Split Second Counter Finisher

In the fractured remnants of humanity’s once-mighty federation, the crew of the Iron Raven operates in the shadows; officially dead, with false identities, and missions they barely understand. Jai Ulrik, a skilled psion and rare Pilot, took the job for the pay and the escape from her war-torn past. Guided by their enigmatic employer known only as “The Architect,” they ferry forgotten relics, escort unstable psions, and delve into ancient ruins, always pushing closer to the heart of a growing cosmic mystery: the Impossible Star and the unsettling signs of a Second Lightfall. As new, unpredictable psionic powers flare across the colonies and old alliances crumble, the crew’s simple tasks unravel into a desperate struggle to survive, and uncover what lurks beneath the surface of this fragile galaxy.

“The boogeyman of Outer Gods, protector of Earth, humanity’s last stand—Miratheris’s son has returned.” I was drowning in sloth. The color of life had drained from my eyes, leaving only shades of grey. Doing anything felt like punishment. Looking for a job? A laughable idea. I did everything I could to stay disconnected from reality. Gambling. Drinking. Even suicidal stunts. Anything to escape the numbness that clawed at my mind for even a second. But everything comes at a cost. I abandoned my family. Broke the heart of the only woman who ever loved me. And wasted every damn day like it didn’t matter. I became the kind of man society throws out with the trash. But life didn’t spare me. Not even when I hit rock bottom. Deceived, shackled, and sold into another world— I spent the rest of my days as a slave. Forced to fight monsters ripped straight out of myth. At the very end, all I could do… was wish. Just one more chance. One shot to make things right. … Born a prodigy, Ashen Hart moved through life like a golden boy. What others worked for, he mastered with ease. At first, it felt like a blessing. The validation, pride, and accomplishment felt sweet. But even honey spoils when you’re drowning in it. The more success he tasted, the more hollow it all became. And when a mysterious power awakened within him, letting him see moments into the future— The world lost all color. And then all meaning… Nothing could surprise him. Nothing could move him. He spiraled. Ashen threw it all away—ambition, love, purpose— and embraced the slow death of apathy. But fate wasn’t done with him. Kidnapped by a shadowy organization and forced into a hidden war, he learned the brutal truth: he wasn’t special. He was fodder. Cannon meat to delay the inevitable. But somewhere, buried beneath sloth and cynicism, the genius stirred. The apathy rotted away. And Ashen Hart, the failure, became Ashen Hart, the wretched. The unkillable. From a discarded pawn to the final hope of mankind. And when it was over—when even the gods had fallen— he was left alone. At his dying breath, the Earth’s spirit, Miratheris, answered his plea. She rewound time, giving him one last shot. But not without a price. She kept his memories intact… and delayed their return just enough so his younger self could bear the weight. Ashen’s second life begins now— and the monsters, both within and beyond, are about to learn what regret truly feels like.

"This bullet is for none of you." The Lord of the Realm Between said before putting a revolver against his temple, and pulling the trigger. That day, a life of great man ended, but somewhere else, a baby was born—a child of reincarnation.

A Second Chance at Magic When Severus Snape dies, he wakes up in the past—with all his memories intact. Determined to change everything, he treats Harry differently this time. Meanwhile, Draco’s harmless pranks on Harry turn into something deeper, something dangerous... something real. As the lines between rivalry and romance blur, the past is rewritten—but only Snape remembers the future.

A shattered god's soul gives Tim and Riku additional bodies in another world, while their Earth selves remain unchanged. Now they're living double lives. Tim a 30 year old Teacher has the body of a 19 Year old Female Cultivator. Riku a 18 year old college student has the body of a 24 year old confident Male Cultivator warrior.

Eiji Takae is a 16 year old boy has full confidence he can protect the people he loves, fully takes the role of his father, but Eiji is a monster.

