Architects Of Fear

Quinir Emerald grew up watching his father, Quann, sacrifice everything for family , only to be cast out by his own brother, thrown into the streets with nothing but shame. On the day they were forced to leave, Quinir quietly gathered the old belongings tossed out by his uncle, dusty boxes packed with his grandmother’s things, labeled as “bad luck” and thrown aside before her funeral. Among the forgotten objects was a simple, unremarkable ring. It wasn’t gold, it wasn’t jeweled , just an old Ring that his grandmother had worn every day, a gift long ago from his grandfather. Quinir had never thought twice about it. Until the he slipped the ring on to his finger to remember his grandmother… and everything changed. "Host detected. Fortune Architect System: A son's Revenge initializing. Ready to Change your fate?” Suddenly, Quinir is thrust into a world of hidden blueprints, market secrets, innovation tools, and unseen opportunities , a system designed to transform determination into an unstoppable empire. But this isn’t just about getting rich overnight. This is about reclaiming what was stolen, his family’s dignity, his father’s honor, and his own rightful place. In a world ruled by power, greed, and betrayal, Quinir’s journey becomes a battle not just for wealth, but for redemption. Will he rise to become the empire king?

Step into the chilling depths of the human psyche, where fear is not just an emotion, but a tangible, inescapable prison. No Exit: Where Fear Traps You is a collection of unsettling short stories that explore the terrifying reality of being cornered, hunted, and ultimately consumed by your deepest anxieties and darkest secrets. In "The Midnight Game," a seemingly innocent school trip to an ancient, isolated hotel turns into a desperate fight for survival when a sinister app awakens a malevolent entity. Trapped by an invisible barrier, a dwindling group of students must unravel the hotel's cryptic past and confront their own fractured unity, as the entity feeds on their fear and discord, driving them to unspeakable acts. Then, in "High School Horror," a group of friends dares to spend a night in their supposedly haunted high school, only to find themselves stalked by a vengeful spirit tied to their own cruel past. As the school's walls twist and shift, and horrifying manifestations force them to relive their complicity, they discover that some debts can only be paid in blood. These and many more tales within this collection will drag you into confined spaces and psychological labyrinths, where the only way out is often deeper in. Can you escape the terror when the very air you breathe, the memories you hold, and the places you thought were safe, become the ultimate trap? In these stories, there is truly... No Exit.

Jaden Cross is a young man trying to survive in the shadows of Neo-Lagos, a futuristic city where the poor live in broken homes and forgotten slums. Orphaned at six and forced to grow up fast, Jaden spends his days fixing scraps and dreaming of a better world—a world he believes he’ll never see. Until one night, everything changes. A mysterious glowing orb appears in the sky and connects with Jaden’s mind, activating the Tech Architect System—a powerful, sci-fi interface that gives him access to futuristic blueprints, instant-building tools, and system quests that reward him for solving real-world problems. His first quest? Restore power to his neighborhood using solar microgrids. Soon, Jaden is building cooling shelters, clean energy systems, and AI-run apartments—one project at a time. But with each success, he draws more attention. The city’s leaders want to control him. A rival from the tech underworld wants to steal the system. And darker forces are watching from the skies, waiting for the Architect to grow. Armed with only his mind, his hands, and the Tech Architect System, Jaden must rise from the ruins of poverty and become the builder of a new future. But in a city full of secrets, will he remain its hero… or become its biggest threat?

In a world desecrated by nuclear warfare stands only ruined cities. Through the eyes of rookie 'hero hunter' Officer Overkill we see the depravity and cruel parody the world had evolved into. Welcome to Overkill: Fear and Law.

Varkai: Ashes of the Shatterworld In the shattered remnants of a forgotten multiverse, Varkai is a world on the brink — a soul-wracked wasteland where Genesis Pulse storms twist land and life, and monstrous Pulse-Eaters stalk the ash-choked wilds. Vrakon, an orphan with no past and no Pulse, was once nothing. But after a brutal raid leaves his village in ruins and awakens something ancient within him, Vrakon begins a slow, harrowing journey of survival, evolution, and self-discovery. With no memories and a heart grown cold from loss, he treads the edge between man and myth — caught in a realm where fractured souls reincarnate endlessly, and power comes at the price of sanity.

