Wasteland

After being abandoned by her parents, Mansurah is discovered by a kind man named Lucas Wood, who is on a mission to defeat the mighty Cave Queen, a beastly flower-like creature who has taken the lives of thousands. Together, they embark on the quest of retrieving the Cave Queen's lifeblood in order to revive Lucas' wife, Mary, who has fallen into a 3-year-long sleep.

Centuries have passed since the monstrous wars of magicians died down, and half of the continent turned into an ash-covered wasteland unsuitable for life. Once magnificent cities now lie in ruins inhabited by dark creatures so dangerous that they had to build a Border Wall in order to protect civilians from a deadly threat. This is how the Wild Lands appeared... A small detachment led by Baron Koris Van Yser was exiled to a permanent settlement in the Wild Lands, which, in fact, is only a reprieve of the death penalty - the collapsing Empire, ruled by the hand of an aging king, gets rid of the objectionable. The settlers have one goal - to survive at any cost, against everything and everyone. He survived and recovered from his mortal wounds, only to learn that his past deeds had doomed a hundred people to certain death in the Savage Lands.

🔥 Blurb > In the Holy Domains, your worth is measured by what you kill and what you eat. Zack Tennyson was worth nothing—until he killed the wrong bug and hacked the system. Now the boy mocked as “Stab-Ass Fatso” is evolving faster than anyone expected. But power brings attention. And in a world where the strong eat the weak, Zack’s about to find out what it really means to survive. --- 📖 Synopsis The story opens with a sky-splitting aerial battle—Zack, older and blazing with crimson wings, going head-to-head against a Dragon-Type Guardian. As they clash, he breaks the fourth wall, taunting the reader with, “Let me tell you how it all began…” Flashback to the desert wasteland of the Holy Domains, where Zack is just another hungry nobody. Spirit Points rule all, and Zack has none. His days are spent scavenging trash and devouring mutant bugs like Carbee for even the tiniest point—only to be met with failure after failure. Until one day, he kills a glowing blue Carbee, something far beyond his level. It changes everything. His system begins a hidden “mod installation,” and Zack finally feels power stir inside him. But power doesn't erase pain. At school, he's hated for a past accident involving his crush, Samantha McPherson—a betrayal that still haunts him. Home isn’t any better. Rent is overdue. Food is gone. His sister is out hunting deep in the Domains. And the system starts demanding brutal daily quests that threaten to break him if he refuses. And yet... something is changing. The mod is installing. The boy they laughed at is becoming something else. Not a hero. Not a monster. Something in between.