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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 · 16.5k Views

Tanrı'nın Zarafeti

Yoksulluk içinde büyüyen Lir için hayat, değerini çoktan kaybetmişti. Ona göre hayata bir anlam yüklemeye çalışmak boşunaydı. İnsanlar dünyaya ne kadar büyük anlamlar verirse versin, ölüm her zaman her şeyin önüne geçerdi. Büyük ideallerin peşinden gidenler, ölümle yüzleştiklerinde geriye hiçbir şey kalmadığını fark ederdi. Bu yüzden Iris için anlam arayışı, insanı sadece budala yapan biri hâline getirirdi. O, anlamını yitirmiş olmasına rağmen yaşamayı seçen, zihni yaşlı bir gençti. Özgürlüğe de inanmıyordu. Ona göre insan beyni, kişiyi sınırlayan ve onu anlamsız istekler ile düşüncelerin içine hapseden biyolojik bir kafesti. İnsanlar, kendi zihinlerinin ürettiği düşüncelere inanıyor ve onları sorgulamadan takip ediyordu. Bundan kaçış olmadığını düşünüyordu. Beyin, gerçeği çarpıtmaya yatkın bir yapıya sahipti; bu yüzden mutlu görünen bir insanın ardında mutlaka bastırılmış bir acı olduğunu varsayardı. Bu durumu değiştirmeye çalışmanın anlamsız olduğuna inanıyordu. “İnsan zihni, sahibine yalan üretir. İnsan da bununla ayakta kalır.” Lir, insanın kurduğu bu düzene uyum sağlamayı hiçbir zaman kolay bulmamıştı. Kısa yaşamının ardından kendi dünyasında erken yaşta ölerek bu karanlık diyara geldiğinde, yine tanıdık bir gerçekle karşılaştı: insanların bencilliği. Ancak bu dünyada, bildiğinden daha fazlası vardı; iblisler, tanrılar ve cennet gerçekten vardı. Lir’in değişimi de bu noktada başladı. Yıllar önce gökyüzünden düşen bir taş ve ardından gelen Chyrsaor adındaki altın saçlı bir "iblis", bu toprakları ikiye bölmüştür: Zenginlerin ve kutsalların yaşadığı Aurelion ile her şeyin çürümeye terk edildiği Cairn. Cairn de yaşamını geçirmiş olan Iris'in bedeninde Lir, kendisini bulmuştu. Iris’in karşısındaki en büyük tehdit, onu yaratan bu varlıktı: Tanrı. Çünkü onun tanımadığı bir tanrı onu izliyor, ona acı çektiriyordu.
ab_surd · 2.3k Views

SETH : The Blind Architect

In the sword-and-sorcery Kingdom of Arcane, the sudden emergence of an unregistered dungeon triggers panic across guilds, churches, and noble houses. Expeditions enter and never return. Rankings escalate from bronze to gold to S-rank, yet the dungeon only grows deadlier—refining itself, adapting, learning. What the world does not know is that the dungeon is not a natural phenomenon. At its heart is Seth Ducalion, the discarded son of House Andreas—blinded, framed, and condemned as useless after a brutal betrayal that costs him his sight and his place in succession. Presumed dead after an ambush on his family’s estate, Seth survives and disappears beneath the earth, where intellect, preparation, and ruthless logic become his weapons. Blind yet calculating, Seth constructs a multi-layered subterranean domain through memory, sound, touch, and precise engineering. Each floor is a deliberate test of attrition, adaptation, and despair. Traps are not meant to kill quickly but to exhaust, mislead, and erase certainty. Magic is countered by mechanism; faith by inevitability. Survivors are not allowed. As the dungeon’s reputation grows, Seth forms uneasy contracts with demons and gods—not as a servant, but as an equal. He eliminates divine subordinates, rejects worship, and accepts commissions only when payment is measured in artifacts and knowledge. His actions draw the attention of higher beings who cannot classify him as mortal, apostle, or monster. Inside the dungeon, Seth refines himself further—creating autonomous guardians, artificial intelligences, living metal constructs, and experimental relic systems. His closest allies include Agatha, a high-caliber witch bound by mutual interest, and Vulcan, a dragon whose mastery of technique tempers Seth’s growing volatility. A catastrophic experiment fractures Seth’s identity, manifesting three ideological variants—Chelsea, Ariel, and Legion—each representing a different path: restraint, growth, and domination. Though united by origin, they act independently, exposing the internal schism forming within Seth’s mind and power. Meanwhile, the world responds with force. Knight orders, noble expeditions, and elite S-rank adventurers descend floor by floor, only to be annihilated. Each defeat confirms a terrifying truth: the dungeon is not meant to be conquered. It is meant to observe, adapt, and prove superiority through endurance. As gods intervene and reality itself strains under the dungeon’s unnatural design, Seth faces a looming existential threat—one that may force him to choose between remaining a hidden architect of judgment or becoming something the world can no longer ignore. Seth is a dark fantasy progression novel about intelligence over strength, identity under pressure, and the cost of absolute preparation—where survival is never accidental, mercy is inefficient, and victory belongs to the one who learns faster than the world can react.
Lucky_Leonardo · 10 Views

