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The Age of Anomalies

"Power is not a measure of energy. It is a measure of how much of the universe you are dragging behind you." Eila used to be a god. Now, he is just a rotting corpse with a sword. He was the Kingdom's absolute shield. But when the elites murdered his sister to leash him to their throne, Eila didn't kneel. He shattered the timeline and nearly erased their empire from reality. The cost of his revenge was absolute. Stripped of his mana and rotting from a cosmic affliction known as Paradox Debt, Eila has been discarded into the mud of a sterile, war-torn world. He is a walking casualty, thrown into the meat grinder of the Vanguard's trenches. But a broken god is still a god. Armed with nothing but a suicidal battle IQ and a desperate rebellion at his back, Eila is going to dismantle the empire piece by bloody piece. He doesn't need magic to butcher his enemies; he just needs to survive long enough for his true power to return. However, as Eila bleeds for every inch of ground, his mind is beginning to fracture alongside the timeline. And the unseen hands that wind the clock of the universe are starting to notice the broken gears... The Era of Mana is dead. This is The Age of Anomalies. ● WHAT TO EXPECT: This is a Grimdark Psychological Fantasy heavily focused on brutal warfare, political fallout, deep trauma, psychological extremes, and betrayal, all woven together with hard progression elements. MC will bleed for every victory. Upload Schedule: 1 Chapter Daily. Read This If You Love:    •  Mind-Bending Lore: A complex magic system where power is tied to cosmic debts, timeline glitches, and physical horror.    •  Zero Plot Armor: Unapologetic Grimdark action where bones break, allies die, and choices have permanent, agonizing consequences.    •  The Power-band Progression: Watch a fallen, depowered god fight through the mud and blood with nothing but pure battle IQ to claw his magic back.
MFVOID · 12k Views

Shadow Contract

Some contracts are written in ink. His was written in blood and he never signed it. Dante Kōgetsu is the best at what he does. No target too difficult. No contract refused. No emotion wasted. He built his reputation on one principle: finish the job and walk away clean. Then a contract arrived with a photograph inside. Her face. Sophie Arisaka. The only person who ever made him feel like a human being rather than a weapon. He faked her death, lied to the client, and told himself it was a calculated decision. It was not. Now he is hunting the anonymous man who ordered her death and every step closer reveals a truth he is not ready for. The man behind the contract is Edward Yashiro. His oldest friend. A person who loved Sophie, lost her, and let that loss rot into something unrecognizable. What Dante does not know yet is that Edward knows everything. The demons Dante carries inside him Kairo and Mūn were not accidents. They were placed there deliberately, by someone who chose him before he was old enough to refuse. And every time Dante uses their power, he pays a price no one warned him about. He loses her. Not Sophie herself. The memories of her. One by one. Quietly. Irreversibly. The job was supposed to be simple. It became a war against an old friend, against the man who made him, and against the clock running silently inside his own mind. Some things cannot be unforgiven. Some prices cannot be unpaid. Some contracts were never meant to end.
YSiGn_優瑟夫 · 1.3k Views

The Black Song

For years, Akar knew only the cage, the whip, and the blood-soaked sand of the arena. He thought freedom meant merely surviving the next fight. He was dead wrong. Raised as livestock in a brutal gladiatorial pit, Akar is not a monster by birth, but a human bearing a terrifying curse. Fueled by pure rage and an unnatural regeneration that violently refuses to let him die, he is a weapon forged by cruelty. He knows nothing of the world beyond his iron bars. When the chance to break his chains finally arrives, he doesn't just escape—he slaughters his way out into the dark, unforgiving forest. But the world outside is vastly more dangerous than the arena he left behind. Thrust into a reality he doesn't understand, Akar is relentlessly hunted by his vengeful former masters. He is no hero, and he has no grand destiny. He is simply a cursed man carving his path through a world that wants him broken. The world tried to make him a monster. Now, it will hear his Black Song. What to Expect: - Grimdark & Brutal Action: Visceral, bloody, and realistic combat where every mistake costs flesh. - Cursed MC: A human protagonist burdened by a violent, unnatural regeneration, learning how the real world works. - No Plot Armor: Actions have permanent, devastating consequences. - Survival & Hunt: A raw, desperate struggle to stay free against overwhelming odds. - Slow-burn Worldbuilding: Uncovering a dark, unforgiving world through the eyes of someone who grew up in a cage.
Daniel_Duda · 700 Views