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The Shadow of Great Britain

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.” Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?” The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?” Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!” “Oh!!!!” The audience erupted into thunderous applause. “Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately. The applause grew even more fervent... (The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)
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I'm the Absolute Buff Master

—WEBNOVEL SPIRITY AWARDS 2026 ENTRY— Gareth Mourne is 16 years old with a sick obsession: Endless Tower. An RPG where a colossal 50-floor tower appeared out of nowhere. Each floor houses a gate — the only way to face the corresponding boss and push toward the world's salvation. Because if all fifty floors aren't conquered… a meteorite will fall from the sky. But the Tower doesn't wait patiently. Far from its shadow, rifts appear: cracks spawned by the Tower itself that vomit monsters without rest. If they aren't wiped out, progress slows to a crawl. Gareth knows this. He knows it because he's beaten the game more times than he can count. He doesn't play for fun. He plays for glory. He plays to shatter his own records. Every run faster. Every route more optimized. Every buff stacked to an absurd limit. The community gave him a name: Mourgare, the BuffMaster. The night he finally breaks his best time… he falls asleep. And wakes up in a world he recognizes. A world he's convinced can't be real. Believing it's all a lucid dream, Gareth acts without fear of consequences — sabotaging himself in the process and completely destroying his reputation. Until he realizes it's all real. And then he decides something simple: if this world is Endless Tower… he'll conquer it the way he always has. Alone. And when he defeats the first boss solo, the name Mourgare will be etched into the sky — and as his reward, he'll receive his System. With a Special Class that fits him like a glove. [Buff Master] This time, it isn't about breaking a record. It's about leaving his alter ego at the very top.
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