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Shotaro: journey of a hero that kept moving forward

"There was once a hero." All have heard that phrase at least once in their lives. Whispered by old men before firelight. Carved into stone beneath crumbled towers. Inscribed on the last pages of dying books. But more often than not, it was just a prelude— a sentence used to dress up myths, to clothe legends in something that sounded like truth. "There was once a hero who defeated the Demon King." "There was once a hero who slew the last of the skyborn dragons." .......... "There was once a hero who was thrown into the abyss... and kept climbing out of it." "There was once a hero who walked with tragedy tied around his waist like a blade." "There was once a hero who changed lives—not with miracles, but with mercy." Shotaro Mugyiwara. A name drowned in dust. A face erased by time. He wakes as a blank slate— somewhere in the shattered lands of Drakastradorn, known also as Aetheria. No memory of who he was. No sense of why he still breathes. Only silence. Only echoes. Only the wind screaming through ruins that remember him better than he remembers himself. This world is not kind. It is carved by Mantra, an energy not of magic, but of something older— from beyond space, beyond time— a power not meant for mortal tongues to name. The land bleeds war. The stars above are scarred. And in this stage of gods and monsters, drama and death... he awakens. ......... "He was always the hero." A child is born in Hokkaido, on the night of January 30, 2008. A birth that was never supposed to happen. From a womb never seeded. A life conjured, not conceived. The world shook the moment he took his first breath. Because something ancient had returned. Something the world had forgotten how to fear. --- "There was once a hero... who was a great diplomat." Who could shape armies not with swords, but with words. Who could bend even fate to a shared purpose. Shotaro Mugyiwara’s life was never normal. And it will never be. Even in a world where he remembers nothing— no comrades, no battles, no lovers, no scars— even with the past ripped from his veins... He walks. He endures. He refuses to kneel. Because the truth is simple. "There was once a hero..." "Who kept moving forward."
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Zero Hour: Climb. Survive. Ascend. Or Disappear!

They always said the world would end in fire, or ice, or maybe some virus cooked up in a lab. Turns out, it was a rock. A really, really big rock. Figures. But what they hadn't anticipated was... Zero hour wasn't the end. It was only the prologue — the beginning of something new. --- Lior had known one thing all along — the world was done for good. Complete disappearance? Just a matter of when. And on his twenty-second birthday, it happened. A broadcast flooded every screen — a meteor three times the size of Earth hurtling toward them. Less than twenty-four hours before everything ended. No escape. No survival. Just the final punctuation mark on humanity's death sentence. Watching the chaos unfold, Lior shrugged. "Well, at least I'll have time to eat my birthday cake." Immediately, the ground trembled, harder this time. He sighed. "Maybe not." But then... something bizarre happened. A massive pillar of light descended from the sky, crashing into the heart of the chaos. A tower? A cold, emotionless voice echoed across the world: "Attention, surviving inhabitants of Earth. The planet is scheduled for termination." No sentiment. No comfort. Just a single command... "Ascend to the top floor. Secure your survival." A sliver of hope for a dying world — a race teetering on the brink of extinction. Lior smirked. "Fine. Let's take the risk. There's no other way anyway." And just like Hamelin’s flute, the tower pulled him inside. "Welcome to the world of Ascension." "Activating Survival Protocol." "Your quest begins now." --- Hello readers! If you like an adventure, action, and fantasy full course, served in a mystery-wrapped system-academy platter with a dash of lighthearted wit and serious demeanor — welcome on board! The MC isn't OP. He'll make mistakes; he'll act sometimes smart and sometimes, well — utterly ridiculous! It'll be a multiple-leads story; I'll introduce them one by one to not overwhelm you with too many characters from the start. And another thing: No harem. No explicit scenes. Single FL. Update frequency: 1-2 chapters daily. Chapter word count: 1000-1200. P.S.: It's my WSA entry; show some support, mates! :)
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