sarge risen 3

Joshua is a young man fresh out of college and preparing for medical school. After dropping his friend off at the airport and packing up he takes a road trip to Las Vegas to meet up with his family on vacation. On the way a weird ringing sound grabs his attention and before long take his consciousness. When he wakes up the world has changed, several people have disappeared, and dead miasma born creatures walk the streets. Will Joshua be able to survive his circumstances and figure out the mysteries of the strange occurrence? This story will be PG-13 (didn't want to say general audiences considering some vivid imagery) Slight Spoiler: (((As of Volume two this story will also be getting the system and exploration tags added on. So look forward to it.))) I hope you all enjoy reading and leave a comment from time to time to tell me what you think.

'33 lives, they are my past,' 'Or so I wish they would remain,' 'But the past the present and the future make each other,' 'So I cannot be without all three,' 'I was cursed through all 33,' 'No, that's a lie, there were 2 exceptions,' 'But they were merely lies,' 'But they linger still,' 'All 33 of them are in my head,' 'So many lives, so many me's' 'My parents have always given me names,' 'Names no child deserved to bear,' 'So I crafted names of my own,' 'Oh, Demon of the End,' 'Oh Shatterer of Shatterings,' 'Heed my name for I was Talon Haltz the (Chaos Bringer) 'Oh mortals, oh immortals, oh gods, will you ever forget my name,' 'The one who bested you all and made the heavens acknowledge me as it's equal when it knew not your disgraceful names,' 'I've had so many names and shed those cursed ones,' 'Granted by parents undeserving of the title,' 'Of all my names only one truly matters,' 'My first,' "Samsara that is my sacred name, but I know not how it came to be mine,' 'Now I am cursed no more,' 'I have become Samsara once more,' "It's my first life, the life I never got to live,' 'Only it's complicated, for it is my first life,' 'Only it isn't!' --- Join Samsara in his journey to learn the truth of his origins, and the origins of his curse... Will it be a truth he can handle or will the broken god be broken once more? --- A/N: the first volume is officially complete, I know that it's long, but I promise it's worth the read. please feel free to point out any mistakes, and if there's anything you'd like to know about the story let me know in the comments --- Up/rate= 10ch/week 150 power stones = 1 bonus chapter 300 power stones = 2 bonus chapters 500+ power stones = 4 bonus chapters --- I do not own the rights to the cover art The credit for the cover art goes to: LAS-T deviantart.com if the owner wants it taken down please let me know

Kalem was born into a world where gods and monsters shaped the land with their endless wars, leaving mortals to suffer in their wake. Orphaned by divine wrath and hardened by survival, he refuses to be just another pawn in their cruel game. Armed with a burning will and a power he barely understands, Kalem sets out on a journey to rise above the gods themselves. Along the way, he battles fearsome creatures, forges uneasy alliances, and unearths secrets that challenge everything he knows about his world—and himself. But as he climbs higher, he must ask himself: is he becoming the hero he longs to be, or just another monster in a different form? Hello, author here this is my first book and appreciate if you gave it a chance. thanks

Rainer Arden is a mercenary who is betrayed by his own kind to fight in a Tournament of Champions on a distant world. With no way out, he must survive in a new environment that is completely different from Earth. However he soon comes to realize, events are not what they seem in this tournament.

This is the story of a young man with the power of angel and demon, who lives in the mortal realm as an assassin,not knowing he is about to become the only hope of both mortal and magical realm. But will he succeed on his journey to take back his throne in the angelic realm and become the fallen one, protecter of the seven realms.

In a world built on lies, even monsters may wear the face of a hero. Centuries have passed since the Great War of 3044, a cataclysm that shattered kingdoms and forged legends. The realm of Ethera now basks in a fragile peace, upheld by the Church of the Lightfather and the tales of the heroic Voidguard—who, the stories claim, defeated the Demon of Calamity and sealed away its destructive power. History, however, is never as simple as the victors say. Into this world awakens a nameless man in a forest scarred by strange magic, his memories erased and his power unsettlingly immense. Villagers call him Kiyoshi, and though he finds comfort in a quiet life and bonds with the strong-willed Celosia and vigilant Rajieru, shadows of the past whisper in every storm, and rumours of a returning demon begin to spread. The Church’s immaculate stories start to crumble. Symbols long thought dormant flare with unseen energy, and the world’s forgotten histories claw their way back into the light. The Great War may not have been a triumph of good over evil, but a massacre of those who dared to resist the gods’ designs. Demons, once seen as mindless monsters, may have been pawns. The saints, often regarded as the protectors of humanity, may have been the true villains. As Kiyoshi struggles to uncover his past, he discovers fragments of a terrifying possibility: the Demon of Calamity may not be who anyone expects. And if he is that demon… could he be the hero Ethera desperately needs—or the doom it fears most? With magic stirring, storms ripping the skies, and secrets threatening to unravel everything, Kiyoshi must navigate a world built on deceit, confront the god who reshaped reality, and decide what he will become. Will he embrace the monstrous title whispered in fear and legend, or forge a new destiny that defies prophecy? In Ethera, the line between hero and monster has always been razor-thin. And when the truth finally surfaces, no one will ever look at the world—or Kiyoshi—the same way again.

Fleeing from the empire and his brother, Zhōng leads the group to the Spartan Empire. But as soon he knows they were safe, he is going to risk his life to save his uncle and the empress. Along the journey, he meets his old friends, with them by his side, it will be a race to plead for the call of war against the Ninja Empire.

Zhōng and his sister Xing believe they are the last ones of the royal family left, with their father dead and their older brother missing, the two must survive and rely on each other in order to escape the grasp of Empress Wēi.

From the ashes of his past selves, reforged with their burdens, reborn back into the light, Zhōng must convince six other empires to fight with him against Emperor Zhēngfú. He'll not face just the trials of each empire but also the scars of ghosts from his past. Some of them will be painful while others will be guiltful. If he wants the Ninja Empire back, he'll have to face them even those who are already with him. Meanwhile, Zhen will be challenged with two fates destined for her.

Bai Su, who transmigrated into a book set in the interstellar Beast World, has only one interest: making delicious food at the orphanage, raising children, and enjoying her hard-won new life. Future's great villains? The cubs are all super well-behaved in front of her! The Federation Leader comes to freeload a meal, and his disability is cured! The business emperor comes to freeload a meal, and his infertility is solved! The obese little female gets thinner the more she eats, gradually growing into the number one beauty of the Beast World. She also attracts the number one genius doctor of the interstellar era and the interstellar great captain. The villainous cubs, driving warships and controlling ten thousand beasts: "If you want to get close to our Mom, you'll have to withstand our cannon fire first!" The Federation Leader laughs in anger: "You dare to bomb my armory? Courting death!" The gloomy and bloodthirsty emperor: "A bunch of little trash! You think I'm afraid of you?" The doctor's face turns ashen: "Either give back my research results, or die!" The interstellar great captain dangerously shoulders a Barrett: "I see you're all dying to get locked up." Bai Su smiles and peeks her head out, holding a gleaming kitchen knife: "Time to eat! What are you all doing?" The big shots and the little villains, harmoniously putting their arms around each other's shoulders in a picture of fatherly love and filial piety: "Coming~~"