Mystery

The Seven Geniuses

Wil’s biggest concern should have been surviving high school - not a war. Then armed men storm his school, people start dying, and Wil discovers that he and six other students are at the centre of a prophecy. And that’s only the beginning. The seven possess abilities they barely understand, and suddenly everyone seems to want something from them. Hunted by powerful enemies and aided by allies they aren’t sure they can trust, they’re dragged into a hidden war of magic, secrets, and blood. At first, they only want to survive. But every battle changes them. Friends become soldiers. Innocence becomes vengeance. And as the truth behind their powers begins to surface, Wil starts to fear that the prophecy was never meant to save the world. It was meant to break it. Somewhere behind the bloodshed, someone is pulling the strings - watching, waiting, and shaping the seven into exactly what they need them to become. Because the prophecy never promised they would all survive. Seven geniuses. One prophecy. But two are destined to fall.

Switched Hearts: When I Became the Man I Hated

Echoes from the Well's Depths: The Beast Whisperer

Rian, a wealthy and hedonistic teenager, loses everything in a single night: his parents pass away, and his entire fortune is seized by creditors. Driven by despair, he chases a mysterious bird and tumbles into an ancient well. The fall transports him to ancient China, where he discovers he possesses the extraordinary ability to communicate with animals. To find his way back home, he must save a drought-stricken village from a dark cult that hunts spiritual beasts for sinister purposes

My Soul Way

This is the story of Gil who grew up after the war, in the part of the world nobody rebuilt. He's an orphan, he's broke, and he works on a construction site where the boss seemed to enjoy messing with him. He also has a strange ability to know when something is about to go wrong. It has never been wrong yet. Then one evening it hits harder than ever, and he walks away from his job without really knowing why. That's where his problems start. People are looking for him, and what they want has something to do with his strange faculty and a mysterious Way.... Author's Corner Hi, I'm Berserker Gil. This is my first story, and English isn't my first language, so please bear with me if something sounds off. A quick word on how I write: I have vision problems, so I dictate my chapters using Whisper, a dictation software. The story, the characters and the plot are mine. New chapters go up every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Royal Road is the most up to date. You can also find the story on Webnovel and Illoris novels where it's at different stages. Volume 1 is finished. If you want to read ahead, a few chapters are already available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/171678654?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share Comments are welcome, as long as they're polite. A follow or a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for reading! Berserker out.

The Only Human in the World of the Nine-Tailed Fox

EARTH'S LAST DAWN

Humanity has always looked toward the stars, wondering if someone or something was watching. Before sunrise, mysterious black ships suddenly appear above Earth. Governments collapse into panic, communication systems fail, and millions of people realize that humanity is facing something it has never encountered before. Daniel's ordinary life changes forever when he discovers that the invasion may be connected to his missing father, who vanished twenty-three years earlier while investigating a mysterious signal from deep space. But Daniel is not the only person carrying secrets. Maya, a mysterious young woman who seems to know far more about the invasion than she should, warns Daniel that the aliens are searching for specific people. She also gives him a warning that could destroy his trust in his closest friend; "Don't trust Samuel". As Daniel, Maya, Samuel, and a group of survivors struggle to escape the collapsing city, they uncover evidence that the aliens have known about humanity for thousands of years. Then Daniel discovers something impossible. The aliens aren't simply invading Earth. They are looking for him. Hidden beneath the planet is an ancient secret connected to humanity's forgotten past, a secret involving a mysterious civilization known as the Architects and a powerful structure called the Dawn Gate. The deeper Daniel searches for answers, the more disturbing the truth becomes. Humanity may not have originated on Earth. Its memories may have been deliberately erased. And the aliens may not be the true enemies.

Milk and Murder

On the morning of the school cultural festival, a student is found dead in the haunted house attraction. The mechanism failed. The investigation finds no clear answers. One by one, pieces of Kensuke's hidden life begin to surface from beneath the cheerful, ordinary version everyone thought they knew. And with every new detail, the homeroom teacher feels the same disturbing thought return. None of them had truly known Ushijima Kensuke at all… Set against the backdrop of contemporary Japan, from the snow-buried villages of Hokkaido to the borrowed apartments of Kobe, Milk and Murder asks whether the distance between protection and harm is always as clear as we need it to be. The plot twist in Milk and Murder was rejected by 11 publishers. Kiyoka had had enough of this shit and self-published it. Most readers found it depressing, yet they couldn't stop reading. One person asked her what the fuck she was smoking when she wrote it. Check out the reviews on Amazon.