In a world where only light is law… he chose the darkness. At the elite Academy of Quantum Arcane Sciences, power is everything. Elemental prodigies rise, glyphborn nobles dominate, and tradition crushes anyone who dares defy the rules. Caleb Noir was supposed to be nothing. No fire, no lightning, no noble blood. Just another forgotten name. But in the shadow of rejection, he found something forbidden— a shattered mirror, a bleeding glyph, and a Book that should never have been opened. Now marked by the Abyss, hunted by mage-hunters, and haunted by a future not his own, Caleb discovers the terrifying truth: > Darkness isn’t the absence of light. It’s a living code. A force that remembers. And it wants him. As the Academy’s ancient wards begin to fail, cults rise from the ashes, and whispers of the Void Doctrine echo through cursed halls, Caleb must evolve. Fast. > Forge weapons from shadow. Summon living echoes. Rewrite magic itself. Because what’s coming isn’t just war. It’s collapse. And the boy they once ignored… will become the name they all fear. --- This is not the rise of a chosen hero. This is the making of a tactician, a summoner, an architect of the forbidden. This is Doctor Noir.

The Demon Lord Mo Xuecheng killed 5 Sect Leaders and 13 Elders, and annihilated the White Phoenix Sect before creating the Killing Immortals Sect. He massacred, terrorised and committed all sorts of cruel acts to the world. Until his defeat in the combined efforts of Song Yehai, the Moon Dragon Grandmaster from the Sea Dragon Sect, and Wu Xingyu, the Snow Phoenix Grandmaster and the sole survivor of the White Phoenix Sect. The Dragon, said to wholeheartedly dedicate his life to the eradication of demons. And the Phoenix, hellbent on avenging his fallen sect. But no matter what is said, only they can bring down the feared Demon Lord once and for all.

Rudra Varma never wanted fame, fortune, or power. He just wanted a quiet life teaching schoolkids and living far away from the chaos of his family name. But fate had other plans. His father—Raavan Varma—was the most feared villain in modern history. A criminal genius, billionaire warlord, and manipulator of nations. When Raavan died mysteriously in prison, the world breathed a sigh of relief. Except Rudra inherited more than just his father’s name. One night, Rudra is nearly assassinated—only to wake up with a sarcastic voice in his head and a chilling message: [Villain Legacy System Activated] “You have inherited 17,000 karmic crimes. Redemption begins now.” Now bound to a strange system that forces him to correct his father’s sins, Rudra must do good... but in villainous ways. Bribe politicians to clean the city. Blackmail corrupt CEOs to fund schools. Flirt with spies to stop illegal weapons deals. He has to think like a villain to become the hero the world doesn’t know it needs. Each “evil” action done for a righteous cause earns him Legacy Points, unlocking secrets about his father, his mysterious bloodline, and the world’s hidden power games. But not everyone wants him redeemed. Enemies of the old Varma empire are returning. Assassins, spies, rival corporations—and even women connected to his father's sins—are drawn to him. And all Rudra wants… is peace. In a world where only fear protects the weak, he must become the villain people fear— to do the good no one else dares.

Once Mankind ruled the world. And living within the fringe of society, hidden but existing among us were the inhabitants of myths, fables, and legends. Then came the Crimson Plague, followed by the mass hysteria changes, and then the War. The War of Race broke out among the nine factions of the Manaborn society, led by the Vampires and the Children of the Light. Six millennia later, after the Long War, the nuclear holocaust, and the darkening of the sky, a new civilization prospered. The Children of the Light are gone, mankind has fallen from the top, and the Vampire race leads the new civilization. And among the Vampires are the Royal House that rule the Major nations. Follow the journey of Lilith Kain, Ariella Ashtarmel, Elijah Ashtarmel, and Eduardo Gomez as they strive to survive in a world that preys on the weak. … I will be posting this story on Royal Road.com. Discord: https://discord.com/channels/436731682268381186/436731682268381189

Death isn't the end. It's a catastrophic SYSTEM ERROR. For data analyst An, reincarnation isn't a second chance at glory. He's reborn not as a hero, but as the lowest-level Scout Goblin—a disposable monster. His only gift? A buggy, beta-version System with garbled quests and fatally wrong information. In a brutal world run by the rules of Cultivation, he can't trust the System. His only hope lies in the one tool he mastered in his past life: data and logic. He doesn't just play the game—he HACKS it. He analyzes, tests, and breaks the rules to forge his own skills, turning a weak monster into an architect of reality itself. This is the journey of an analyst becoming a legend, a Rule Breaker in a failed cosmic game. For faster updates acess Patreaon link: www.patreon.com/TheDreamerWorker

