LightReader

antihero

Maestro of the Void

Humanity will never forget that cursed day. The day the Inversion Epoch began—when the sky tore open with massive rifts and monstrous creatures spilled out like nightmares made real. These things, these twisted abominations, didn’t defeat humanity with claws or teeth… but with something absurd. A broken song. A cacophony so warped and wrong that half the world went mad just hearing it. But before humanity collapsed into despair, a miracle happened—something that pushed the darkness back. Awakeners. Children, barely fifteen, suddenly manifested strings of sound woven from pure emotion. Kids with abilities so strange and terrifying they could slaughter the invaders with ease. They were protected, trained, revered. They grew stronger. And for the first time, humanity struck back. Five hundred years later… Technology advanced. Humanity reached its peak. Elias was just an ordinary-looking boy, destined to remain unawakened. And in this shitty world, “unawakened” was just a nicer way of saying trash. Cannon fodder. And Elias learned that brutally. His girlfriend dumped him for his bestfriend right after the bastard awakened. Classic troupe right, until it happens to you! His childhood friend was taken by the government minutes after her awakening, praised across every news network as a once-in-a-millennium prodigy. And he watched his parents lose their minds to the monsters, completely powerless to stop it. So Elias got pissed. Furious at the world, at fate, at everything. He lifted his head to the sky and screamed: “Fuck you, fate! You sadistic asshole!” And a god heard him. A god amused by a petty, foul-mouthed boy who refused to bow. The god offered him a deal: I will give you my domain, in exchange for one wish. And that day, the Maestro of the Void was born— A being who devours abilities… and makes them his own. However, that kind of power came with a teeny tiny drawback…
Exile0001 · 5k Views

The Peerless Werewolf: the strongest alpha's reign.

“Husband… please don’t hate me…” Those were my wife’s final words as she died in front of my eyes. I ruled with iron and blood. I crushed anyone who threatened my vision…. men, women, even the innocent. They called it madness. I called it survival. For years, I held back. My wife pleaded with me, gentle and desperate. She carried our child and swore she would end it all if I didn’t stop. I listened. I spared them. They repaid mercy with betrayal. They slaughtered my people, destroyed everything I built, murdered my wife, and left me broken in ways no one could ever explain. Two years of endless torture followed. “Accept our God and die quickly,” they demanded. I refused. Not out of faith. Out of pride. They shattered my body, then ended me. As death claimed me, only two things burned inside: Endless hatred… and bitter regret. Hatred for the weakness that let them rise. Regret for the empire I never finished claiming. But death was only the beginning. I awoke in a new flesh…Augustus Vane, heir to a proud but cowering werewolf clan, bowed beneath human masters. Fate has granted me a second life. This time, nothing will chain me. Not love. Not mercy. Not kindness. Not anyone. This time… I will conquer the world! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• EXTRA TAGS: #Evolution #War #Tragedy #NonHumanLead #RuthlessProtagonist #AntiHero #DarkFantasy #Werewolf #Schemer #FromWeakToStrong #Grimdark #Strategy A/N: Please read at least ten chapters before deciding whether to continue.
Hastenslowly · 1.1k Views

F Grade Healer Becomes Strongest Biomancer

【WSA 2026 Entry】 ════════════════════ Birth of the Biomancer: Mio was the worst healer in Tokyo. F-grade, dead weight—her party kept her around out of pity until they did the math and left her bleeding in a ruined cathedral. Something ancient was waiting there. It offered her a Class that devours its hosts—a path of power that claimed the lives of the three Biomancers who came before her. Mio said yes anyway. She’d already felt the sting of a slow death; what was one more monster in her veins? Now pain is currency, death is fuel, and the hunger grows with every kill. The Bureau wants a weapon. Her sister wants her home for dinner. Mio agreed to both. In a world of Systems and Dungeons, power isn't a gift; it's a trade. And Mio is finally ready to pay the price. ════════════════════ What This Is: [1] This is a progression fantasy with system elements, but the system serves the story, not the other way around. Expect meaningful numbers, not stat spam. [2] Romance is not the focus. Mio has bigger problems. But expect a slow-burn later down the line! [3] The story gets dark, but it's earned. No grimdark for shock value. ════════════════════ Schedule: 1-2 chapters daily @ 10am-2pm CST | Chapter Length: 1,000-1,500 words ════════════════════ Powerstone Goals: 100 = +1 chapter 250= +2 chapters 500= +3 chapters 800 = +5 chapters ════════════════════ Author's Note: This is my debut contracted work, born from a love for progression fantasy where power isn't a gift; it's a trade. I’m committed to seeing this journey through to the end. As long as you guys keep reading and supporting, the chapters won't stop. Let’s see how high the price of power goes. ════════════════════ Support Me: Collections, comments, and reviews keep this alive! ════════════════════ #weak_to_strongest #female_lead #mass_awakening #dark_fantasy
musuyin · 25.3k Views

