Tvtropes Last Man Standing

For a thousand years, the name Sword Monarch disappeared from history. The world believes the warriors fulfilled their duty and vanished, leaving kings to rule. Few know the truth. The Sword Monarchs did not disappear. They were betrayed, hunted to extinction, and erased from history by the people they protected. Eighteen-year-old Garrick Arundel, the last heir of House Arundel, a family condemned as traitors seventeen years ago. Stripped of his birthright, denied an education, and forced to live as a servant inside the Royal Estate of Nythria, Garrick spends his life enduring humiliation. To everyone around him, he is nothing more than the son of criminals. Everything changes when Garrick risks his life to save a maid from the son of the kingdom’s High Chancellor. Instead of being rewarded, he is framed for attempted murder through fabricated evidence and condemned before the court without being allowed to defend himself. During an assassination arranged to silence him, Garrick escapes into tunnels beneath the palace and awakens the Monarch’s Blade, inheriting the soul and power of Asterion Valtherion, the First Sword Monarch. Branded the kingdom’s most wanted fugitive, Garrick is forced into a world of monsters, ruins, ruthless assassins, and forgotten sanctuaries. Guided by the warrior whose spirit dwells within the blade, he begins mastering sword techniques lost for a thousand years while uncovering the conspiracy that destroyed both his family and the Sword Monarch Order. But every step toward the truth draws the attention of the Veiled Circle, a secret organization that has manipulated kingdoms from the shadows for centuries. As ancient enemies awaken and the balance of the continent begins to crumble, Garrick must decide whether to remain a hunted outcast or become the warrior history was never meant to remember. The Last Sword Monarch has returned.

Eryk Wayland returned to Black Lake City after receiving news that his grandfather had died. His uncle sent two men to pick up Eryk at the airport. They kidnap and lock Eryk in a warehouse. The uncle forced Eryk to sign a letter of inheritance. The two men then killed and disposed of Eryk's body in the Rockwool City landfill, a wasted city. Erick is dying. When he was about to die, he was found by a summoned spirit in the form of a white owl. The owl offers a life-and-death contract to Eryk. "Give me your soul, then you will hold the world in the your hand!" From that day on, the owl kept following Eryk wherever he went. Eryk was also suddenly able to speak and understand the language of birds. He can also summon and control summoned spirits as a source of power. However, a group of destruction summoners is hunting for Eryk. They wanted to seize the power of the strongest summon spirit that Eryk didn't realize he had. Can Eryk survive in Rockwool City—the city of summoners, save himself from the destructive summoners, and return to Black Lake City to avenge the people who slaughtered his family?

Greg, an orphan without a trace of mana, dreams only of becoming a knight worthy of protecting others. Mocked by nobles and ignored by mages, he expects nothing from fate except another day of struggle.

Ethan Cross is an ordinary food delivery rider struggling to survive in a city where money and power rule everything. His life changes forever when he risks his own to save a dying stranger from a violent assassination. Before taking his last breath, the old man slips a mysterious black ring onto Ethan's finger and calls him the "last heir." Within hours, Ethan becomes the prime suspect in the old man's murder. He loses his job, his reputation, and every trace of the ordinary life he once knew as powerful forces begin erasing his existence. When the ancient ring awakens, it leads him to a hidden vault beneath the city, where an artificial intelligence named Astra reveals a shocking truth: Ethan is the last surviving heir to the Dominion, a secret empire destroyed by betrayal twenty years ago. Now hunted by the ruthless Five Great Families, Ethan must complete the Seven Bloodline Trials to reclaim his family's legacy and uncover the truth behind its downfall. But every answer leads to a darker conspiracy, every ally hides dangerous secrets, and one of the people responsible for his family's destruction is still alive and closer than Ethan could ever imagine. To survive, he must become more than an heir. He must become a ruler.

He was reincarnated in a fantasy world! As a human? -No! Vampire? -No! Dragon ??? One day a magic circle appeared in Kazuma's classroom which activated when he was half inside the circle. The moment it activated, he couldn't endure the splitting pain of transporting and lost his life. Fortunately a black magician summoned him to the dead body of a baby dragon, however he chained Kazuma with soul binding. Kazuma gets reincarnated in this world as the last dragon, 'Astroth', but he has no idea about his existence. Here we see his search for survival and truth, his retreat from the black magician, his curiosity about the world. As he explores this world, he makes new friends and gains strength. His animosity towards his own fellow classmates and some tyrant nations, may lead him down the path of world’s greatest enemy of all times. Closely watch this thrilling journey of Astroth, the last dragon. Note: the cover art is not my creation, its credit belongs to its respective creator.

