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Finding Him (BxB+)

Kalypso "Kali" Brunn was searching. He was trying to find someone he once knew well, someone he'd lost without even realizing. Kali needed the man who could wholeheartedly love himself and the company of others yet live happily, even alone. That someone wouldn't need another leading their life, completely shaping every thought he had, each action he performed, and the emotions he'd felt. He simply had to see that man's lost smile once more, a smile so true and pure, and he believed the Black Manor was the best place to look. It was the perfect home for Kali to find himself again. A peaceful, private, and honest(deceptively so) abode for him to relax and heal in. It seemingly had the most perfect conditions. The only downside of the new arrangement would be that he's yet to shake off his loneliness. He's determined to get along with his new housemates, but it's proven to be hard, especially as half of them blatantly ignore him and the other half downright hate his mere presence. But who's to say the future won't change? Perhaps his clumsy, self-deprecating ways will finally garner him some much-needed attention. Maybe they'll see just how much he needs someone to stand by him, even if he happens to claim otherwise for pride's sake... Or suppose they could continue to ignore him until he stays forever stuck in his regrettable past. Kali doesn't want to think about the 'scumbag' he ran away from or the friends that hurt him. They didn't deserve his tears any more than he deserved the emotional turmoil he'd suffered through.
Shady_Sunflower · 10.1k Views

The dragon's harem

What makes dragons strong? It's not their power or magic, but their mind. Arrogance, greed, Iron Will, and the lack of human restraints. What would happen if you threw such a creature into human society? Would they understand humans? What does love even mean to them? This is the situation that our MC, Arad Orion found himself in. A newborn dragon bringing "Might make Right" to the humanoids, but why? Due to an abnormal condition, the mighty void dragons are on the brink of extinction. Their bodies have suddenly started rejecting their kind. Due to that, Arad's mother dropped his egg into a forest where he could hatch safely, leaving him with a fragment of her consciousness and informing him of the condition of their race. From that point, his goal became clear. To save their race by either finding a cure for their condition or going the second route of making more void dragons. But, sadly, nothing is ever that easy. Finding a cure is almost impossible. Arad is still practically a newborn and cannot tap into the terrifying might of his race, and his rarity makes him a prime target for mages and scholars seeking to study the dying race. Dragons are arrogant, proud, and vicious. Yet those feeling extends to those whom they love. You who touched a dragon's love, Retribution is an insult, and life is a crime. Beware as merely existing draws the dragon's wrath. Follow Arad on his journey as he grows from a naive wyrmling to a grown dragon with enough wisdom and power to stand with the strongest of the world. *** If you liked the story, please support it with power stones and comments! The story now has a Discord server. Please visit it to see character art by me and the community. https://discord.gg/CPJXDj6Adg *** You can contact me at Discord at any time Alen_Tanor#1599 And last. Please don't forget to leave a review, it really helps!
Alen_Tanor · 2.9m Views

Primordial Null Nexus: I can comprehend and cultivate all paths

In a world where power is ranked from F to SSR, he was branded a failure. In a universe where cultivation is forgotten, he became its last heir. Two hundred years after the Great Awakening filled Earth with cosmic energy, society runs on a simple, brutal logic: your Talent Tier is your destiny. Robert Walton, a seventeen-year-old with an F-Tier "Null" rating, isn't just at the bottom—he's a societal ghost, the ultimate punching bag for bullies and a disgrace to his struggling family in the fortified slums of Nova-7. His life is a constant cycle of humiliation, until a shard of obsidian crystal from a lost reality crashes into his scrapyard. It doesn't contain power. It contains a teacher. Lin Zhong, an ancient guardian spirit from the primordial world of cultivation, awakens within him. While the elites of Nova-7 flaunt their flashy SS-ranked ice and time manipulation or SSS-tier martial flames, Robert is taught a forgotten truth: their "powers" are cheap copies. He is offered the original blueprint of reality itself. His "Null" status isn't a weakness it's the perfect blank slate to learn the foundational laws of existence: density, gravity, silence, and chaos. Guided by his sarcastic spectral master and aided by a stone-jawed lynx with a secret royal bloodline and a shrinking habit, Robert must walk two worlds. By day, he navigates the treacherous hierarchy of a fortress city under siege from mutant beasts, hiding his growing power. By night, he cultivates, learning to harvest energy from trash and storms, turning society's waste into the building blocks of a legend. His goals are simple, yet monumental: protect his family, shut up every bully who ever looked down on him, and pass the Unified Academy Entrance Exam to win a better life. But to do that, he’ll have to stand beside and eventually against the dazzling prodigies of his generation: the elegant ice-wielding heiress, the fiery martial artist, the charismatic golden boy, and the lightning-fast troublemaker who sees a kindred spirit in Robert's quiet defiance. They have wealth, legacy, and world shaking power. Robert has a head full of alien physics, a pocketful of primordial pills, and a simmering, cunning will to protect his family. But the crystal that chose him is a relic of a war that shattered heavens. The powers that killed Lin Zhong and shattered his world haven’t forgotten the treasure they lost. And as Robert’s impossible strength begins to glitch the system, he draws eyes not just from jealous bullies, but from hidden entities that recognize the signature of a power that should not exist. As Robert unravels the true, decaying nature of his world and the dark mysteries lurking beyond the city walls, one thing becomes clear: the system that labeled him trash is about to get a glitch it can't debug. He was told he had no talent. He’s about to show them that true power isn’t about what you’re given it’s about understanding the rules well enough to rewrite them all.
Dexta_Smart56 · 5.5k Views