Shattering Humanity

"If she feels pain, then I'll make sure we all do..." As a purple and pink tailed meteor enters Earth's atmosphere, it begins "snowing" all over the planet. Humans are no longer on top of the ladder. A crystal ice dragon explodes from the space rock, creating Hell. Bringing along an ambush of bloodthirsty aliens, some large enough to demolish buildings, "Leviathan" has forced humanity into various locations of hiding around the world. Within three years after the initial invasion, humans have begun to not only fight back against the aliens, but some choose to become symbiotic hosts, acquiring "magical" abilities after slaying one of the unconventional extraterrestrials. Shortly before leaving their sanctuary/apocalypse training academy, two once drifted friends, Katsu and Saku, are reunited on the same scout team. As polar opposite personalities they are chosen by the only surviving "Creator of Humanity". Both boys become 'blessed' to be hosts for their universe's contemporary forces and use those "God given abilities" to achieve their (secretly combative) goals. Accompanying them is Katsu's adopted sister, Shelly. Regarded as "The Beast of the Beasts" by her peers, she is the reincarnate of her grandmother. The greatest, most underrated female Scandinavian sword fighter to live before the 13th century. After learning of her destined lineage, and admiring the otherwise "mythical" accomplishments completed by her top tier, ass kicking Valkyrie grandma, Shelly is determined to retrieve all of the stolen blades from those who dishonorably stole them over 800 years ago. In order to do so she will have to defeat several members of a manipulative covenant of warrior witches. Each woman blessed with an undiscovered form of energy that has unknowingly coexisted with humanity. These 7 women usher in the POST-post-apocalyptic world as Mafia Bosses, Matriarch Socialist Dictators, Seafaring Conquerors, and a few just want to see this new snow covered world burn. To prove which unnaturally born creature is the Supreme Ultimate amongst them. Aliens, action, romance, betrayal of old friends, the gaining of trust from new, overpowered goofballs, magical damsel despots, righteous and nefarious humans gaining niche powers, not to mention a secretive psychopath using his God given abilities to preserve who he views as his sole purpose. In the end, will love truly conquer all, or will 'their' love conquer us all? "If you have a beloved purpose you can't live a day without, do you truly have any freedom to live? If you have complete freedom to act however, or say whatever you desire, do you truly have any purpose worth caring about to protect?" ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ [All character and cover art is not done by AI but by my good friend Amon-kun] ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ WARNING/DISCLAIMER: This series uses ætiological mythopoeism to spotlight coincidental parallels between various religious scriptures, and scientific theories but is in no way discrediting or belittling the beliefs of others whether that be Creationist or Evolutionist. The views, ideas, and conversations between characters aren't in any way meant to change anyone's beliefs. The conscious use of certain psychological elements from theistic ideology and out of context holy verses is only to support this fictional plot and it's characters. As well as aid the reader as to how one could theoreticize or philosophicize the plot. Instead of using various conflicting ideologies to shame or undermine those who believe, the intention is for deeper thinking and uniting those who believe peace and tranquility between humanity is most important above all.
SasukEntertainment · 239k Views

