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When virtual reality becomes real enough to feel like another world entirely, Valia Online arrives. A man running from his past joins the game to forget it all — calling himself Jack Thorn, he chooses an undead race: Deathlord. A mage by choice and a swordsman by necessity, he soon finds out he'll need much more than magic and steel to survive. Strategy, creativity, and carefully chosen words can often accomplish what simple attacks can't. But as the game becomes too real and touches a part of him he'd rather leave buried, Jack is faced with two questions: who is he, really — and who should he become?

The world ended. The Apocalypse opened the gates of Hell, demons killed everyone — including me. But I got a second chance at life. As an apple. Which was eaten by a starving survivor, not that I fault them. But to toss my half-eaten core into a landfill? Then an earthquake buried the landfill a mile underground. No sunlight, no water, and I'm pretty sure the apple I was reincarnated into was a GMO hybrid with no real chance of germinating. Then: **DING** — SYSTEM INITIATION!

Dying and being reborn in a fantasy world as a hero destined to kill the Demon King is some people's greatest dream. Others, however, may prefer to sit around, relax, take a few naps, and ignore the impending doom. And if such a hero gets reborn as a cat, what's going to stop them from doing exactly that? Finding a warm tavern home filled with food, gossip, and comfort sounds a whole lot easier than putting in the work to stop a war.

A war was fought. Humanity lost. Demons now rule what was once mankind's domain, the great works of civilization lie in ruins, and the surviving humans live under the yoke of their conquerors. Not everyone went quietly, but at the end of it all the demons stood victorious. In one nearly uninhabitable corner of the conquered world, a very young woman comes of age walking in the shadow of destiny she does not yet understand. The demons have one final lesson left to learn from humanity — and it begins with the smallest of sparks.

In the swamp, the rules are simple: you eat them, or they eat you. Nothing's ever that simple when humans get involved. They feed you weird potions, teach you ridiculous commands, and make you fight pointless fights with totally unfair enemies. After years of non-consensual experimentation and a dark ritual involving goat's blood, the System reclassified Deluge as sentient. A nice title, but not something you can eat. Now, armed with heightened intelligence and slowly accumulating knowledge, Deluge expected the world to finally make sense. It doesn't. The more he learns, the more absurd it gets: civilization, laws, status, guilds, oaths — all random nonsense. There's only one system Deluge respects, and that's the System. System gives you levels. System gives you power.

An elderly hermit mage on the outskirts of a labyrinth town invokes simple spellwork to create a mud automaton for household chores — but in the middle of the ritual, his ancient heart finally fails. Now, half-formed and with limited understanding of the world, an artificial being of mud stirs to life. Despite its limitations, it has a mission to fulfill: the last instructions of a dying creator. "Defend my home, and my possessions." To the mechanical mind of Mud, only absolute perfection is acceptable. Nothing in the universe will ever threaten The Master's home.

In 2150, robotics scientist Regan Earle inadvertently caused a global robot uprising. For decades, he kept humanity hostage from the top of a tower, broadcasting his location as a deterrent. Until one day, his last creation finally came for him. Instead of death, Regan received a second chance — reincarnated in another world. As a dungeon core. With all his memories intact. The world of Murgin has no idea what's coming.

Earth lost a war it never knew it was fighting. The Batract Hyphae arrived with contracts and promises, but their true interest was in humans as a workforce and mercenary force for their vast empire. Five decades later, humanity's progress is stunted and Integration Officers monitor everything. Bound for Sirius, the 1st Expeditionary Fleet carries formal orders to crush a rebellion — but beneath those orders lies a different purpose: to prepare for Earth's own uprising and to seek allies among the very species they were sent to destroy. Humanity must use diplomacy where possible and domination where necessary to end the threat to its freedom once and for all.

Why survive the apocalypse when you can become the apocalypse? Nature is dying, but perhaps before the world is turned into an industrious machine it can play one final trump card to save itself. Summoned to a new world, a mushroom-loving mycologist needs to grow up and grow stronger to accomplish the goal that brought them there: save nature from the system the sentient races have created. Stats, levels, classes, and skills are all well and good — but when you're a Child of Poverty in the slums of City Nineteen, there's little you can do to change the world. Not unless you're willing to think outside the box.

Lily Carter juggles lectures, convenience store night shifts, and a secret life as Lilithia Nocturne — a top-ranked demon princess in the VRMMORPG Xantia. Then a robbery, a gunshot, and blackout. She wakes on cold stone in a glowing blood circle, wearing Lilithia's regal armor and horns for real. A bargain-bin cult calling itself the Children of the Abyss summoned her on purpose — by accident. They wanted a real demoness, not a nerdy girl cosplaying one. They're incompetent, fanatical, and inconveniently the only people who don't want to burn a demon on sight. Lily plans to humor them, learn the world, and bail. Instead, rumors snowball, idiots congregate, and an accidental empire starts forming in her name.