BLACK CONTRACT CITY

BLACK CONTRACT CITY "In a city where the sun never shines, power is not a gift—it is a debt paid with the fragments of your soul." SETTING: The world is contained within a nameless, vertical megacity known as the "Tiered City." At the bottom lies the Underveil—a rusted, suffocating labyrinth of slums, oily rain, and "Hollows" who have been drained of their essence. Above them sits The Grid, a neon-lit battleground of syndicates and mercenaries. At the very peak lies The Crown, where the elite rule through ancient sorcery and demonic pacts, shielded by a massive concrete sky called "The Line." PROTAGONIST: Asher Noctier is a ghost in the machinery. A survivor of a forgotten massacre, he lives in the shadows of the Underveil, tethered to a chilling entity named Velzar—a demon child who offers protection but demands a terrifying price. Asher is the only one who perceives the "Interface," a translucent, flickering HUD that maps the world’s decay and grants him forbidden abilities. THE POWER SYSTEM (THE VOID’S TAX): There is no free power in Black Contract City. To use his demonic abilities or the Interface's functions, Asher must pay the "Void’s Tax." Every victory costs him: a precious childhood memory, a sensory faculty, or hours of his remaining life expectancy. As Asher grows stronger, he becomes more hollow, literally burning his humanity to fuel his ascent. THE CONFLICT: Driven by a cold need for truth and a hidden locket that anchors his past, Asher begins an impossible climb from the mud of the Underveil to the spires of The Crown. Along the way, he assembles a crew of broken outcasts—a feral warrior, a shadow-weaving captain, and a nihilistic engineer—each bound by their own dark contracts. THE CENTRAL QUESTION: As the Interface slowly consumes his mind and the city descends into chaos, Asher faces a brutal realization: If the world is corrupt at its very roots, can you save it without becoming the very monster you sought to destroy? To reach the top and reclaim his life, Asher must decide how much of himself he is willing to lose before there is nothing left to save. "BLACK CONTRACT CITY" is a dark, psychological action epic about the cost of ambition, the weight of memory, and the thin, bloody line between a savior and a demon.
Youssef_Elouizari · 630 Views

Weapon seller in the world of magic

WPC 190: Silver Tier winner. Mark is a genius military weapon designer who was kidnapped by a mafia gang after refusing to work for them. They forced him to design unique weapons for five years, until one day he successfully escaped only to get shot by his trusted comrades. *Ding! You awakened a weapon system. When he opened his eyes, he was in a different body and in a different world. "You want to kill a wild boar without being detected? Forget about bow and arrow. Here, I present you this sniper rifle." "You want to kill a horde of goblins from the sky? Forget about those flying carpets and brooms. Here, I present you the fighter jet." "You want to kill a dragon? Forget about taking the help of the S-class adventure team. Here, I present you a nuclear bomb." Join Mark Spencer/ Lu Zhen as he brings the whole world to its knees with the help of his weapon system. *** Note: Author isn't born in an English-speaking nation and has no editor either. So, please be understanding if there are any grammatical errors. ************** Author's current works: (War Online) (My Soul Card is a Reaper) (A Peacock husband of five princesses by day, A Noble Assassin by night) Author's other notable works: The Last Slytherin, The Sharingan Hyuga ************** Do comment and give power stones or golden tickets to support the author. For further support: patreon.com/snowstar For discussions about the novel or hints of future arcs and spoilers, Join the Discord server: https://discord.gg/9pw6NBJD
Snowstar · 3.2m Views

Monsters World: The Relentless

Robert Tucker lived in hell—only to be reborn into a world even crueler. He grew up under the same roof as a violent, abusive man: an alcoholic, a gambler, a shadow that turned Robert’s childhood into a relentless nightmare. When Robert finally found refuge in mixed martial arts, everything began to change. At eighteen, with his escape within reach and his future taking shape, a single mistimed blow during a sparring match ended his life. But death was not the end. He awoke in another world, reborn as Marcus Grayson. Fate, however, was merciless. In this new life, Marcus had also been born to an abusive, gambling father—though, by cruel mercy, the man vanished before Marcus could truly know him. Yet this world offered something Robert had never had: a family. For the first time, Marcus believed he could live an ordinary, peaceful life. But hat illusion shattered the moment he learned the truth about the world he now inhabited. This was not Earth. Humanity stood on the brink of extinction, hunted by monsters of countless forms that roamed the land. The only reason humans survived was because of Transformers—individuals capable of abandoning their human shape and becoming monsters themselves in order to fight back. Marcus is one of them. With no grand destiny promised and no safety guaranteed, Marcus can only do one thing: Endure. Grow stronger. Fight. Not for glory, but to protect the fragile family he has been given. Because in this world, survival demands sacrifice— and Marcus has yet to understand what he is truly facing. —————————————————— * No harem. * MC with emotions, not a cold edgy lord. * No system or golden finger. * The other characters matter. * A lot of fights, I love fights. * I accept ideas for powers and characters. —————————————————— * No harem. * MC with emotions, not a cold edgy lord. * No system or golden finger. *The other characters matter. * A lot of fights, I love fights. * I accept ideas for powers and characters. Hi readers, I’m a young student and English isn’t my first language, so I really appreciate any corrections, suggestions, or constructive criticism when I share my story. I want to improve and I believe my work has a lot of potential, so your feedback helps me make it better. Thanks a lot for reading and for any advice you can give!
DaoSama · 33.8k Views