The Chimera Project

An explosion rocked an abandoned laboratory in downtown New York. For NYPD officers Mond and Andrew, the case should have been straightforward. The building had been vacant for two years, leading them to suspect the blast was caused by residual chemicals stored inside. However, upon entering the top floor, they discovered something that should never have existed. Rows of glass cylinders filled a hidden room, holding humans whose bodies had mutated into terrifying forms. Then, before anyone could explain what was truly happening, all of them vanished. The next day, New York plunged into chaos. Bizarre creatures emerged in the heart of the city, hunting humans. Citizens ran for their lives, sirens wailed from every street corner, and the death toll continued to rise. Mond and Andrew were assigned to stop the carnage. Yet the deeper they investigated, the clearer it became that the laboratory explosion was no accident. Someone had been hiding the experiment all along. And something far more monstrous had been unleashed upon the city.

Catallic: Not human?

"What... Am I...?" It was not a philosophical question. It was a plea, a desperate plea to believe this was just a dream, that he would just wake up in his bed with the relief of knowing the nightmare had come to an end That day was a turning point in Teal Raud's life. It started with a few clues: nightmares that were forgotten when he woke up, constant headaches and hallucinations, which he blamed on sleep deprivation. As he walked out of school along with his friend, Van, he started feeling a sharp, burning pain in his left hand. The sight of his hand left him stunned. He was looking at something that he never imagined in his wildest dreams. To uncover the mystery surrounding his arm, Teal set out on a quest with his friends to find the reason and the person responsible for it. As they started their investigation, they came into contact with some familiar names, some famous names, and some names they wish they hadn't known.

The Debt of The Dead

## THE DEBT OF THE DEAD When Sagara and his younger brother, Niskala, arrive in Dusun Getihan, they expect nothing more than a quiet visit to their grandmother’s old house. But something about the village feels strangely familiar. The moment they step through its gates, fragments of Sagara’s forgotten memories begin to surface—childhood laughter, footsteps running across wet earth, and the scent of flowers he can no longer place. Their grandmother, Nyi Rukmini, welcomes them with an unsettling silence and insists that Sagara should still remember the house, its rooms, and the life he once left behind. That night, Niskala catches a fleeting shadow moving through the house. Sagara sees nothing. But something is there. As strange occurrences begin to unfold, Sagara realizes that his return to Dusun Getihan may not be a coincidence. The village holds secrets buried deep in his childhood, secrets that someone—or something—has been waiting years to reveal. And some debts are not meant to be forgotten. Especially when the ones waiting to collect them are already dead.

Areron : Volume 1 [Beneath the Seal]

Ki-rin has spent most of his life believing the night his parents died was nothing more than a tragedy. Years later, he enters Stargold Royal Magic Academy, an elite institution where magical affinity, combat ability, and bloodline determine a student’s future. Surrounded by gifted young mages, powerful noble families, and rivals eager to prove themselves, Ki-rin appears to be another talented student trying to find his place. Alongside his companions Ralf, Arianna, and Frey, he begins navigating the dangers, rivalries, and expectations of academy life. But Ki-rin is hiding something even he does not fully understand. A mysterious power lies sealed within him—one that refuses to obey the known laws of magic. As his abilities begin to surface, Ki-rin realizes that losing control could expose something far more dangerous than his strength. Questions surrounding his parents’ deaths begin to resurface, while strange encounters and seemingly unrelated events suggest that the tragedy of his childhood may not have been as simple as he was led to believe. And the dangers awaiting Ki-rin will not remain within the walls of Stargold. As he grows stronger, Ki-rin is drawn into threats extending far beyond school rivalries and magical training. Demonic forces stir in the shadows, mysterious organizations pursue their own hidden agendas, and powerful figures across the kingdom begin moving toward conflicts he does not yet understand. Each new challenge forces Ki-rin and his friends into a world where survival cannot be decided by grades, rankings, or tournaments—and where the enemies waiting beyond the academy may know more about Ki-rin than he knows about himself. The stronger Ki-rin becomes, the harder his power is to hide. Ki-rin believes his greatest challenge is learning to control his power. He has yet to discover why it was sealed in the first place—or who is waiting for it to awaken.

