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The King's Gambit: The Bastard Son Returns

So, what’s this novel about? Think 'Squid Game' meets 'Game of Thrones'. ✧˖°── .✦───☼༺☆༻☾───✦.── °˖✧ In a kingdom where the crown is not passed by blood. Even a prince must earn it and even a peasant can claim it. Keiser was a knight of the royal brigade, one of the first commoners ever to reach the final trial of the King’s Gambit. A brutal tradition decided the kingdom’s next king. While nobles trained their entire lives for it, Keiser… born with no mana, rose through grit, loyalty, and unyielding strength. At his side stood Prince Gideon Aury Valemont, the king’s fourth son, who had seemingly renounced his own claim to support Keiser. Or so Keiser believed. It was in the final trial that the truth revealed its fangs. Keiser had been nothing but a pawn. Gideon had used him as a shield, a decoy to draw assassins and rivals, all while secretly paving his own path to the throne. In the trial, a candidate’s kingmaker must either make the ultimate sacrifice or betray their chosen king and seize the throne. Gideon chose the crown. Bloodied and broken, Keiser knelt, impaled by the very sword Gideon gifted to him. A blade forged from the core of a dragon he had once sworn to free, now twisted into the instrument of his death. Smoke curled from seared flesh, sigils burned into his skin by the hand he once trusted most. As numbness dulled the pain, he raised his gaze... And beheld Gideon, crowned in gold and betrayal... a serpent in royal silk, enthroned by treachery and gilded lies. In that final breath, Keiser understood. The King’s Gambit had never been about valor or justice. It was a masquerade of shadows, where victory belonged not to the strongest... but to the most ruthless deceiver. But death was not his end. Keiser awakens in the body of Muzio Auro Valemont, the king’s disgraced tenth prince, long-missing bastard son, doomed to die before the Gambit even begins. To stop history from repeating, Keiser must find the man he once was, must convince his former self that betrayal is coming, that Gideon will drive into his back the very blade forged from the dragon he once freed. Even if it means entering the Trials again in a body too weak to hold a sword. Even if it means bleeding himself dry to keep pace with his mind. Even if it means turning to the forbidden art of Blood Scripting. Keiser---now Muzio, must train, scheme, and survive... Not as the knight who flew too close to the sun, But as the bastard son hidden in its shadow. He no longer seeks the crown. He seeks to destroy all who dare to wear it. ༻✦༺  ༻✧༺ ༻✦༺ Unofficial tags are: #Transmigration, #Regression #TimeTravel, #BodySwap #IdentityRebirth #MagicSystem #Greek/Latin/Symbols/Weird-Magic-System, #BloodMagic #ForbiddenArts #StrongToWeak / #WeakToStrong, #Trial-by-Succession, #FoundFamily #Mystery, #HorrorElements, #Elves, #Dragons, #Fae, #Sirens, ━⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽༓☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅━ If any of that caught your interest, give the story a try, and hopefully you'll find it better than expected.
seinsi · 275.5k Views

Terra Solaris: The Awakening

In the magical village of Verdwood, nestled beneath converging ley lines that pulse with ancient power, a child named Ren Amaki is born—an incarnation of rare and prodigious magical talent known as the Infinite Skill. Born from a mysterious reincarnation, Ren’s arrival sets the world aflame with hope and fear. Gifted with an uncanny ability to master any skill at a phenomenal pace, he finds himself simultaneously revered and feared by his community.From his earliest days, Ren’s innate powers mark him as different. As he grows, he forms deep friendships—with the fiercely loyal warrior Kaela, the aristocratic elemental mage Lysara, the inventive and spirited gnome Elira, and the shadow-touched scout Nyssa—each shaping his journey. Yet, beneath this rising promise lies a dark secret: a vampiric curse awakening within him threatens to consume his body and soul.As Verdwood prepares for its beloved Leyline Blossom Festival, this quiet peace shatters when the Cult of the Void, a shadowy organization corrupting the magical ley lines, attacks. Ren's power becomes both a beacon and a battleground as he struggles to control the surging magic and the curse within. Tragedy strikes with the death of his childhood friend Alric, forcing Ren to confront the heavy price of power and the true stakes of the encroaching darkness.Faced with political intrigue, growing distrust among his own people, and relentless cult attacks, Ren’s journey is one of discovery, sacrifice, and profound transformation. As he comes into his own as a warrior, mage, and leader, Ren must balance innovation with tradition, mastery with humanity, and light with shadow to protect everything he holds dear.Terra Solaris: The Awakening is the electrifying beginning of an epic saga about the forging of legend, the cost of power, and the waking of fate in a world where magic is life, and darkness gathers fast.
Heartless_Veteran · 2.7k Views

Song of Chains - The Moon, the Sun and the Stars between.

Lukas lived a normal life until a sudden accident ended it. He opens his eyes in Terros, a world ruled by magic and swords, reborn into a powerful noble house. He isn’t chosen, blessed, or particularly lucky. Just stubborn, with an unbreakable will. To survive, he’ll learn how mana flows, how blades are used, and which pieces of himself he needs to discard. His journey takes him through the dark side of a world ruled by strength. He traverses vast continents, uncovers ancient secrets, conquers dungeons, searches for silent gods, and participates in wars. He doesn’t want glory. He wants to live. And somewhere in this vast, cruel world, the girl he lost might be alive. *** Hello guys. I am a new author. I created the world for this novel in the last months during my military service and finally started to write the first chapters. It takes a long time for me to write these chapters so I may upload only 1 chapter a week for the time being, until I have created enough chapters as a backup. But I will try to stay consistent and get faster. About the story...I don’t want to go into too much detail since the first arc is written in a style that leaves the MC a secret. In short: Guy -> Dead -> Reborn -> Magic -> Betrayal -> Girl he loves -> Lots of battles, revenge, and unique powers. English isn’t my first language so my writing style may sound a bit akward at the beginning BUT I think I’m slowly getting the gist of it. ;) PS: I loved to read Webnovels especially in hard times to relax and just turn my head off. But I always found points that could be better or different. So I started to write my own novel since I couldn't hate comment the authors without being one myself.
GGA · 9.4k Views