Decades ago, the First Tower appeared, seemingly endless and infested with vile creatures. People who entered and came back were called Climbers, humanity’s first hope against the Tower. They were guided by the System, A mysterious Interface that allows Climbers to level up and gain supernatural abilities known as Gifts. After ascending to the Final Floor, known as the Final Achievement, the Tower vanished. …and peace returned Until now. A new Tower has appeared. But this one different—Twisted, and reeking a scent of death and decay, filled with unusual perplexing creatures. There is no system. No guidance. This time power is not given but manifested from their deepest desires. And this time. They’re not climbing up. They’re falling down.

The Arikasian Empire once stretched across the entire continent, but after 1000 years of domination it’s crumbling and fractured. The Second Prince, known as a failure, takes up the fight to unify the Enpire once more.

A thousand years have passed since the world was devastated by a cataclysmic war. The races once fought ruthlessly over land and sustenance. Civilizations crumbled in an instant, countless lives were lost, and only despair remained across the land. To end the never-ending conflict, a peace treaty was forged. Since then, each race has worked to rebuild its civilization and preserve the fragile peace they had attained together. But now, something stirs in the shadows. Signs of darkness begin to resurface. Peace teeters on the edge, and the looming threat of war grows stronger. One by one, the great races fall into decline under mysterious circumstances. And yet, humanity rises—reaching the height of its golden age. For the past twenty years, the humans have prospered under the rule of a masked king whose origins are shrouded in secrecy. A mysterious figure known only as "Sirius." Who is he? Is the world’s peace in danger? And could a great war return once more? Amidst the rising tension, a young orphan named Raagnol Thavanof embarks on a journey to uncover the truth behind the death of his parents. But his search draws him into the world of the mages—beings labeled as dangerous threats and ruthlessly hunted by the kingdom. Unbeknownst to him, his entanglement with the mages will unravel secrets far greater than he could ever imagine.

Seribu tahun telah berlalu, sejak dunia diluluhlantakkan oleh perang mahadahsyat. Berbagai ras saling berperang dalam memperebutkan wilayah dan makanan. Peradaban yang telah dibangun runtuh seketika, korban berjatuhan, dan hanya menyisakan kesengsaraan di penjuru dunia. Untuk menghentikan perang yang tak berkesudahan, sebuah perjanjian damai pun dibentuk Sejak saat itu, masing-masing ras membangun kembali peradabannya dan berkerja sama dalam menjaga perdamaian agar tetap utuh. Namun kini, sesuatu sedang bergerak dalam bayang-bayang. Tanda-tanda kegelapan kembali muncul, Perdamaian berada diujung tanduk, dan ancaman perang kembali terasa. Satu per satu, setiap ras mulai mengalami kemunduran misterius, sementara itu, umat manusia justru mencapai puncak kejayaan, sejak dua puluh tahun terakhir dipimpin oleh seorang raja bertopeng yang asal-usulnya tidak diketahui, sosok misterius yang disebut dengan nama "Sirius" Siapakah dia? Apakah perdamaian sedang terancam? Dan mungkinkah perang besar akan kembali terjadi? Di tengah gejolak ini, muncul Raagnol Thavanof, seorang anak yatım piatu yang ingin mengungkap misteri di balik kematian kedua orang tuanya. Namun pencariannya malah melibatkannya dengan para penyihir. Kelompok yang dicap sebagai ancaman berbahaya dan diburu secara kejam oleh kerajaan. Tanpa disadari, keterlibatannya dengan para penyihir justru menuntunnya mengungkap sesuatu yang tak pernah ia duga sebelumnya.

