Sacred Games

Allsium takes virtual reality to the ultimate level. It is not a social network, nor a massively multiplayer online video game, but an experience as real as life itself. In Allsium pain and pleasure feels as if it were real, so leaving the safety of virtual Earth is a price few are willing to pay. Those who do so will travel to the so-called illegal worlds, dangerous planets that pay homage to the golden age of video games and cinema, where they can obtain unimaginable powers: abilities that exceed human limits and magics that can be developed by choosing a path. However, the bravest adventurers must be very careful, as losing their lives in Allsium will make it impossible to access again, so they will no longer benefit from the system in a real world that is still recovering from the disasters of World War III. Gunner has formed a virtual group together with Greek, Dagon and Zen. After long and painstaking preparation, they decide to travel to the outlaw worlds of Allsium in search of the power offered by the trails. These can lead them to master incredible abilities and, incidentally, to take revenge on a society that has turned them into outcasts. But this will only be possible if they manage to take advantage of the Allsionist plan: the creation of a breach in the system that connects virtuality with reality. Evolution takes the final step. Welcome to Allsium.

Three children. One fire. A lifetime of scars. Jay and Chase Hamilton grew up side by side, brothers bound by laughter and games in the courtyard of their crumbling apartment complex. Anna Rivera, their neighbor, was the sparrow who trailed them everywhere — small, stubborn, determined never to be left behind. But one careless spark changed everything. The fire tore through their home, leaving ash and silence in its wake. Their mother never returned, and with her absence came unspoken blame. Chase carried the weight of believing she died for him. Jay took the guilt of failing to protect them both. Anna disappeared under whispers and shadows, her name cursed by neighbors who swore the fire had been her fault. Twenty-five years later, the past is still burning. Chase is now CEO of the family’s printing press, driven, distant, and ruthless. Jay is a photographer abroad, still chasing moments he can never hold onto. And Anna — under another name, rebuilt and unrecognizable — has risen quietly, her fate intertwined with theirs once more. But ash does not stay buried forever. When the truth resurfaces, it will test the fragile bonds of family, loyalty, and forgiveness. Ashes of Yesterday is a sweeping story of childhood lost, of wounds carried into adulthood, and of whether broken lives can ever be pieced back together when the fire never really died.

The dying star pulsed, it’s heart on the verge of collapse. Twelve figures, cloaked in unimaginable power, stood amidst its final throes. On one side, six beings (the angels) blazed with light so intense, it dwarfed the star's dying brilliance. Across from them, five figures (the demons)exuded a chilling darkness, a black hole's silent hunger, their very presence accelerating the star's demise. And in the center of this cosmic ballet of light and shadow, stood Reaper. He seemed to absorb the dying star's essence, his form cloaked in a darkness deeper than any of the others, a living embodiment of the star's final, terrible scream. But then, the things discussed were by no means simple, the fate of the world was resting on their soundless star toppling discussion. The intensity of the conversation loomed above the star like an omen of death, accelerating it's death even further. Suddenly, the figure in the middle broke the sacred rule, yelling in a language that speaks for all, his voice was like the rushing of a mighty wind. I Reaper, will dethrone and destroy that God, make him pay for neglecting us all and if you don't join me, you will all suffer the same fate. The faces of the angels and demons -a vortex of light and darkness- went grim as they moved to strike down the tyrannical being. But before they could, Reaper, the demon of death and chaos was gone. Our story...begins here.

They have awaken an unstoppable force from the depths of the earth. A legend awakens. Before him lies the Garden of Life, vibrant and untouched by the chaotic desolation of his presence. The earth trembles, as if the very foundations of it existence sense : The Unrivalled One** ** The Counteract: A Man Unrivalled** This Novel, evolve around the enigmatic tale of Reed Redford, a sole survivor of the massacre Redford family. Left for dead, he was rescued by the patriarchs of the Harrison family and was secretly taken in. But fate had other plans - Reed vanished without a trace, only to reappear six years later. His return was sparked by a sinister force targeting his benefactor and a driving purpose to uncover his family extermination. Enraged and hell-bent on justice, Reed with a new profound strength shielded the Harrison family and swore a sacred oath before the ancestral grave of his parents: that was to avenge their brutal murders and restore his family's honor to it's former glory. Thus began his quests for justice and vengeance. Reed's strength, intellect, and heart were pushed beyond the limits as he navigated treacherous conspiracy and battles formidable foes. His love life also became a delicate balancing act, threatened by the very dangers he sought to overcome. To know what happen next, stay tuned. You're about to get yourself thrilled.

