Shield Hero Light

Satria Wijaya never asked to be a hero, but the Guardian System forces his hand. As he protects his small neighborhood from encroaching darkness, he learns that local peace is a war that never ends.

They left him to burn in the ashes of his birthright, but they forgot that true power is forged in the fire. Arthur Sterling was born to inherit the most powerful martial legacy in the Aurora Empire, a family destined to guard the golden gates of the realm. But on the night of his ascension ritual, absolute betrayal strikes from within. His own uncle, Victor Sterling, allies with rival clans to slaughter the entire Sterling lineage, leaving Arthur broken and left for dead. The world believes the Sterling bloodline is fully wiped out, but unexpectedly, a reclusive master saves him.

"Ma, Samson promises. Samson is going to repent; I won’t be a thug anymore. I'm going to find a real, honest job. So please, Ma, don't come back to haunt me, okay?" Samson knelt, tears streaming down his face, though his expression still looked like someone ready to pick a fight with the Angel of Death. Bejo held out an umbrella. "Boss, it’s almost sunset. We need to go collect the 'protection money' from the cafe owner," he said. "Hey, Bejo! I just promised Ma that I’ve repented. You little devil! Do you want my mother to rise from her grave because of what you just said, huh?!" Samson stood up. His towering height, nearly two meters, made Bejo instinctively jump back three steps. "But Boss, our stomachs aren't exactly followers of the repentance movement," Bejo squeaked, trembling. Samson wiped his fierce face. "From this second on, call me Samson the Protector. I’m going to find honest work. Anything! As long as I'm not shaking people down anymore." A wealthy woman looked Samson up and down, scrutinizing him. "Your body is quite large. It just so happens I need a new guard dog. I just fired the old one because he was afraid of cockroaches." Samson was ready to explode. "Hey, lady! You think I—" "Fifty million a month. Meals are provided, and you get an Italian suit for a uniform. Interested?" the woman interrupted, handing him a gold-plated business card. Samson fell silent. He then whispered under his breath, "Ma, this is honest work, right? Just being a guard dog for a billionaire."

UNBOUND: THE DEVOURING TAMER In a world where power determines status and the Awakened rule over the weak, Ethan Vale has spent seventeen years at the bottom. His only hope is the Awakening Ceremony—a chance to finally escape the life of poverty and humiliation that has defined him. But when his awakening arrives, fate deals him its cruelest hand. F-rank talent: Beast Taming. Mocked as worthless in an era dominated by powerful elementalists, battle-mages, and legendary Awakened, Ethan becomes the academy’s laughingstock. Guilds reject him. Friends abandon him. His dreams of rising above his miserable existence seem dead before they even begin. Then, while scavenging through a forbidden Dead Zone, Ethan discovers a dying wolf with fur as black as ink. With nothing left to lose, he forms a soul-contract with the mysterious beast. And the impossible happens. Unknown beast detected. Hidden Evolution Tree unlocked. Devour & Evolve activated. For the first time, Ethan gains access to an evolution system that defies the natural laws of the world. His beasts can break through their predetermined limits, consume the essence of other creatures, and evolve into forms thought impossible. A weak stray can become a Dire Wolf. A Dire Wolf can become a Shadow Sovereign. And beyond that lies an ancient evolution path erased from history. But power always demands a price. As Ethan gathers rare catalysts, sacrifices powerful monsters, and builds an army of terrifying evolved beasts, his existence draws the attention of ruthless guildmasters, powerful Awakened, and ancient entities lurking beyond the known world. They all want to control him—or destroy him. Ethan only wanted to escape the bottom. But as his beasts continue evolving, will he become the world’s greatest Awakener, or will the power he devours consume him first?

Centuries from now, in a future reality far from our own, a terrible sickness spread throughout the world, leaving only a small group of survivors in its wake. These poor souls endured unimaginable pain, their suffering seemingly never-ending. But against all odds, the brave explorers and brilliant minds of our planet stumbled upon a solution in the farthest reaches of the galaxy. However, fate had other plans. During their mission to bring the cure back to Earth, a fortunate accident occurred. Another planet collided with ours, leading to an unexpected takeover by extraterrestrial invaders. These beings had no knowledge of Earth's existence until their ill-fated encounter, and now they hold its people captive, forcing them into a life they never could have imagined. After enduring years of this oppressive rule, a glimmer of hope emerges in the form of a young woman named Zaria Dove. In a world where women are treated as mere puppets, she rises from the ashes, determined to bring light to the darkness that surrounds her. Despite her loneliness and vulnerability, having suffered countless losses, she finds the strength to fight for her rights and become the powerful voice for those trapped in lives bound to slavery.