Battling an unusual form of personality dissociation, Motan admits to feeling the weight of immense pressure bearing down on him. Amidst this turmoil, he finds solace in a virtual escape called "The Realm of Innocence," a game that has become his sanctuary from stress. In the realm where ambiguity reigns, Motan's behavior is unpredictable and impetuous, making him the instigator and mastermind behind myriad events that spiral out of control. Yet, within the sphere of virtue, his resilience and courage shine through, earning him the admiration of many who see him as the epitome of a righteous knight and a fair judge. When dwelling in the balance of absolute neutrality, he adopts a demeanor of modesty and lethargy, mirroring the ordinary essence of every soul. Conversely, in the domain of chaotic evil, he transforms into a figure of madness and cruelty, embodying the very essence of a demon and deceiver, showing kindness only to himself. "Tan Mo is the most extraordinary Bard I have ever encountered, though he is... perplexing, to say the least," comments Countess Leisha, reflecting on his complex nature. "Mor is a man of distinguished integrity! Having met him just once, I am convinced that he is someone one can confidently turn their back to," declares Gwen, the leader of the Rose Rot, acknowledging his noble character. "If you're in search of the ideal neighbor, look no further than Hei Fan," recommends Alchemist Luna, suggesting his suitability for companionship. Yet, amidst these varied testimonies, a warning resonates, "Don't talk about that man!" indicating a mysterious, perhaps darker aspect of his persona that remains unexplored.

A fan reunites with their idol who disappeared after a scandal. But no reunion comes without old wounds being torn open again.

SPLIT SOUL One Soul. Two Bodies. No Escape. What if your soul wasn’t entirely yours? Jamal prays in exile, his devotion so fierce it tears the veil between worlds. Aamina dreams in chains, her heart so scarred she’s sworn love is a lie. They’ve never met. But their soul remembers. When Jamal’s silent rituals accidentally tether him to a stranger oceans away, Aamina’s reality shatters. A man with storm-dark eyes invades her sleep, his voice a river’s command: “Find me where the water bends.” His presence is maddening, tender, protective, relentless. And every time he appears, her chest aches in a place she thought long dead. The problem? Jamal is haunted by a night he never speaks of, a betrayal so intimate, it fractured his faith in others and in himself. The past still stalks him like a shadow, refusing to release its grip. Aamina has buried her heart beneath layers of silence and obedience. Her grandmother’s grip is suffocating, and love? It once left her bleeding, she no longer trusts its promise. And the thread pulling them together? It’s not destiny. It’s their own soul, split across two lives. A mystic shaykh reveals the truth: “You weren’t seeking love. You were dismantling the walls you built against it.” _______. This is a story of one soul that had travelled across lifetimes, finding it's way back to union in two separate bodies. Split soul is not your regular romance novel, it's for the thoughtful and those who believe in divine love and are ready to walk the talk. Not for the feign at heart. _____ Now, fate drags them to Zawiyya, a town where: Rivers sing with forgotten secrets, Shadows breathe with old sins, And every heartbeat echoes across the divide. But reunion demands a price. Jamal must confront the night that broke him. Aamina must choose: the safety of her cage... or a love written in her soul’s marrow. Their connection is undeniable. Their chemistry, dangerous. Their souls? Already entangled in something older than memory, and deeper than desire. Think: The Alchemist meets Inception, written in Rumi’s blood under a crescent moon. * Some bonds defy distance. Defy time. Defy reason. This is the story of one soul clawing its way home... to love.* Enter SPLIT SOUL; Where two halves of a fractured soul burn to become whole against the world’s chaos, the ego’s scream, and the terrifying truth: You were never meant to be alone.

Cursed by the divine and betrayed by mankind, a nameless man is stripped of his will and forced into servitude by a fanatical order. Beaten, mocked, and commanded to murder the people he once loved, he refuses only to realize he has no one left. In his final breath, he defies the gods and swears vengeance with a curse born from blood and agony. But death is not the end.

