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The Perfect Path To Insanity

Would you give up your humanity in exchange for power? To never die, a chance to be a god? Humans had lost all will to try. Their existence had been reduced to a single, self-destructive purpose: to entertain and please the cosmic gods, known as Forces, in hopes of gaining a 'favour'. After 7 years of these continuous deadly games that suddenly appeared, the Earth we know is no more. Now an apocalyptic playground for the Forces to enjoy. To survive in this ruined world, every single player is compelled to participate in these weekly deadly games. All to win prizes, be granted one of the four Paths designed for Awakeners— those who earned ‘their’ affection and favour. Until Fateless, a ‘humble’ wanted thief, stumbled upon a unique Force, one of the creators of the games. It was then he discovered the grim truth behind his name - 'Fateless' - deemed worthless and discarded at birth, exempt from all four Paths. Consumed by despair and hate, he took a risk and accepted a proposal from a shady cosmic god, granting him a fifth Path, giving him the ability to absorb human life essence to grow stronger, all for a small price. [ “I shall grant you the Fifth Path.” ] [ “The Path of Insanity.” ] [ “No mortal seeks forever without unraveling. Madness is the toll, the tariff paid at the gate.”] [ “You will no longer fear death. Nor die of age. Nor plague. Nor wounds that mortal hands deliver.” ] [ “But immortality is fed… not gifted.” ] [ “Just a tiny tithe. 10% of your humanity.” ] ‘What more is there to lose a bit of humanity, anyway? It only drags one down from their full potential. I could do just about anything without being bound to death. Anything… What a thrill it would be to spit on these cosmic slugs' faces.’ .... 300 Power stones: 2 bonus chapters 20 Golden Tickets: 3 bonus chapters 50 Golden Tickets: 5 bonus chapters
CrimsonJell0 · 178.6k Views

Scholar's Mate

“In an age where knowledge cuts deeper than knives, Victoria is about to learn far more than is safe for any soul to bear.” Victoria and Robert were torn from the gentle dullness of their ordinary century and cast into a realm governed by proto-concepts—those ancient, unblinking truths from which life, death, and divinity themselves are carved. Proclaimed “Heroes” by a world too desperate to question its own choices, they were commanded to rise in strength, confront a Demon Lord, and deliver salvation to a land that had never been theirs. Robert donned the mantle with the fervour of a man stepping into destiny. Victoria… hesitated. And in that hesitation, something old—older than scripture, older than light—turned its gaze toward her. She felt its attention like a draft through a locked room. In a moment poised between terror and terrible understanding, she accepted its offer: a contract sealed in silence, a year of her life exchanged for a thing that should never have been permitted to exist. Not in this world. Not in any. She did not yet grasp that, in straying from the Hero’s ordained path, she had not merely shifted her fate— she had begun to unwrite the very scaffolding of her humanity. Now Victoria walks like a phantom through a world that has marched on without her— one year behind the celebrated Hero, yet burdened with an insight so sharp it threatens to cut her free from mortality itself. She can now trespass upon knowledge forbidden to scholars, sorcerers, or even those who stand at the pinnacle of human mastery. She commits the kind of acts whispered only of beings who have stepped beyond the human threshold… and never returned. And in a world built on primordial, immovable truths, one truth endures: Knowledge is power. But power, when mishandled, becomes a curse that devours its bearer— quietly, inevitably, like rot beneath embroidered silk.
NovaLumin · 190.5k Views

Wednesday and Symbiote Boy Daily Cohabitation Life

Victor Black—a lab rat on the run, a certified lunatic, and the host of a symbiote named Venom who shares his aggressive addiction to chocolate. On his way to Nevermore Academy, he somehow managed to hitch a ride with the Addams family. On his very first day, fueled by sheer, unadulterated audacity, Victor successfully scammed his way into the girls' dormitory. Thus began his chaotic domestic life with the queen of woe, Wednesday, and the sunniest werewolf alive, Enid. Sure, he lost the turf war against the two girls and ended up with a sleeping bag on the floor right outside the bathroom... but Victor isn’t complaining. He’s living in the girls' dorm, for crying out loud. He’d sleep inside the toilet bowl if it meant keeping the address. This is the story of a chaotic boy raised by his vampire sister, who—oops—accidentally raised him using a dusty copy of The Gentleman’s Guide to Becoming an Incubus instead of a normal parenting book. Now, he’s at Nevermore to raise hell, shake up the world, and—cough—maybe find a little romance along the way. Victor insists he’s a model student who never causes trouble. Never mind that he runs a black-market weapons ring on campus, turned the annual Poe Cup canoe race into a full-scale reenactment of the D-Day landings, likes to flip off Gorgons' beanies just to see the snakes, or asks werewolf professors exactly what it feels like to streak in public... Aside from that? Total angel. Featured Universes: Wednesday, Hotel Transylvania
Eledern_Ring · 1m Views

The Ghost Data Gambit

They did it. Sterling National Bank—breached, its vaults laid bare by the audacious hands of Marco, Lena, Anya, Jax, and Ghost. Now, in a forgotten city loft, the stolen millions pile high, a glittering monument to their genius. But the gold glinting in the dim light feels less like victory and more like a ticking clock. Jax, high on the adrenaline, craves the next impossible score, a legend to be etched in blood and daring. Lena, however, is a hair's breadth from breaking, haunted by shadows and the relentless whisper of prison bars. The fragile alliance that powered their impossible triumph begins to fracture, a thin wire of trust stretching taut between ambition and the chilling desire for escape. Then, the world outside crashes in. A burner phone, cold with an unknown threat. The distant wail of sirens, growing louder, closer, echoing the rising panic within their sanctuary. Ghost's eyes, sharp as ever, confirm their nightmare: they're being watched. Their greatest heist, the one meant to secure their freedom, has instead painted a target on their backs, drawing unseen predators from the depths. Now, trapped between their own unraveling loyalties and an encroaching, relentless enemy, the crew faces an impossible choice: gamble everything on one final, legendary score that promises either immortality or oblivion, or disappear into the shadows, leaving behind the only life they've ever known, hoping to outrun the ghost of their own success. The game isn't over. It's just getting deadly.
_Bhupendra_9 · 3.7k Views