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Spectacular World

RainyLiquid

F18/100
Hope Lauren has read her share of comics. She's seen supers around her city and even been saved by some on occasion — and she always hoped she'd be able to join them. With Jack, her grizzled older mentor with secrets that could shake the world, and Pantheon, a new team of heroes, Hope will have to fight against monumental odds to save Oleander City. In a world of action, comedy, tragedy, and adventure, there's plenty for a new hero to do.
Royal Road4.48· 132
Anti-heroComedyCozyLGBTQ+Overpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+8

Basic Thaumaturgy for the Emotionally Incompetent

D.N. Newyn

F16/100
Fabrisse Kestovar can't conjure grief, can barely levitate a pebble, and once submitted a stanza instead of a spell schematic. He may be the least emotionally competent student in the Order's seven-hundred-year history. Which makes it all the more confusing when an ancient magical relic wakes after forty-seven years of silence, launches itself across a holy sanctum, and crashes into his face. Now bonded to the PRAXIS NODE — a long-dormant, possibly AI-driven interface that delivers cryptic quests, sarcastic prompts, and calibration objectives measured in light-years — Fabrisse gains access to a system only he can see. He has a Legacy Token, no combat thresholds, and a growing collection of rocks the system insists are historically significant.
Royal Road4.43· 254
ComedyCozyHard MagicLitRPGSchoolSecondary World+1

Luckborn

Remnar the Magnificent

F15/100
In a world where a person's Class dictates their future, Dwayne "Otter" Bennett is an anomaly. Born with painfully average stats except a staggering Luck of 18, he was never offered a Class — until an unexpected opportunity lands him a spot at the prestigious Adventurers' Academy. The Academy is ruthless: skilled rivals, dangerous secrets, and a System designed to leave people like him behind. But Otter's Luck keeps manifesting in strange ways, pointing him toward rumors of hidden Classes and a relic that responds to his presence. When a real Kaosborn manifests during a simulation test in the ruins beneath the Academy, a controlled exam turns into a deadly fight for survival — and Otter learns that he, and his extraordinary Luck, may be the key to restructuring the System itself.
Royal Road4.43· 186
Class SystemLitRPGSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Moneymaker

Bertt

F15/100
Nathan Brody was an average college student until his death drops him into My Superhero Life, his favourite video game — a romance-action visual novel set in the Ako Superhero Academy. Inside the game, he discovers a strange system: he grows stronger with each dollar he earns. But the plot has gone wrong. Main characters are missing, heroes are siding with villains, and Nathan's own memories are blocked by an unknown force. Enrolled in class 1-F — the misfits — he meets a minor antagonist who sets off a chain of events that never happened in the game. A war is three years away, and he may be the only one who understands what's at stake. A slow-burn superhero progression story with a mystery at its core and an expanding cast of heroines.
Royal Road4.24· 259Goodreads4.10· 40
GameLitHaremIsekaiLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MC+3

Reader Mage

A Random Turtle

F14/100
He read the novel no one else would — and now had a System to show for it. Merlin Tyrrell's favorite web novel came to an end, and with it his dream of entering one of the most prestigious Mage Academies on Earth. Evaluated as Deficient — a Mage who could cast no spells — he could only watch as his wish to protect those he loved from Dungeons and Towers slipped away. That was, until the author sent him a gift for being his sole reader until the end: the System of the novel's protagonist, and his greatest Skill — Reader Mage. Now possessing the ability to analyze and deconstruct spells on the fly, Merlin sets out to become the greatest Mage to ever exist.
Royal Road4.10· 261
CozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGSchoolSecondary World+3

Blood Curse Academia

Spencer Walther

F14/100
Kidnapped and presumed dead, Kizu returns ten years later — just in time to enroll at an elite magical academy. His education under the witch who raised him was unorthodox, leaving him three years behind every other student and ranked as the overall worst at Shinzou Academy. Kizu is determined to change that quickly — not just to master long-denied schools of magic, but to investigate his older sister's disappearance. She was the only one who never stopped looking for him. Now it's his turn to repay the favor, if he can survive an academy where the other students are just as dangerous as the monsters.
Goodreads4.07· 338
GrimdarkMysterySchoolSoft MagicWeak to Strong

The Ultimate Weapon at Royal Academy

Blanch

F13/100
Hope Ruthford is Cardinal Mage 9XA, a sorceress scientifically engineered as a vessel of pure destruction, built to win wars for the Kingdom of Calidea. But when peace comes, weapons are needed no more. Dispatched to the prestigious Academy of Belmesion to learn what it means to be a normal mage, Hope finds that peacetime is in many ways more complicated than war. Tangled in a web of political scheming and conflicting interests, she must find allies she can trust and reach greater heights as a mage. A story about exploring the universe, human nature, and the possibilities of magic — where even the great can become greater through connections and cooperation.
Royal Road4.30· 242
Anti-heroBase BuildingCompetent MCGenius MCHard MagicOverpowered MC+2