THE WEARY ARCHMAGE [LITRPG . OP MC . PROGRESSION FANTASY]

Gas leak. That's what Soren Vonesdar told the child who just watched him close a Dimensional Rift in 2.2 seconds. Not a big lie. But after 847 years, good excuses are starting to run out. Once, Soren sealed the Crown of the Void, a cosmic entity of absolute power, within his own soul. It cost him everything: his kingdom, his name, his place in history. Now, he restocks ramen shelves at a convenience store in Tokyo and does everything he can to go unnoticed. It was working. For three years, the System couldn't classify him. The government thought he was just a minor anomaly. The Crown remained dormant. Then he saved a child from a Rift. In front of witnesses and cameras. Now the government wants answers; the Crown is awakening. And for each problem Soren solves, his integration with the entity within him increases a little more. English isn't my first language, thank you for your understanding. Schedule:  3 new chapters each week.

Abyssborn

In a forgotten village where red eyes are feared and silence hides suffering, a boy with blue eyes grows up as an outcast. Kaien Vale was found as a child with no memory of his past, raised in a home filled with anger, fear, and loneliness. But after tragedy destroys the only person who ever truly cared for him, something ancient begins to awaken inside him. The Abyss. Now hunted by darkness, haunted by monsters, and watched by beings beyond human understanding, Kaien leaves his village behind and walks toward a world far crueler than he ever imagined. But even in the darkness, there are still people waiting for him. And the Abyss never stops watching.

The Variance

A secret organization called HICP, the Human Intelligence Center Program, attempts to copy human DNA with the concept of butterfly wings to create a perfect human being.       Though they did not create a perfect human being, instead they created a creature that spreads a contagious and deadly disease within the country of Billingtor. HICP releases the virus freely into the population, believing it is the best way to handle Billingtor’s large population instead. HICP itself believes there is a cure already made by the creator of the virus, but there isn’t. Now, people are dying while others become infected.        While the virus spreads, people begin to find cracks beneath the surface about their own government, revealing nothing but corruption. These different people are all the main characters, and their narratives, very different from each other, soon all tie together.

1945

After WW2, Aletta’s father comes home from war. She has no memory of him, only the image of a father, but he is nothing like she had imagined- or hoped.       The moment her father arrives, everything changes horribly. Her childhood, her world, her home changes. The place she once knew as peaceful was now shattered by reality: illness, death, being a witness to a mysterious murder, and the demand to grow up.       In desperation, she finds a place where reality seems to fade, and fantasy grows in a mythological forest that is dying. All while being a witness to a murder, having to choose whether to reveal the murderer or to keep it a secret. However, the deeper she goes into the fantasy, the more the line between reality and fantasy blurs.          1945 has many meanings, but the main one is: there comes a time when you must choose to stay quiet or to speak out the truth, even if the outcome is shattering.

The Zodiac Academy Bk1: Demon God Of Aries

... The Zodiac. The embodiment of all life, and the foundation upon which existence itself stands. For generations, the world flourished beneath the absolute rule of the Autocrat Clan, whose supremacy came from the Hojisha, the Holder of the Twelve Emblems. But everything changed when Darkness descended upon the Firmament. The universal order collapsed. The Twelve Emblems vanished from the hands of the Autokrator, leaving the once-mighty ruler powerless. As the Void within the Ether awakened, threatening to consume existence itself, the growing Darkness was sealed away. But Darkness never truly sleeps. While the Autocrat Clan desperately searched for the power they had lost, destiny had already chosen its next bearer. The Twelve Emblems resonated within a single child. Born into obscurity, he grows under the protection of parents who conceal the extraordinary power sleeping within him. Yet as his abilities awaken, so do the questions surrounding his existence. Why was he chosen? Why does his power differ from everyone else's? And why do those who sense it fear him? The answers lie within the Ether, a mysterious realm whose secrets have remained hidden even from the greatest beings in existence. As the child matures, Darkness grows stronger. From its depths emerges a Demon God with one purpose: to claim the Twelve Emblems. Now, the child must journey beyond everything he knows to uncover the truth of the Ether, a truth sought by countless lives and even the First Hojisha. But the deeper he ventures, the more terrifying the truth becomes. Because the mystery buried within the Ether is not merely connected to Darkness. It is the reason Darkness exists. And if the Twelve Emblems fall into the wrong hands, the fate of the entire Firmament may be sealed forever.

