Until the moment death claimed him… and something else awakened." "A system no one can see…" "Quests only he receives…" "Power beyond reason…" "But strength comes at a price." "There are lands cloaked in darkness…" "Gods who watch from beyond…" "And one name they all fear—" "Draco… ruler of the Dark Lands." "This is not the tale of the strongest Hunter…" "Nor of a mortal clinging to survival." "This… is transcendence." "This… is the journey of the Lord Celestial.”

Draven Ashworth, the fifth son of a legendary general, expectations are high, but the testing crystal remains cold under his touch. "No elemental affinity detected," the examiner announces. Cast out as the "hollow prince," discovers his grandfather's dark secret—a pendant that absorbs the memories of the dead. Now every fallen hero's knowledge flows through him. Their sword skills. Their magic. Their final moments. The family disappointment isn't powerless after all. He's something far more dangerous. He is peerless.

In 2068, humans mutated to survive in the post-apocalyptic world. They got extra genes in their DNA, granting them cool abilities like super strength or shooting fire from their hands to battle the cruel monsters dominating the Earth. In New Orleans, a dystopian country, there was a special school to train young talents called Neogen High-School. All kinds of talents and abilities are there, and every Neogen graduate would become part of the New Government, joining the Elite Rangers, a special and highest-ranked force in New Orleans. However, Avery was an exception. He got into Neogen on a scholarship but got treated like an outcast 'cause he didn't have any special talents. He stuck at the bottom of the social ladder. Coming from a rough background, he was always underestimated, and even turned into a walking ashtray for his classmates. One day, he was thrown into a dark abyss by someone he thought was his only friend, and he fell into the bottom pit to meet his death. "Yeah, maybe this is the best path for someone talentless like me. Dying alone in a dark and lonely place like this." [Ding!] [All conditions for activating the 'Underdog System' have been met. Avery Blythe has been chosen as the host system.] [Underdog System will be activated.] [… 99%] [Underdog System activated. Complete all quests and climb the social ladder. Don't let the bullies win. Show that an underdog can beat them all!] "... huh?"