Something is off about a peculiar Mimikyu, and N will find the Truth no matter how many conspiracies or odd detours stand in his way. A wondrous world, tainted by a cruel society. A plot to tear it down and replace it with an Ideal structure. A creature of distortion with an alien perspective telling him to stop and smell the roses. Set prior to the events of Black and White, this AU mixes aspects of the anime and games, told through multiple perspectives focused on the misadventures of N and an out-of-place Mimikyu.

After the tragic loss of her mother, Solvei and her tribal family of áed — a nomadic race of beings made entirely of flame — flee their pursuers through the wasteland. When unexpected events separate Solvei from her tribe, she finds herself alone and vulnerable in unknown lands. With no clear path forward, Solvei must grow as both a person and in strength to survive her uncertain future.

Ivy Crawford has done her best to put Craumont, and her past, behind her. She'd much rather live life as a Delver — exploring rifts in the world, battling monsters with claws and magic in equal measure. But the past has come calling, and Ivy finds herself back in the city she once called home. Ivy has changed since she left, with scales, claws, and a tail earned from years of magic and Delving. Craumont has changed too: new shadows cling to familiar buildings, and old mysteries have only deepened. Something has sunk its claws deep into the city, and just won't let go. If Craumont is to survive, Ivy has no choice but to slowly unravel the darkness over her old home.

When humanity first ventured into space, they discovered the Galactic Commonwealth — an ancient and powerful alliance that barely noticed them. One species, the arboreal Eleani, took an active interest in humanity, offering guidance and friendship as they watched their younger cousin-kin earn their place among the stars. Decades later, the Insectoid Empire launched a devastating new campaign against the Commonwealth — a spacefaring hive-mind of wasp analogues that did not stop after seizing border planets as before. They killed over a hundred billion souls across dozens of worlds, destroyed half the Commonwealth Navy, and swept through the undefended periphery toward the Eleani homeworld. As extinction loomed and the Commonwealth government declined to help, the Eleani broadcast pleas to anyone who would listen. The Republic of Humanity answered the call.

An unstoppable curse. A dead man displaced from his time. How do you survive the zombie apocalypse when you started it? Digby Graves, a deceased medieval peasant with delusions of grandeur, is trying to figure out how the hell he ended up in Seattle eight hundred years after his death — with necrotic magic coursing through his zombified body and only fragmented memories of how he died. Now the curse he unleashed is loose in the world, and Digby has a target on his back. He needs to survive long enough to put the pieces back together, learn what it means to lead the horde, and master his power over the dead. The end of the world is gonna get weird.

Sable didn't know what she'd expected from the afterlife, but turning into a giant flying lizard wasn't it. Thrust into a magic-filled fantasy world with an obscenely powerful body, things aren't entirely great: there are hordes of orcs to the north, an immortal undead legion to the south, and fourteen human kingdoms that want the first dragon in centuries dead. What's more, her [Hoard] and [Notoriety] stats make her stronger the more gold she has and the more people fear her — which explains why dragons in the past were such unsavory sorts. Maybe she can find less evil ways to progress. What are the odds taxes and propaganda can get her where she needs to be?

In the far future, humanity has expanded into the stars. In the Collective, energy is limitless, communication is nearly instantaneous, and even death has been vanquished — Citizens are reborn after each death. Benning Kidd is a Drone, the lowest class of humanity, existing without memory, purpose, or self-awareness. An accident changes everything, and Benning becomes the first Drone in history to become a Citizen. Uniquely talented and unscrupulously driven, she chooses a path of battle and glory. But her existence is a threat to those in power, and forces move against her from the moment she steps out of the respawn chamber. Her only chance of survival is to be stronger, smarter, and more cunning than those who stand in her way.

In the deepest reaches of the Bone Pits, a canine woke up in the ruined remains of a wooden box — with knowledge it shouldn't have, fleeting memories it couldn't reach, and the icy grasp of death crawling up its spine. It simply wished to live another day. In the industrial underbelly of Carmera, gangs, religious groups, Dungeon Barons, and cultists battle for supremacy — blind to what prowls below. In the writhing smog and murky sumps that none dare approach, in the deepest reaches of the dungeon, the last wolf rakes its claws through steel and howls to a distant sky.

When alternate Earth is subsumed into a new reality comprising many worlds, Marianna Rojas — a young vampire who was sold to a cartel as a child — is chosen as one of thirty Exemplars to experience the new world ahead of everyone else. Accompanied by a tiny dragon named Saia, Marianna works to master the mysterious Mask and the skills it unlocks. She has one month to explore this strange new realm before she's sent back to a freshly integrated Earth to help with its transition — and every faction there seems to want her blood.

Death came on swift wings. A soul, blessed by a goddess, falls to the land and enters his new life — clinging to a single memory from his previous existence. Now he learns how to succeed as a new dungeon heart, partnering with his bonded Dungeon Pixie to become the best dungeon he can be.