Detective Go

In the cold, rain-slicked sprawl of New-Urban, blood does not spill by chance—it flows by design. The entire metropolis, with its razor-sharp grid of intersecting streets, is built like a massive 19 \times 19 Go board. When a prominent real estate tycoon is found dead in the central square—his body encased in a waterproof white circle and a polished black Go stone pinned to his chest by a silver dagger—Detective Youssef realizes he isn't hunting a ordinary serial killer. He is facing a grandmaster playing as "Black," executing a high-stakes, lethal game across the city’s blueprint: * The streets are the grid lines. * The districts are the territories. * And human lives are the stones. With every new body dropped at a strategic intersection, Youssef is forced into playing "White," locked in a desperate defensive race against time. One wrong move means suffocating a victim's "liberties"—their very breath—and surrendering an entire neighborhood to darkness. The bloody trial leads Youssef straight to the "Nine Dragons," an ancient Go club run by a blind master, unearthing a dark secret from an infamous 1835 match known as the "Blood-Spilling Game." A deeply buried vendetta has awakened from the shadows, seeking to rewrite history in blood. Who is manipulating the black stones from behind the scenes? And can Youssef decipher the pattern before the killer closes the trap and claims total control of the board?

The astral keys

In a galaxy where magic and advanced technology coexist, Jason is a magician-for-hire and detective who makes a living uncovering the truth behind strange cases. But when a routine investigation leads him to a mysterious ancient station, Jason discovers evidence of the Astral Keys-seven powerful objects scattered across the galaxy. As a dangerous group begins hunting for the Keys, Jason and his new assistant Zoe are pulled into a mystery far bigger than either of them expected. Following clues left behind by those who came before them, they uncover hidden stations, forgotten secrets, and enemies willing to destroy anyone who gets in their way. With one Astral Key already in the hands of those searching for them, Jason must find the others before the people behind the hunt do. The deeper he investigates, the more he realizes that the truth behind the Astral Keys may be more dangerous than the power they contain.

Shadow of the Blade, Dust of the Spirits

Shadow of the Blade, Dust of the Spirits Synopsis: In a world ruled by rigid Daoist codes and hidden corruption, survival is the ultimate rebellion. Ming Xian, a brilliant tactician and former warrior, chose to abandon the sacred code of ritualistic death to stay alive. Branded a disgraced renegade, he wanders the fringes of a fractured Jianghu, relying on sharp intellect rather than blind honor. When a series of gruesome, spell-bound murders plagues the empire, leaving behind traces of forbidden Qi and volcanic seals, the line between justice and madness blurs. Forced into an uneasy alliance with Baihua—an ancient, cynical Pine Spirit with zero patience for human hypocrisy—Ming Xian must navigate political intrigue and supernatural horrors. As dark forces threaten to plunge the realm into chaos, the unlikely duo must uncover the truth behind the killings. But in a world where the living are more monstrous than spirits, uncovering the past might cost them their lives.

Where Time Breaks

He has died more times than anyone knows. Each time, the world resets—yet he alone remembers everything. No one else recalls the broken timelines. No one else carries the weight of what has been lost. Yuma continues to return, bound to a promise he never chose, saving a world that never remembers his sacrifice. But when the cycle begins to fracture, the rules that kept everything intact start to collapse. And for the first time, he may no longer be able to face it alone.

Agent Atlas Adams

THE ROOM AT THE END OF THE HALL

-AI ASSISTED- Your name is Kaito. And you are going to see your parents for a while. Everything seems great, better than great. The food is good; you wake up refreshed. But there is something puzzling you, and the thing is... You keep forgetting what it is.