Rampart

May 1930. A young French woman touches American soil for the first time. She comes to receive the inheritance of a forgotten uncle, who bequeaths to her thousands of hectares of land and a house lost in the heart of the forests of Maine, Pinewood. From this remote place, she decides to make a haven of peace for herself, for the immigrants she finds on her way, and for all those who have seen enough of the Great War. But quickly, she must face the evils that overwhelm the United States in these troubled times: the smugglers of the region, the Ku Klux Klan, the racism, and the ordinary sexism that she experiences daily. She learns to face her enemies, choose her allies, and make ramparts of mountains and forests, to protect her dreams. The different chapters are named after the titles of old songs, rather than from Appalachia, which punctuates the lives of the protagonists.

The Great Reclamation happened and its cause was unknown to anyone. Strange anomalies that killed and wreaked havoc around the world. New lands sprouted from the oceans out of nowhere and the continents returned to its past state, Pangaea. This happened under everyone's feet as the world was being destroyed by monsters. Monsters that were determined to be those that came from myths and legends of the world reclaiming the world they once owned. The lower part of the Pangaea, was where the Myths headed after killing atleast half of humanity. Everyone tried to save all the people left in the Ground Zero as much as they could. It took four years for humanity all over the remaining parts of the world to create an iron barrier or as people call it The Great Iron Rampart. Some obtained blessings, more got infected by the spark. Oh how will this continue to unfold.

Song He, who had crossed over into the Cultivation World, awoke to a Spirit Plant Entry Panel, which allowed him to change or add enhancement entries for Spirit Plants. 【Good Birth, Good Choice】—The seeds born from this Spirit Plant have a chance to possess higher-level entries. 【More Children More Happiness】—This Spirit Plant will produce over a hundred times more seeds. 【Growth Acceleration】—Consume Spirit Stones to achieve limitless growth speed for the Spirit Plant! 【Symbiosis】—You can fuse with a Spirit Plant, gaining its power! With the help of various entries, he created lotuses that could bear elixirs, a plant treasure integrated into the Dantian like an immortal tree, rampart-like cities of Lumen Flowers, and endless fields of rice... Countless cultivators coveted them, all hoping to obtain his unique Spirit Plants! … Farming + Entry system.

Aaron, a wildlife biologist, became a military strategist right after a global war between nations began. He never wanted to participate in the war but he had to, because he wanted to continue his studies on endangered species the moment the war was over, but to his surprise, everyone in his unit were killed, including him, and the next thing he knew, Aaron woke up in the body of a young noble having a similar name to his. However, he also noticed he had awoken in a world different from Earth. In this world, demonic beasts ran rampart with only one thought in mind, causing them to feed on anyone they see, be it humans, elves or even magical beasts as well. During his first encounter with a magical beast, Aaron awakened a system which allowed him to bond with magical beasts and to obtain terrifying abilities from these bloodcurdling magical beasts, so he used his experience as a wildlife biologist to help make it easier for him to bond with these beasts. However, Aaron also noticed he could evolve these beasts if their loyalty towards him had reached a certain level, so he vowed in his heart to grow strong enough to protect those he cared about in this world with the hope of living a happy, peaceful life where he'll be able to focus fully on his passion as a wildlife biologist.

Our protagonist died in his previous life. With fragmented memories he reincarnated as Lex Permarre the prince of demon kingdom in the world of sword and magic Alteria where strong decides the future of weak, where ferocious beast run rampart on the land, where the tension between the races runs high.   Join his adventure to how he assimilates into his new world with an unknown level system and where the civilization is below his previous life. Average Chapter length: around 1200 words This is my first novel ever, and English isn’t my native language, so go easy on me. Any feedback is more than welcome, of course. So comment on anything you want to.

At one point it was normal. We lived out our lives doing the same old same old. It was all fine... until it wasn't... A couple of months ago monsters we knew from a new video game called Legacy started to invade our world, reaping lives and destroying everything around us. At first, we figured the reports were fake but we quickly realized it wasn't when a boss monster most people knew appeared and erased a city from the map. Luckily we weren't as helpless as we originally thought. We, the players, were able to bring our game strength to the real world along with our companions, historic figures both fictional and not, to defend our planet. As things got worse with stronger monsters invading the real world we players split into two groups, the defenders and the players, where we took turns playing Legacy and defending our world to not lose against the growing strength of the invading monsters. It was working for a couple of months but then the strength of the monsters grew exponentially and we were unable to keep up. We lost city after city, bastion after bastion, and many beloved and powerful players lost their lives fighting for our world. When we were finally pushed to the brink and were at the last bastion of humanity, when the world needed something to rally behind, a banner flew high on the ramparts, and a single person was at the forefront of the real and game worlds, bringing about a tale that would be told eternally, a story about the leader of two worlds who brought an end to the monster invasion, The Transcendent Monarch, Zero. ___________________________________ Astral here, just writing this for fun since I've always wanted to cover this topic but never got around to bringing it to life. Now I have a chance I think so while it may be slow and pass the WPC deadline until things start taking shape I want to put ideas to paper more, unlike my other failed drafts. Leave a review and/or comment on chapters, I read it all.

FACTS/MYTHOLOGY: The Dattatreya Temple is itself a blessed and highly auspicious place in the entire Ganagupura kshetra which is considered holy and is a major pilgrimage spot for Hindus everywhere. The area was first deemed holy after the appearance of Guru Dattatreya, and became even more important after Shree Nrusimha Saraswathy Swami took reign of the spiritual guidance activities in the region after the disappearance of Shri Dattatreya. Shree Nrusimha is regarded as the second avatar of Dattatreya himself. nativeplanet.com REAL STORY OF BLACK MAGIC/EVIL SPIRITS: At Dattatreya Temple, people here are believed to be possessed they gather inside on new moon and full moon days. They are seen hurling abuses at the gods. Which is believed to free their body of the evil spirit in them.Very unusual sight of people climibing on the walls and ramparts of the temple and scream from there.Its a very bizarre site to witness and can certainly spook one out.Priests of the temple can be seen reciting mantras Hawans and pooja for hours together.It is visited by thousands of devotees everyday offering penance in extreme ways, ranging from climbing and chaining themselves to the walls.When the aarti begins people can be heard shouting, screaming, dancing with open hair and hurling abuses at the God. Even though with all such paranormal activities the place is blessed and really powerfull. Once you visit this place surely one can will get peace.If any problems like black magic and ghost problems exists this place is a must visit.