Grief leaves no room for instructions. It comes, uninvited, and settles like fog, thick, persistent, and blinding. For Daniel Lewis, CEO of a billion-Leones tech empire and head of one of the country’s most influential families, the world never stopped moving after his wife’s death, but his did. He buried the pain beneath polished suits and endless meetings, pouring all that was left of him into the only person that still tied him to her, their daughter, Betty. Betty was once a bright, talkative girl with a laugh that could melt a room. But the accident that claimed her mother’s life also stole her voice. Five years later, she hadn’t spoken a single word. Specialist after specialist had failed to reach her, and her silence became a fortress no one could breach. Until Esther walked in. She wasn’t a licensed expert. Not yet. Just a 21-year-old child psychology student with soft eyes, a quiet determination, and a heart bigger than her experience. Hired as a live-in governess and emotional support tutor, Esther’s job was simple: help Betty speak again, help her live again. But no one warned her that in healing the child, she might touch the man as well. Daniel didn’t expect to feel anything. Not for a woman so much younger. Not for anyone ever again. And yet, in the quiet moments, between shared books, unspoken smiles, and late-night tea in the garden, something began to bloom, tender, impossible, real. This is a story about healing. About love rediscovered. About a man haunted by his past. A girl chasing her dreams. And a child who, through them, finds her voice again. Sometimes, the second time around… love writes a better ending.

Cassius was just a Court Jester. But a unlucky moment got him to be Executed along with Levi Ashbourne. But a Lucky encounter with an old man in his mind he returned to the past.

In a perfect world, children would never be valued less because of their genes, especially when those genes grant supernatural abilities. But the world is anything but perfect. The world is ruled by emotion. Hikari is one of those children. Branded as kynenn, he’s sentenced to fight in a tournament where only one survivor is allowed. But before he ever steps into the arena, his life is dismantled piece by piece by the only man he would ever truly come to hate. Kamo destroyed everything Hikari knew—killed the children he grew up with, shattered the cage that housed him, and, in the end, took Hikari’s life—forcing him into a servitude not even Kamo could comprehend. Polar opposites in thought but identical in their desires: to put an end to the survival game. The two boys must fight against a century-old system, as well as their own incompatibility.

The people of the alpha plane have made it their hobby to enter the dungeons of other worlds and conquer them. Naturally not everyone is happy with this as dark undercurrents begin to work against the conquerors. As some people die in the dungeons they are made an offer. To give up their humanity in order to live on. Guy, a veteran carrier, is one of them, he can't bear to leave his family alone and accepts. From then on he must fight in the dungeons but as a monster while simultaneously continuing his life in the alpha plane in the shape of a human. Jade, an elite adventurer, also accepts the offer but her intent is solely to get revenge on those who killed her and make humanity suffer for her life. Monica, a little girl not native to the alpha plane is pulled into the happenings due to her childish innocence.

**Mark** was just an ordinary, awkward teenager, deeply in love with his childhood friend, **Alice**, from afar. But his future was anything but ordinary. He survived an unimaginable eon, navigating a cosmos ravaged by **colossal empires, shadowy alien threats, and relentless galactic wars**. He witnessed humanity's desperate struggle in a **Dark Era**, pushing the limits of **advanced technology and biological potential** just to exist as mere pawns. He fought, he endured, and he touched the very edge of oblivion against a **Forbidden Legend** capable of erasing entire timelines. In his final, cataclysmic stand, empowered by the last, desperate secrets of humanity’s pioneers, Mark was granted an impossible second chance. Now, flung back to his youth, armed with a **mysterious chip** that supercharges his mind with insights from a future that almost was, Mark faces a new, beautiful reality. No longer content to simply exist, he's driven by an unshakeable desire to protect **Alice**, the girl who became his last thought before the void, and his first reason to live again. This time, he'll fight not just for survival, but for love. Witness Mark's passionate journey as he transforms, mastering advanced knowledge from a grim future to protect his precious present. Can a love rekindled across time avert a coming darkness, or will the echoes of cosmic horror find him even in this new beginning? Dive into a story of profound love, thrilling technological advancement, and a hero's unwavering promise to safeguard his future, one gentle touch at a time.