After being betrayed and murdered by his best friend on the eve of the biggest gaming tournament of his career, pro gamer Kaito Nakamura thought his story was over. But fate had other plans.He awakens in the body of Aldric Von Darkmoor, the notorious villain from "Chronicles of the Divine Hero" – a light novel he had been reading. But this isn't just any villain – Aldric is destined to be defeated by the hero Magnus Lightbringer in two years and die as the final boss.However, Kaito possesses something the original Aldric never had: complete knowledge of the story's plot, every character's secrets, and most importantly, the truth about the so-called "hero" Magnus Lightbringer.Armed with the mysterious "Revenge System" that feeds on his burning desire for vengeance, Kaito begins to rewrite destiny itself. Instead of following the original villain's path to destruction, he'll use his gamer instincts and future knowledge to build an empire of loyal followers.His first target? Luna Shadowmere, the deadly assassin who was supposed to become Magnus's most devoted companion. But what if someone else rescued her first? Someone who understood her pain and could offer her the revenge she truly craved?One by one, Kaito will claim the hero's destined allies, expose Magnus's true nature, and prove that sometimes the villain's victory is the only true justice.After all, who better to play the perfect villain than someone who's been betrayed by those he trusted most?

Harry Gren meets his end in a car crash. But miraculously, he is reborn into the body of one of the four great dukes, Arthur Von Ashworth's son. Harry, now under the name, Nexus Von Ashworth, learns that the kingdom he is in, the Sylvanic kingdom, has no conflicts going on. And so, with the help of his "Anomaly Creatuon System" he sets up for chaos to follow the kingdom while playing the wolf in sheep's clothing.

"Darkness is rising in the continent of Onoris." A noble boy, Zarek Rheatonsey, is sent by his father to join a knight's order.   In Heolstorflod forest, to the east of the Sacred Hand fortress, Zarek has been given a first-hand look at the evil that happens in his land and has experienced true despair and the brutal murder of a few of his companions. Left in sorrow, and overflowing with anger, he vows to avenge their deaths by hunting the man who killed them. While doing so, he encounters something bigger that could spell doom for the entirety of the land he calls home.

Kenji Tanaka was just another burnt-out programmer in Tokyo until a fatal system error plunged him into a nightmare... or a new reality. Transported to Aethelgard, a world of vibrant magic and untold dangers, Kenji discovers his logical mind and programming skills manifest in an impossible way: he can see and "code" the very fabric of reality through a mysterious "System Architect Interface." With the small, spirited sylph Lyra as his guide, Kenji must learn to master his unique powers – from manipulating objects with mental "scripts" to creating Aether constructs – just to survive. But Aethelgard is being consumed by a dark plague known as the Blight, corrupting the land and its creatures into ravenous monsters. After witnessing the Blight's brutality at Greystone Crossing and finding a fragile refuge in the mountain village of Havenwood, Kenji realizes his arrival might not have been a mere accident. As tremors of war shake his new home and subterranean creatures threaten to annihilate everything, the programmer-turned-reality-architect must use every line of his "code" to protect the innocent and unravel the secrets behind his transmigration and the Blight's origin. Can a programmer from another world debug a reality on the brink of collapse, or will he be just another variable in an algorithm of destruction? Dive into "Chronicles of the Aether Architect" and find out if logic can triumph over dark magic.

Leo Vance is a ghost in the machine—a brilliant architect whose genius is stolen daily by his smug, charismatic boss. He's the "CAD monkey" who designs masterpieces, only to watch another man take the credit. His warnings are ignored, his reports are deleted, and his talent is treated as a cheap commodity. He predicted the catastrophic failure of the Titan Tower down to the last sheared bolt. He knew it would fall. He never imagined it would fall on him. Pinned by the very disaster he tried to prevent, with less than a second until impact, reality shatters. A mysterious System appears, offering him a title worthy of his skill: The Architect. It grants him the power to edit the world around him, to treat physics as a blueprint and reality as a draft. But power always has a price. The System's offer is a devil's bargain: survive the impact by sacrificing decades of his lifespan, or watch his bank account get drained to zero for a solution that might be too slow to save him. Trapped between an early grave and a living death, Leo discovers the first rule of his new reality: every choice is a transaction, and the cost of survival is always higher than you think. He was a man who designed buildings. Now, he must design his own escape from a problem with no right answers