Crimson Ascension: The Bloodborne Cadet

Ten years after Earth survived an alien invasion, power is no longer something you’re born with—it’s something you buy. Extraordinary warriors once sacrificed their lives to turn their abilities into Ability Books, tools ordinary people could study to gain supernatural strength. The war was won. Humanity rebuilt. And those without power were quietly left behind. Quinn Veyra is one of them. Unbound. Unfunded. Forgotten. He enters Aureon Military Academy with no Ability Book, no status, and no safety net—only the reputation of parents who died during the invasion under circumstances no one will explain. Among cadets engineered for greatness, Quinn is expected to fail. Instead, his blood starts behaving… wrong. It heals too fast. It reacts to fear. It listens. When Quinn bleeds during training, his blood forms shields, symbols, and sigils no Ability Book can replicate. Whispers follow—quiet at first, then impossible to ignore. Hunger settles in, not for food, but for pulse, for the rhythm of living hearts. As the academy tightens its grip, Quinn discovers the truth buried beneath the invasion’s history: he is not an anomaly born by chance, but the awakening of a forgotten race erased from records and burned from memory. With each new ability he unlocks, Quinn doesn’t just grow stronger—he becomes something else. Vampire. Predator. Harbinger. And he is not alone. The whispers spread. Other cadets begin to hear them. Systems glitch. Blood reacts. The line between human and monster starts to blur, and the academy realizes too late that containment is already failing. Caught between ruthless commanders, terrified peers, and the seductive promise of power, Quinn must decide what kind of monster he’s willing to be—or whether humanity deserves to survive what comes next. Because this time, the invasion isn’t coming from the stars. It’s waking up from within.
JanayJourney · 838 Views

The Ender's Ascendance

We were deceived…. We all were. They never said that the (—) would unleash these kind of monsters unto the earth. They never mentioned what would crawl out from the aftermath—or what would be forced to crawl back in. The entirety of the earth was terraformed in an unrecognisable way, so much that it could not be called earth anymore…… Maps became things of old. Directions lost meaning. Even the sky stopped pretending to remember us. *Sigh* I did want I could to survive, but…. they died, one after another… Not all at once. That would have been mercy, mercy I would have begged for... People screamed. Some adapted. Others smiled before they broke. I kept count until the numbers started staring back at me. But things — things never go the way I plan… Or maybe they did— and that’s the part I don’t want to admit. As for me…. It turns out, I never really knew who I was. Not before the world — 'They' came for me. Not before freedom and survival demanded pain and sacrifices. I changed….. I became the very thing that I— Promised I wouldn’t. Feared I already was. *Sigh* Or hoped I was. I don’t know if someone is but— haha who am I kidding, I’m not that special I know that. *Sigh* But on off chance there is — If there’s someone out there writing my story…. Please… Drop the pen… Because I’m tired… *Sigh* so tired. _______ For images and discuss... Discord link: https://discord.gg/u2yVtVkudz _______
The_Ends_Of_Days · 1.5k Views