Only in depths the glory, Only in despair the hope, Only in dying the awakening. Serious the fate’s ship Sails forward ruthlessly. Eighty years ago, Earth basked in the light of the cosmos, hurtling through the mysterious planets, each second an embrace of the unknown. That cosmic power, also known as Primitive Energy, like a nourishing shower, reinvigorated all living things, ushering humanity into an unprecedented era of awakening. Handsome yet unawakened, Edward Gold, found himself like a lost ship in this tide of awakening, even unable to hoist his sails. Most of his peers, like sparkling stars, one by one, unlocked their supernatural powers, while he remained stranded in the dark shadows. Very soon, he was often surrounded by brutal bullies and indifferent onlookers and mocking and beatings came to him like flood. Lonely, helpless, and desperate, Edward felt like he plummeted into the unfathomable abyss. ‘What a dismal existence!’ thought Edward. Yet, what agonized him most was what his girlfriend Sarah Wood did to him. She had once vowed to go through thick and thin with Edward. She had even promised to tie the knot and then spend the rest of her life with him until death would do them apart. What on earth did Sarah do to him? Would Edward Gold finally become an awakener and win his honour back? Come to unravel his journey from zero to hero and witness the legend of Supreme Awakener!

Su Jin is the third and youngest son of a City Lord. When his brother was born, dragon roars resounded in the sky and when his sister was born, the entire city quaked and was almost buried but when he was born, nothing happened. He was born without a Spirit Root, Meridians and no Acupoints. Someone coveting his wife tried to kill him by drowning him in a huge barrel filled with all kinds of wines but as if it was a blessing in disguise, he became a cultivator. He now has the Drunken Scripture. "I don't just want to be the only drunken, let the city, the country, the continent, the world, the heavens be drunk with me!"

For eleven years Dane Marlowe fought a war the Republic never admitted it was in. He rose from a seventeen-year-old recruit carrying a disgraced father’s name to Marshal of Ashfall Command, unit that ended the Karsk War in nine days. He was never photographed. His file is sealed. On paper, he died in the last battle. Now he is home, with a duffel bag, two hundred and twelve dollars, and thirty days before the army calls him back. He has come for three things: his little sister; the truth about the fire at Pier 9 that put his father in prison and handed the Crane family the land their tower stands on; and the grave of the mother he was never allowed to visit. He finds Lia on her knees on the marble floor of the Crane Foundation gala, wine dripping from her hair, while Barrett Crane, heir to the richest family in the city, films her for his friends. Dane could end it in four seconds. He could end the Cranes in four days with one call to the Defense Ministry. But the army sealed his identity for a reason. Someone sold the names of his men, and three of them are already dead. If he reveals himself, the enemy will know exactly where to aim. So the Marshal takes a night job as a cleaner in Crane Tower, with no rank, no unit and no name. He mops the floors of the men who ruined his family. He lets them call him a beggar, a coward and a thief. And every night, in the basement archive, he reads what they believed no one would ever find.

Kaelen Thorne was born a slave in a world ruled by gods and bronze. When he is caught reverse-engineering a fallen "thunder-stone," the priests sentence him to death. But as the executioner's blade falls, the stone awakens—and it knows his name. Now bound to the Aether-Core, a semi-sentient alien nanite mainframe mistaken for divine magic, Kael must flee into a world on the brink of collapse. Hunted by empires, haunted by a voice in his head, and armed with technology three thousand years ahead of its time, he will forge a hidden civilization that secretly guides humanity through every era—from the Bronze Age to the stars. But the Core's original owners are coming back. And they want their machine returned. Before the gods, there was the machine.

Marcus Hale dreamed of becoming a hero. At ten, he played knight in the sunlit streets of Millbrook—until the demons came. When the Enforcers, elite magical warriors, chose to defend the capital instead of his village, Marcus lost everything: his parents, his home, and his faith in the world. Six years later, he enters Valorheart Academy as a Defender—the lowest rank in the magical caste system. Assigned to shield others while nobles chase glory, Marcus is mocked by instructors, denied access to advanced knowledge, and forced to accept that power is for the privileged. His only light is Isabella Rodriguez, a brilliant Mage and his first friend—maybe more. But even that is taken when Arthur Blackthorne, a powerful noble with eyes on both Isabella and the throne, maneuvers Marcus into disgrace. Stripped of allies and on the verge of expulsion, Marcus discovers a forgotten power buried beneath the academy—a living source of ancient magic that offers him what society never would: a choice. He fuses with it. Survives it. Becomes something no Defender was ever meant to be. With new abilities and a mind sharpened by betrayal, Marcus begins to reshape the academy from within, gathering outcasts and training them to challenge the system. He’s not just fighting for equality anymore—he’s building a revolution. But the deeper he delves into power, the more he risks becoming like the very tyrants he vowed to destroy. Love, loyalty, and vengeance collide as Marcus confronts the brutal truth: to create a new world, he may have to burn the old one down. He was born to defend a world that discarded him. Now, he will destroy it.