Trials of the Jötunn

Thraksius

F13/100
It's been over 300 years since every human and supernatural race on Earth found themselves transported to Floor Zero of the Tower. The population has fallen from 8.2 billion to just under 20 million. Anyone under sixteen must attend the Academy of Beginnings, a place designed to prepare them for the climb and uncover why the System brought them here. The highest known completed floor is Floor 34. Deacon Surtr Hayes stands on the cusp of graduating from the Academy, ready to claim his Tier 1 Class and ascend the Tower. Then he wakes up hours before receiving his Class and discovers that his father is alive — and that he isn't even human. A single revelation unravels everything he thought he knew, leaving him with one burning question: what is a Jötunn?
Royal Road4.39· 189
Anti-heroBase BuildingCraftingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MC+12

Ascendancy

Kessedi

F12/100
In a world where every action is watched, every thought is recorded, and every step is calculated, survival is earned. Merit is power. Merit is life. Merit is the only path to ascend. Kael Arden was born in a remote frontier village and expected nothing more than an ordinary life. Through a series of choices he gains merit and is thrust into a world far larger and more dangerous than he ever imagined — one of evolving monsters, hidden civilizations, imperial academies, and wars fought for power beyond human understanding. With no special bloodline or legendary inheritance, Kael climbs the ranks through ingenuity, perseverance, and the refusal to abandon those around him. As kingdoms prepare for war and ancient forces stir, he discovers that ascension is his greatest chance to matter.
Royal Road4.28· 229
Base BuildingClass SystemGenius MCLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MC+4

The Exchange Teacher

shoemilk

F12/100
Centuries after collapse, humanity is rebuilding. Basque, a renowned hunter-turned-teacher, arrives at a city-state as an ambassador expecting to observe classes for six months. Days before school starts, his mission changes: he must teach — for five years. His class is filled with legally required, unwanted commoners in a school built for nobility. The administration wants him gone, his coworkers find hazing the new teacher more entertaining than actual teaching, and the retention rate is a body count. Balancing his mandate to observe, his directive to teach, and his personal imperative that every student survive puts Basque at odds with a school where the teaching methods leave him horrified. Book 1 examines how an insider and an outsider experience a rigid authoritarian society differently, told through two main points of view, with found-family elements and a romance subplot woven throughout.
Royal Road4.36· 212
Base BuildingCompetent MCGameLitLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MC+3

The Uprising of The Hero Party's Underling

Rio Uehara

F11/100
Ten years ago, a sixteen-year-old with main character syndrome got isekai'd to Averula — a world of monsters, a Demon King, and Heroes carrying the kingdom's hopes. He joined the Hero's party as the sixth member, the one everyone called the errand boy, spending three years cooking, running errands, and giving massages, only to die in the final boss fight when his comrades decided he wasn't worth a Resurrection Elixir. He woke up back in his old world and spent the next decade living a quiet, peaceful life. Now the god responsible wants him to go back — right to the moment before it all started. He's not thrilled about the idea.
Royal Road4.26· 227
ComedyCompetent MCGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGRegression+3

The Glass Mage: An Artisanal Progression Fantasy

Andrew B. Salmon

F10/100
Magical glassblower Nuri Shahi is pursuing the pinnacle of his craft. His journey to create a masterpiece of glass detours into exploring magic, delving treacherous Rifts, and dragging his friends into crazy schemes — but he won't let life get him down. Impulsive and resourceful, Nuri treads the fine line between madman and visionary, determined to prove that Glassmaker is a viable path to becoming a superior Mage.
Royal Road4.32· 211
Competent MCCozyCraftingDungeon CrawlingHard MagicSchool+3

Wastrel Heir of Velmoria: A Regressor Magic School Adventure

Daoist Enigma

F9/100
The kingdom's last defender had one chance to send his memories back in time. He chose wrong. The Sword Warden of Cravess watched his knights burn alive as Black Mana consumed his lands. With his dying breath, he passed his memories sixteen years into the past — not to himself, but to his best friend Lucan Velmoria, a genius who'd accomplished legendary feats before dying to save the Warden's life. Except that genius never existed. The real Lucan is an outcast drowning in wine, heir to a dukedom he never wanted, with a Shadow Mana affinity no one has ever advanced past Second-Circle. Now, with his half-sister marked for assassination, his mother trapped in endless sleep, and memories of techniques he has no idea how his future self mastered, he must figure out the impossible — and rewrite the ending.
Royal Road4.33· 166
Genius MCHard MagicRegressionSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong+1

The Lamp That No Longer Shines: A LitRPG Action Comedy

Broken_Bulb

F9/100
I was a game designer. Now I'm a Witch. Witches don't cast spells by candlelight and pray to the moon — they audit gods and harvest planets for fuel. They settle academic disputes at gunpoint, and the loser writes her rebuttal from the afterlife. Their idea of mercy is turning your civilization into a battery instead of fertilizer. The problem is, I'm the only one who arrived at this civilization with a corporate mindset. Everyone else is an immortal, overpowered genius who treats reality like a personal sandbox. Nobody here has needed documentation — or anyone like me — in two thousand years. I am trying, very politely, to bring version control to a species that considers chaos a design philosophy. But here's the thing about these arrogant, violent, impossible women: if I ever fall, they will burn a galaxy to bring me home. And for the first time in two lifetimes, that means something.
Royal Road4.31· 167
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCozyGameLitGenius MC+9

