Shield Hero Light

"You think you can stop me, Aiden? You're nothing but a pawn in this game." Malrik's voice echoed through the cold, sterile darkness of the virtual world, laced with malice. "In The Abyss, I am the ruler. And you will fall, just like everyone else." Aiden Cross never wanted to return to The Abyss. But when his sister’s mysterious death resurfaces in the form of a cryptic message, he’s pulled back into the deadly virtual world he tried to escape. Now, he must navigate shifting alliances, face dangerous enemies, and confront a hidden AI that holds the key to everything. But with every step, the line between reality and illusion blurs—each move he makes seems to play into the hands of the malevolent forces that control it all. In the fight to uncover the truth and save humanity, Aiden will have to decide: is he a hero, or is he just another pawn in a game he doesn’t understand? But when the virtual world begins to merge with reality... Will Aiden be able to stop Malrik before it’s too late? Or will the game consume him entirely? The countdown has begun. The question is... who will survive the game?

Twenty-five was a 14-year-old boy born in AD 3012. He had no name, and that was how they call him: twenty-five, a lab rat. A thousand years from now, the power grip over the countries had exponentially stronger, everything had changed. He was not a hero as he had always cowered before his tormenters, and nobody had expected him to be one. Everyone had believed he would die, soon. Then one day, his heart stopped beating as expected…

"In the past, the goddess wanted to protect all the children in the world. In the present, a little girl has sworn revenge amid tears of farewell. In the future, a young man will wish to live the next day, to see the innocent smile of his sisters..." The union of the three wishes, from different times and worlds, brings us to Andeavor. Reincarnated in a world dominated by the influence of the demon lord, Kurone Nakano, an ordinary young man, has been commissioned to be the "lolicon slayer", an unlikely hero with the sole purpose of protecting innocent smiles. However, as he comes into contact with people from that world, his mission becomes increasingly difficult. Church, nobles, heroes and demons become his enemies and all he has to survive the hard journey is a loli equipped with an M16A2. Grit your teeth! Pull the trigger! The season for hunting lolicons is open!

Duke Maxwell died in the arms of Liora, his abandoned wife, the woman who had loved him more than anyone else. He never realized how deeply misunderstandings had poisoned their relationship after he brought Consort Shera into his life. Shera had planted poison in his blood with the same cunning she had once used to sow hatred between Duke Maxwell and his devoted wife, Liora. In the final moments of his life, Maxwell remembered neither his power nor his pride. All he could see were Liora's tears falling onto the floor, mixing with snow, blood, and the blazing embers around them. Their child was born and died in an animal shed. Even so, Liora used the last of her strength and the boundless love she still carried for Maxwell to shield his dying body from a burning beam. Together, they drew their final breaths as the flames consumed the entire Maxwell family castle. Yet fate gave Maxwell one more chance. Time turned back three years before his death, A chance to atone for his sins, destroy the betrayal that had ruined everything, and perhaps... love Liora the way he should have from the beginning. But this request could only be granted once, and Maxwell would have to seek revenge while possessing only the limited authority granted to him as a Duke of the Empire. There was also a price for the wish he had made. He could not change fate itself. Would this second chance finally bring Maxwell happiness, or would everything become even more complicated when the Crown Prince set his eyes on Liora's beauty? And what role had the Emperor played in the former death of Maxwell, the loyal Duke who had faithfully served the throne for generations?

Thiago Pratama is a fragile student with a dream of becoming a rescue hero, but his weak body constantly fails him. That changes when the Reconstruction System binds to him, granting him the ability to regenerate and adapt—at the cost of immense, excruciating pain. As his anatomy becomes dangerously efficient, he must navigate school life, a baffled school doctor, and the growing attention of his friend Aisyah, all while hiding the secret of his divine evolution.

##"Warning: This story contains dark themes, psychological manipulation, and R-18 content. Not for the faint of heart."## Twenty years of service. A lifetime of being the shield for those who called him "trash." Kaito Kiryu was the FF-rank "failure" of the 109 summoned heroes. While the S-rankers basked in glory, Kaito spent two decades mastering the laws of matter and science to keep them alive. He was the backbone of the Hero Party—until the moment the Demon Lord fell. At the peak of victory, the "friends" he protected turned their blades on him. But that wasn't the end, regressed back to the past, to not only destroy those who betrayed him, but to protect those who loved him. But at the face of old terror new terror shows up, constant death and rebirth... Until his 4th life, this time With the power to manipulate Space, time and matter and a System that rewards the subjection of his enemies, the Architect of Ruin has arrived, to ruin the empire that once shaped him. Follow Kaito/Yasha's descent as he dismantles the empire that never made him rest.

In a world where magic is bought with memories, Varek Soren trades the last warm thing he owns, the sound of his dead father's voice but the System hands him a blind, mewling creature everyone calls worthless. The crowd laughs, his fiancée turns away with cold eyes, and Varek believes his life is finally finished and over. He does not yet know that his death has not even started. Varek is not the failure the world sees. He is the last living vessel of Azrath-Kai, a Mythic Void Leech so dangerous the old gods sealed it inside his bloodline centuries ago. His father did not die in some random battle as he was told but he was killed by the lightbringer… Aurelius, the most beloved hero in the realm butchered Aldric Soren to keep the beast from ever waking and the woman Varek loves so much has known the truth all along. On the night after his deepest shame and disgrace, Vespera Ashford comes to him with warm food and gentle words, he still trusts her, he still believes she was forced to break their engagement, so he ate the food without questioning her or her sincerity not knowing that the food was drugged. He wakes strapped to a cold table with Vespera holding the surgical instruments, her new lover holding the lantern, and Aurelius the Lightbringer standing over him with a soft smile as he peels Varek's memories away layer by layer to rip the sealed beast from his living body. Varek dies in absolute agony, betrayed by the woman he gave everything to and butchered by the hero the whole world worships. Then he wakes up on the morning of the Summoning Day, two weeks before his murder, with the Regression Gift burning in his blood.

Rangga Alvero thought his life was boring until a vending machine incident sent him to a world where logic is optional and 'Common Sense' is a legendary artifact. Trapped in a realm governed by sarcastic status screens and high-maintenance knights like Sirinya Chaweng, Rangga must navigate absurd quests and microtransactions just to survive. But when he accidentally begins to uninstall the world's reality, he realizes that being a hero is a lot harder than customer service.

Jonah never imagined his routine day at the office would turn into a fight for survival. When a mysterious infection turns his coworkers into flesh-eating zombies, Jonah narrowly escapes, only to discover a strange new power within himself: every undead he kills makes him stronger. In this gripping survival tale, Jonah must decide what it truly means to be a hero—and discover that even in the darkest times, family can be forged from the unlikeliest alliances.

Cassian Divinor was a simple con man with a fake crystal ball and a knack for reading desperate people. But when he accidentally predicts the collapse of a royal chandelier, he’s thrust into a conspiracy involving the Royal Prophecy Bureau, a missing magical shield, and a looming cosmic Void. Now, labeled a 'Fixed Point' by reality itself, Cassian must outrun a ruthless Inquisitor, a power-hungry Chancellor, and a version of himself from a failed timeline, all while trying to keep his growing feelings for his icy-cold Bureau handler a secret. He was just looking for a payday—now he’s the only thing standing between the kingdom and the King of Thorns.