You can rebuild a world, or you can survive it. But what if you were cursed to do both? Kian Vale died buried under steel and fire — a brilliant young engineer crushed by the collapse he failed to prevent. But death wasn't the end. He awakens in a broken realm where magic has replaced physics, dungeons tear through the earth, and kingdoms cling to survival in a shattered world. And in his soul, not one, but two impossible Systems awaken: • The Architect Codex — a builder's power, made to shape, defend, and command civilization. • The Predation Protocol — a monster's hunger, made to kill, consume, and evolve. These systems were never meant to coexist — and the world knows it. Hunted by kingdoms, stalked by dungeon lords, and rejected by both sides of the conflict, Kian walks the Ashlands not as a hero or king — but as an anomaly. To survive, he'll have to carve his place using blueprints and blood, logic and savagery. He’ll build cities, tear down empires, and face creatures born from nightmares — all while slowly unraveling the truth of what shattered the world in the first place. He wasn’t chosen. But he’s building a future anyway. This time, he won’t let it fall.

Spies die in silence. Saints burn in light. Era might do both. After a lifetime of covert operations and moral compromises, Era hoped to spend her exile in quiet prayer at an English monastery. But when a corpse levitates during evening vespers and the sweet old nuns start collecting its blood like holy wine, she realises she’s stepped into something far older and far worse than sin. Soon, she’s in the custody of H.V.N, a shadowed agency that doesn’t serve any country, but answers directly to the gods. Plural. And they’re not happy. Because Era wasn’t meant to get involved. Now, she has two choices: execution… or servitude. Her only option is to survive the God's trials, prove herself useful, and perhaps earn a place in a pantheon-bound war where saints are spies and magic comes with contracts. But Era’s never played by anyone’s rules-least of all gods with agendas. And the deeper she falls into their tangled world of relics, prophecy, and judgment, the more she begins to suspect this wasn’t an accident at all. Maybe Era was never just an unlucky witness. Maybe she was the trigger.

A single soul, cast into endless realms of horror, must survive each one to piece together the truth of their existence—and escape the system that feeds on fear.

Fate wrote every destiny in this world. Yuan Zhi carved his own. Transmigrated into a brutal cultivation world, Yuan Zhi awakens in a dying body — no system, no cheats, no guidance. He bleeds. He adapts. And through blood and madness, he climbs. In a sect ruled by cruelty, where talents are tools and fate chains the soul, Yuan Zhi will walk a path no one dares follow. A path not written in the stars — but carved by his own hand. No system. No mercy. Just chaos, ambition, and a soul too wild to be tamed. Heaven fears the unwritten.

Psychological Thriller | “The Future I Feared” A lonely woman starts receiving letters from herself—dated one day in the future. Each note predicts something terrible. She tries to stop the events, but they happen anyway—until one letter tells her she’ll kill someone she loves… and she doesn’t know who.

In a world where mana fuels civilization and aura defines strength, the third-born son of a powerful noble family is nothing more than a shadow...mocked, ignored, discarded. But beneath his ink-black hair and abyssal eyes burns a dangerous ambition: to transcend humanity itself. Branded a failure, obsessed with forbidden science, he merges flesh and alloy, forging a new path of cultivation...one that blends man, metal, and machine. From exile, he rises...cold, calculated, unseen...to become the Apex Architect, the hidden architect of evolution. While humanity clings to false glory, he engineers species, orchestrates civilizations, and crafts endless cycles of rebellion...all for his amusement. But as pioneers unknowingly rise, as alliances with gods and ancient forces form, they begin to sense… something...a presence....watching, calculating. By then, it will already be too late.