After narrowly avoiding a fatal accident, John Rasler—a burned-out engineer in the middle of an unremarkable life—finds himself waking on a mysterious beach when he falls asleep. With a strange coin in hand and no idea how or why he’s been drawn into this new world, Rasler begins to navigate a dreamlike realm that feels all too real, while still tethered to the life he’s quietly slipping away from. What choices and difficult circumstances will he be forced to face?

In a mystical realm between life and death, Vincent, a young man on the brink of his demise, is granted a rare second chance at life. However, this opportunity comes with a unique condition – he must participate in the enigmatic Reincarnation Games to obtain his "starter pack" for the new life ahead.Thrown into a world where souls compete for a fresh beginning, Alex must navigate challenges that test not only his physical prowess but also his inner strength. As he forms alliances and confronts adversaries, the tournament unveils hidden aspects of his own past lives, each impacting his present and future

From golden boy to public disgrace. lukas mullers's career nosedived after a high-profile transfer turned him into a flop. With his reputation in ruins and his personal life in shambles, he’s trying to prove everyone wrong.

The story is a romance novel that follows the journey of Emily and Jake, two individuals who have a past together. They reconnect after some time apart, and as they spend more time together, their feelings for each other begin to resurface. Jake is a single father to a young daughter named Lily, and Emily is drawn to his kind and caring nature. As they navigate their rekindled relationship, they face challenges and obstacles, but ultimately, they find their way back to each other. The story explores themes of love, family, and second chances, and it appears to be building towards a happy ending, with Emily and Jake getting married and starting a new life together with Lily.

In a world where the heavens fractured long ago, birthing two realms—one ruled by celestial laws, the other by raw chaos—one boy is chosen to inherit power from both. kael Kairis was nothing: a quiet orphan scraping by under the stormglass ceiling of a broken city, mocked for his powerless birth and destined to die nameless. But when a forbidden artifact binds him to the ancient title of Sovereign, he awakens an ability feared by kings and worshipped by gods. One touch from him can tether souls—and with that power, he accidentally forms unbreakable pacts with extraordinary women, each wielding magic from the Split Sky. But power comes with a price. His name now echoes through both realms. Enemies stalk him. War looms. And the celestial courts have begun to watch. To survive, to lead, and to claim his throne, kael Kairis must master the pacts, unravel the secrets of his Sovereign Lineage—and face the truth of why the sky ever split in the first place.

There was a time before this. I cannot remember it clearly. It comes in fragments — the weight of power, a voice that once called my name, a pair of eyes I feel more than see. But the rest is mist. They say I am being punished. The System gives me no guidance. It does not speak unless it must. It does not comfort. It only instructs. [Task detected. Entering soul channel.] I wake in bodies that do not belong to me. A fallen young mistress. A nameless servant girl. A scapegoat disciple left to rot at the foot of a mountain. They are all women who died with unfinished fates. Each time, the System says I must live in their place and complete their stories. Restore what was stolen. Rewrite what was lost. And when I do… a token appears. I do not know how many I must collect. The System does not say. It only demands. I did not ask for this path. I do not walk it willingly. But there is something I am chasing — or perhaps, something chasing me. Sometimes, in the quiet moments between death and rebirth, I hear a voice. Sometimes, I feel a hand reaching out. Familiar. Warm. Longing. I do not know who he is. I do not know who I am. But when I gather the tokens, the dreams become clearer. The ache grows stronger. If the only way to return is forward, then forward I will go. Not for the System. Not for Heaven. But for the one who remembers me… even when I cannot remember myself.

NOTE: I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad. https://www.royalroad.com/profile/756274/fictions" Crime Lord Caspian meets his end in a dark filthy unnamed alley. Stabbed multiple times in the guts by one of his presumed victims. A being that inspired awe and fear around the world was left to rot in some alley never to be found again. 'Fitting for a damned scum like me' were his thoughts. Just waiting for the moment to pass and enter deaths gentle embrace. He did enter an embrace but not of death's. Confused, he opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was.... 'nothing'.