Blood Mage Assassin

E.M. Dash

F7/100
Jack once believed the quill was mightier than the sword. He was wrong. After twenty years of failure and obsession, the crippled Apprentice Scribe confronted the noble who murdered his family — only for his revenge to end with a poisoned dagger in his gut and the mocking smile of the man he hated. When death came, it didn't take him to the Underworld. It sent him back — sixteen again, reborn in the body he lost to fire and regret, given a second chance by the Gods he believed had forsaken him. Now he wants to protect his family and live a good life, but the Gods have other plans. Armed with forbidden magic, a scribe's precision, and knowledge of the future, Jack will carve a new path through history — written in ink, blood, and vengeance. A deliberately slow-paced, slice-of-life, weak-to-strong story building toward an overpowered MC across multiple time loops.
Royal Road4.28· 129
Dungeon CrawlingGrimdarkLitRPGOverpowered MCRegressionSchool+3

I Awakened A System That Gives Me A New Skill Everyday

imissmysun

F6/100
Born into one of the Evernight Empire's grand noble families, Alex Drakethorne showed extraordinary promise at birth — and then nothing. By age ten he was still stuck at level 1 while peers his age had already earned their classes. Mocked by friends and nobles alike, Alex's family remained his only constant support. At fourteen, desperate for power, he throws himself into a newly opened gate. The shock forces his long-dormant system awake to save him — a system unlike any other, one that grants him a brand new skill every single day. From a laughingstock to a force the world will have to reckon with, Alex's slow-burn journey from the bottom begins.
Royal Road3.37· 181
Base BuildingClass SystemLitRPGPost-apocalypticSchoolSecondary World+2

Extra's Mantle: Wait, What Do You Mean I Shouldn't Exist?!

NekoSama#9999

F6/100
In the beloved novel "Mantle of Gods," four chosen heroes are destined to save the world — and fail spectacularly, leaving reality to burn in eternal darkness. As a reader of that story, transmigrating into it as Jin Winters, a nameless extra not even mentioned in the text, was already bad enough. Landing in Vienna — one of four cities slated for annihilation in the opening act — made it worse. Armed with meta-knowledge and a cancer survivor's stubborn refusal to die quietly, Jin awakens the mysterious "Mantle of Harvest," a power system the protagonists never fully understood. But knowledge only matters if you live long enough to use it. Ninety-one days until the veil falls. Ninety-one days to grow strong enough to change a fate written in blood.
Royal Road4.15· 168
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLit+15

Fallen Mage Regressor

Lemonoid

F5/100
Death makes exceptions for all the wrong people. Malfrasius wasn't trying to destroy the world — even as everyone called him a Dark Lord, he fought to save them. The Heroine didn't believe him, and his life ended with a blade between his ribs. When he woke up six years in the past on his way to magic school, he resolved to do things the right way and without attracting attention. But the butterfly effect has a funny sense of humor. His clumsy changes to the timeline have landed him in a team with two members of the Heroine's party, the academy's top prodigy suspects he is her equal despite his F-grade core, and his loyal maid is growing suspicious of his sudden personality shift. Malfrasius wasn't trying to destroy the world. It's just a shame the world seems so intent on destroying him.
Royal Road4.22· 121
Anti-heroCozyCraftingMysteryOverpowered MCRegression+4

Sovereign Sight

Nicoli Gonnella

?
Without Talent, you are nothing. In Harker's world, Talent decides everything: status, power, and potential. He has nothing but the smallest of Knacks for perception — just enough to keep one step ahead of the townsfolk who hate him. Coupled with strict personal Laws and a sharp mind, he has survived the worst of their attention. But survival isn't living. When a storm curses Harker and enhances his small Talent far beyond its natural Scope, he suddenly possesses power that greedy hunters would kill to claim. His only hope lies in the one place his mother always forbade: the Nine Spires Academy — where he must reach and pass an entrance exam before the curse kills him.
Royal Road4.83· 78
CultivationGenius MCHard MagicSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Interim Headmaster of Emberstone Academy of Magic

Fierstown

?
Alastair Meade, an unassuming headmaster from the quiet country school of Glimmerglass, is summoned to serve as Interim Headmaster of the prestigious Emberstone Academy of Magic — a sprawling castle steeped in arcane tradition, worlds away from the peaceful forests he calls home. Once a scholarship student from a humble farm, Alastair must confront old insecurities, skeptical powerful parents, and long-buried rivals. His unexpected tenure plunges him into political intrigue, ancient magical battles, and dangerous rescue missions. To save Emberstone, a country mage haunted by a past of bullying and burdened by a temporary title must rally a fractured faculty and guide competitive students through escalating threats.
Royal Road4.32· 88
CozyMysterySchoolSecondary WorldSoft Magic