A King's Fate

Alexander Frederick was an ordinary university graduate, poised to inherit his family’s business and a quiet, predictable future. That future was erased in blood. A feared organization (The Selflaw) slaughtered his parents and murdered his closest friend. Grief collapsed into rage, and rage awakened a power so violent it shattered science, reason, and every limit Alexander believed immutable. In claiming vengeance, he destroyed more than his enemies. He destroyed himself. Death should have been final. Instead, Alexander awakens in absolute darkness... bodiless, adrift within an endless void where time fractures and existence feels uncertain. A presence speaks. He believes it to be judgment. He is wrong. What answers him is older than divinity, vast beyond comprehension, and bound by laws even the universe resists. Reborn into a world of Integrators, Alexander rises without his memories, yet burdened by fractured echoes that refuse to fade... fear, shame, grief, and a buried weakness gnawing at his subconscious. Balanced on the edge of madness and a meaningless death, he refuses to break. Not yet. Not until he understands what he has become. Not until he uncovers the truth behind his own incompleteness. The unreasonable power he once wielded has not vanished. It lingers... fractured, restrained, and tied to death itself in ways even the strongest of this world cannot perceive. In a realm far larger, crueler, and more indifferent than the one he lost, Alexander is drawn into conflicts far beyond revenge. forced to confront hidden currents that shape reality, face his fear of dissolution, and walk toward a destiny he can neither deny… …nor escape. --- Integration ranks and stages is kinda complex, so I decided to put down the names and order here. Power Structure... Core Rule Rank = level of existence Stage = mastery within a rank Stages do not advance rank --- Mortal Realm Ranks Integrators | Monsters 1. Dormant Seed — Dormant Seed 2. Awakened Seed — Awakened Seed 3. Bloomed Seed — Decayed-Bloom Seed 4. Evolved Seed — Evolved Seed 5. Ascended Seed — Fallen Seed Note: “Decayed-Bloom” and “Fallen” cleanly reflect corruption without mirroring growth. --- Demigod Realm Ranks Integrators | Monsters 6. Radiant — Stygian 7. Sovereign — Behemoth 8. Eternal — Undying --- Minor Godhood 9. World — World > A proto-divine existence. Mini Godhood. --- Godhood • Divine Source The origin state. Singular by nature. ... ... --- Integrating Stages (Rank mastery, not rank advancement) --- Mortal Realm Stages - Initial - Harmonization - Peak - Transcendent - Mythic (Legendary) > Mythic represents a state beyond known mortal limits, not a formal expectation. --- Demigod Realm Stages - Anchored - Stabilized - Asserted - Mythic >Mythic here signifies complete authority over one’s existence, not raw power.
DOS_9T · 9k Views

Ryu: Genesis Anomaly

​"I am not a weapon. I am the reason weapons were invented." ​Thirteen-year-old Ryu Alverion was never meant to survive the night his world burned. A high-precision sniper bullet claimed his parents, but it couldn't claim him. Instead, the trauma shattered his mind into three lethal fragments, birthing the Tri-Node System.... a cognitive architecture so dangerous, the Dominion of Astryx buried his existence under the code: Subject D-3. ​Inside Ryu’s head, three entities fight for the steering wheel of his soul: ​NV (Neural Voice): The cold, analytical stabilizer that views the world as mere data. ​Eon (The Corruptor): The bloodthirsty manifestation of Ryu’s suppressed rage, whispering for total annihilation. ​The Silent One: A terrifying, ancient resonance that speaks only when the world is about to end. ​Now, trapped within Vasena.... a secret facility that turns gifted children into state-owned predators.... Ryu must play a deadly game of compliance. But as the mysterious "Weeping Eye" organization arrives to "harvest" his brain, Ryu realizes that Vasena was never a school. It was a cage. ​The cage is now broken. The harvest has begun. ​But Ryu isn't the crop.... he is the reaper. ​In a world of bio-electric warfare, shadow conspiracies, and fragmented memories, Ryu must decide: Will he be the Dominion’s ultimate tool, or the anomaly that burns their world to ash? ​[THEY THINK THEY LOCKED YOU IN, RYU. BUT THEY FORGOT ONE THING....] { The door is open.... step into the void.... }
Full_Moons · 17.2k Views

Cryptomining Supervillain

Wondered if a cryptomining app would make you a Superhero..or villain? Damen Dark is an unfortunate orphan trapped in a cruel household, forced to endure the abuse of his uncle, his family, and a world that seems determined to break him. One ordinary day, he receives a mysterious link on his phone advertising a new app—DemCoin, a cryptocurrency mining program. Damen knows it’s probably a scam. But curiosity gets the better of him. At first, the app seems harmless. It “mines” coins by targeting living beings—stray animals… and people. With little expectation, Damen uses it as a private outlet for his bottled-up anger, siphoning coins from those who torment him: his family, his classmates, the bullies who rule the streets. It feels like justice. It feels good. But DemCoin is far more than a mining app. As Damen accumulates enough coins, hidden features unlock—features that allow him to target individuals and steal their powers. What begins as survival turns into temptation, and temptation into transformation. With every stolen ability, Damen grows stronger… and more dangerous. Now faced with unimaginable power, Damen must choose who he will become. Will he take revenge on a world that never showed him mercy, or rise as a hero to protect it? The truth lies somewhere in between. In a cruel twist of fate, Damen soon realizes the irony of power: the stronger he becomes, the greater the threats that hunt him. And worse still, DemCoin is not just a tool—it is a force, subtly guiding his path. Whether he knows it or not, the app isn’t shaping him into a savior. It is forging a supervillain. And Damen Dark may have no choice but to become exactly that.
Joyon · 32.9k Views