In the Solvane Empire, a sworn oath is absolute. Break your word, and the Oathfire kills you — fast, agonizing, and without exception. It is the law beneath every law: soldiers swear to hold their lines, nobles swear to keep the peace, and no one has ever lived to regret breaking a vow. Wren Ashbourne just broke one — in front of forty witnesses, on a collapsing battlefield. He should be dead. He isn't. He tells only one person: General Corvin Drayce, the man who raised him from the age of six, the closest thing to a father he's ever had. Drayce tells him to keep it secret. Trust me. Let me handle it. Wren trusts him completely. Until a scholar of the Order shows him a three-hundred-year-old record — three other men who once survived what should have killed them. All three dead within the year. Every case sealed by the same officer's signature: General C. Drayce. Now Wren has to uncover a forbidden truth buried in his own childhood — a power he never asked for, a mentor who may have built him into something else entirely, and an empire whose oldest law might be the biggest lie of all. He was raised to be a weapon. He's about to find out for whom.

Seventeen-year-old Rune Weaver thought his biggest problem was surviving senior year at New Haven High. Then a shadow creature attacked him in the school parking lot, and a mysterious man saved his life by throwing fire from his bare hands. Now Rune knows the truth: he is descended from an ancient line of sorcerers called Etherwind, and the darkness that destroyed his ancestors five hundred years ago has returned. He is not alone. Four other teenagers across the city have just discovered their own magical heritage, each from a different Etherwind bloodline. Together they are the last hope against Grimfall, an ancient force of living darkness that feeds on fear and despair. But learning magic is not like the movies. Their powers are wild and dangerous, and every spell they cast brings them closer to the madness that consumed their ancestors. As the shadows spread across New Haven, turning ordinary people into mindless thralls, Rune and his unlikely allies must master their abilities before Grimfall completes its return. They have six weeks until the convergence, when the barrier between worlds falls completely. Six weeks to become the sorcerers their bloodlines demand. Six weeks to save everyone they love from being swallowed by eternal night.

Being a loser in his in-laws' household, Vero is constantly looked down upon because they believe that a son-in-law like him could never become successful. With no known family background and having grown up in an orphanage, he is mocked and despised by everyone around him. At the office, he is often taken advantage of and even bullied for being too honest and innocent. Everything changes the day Vero catches his wife making out with her boss in their bed. Heartbroken and pushed beyond the limits of his endurance, Vero decides to end his life. However, that very incident unexpectedly activates a mysterious system that has been linked to him all along. The system was created by a mad scientist determined to change the fate of his descendants—Vero's own grandfather. A brilliant professor who once collaborated with some of the world's greatest scientists, he developed a technology far ahead of its time. Unfortunately, before the system could be fully activated, his laboratory was raided by people seeking to steal his technology. Left with no other choice, the old scientist implanted the System Chip into the body of his grandson, Vero. Now, with the system finally activated, Vero's destiny is about to change forever. The system inside Vero's body will only activate when he falls into extreme despair and his desperation level exceeds 80 percent. A system capable of turning an ordinary man into a billionaire overnight.

That night, everything was destroyed. The sect that had raised Arga was stormed by hundreds of unknown assailants, leaving nothing but piles of corpses and blazing fire. He nearly perished in the massacre, had it not been for a powerful warrior named Barata who saved him. From that day on, Arga swore an oath: blood would be repaid with blood. Under Barata’s guidance, Arga mastered countless mystical arts, transforming into a respected warrior. Yet the path he walked was far from righteous—the knowledge he gained drew him closer to the shadows. Even so, his resolve never wavered: to hunt down those who destroyed the Golden Step Sect. One by one, secrets were revealed. His enemies were not mere bandits, but a coalition of great sects that had long envied Golden Step’s supremacy. And behind it all stood a traitor from the past… now allied with the most powerful dark force in the martial world. Thus began Arga’s journey—a path that would lead him to challenge the mightiest warriors, tear through the veil of betrayal, and confront the devil in human form: Jalak Seta.

On the night he was born, the stars vanished for thirteen heartbeats. The powerful Ashcroft Covenant declared the child cursed and erased every record of his existence. His mother disappeared before dawn, branded a witch who had betrayed the Sacred Orders. For eighteen years, Lucien Ashcroft survives inside the very household that despises him. Treated as a stable boy instead of noble blood, beaten by servants, mocked by cousins, and blamed for every misfortune, he grows up believing one truth: His mother abandoned him. During the Kingdom's Soul Familiar Ascension Ceremony, the Ashcroft family publicly strips him of his name. They expect him to awaken a weak spirit. Instead...The ancient altar cracks open. The moon turns black. Every mage in attendance falls to one knee as an impossible being descends from another realm—A celestial executioner once erased from history. A creature forbidden by both Heaven and Hell. As kingdoms scramble to claim or destroy him, Lucien begins uncovering terrifying secrets. His mother wasn't a traitor. She was protecting the world. And the Ashcroft family... They sold humanity's future for power. Now the boy they discarded will become the calamity they fear most.