The story revolves around three fearless men. Alpha Luca Castillo, Lord Romeo Martakis and Lord Valentine Morris. They are considered the three most powerful men in the supernatural world. Rumours have it that they are in a secret mafia cult. The lives of the trio suddenly take an odd dimension when a mastermind is playing games with them. A confidential group is trying to take over their realms and make them parallel earth. Nobody seems to know who the group were or what their next move would be but one thing is very sure, they mean business and are bound to unleash hell on the trio. First, Lord Romeo wakes up in a strange room with no memory of what happened to his days after his friends had been searching for him everywhere. He knew most things were wrong and before he could alert anyone, Lord Valentine went missing too and he came back to meet his laptops hacked. Their worlds are rocked by a series of unfortunate events that test them and also the bond they share. These men weren't ready for what was coming and the masterminds seemed to be beating them at the game for the first time in forever, they doubt their powers, their sanity is questioned and their loyalty is tested. Amidst trying to survive death traps and staying alive to defend their legacies, these men found love in the weirdest and most difficult place. and now, they have to fight for both love and their lives.

In Sanctum, luck isn't random; it’s engineered. The elite pay for probability enhancers, while the poor rot in the "Zero District," slaves to statistical irrelevance. Joseph Vance is a "Null." A data-analyst who crunches numbers for the underworld but refuses to gamble. He believes in cold, hard math, not the rigged games of the House. But when his sister, Elara, is seized by the "Debt Collectors" for "organ collateral" on their father's unpaid loans, Joseph is forced into the glitzy, neon-soaked arenas he despises. Out of options, he challenges a Sector Boss to a game of high-stakes probability. He loses. Badly. Beaten and thrown into the city's disposal chutes, Joseph lands in a graveyard of discarded tech. Broken and dying, his blood mixes with a prototype military chip rumored to be a myth: The Chaos Engine. [System Booting... Neural Interface Linked.] [Protocol: Entropy Exchange Active.] Joseph doesn’t get magic. He gets a processor capable of hacking the probability of the physical world—but the fuel source is his own biological decay. He can force a lock to open, a bullet to miss, or a card to turn, but every manipulation accelerates his cellular aging. To save his sister, Joseph must bankrupt the House. But in a game where he trades his youth for luck, the question isn’t if he’ll win—it’s if he’ll die of old age before he can cash out.

There was Xerxes II, a God-king, 7"2 tall, melanin skinned, with an aura and composure of a god. Who believes he could subdue the whole world with his one million army and make every king cower like a cornered animal before him. Including the great king of Agranah, Wealene. There was Wealene, who had the Western world under his whip, and loyalties of several notable allies whom he disposes off like you do garbage. But he often defies the gods and would stop at nothing in pleasing his only daughter, Malisa who was in love with a common Ostler, Kie. There was Kie, an indifferent and proud Ostler whose only reason of living was his sick mother. He hates the gods and ridicules all their works. But his solitary life was plunged into frenzy when the high-bid princess of his land fell in love with him, but he fell for her personal maid, Samantha. And the gods? They have a game, Mahjong, and would force Xerxes, Wealene and Kie to be their opponents. Their intentions were not far-fetched, make a son of Kie, the littlest of the three, with whom they would destroy the three men; Amyclodicle, the young Warlock. But Amyclodicle would not stop at annihilating the three, he would be a terror to the gods too. For he falls in love with A sex slave passed for sport amongst the gods, who lives on earth in disguise of an Alan; their message bearer. A tale of War, Love and Games (fate)!!!

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

We all were born into this world without our knowledge. We weren't given the chance to choose our origin: race, tribes, or even the family where we came from. Then what crime have we committed for being who we are today? Alator was a boy without an origin, name, family, or place in the world. He was left to survive in the wastelands. A land once raided by demonic beasts one thousand years ago. Now ruled by the powerful noble houses. In the wastelands, power is everything and being weak means death.The soil is soaked with blood, the roads is littered with bones, and only the strong take anything for themselves. Every day is a fight to survive, every choice is a gamble against life and death. But Alator has a single goal, to awaken his soul essence, rise above his insignificance, and to finally take control over his own life. As he struggles to rise, he faces mysterious forces far beyond mortals, one that wishes to erase his existence, because of his sacred origin. In the wastelands, nothing is fair, nothing is safe, life is earned in blood, and survival only keeps you on the ground to fight again. Join our MC as he embarks on this brutal and thrilling journey towards defying his fate and discovering his true identity. Will Alator defy his fate or will he bow to the will of heaven, wishing to destroy him and erase his existence?.

Wizart, a severely mentally insane man, was detained in a hospital for treatment. The restless brain likes games, making everyone feel anxious to take care of him, not to mention if he invites you to play with him. But, despite his pain, he also experienced bad luck, especially with his children. Wizart believes that the children are still alive now but unfortunately, the children who have been waiting for all this time have died. Benson as a friend tried his best to make Wizart give up on finding his children. "Wizart.. please don't be like this. Your children are gone, Wizart. You have passed away. Don't you feel sad when you imagine your children's spirits are not at peace seeing your father like this? Wizart, please wake up. .” - Benson "What are you talking about? My son didn't die! You don't know anything. I just saw my son running around earlier. Ish!" - Wizard However, Benson will not remain silent after seeing Wizart treated until such a change occurs in him. He was determined to find out who caused Wizart to experience the horror. And Wizart had the opportunity to recall his old story. "It's all over, crazy Wizart." - Nick How brutal will Wizart be? Will Wizart recover or vice versa? Is Wizart really crazy or just being dramatic?