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Ashen Crest: Rise of the Soulborne

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In a shattered world where skybound kingdoms drift above a vast ocean and eldritch "Gates" rip through reality, unleashing nightmare creatures known as Wraithborn, seventeen-year-old Kael Ryuu is the lowest of the low—a crestless orphan with no future in a society where worth is measured by strength and swordsmanship. Born without a Crest, the soul-bound mark that allows warriors to manifest legendary abilities and spirit-forged weapons, Kael is forbidden from training at the Sword Monastery of Yurei and forced to live as a servant, sharpening blades he’ll never wield. Until the day he dies. Struck down during a Wraithborn incursion, Kael awakens in The Abyss Library, an interdimensional realm that holds the records of fallen heroes. There, a disembodied voice offers him a pact: “Inherit the Will of Blades. Rise as my Soulborne.” Accepting, Kael is reborn with a forbidden ability—he can absorb the sword techniques of fallen warriors and evolve with every duel. With this comes his Soulblade: Kurozan, a living katana that feeds on Wraith essence. Determined to prove himself, Kael returns to the world bearing a mysterious black Crest and the first form of an ancient fighting style thought to be lost: Tenebris Kenjutsu, the Blade of the Eclipse. Setting out to conquer the Obsidian Tower—a deadly crucible of trials left behind by the gods—Kael assembles a fierce crew: a flame-scarred ronin wielding twin sabers, a rogue ex-knight who channels lightning through her rapier, and a silent monk who forges blades from pure spirit energy. Together, they battle rival sword clans, bounty hunters, and corrupted Soulborne across floating cities and sunken ruins, uncovering the truth behind the Soulweavers—a forgotten order of swordmasters who once bridged life, death, and the void between. But Kael’s power is not without cost. Whispers follow him in the wind. Shadows draw closer. And the deeper he delves into the secrets of his Soulblade, the more he questions: is he becoming the hero of prophecy—or the vessel of an ancient sword demon bent on returning? In a realm where mastery of the blade is everything, Kael Ryuu must carve his path—one duel at a time.
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Mated To The Dead Prince

"But this feels real," She whispered. Curiosity got the best of her as she went around the coffin, luckily, it wasn't locked. She took a deep breath before pulling it open. "Jesus Christ!" Rose exclaimed, putting her hand over her chest as she breathed hard. She stood frozen beside the coffin, staring at a young man with the most beautiful face she'd ever seen, lying still and comfortably inside the coffin. Was he dead? He looked so pale like he was dead and yet so beautiful to be called dead. Talk about gothic beauty. Rose knew she should be running for her life at that moment, but she felt something drawing her closer to the man in the coffin, she flashed her light closer to his face as she reached her hand down and placed it right under his nose to check if he was still breathing. No air, his nose bridge was cold as ice too. Rose was still busy staring at the man's face when she felt something very icy touch her arm, she felt her heart drop to her stomach as she slowly turned her head to look at her arm, that's when she saw the white, slim, masculine fingers wrapped tightly around her wrist. Her soul left her and her heart completely stopped beating, before starting to beat like a parade band in her chest. "Hail fucking Mary!" Rose whispered in a frightened tone, her lips quivered and her eyes widened unnaturally. She felt her legs become paralyzed from fear and unable to move or run. She dared to fearfully turn around and look at the man's face again, just to find his blood-colored eyes, staring icily at her. She was about to scream when the young man suddenly pulled her into his coffin with incredible speed, and the last thing she remembered was feeling how cold his body was before she felt an unnatural sleep overtake her. *** Rose Thiago was an ordinary human girl who loved reading dark fantasies but never believed in them. She suddenly gets warned by her best friend never to read those kinds of books again if she doesn't want to make herself visible to the dark creatures or evoke their world to herself, but she calls her bluff and reads them over and over again. On a field trip, Rose suddenly finds herself falling into an endless hole, and when she finally meets the solid ground, she discovers that it is no longer familiar ground. She gravely realized that just as her friend said, she'd finally drawn the dark world to herself. She somehow manages to bump herself into a beautiful man lying inside a coffin and dared to touch him just for the dead man to suddenly hold her hands and disappeared with her. In that moment, she came to believe that magical creatures did exist. And she was about to discover that she had the blood of the sun. Two thousand years ago, to survive a dreadful poison, The prince of the dark world, Cassius Levi, sought refuge in his healing grave, only to awaken when the right time for his revenge came. What he didn't expect was to be forcefully awakened by an undeserving mortal.
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A Kiss From the Goddess ~ Naruko-chan Compilation Stories

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