A world thats rushing towards a dark ending. An slave traveler that yearns for his freedom. A fire that will consume anyone who stays behind. Will he be able to break the chains that bound him and reach the peak or will he just die like a sheep waiting to be slaughter. Wach him rise from the bottom and tries to discover why he came here. To save the world or rush it to that dark ending. This is a story of a traveler

Mythic Gene Architect: Evolution Through Pain Shen Yue was a genius developer, pushing himself to the limit to complete his most ambitious creation: the Mythic Gene Evolution System—a sci-fi cultivation simulator where strength came only through blood, pain, and ruthless decision-making. But he pushed too far. And he died. Only, death wasn’t the end. Shen Yue wakes up inside a cultivation novel he once read—in the broken body of a 14-year-old boy with the same name. A forgotten side character. Betrayed, crippled, abandoned. But not truly alone. For years, his elder sister has sacrificed everything—her time, her health, and her future—to care for him. Now, with his new system awakened inside him, Shen Yue is determined to stand back up—not for power, but for her. The world, however, is no longer what he remembered. The plot is shifting. Characters aren't following their destined arcs. Events are spiraling off course. Even his sister, who was originally fated to join the Jade Flower Sect, now walks an entirely new path. And through it all, the Mythic Gene System speaks: cold, sarcastic, but always brutally honest. Compatibility rates. Gene pain thresholds. Memory echoes. Emotional backlash. Shen Yue must bleed to grow stronger—there are no shortcuts. To survive, to protect, and to change fate— he must rewrite the story from the inside out. Tags: action, science fiction, spiritual root, cultivation, reincarnation, transmigration, gene fusion, sentient system, system evolution, revenge, overpowered mc, tragic past, sibling bond, strong female character, brother-sister relationship, emotional growth, second chance, rewritten fate, alternate timeline, incomplete novel world, strategic protagonist, pain-based power, beast genes, memory echo, system flaws, dao bone, cultivation breakthrough, sects and clans, betrayal, psychological, rebirth, future tech in fantasy, emotional arcs, cold beauty love interest, slow burn romance, spiritual pain, genetic manipulation, high stakes evolution, body transformation, heaven defying talent, ancient secrets, plot deviation, core fusion, weapon spirit, soul-based system, false protagonists, legacy vs freedom

He was born without magic, raised without mercy, and broken without apology. In a world where power defines worth, Cael Dren is an “Ashborn”, a magicless disgrace at the bottom of society. Mocked, beaten, and thrown into the Drifts to rot, he has nothing... until he discovers a forbidden power sealed in ancient chains: Umbra Genesis—the lost magic erased from history, feared by gods, and said to consume the soul of its wielder. As Cael bonds with the most powerful force ever known, he is hunted by kings, haunted by timelines that shouldn’t exist, and torn between salvation and destruction. Each use of his power rewrites reality—but at a horrifying cost. Allies with broken pasts. Enemies with divine blood. A world built to keep him weak. If Cael rises… the system falls. The weak shall burn the thrones of the mighty. From the ashes of the forsaken... a god will rise.

messing up his death date might have been the greatest and worst thing Ren did in his life, trading off his shitty past life for a better one that carried overbearing responsibilities which he quite frankly doesn't know whether or not he can keep up with. Read about a simple guy go from shit to op--or shittier depending on how you look at it as he tackles the challenges set by the ever-looking Architects of reality who so happened to make him their avatar.

In a world obsessed with trends and algorithms, Selvara Ailendra is just another TikTok influencer—until one morning, her car starts driving itself, nearly killing her during a livestream. She’s saved by a mysterious man with silver hair and shadowed eyes: Kaelen Vireux, a rogue guardian from the digital underworld known as Vertex—a secret dimension hidden inside global social media platforms. Kaelen tells her the impossible truth: Selvara carries the Star Key, an encrypted code hidden in her DNA, capable of unlocking Vertex-01, the origin of all algorithmic power. That makes her the most wanted data source in the world. Now hunted by a ruthless technosorcerer named Rhazeth Mourn, and watched by billions through her own viral feed, Selvara is forced to leave her normal life behind and enter a war she never asked for. Guided by Kaelen and joined by elite digital warriors like Velsha Draeven, Selvara must decode her legacy, master her hidden power, and choose: To remain a puppet of popularity— Or become the key to rewriting the fate of reality.

The year is 789 AD. The world is in shambles, and it's one kid's job to revive God's Glory. That kid is Genji. Genji will traverse the world of Denial, as the Name suggests, the world's memory of a God is gone. The person responsible for this was Lucifer, often referred to as the world's Devil. God gave Genji a vision that commanded him to remind the world of who saved them the first time and who'll save them again. Genji explained this to his best friend Hanzo, and alongside each other, they'll search for the scrolls of God's Scripture, and to bring back the remembrance of God's glory and Jesus's sacrifice.!