
by Purveilor
All Ryan ever wanted to do was become an adventurer. Quests, skills, quirky teammates and posting exploits on Realmnet. What’s not to love? Instead he’s broke, working at a Manaburger, and System slots cost more than his paycheck times ten thousand. Then he gets shot.Then the Trial System chooses him.Then he ends up in a Trial, with hostile Earth soldiers—from his own country no less. Ryan just wanted to play adventurer. Instead, he’s fighting with every authority figure, stabbing a sword prodigy in a deathmatch, and… immediately getting blacklisted from the Adventurer’s Guild? Suddenly Ryan's no longer just a fry cook. He's a rare Destined, tasked with figuring out how to save not one, but two worlds. It just doesn't seem that way to anyone else. But hey, in a world ruled by Tyrants, what’s a villain but a hero adventurer with an attitude? What to expect: + Ryan is a lovable [Rogue]. Weak to strong to op. + A post-integration world(s) where things have settled, but conflict is starting to bubble under the surface. + Power and choice, choice and power. Progression in both skills and character. + arrogant mages, intelligent monsters, guns, drones, selfies, [Meteors], covens, cults, shitposting epigraphs and a Gamielle. + World hopping between The Realm and Earth through gates/skills. A lot of the initial focus will be on The Realm. + A Witch Tyrant who will hex people through the internet for very mean comments. + No harem. -- Currently updates Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri. Long time reader, first time storyteller. I've been working on Ryan's tale for a while now and it's finally at the stage where I'm proud to share it. There's a lot of inspirations here. From system apocalypses to world hopping to cultivation and just plain epic fantasy. You'll find elements of all of them here, blended into something that I believe is fairly unique.
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