writing some fanfiction cliches that I usually read

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Hi Guys,
This is it -- my new novel which will be uploaded exclusive at webnovel only for you guys. I do hope you like and support it.
I have the bigger picture with me and I'm still working with the outline and drafts. But, I will try my best to release more chapter a day or probably bonus chapters if this one does well in the ranking.
You may find it common or cliche or maybe u had read or watched something as similar, I'm not sure either but these were my ideas although there will be some common plot but I will make sure to avoid cliches stuff as much as possible. If I can't avoid it, I will try to make it interesting at some point...
Please leave a review and comment or you can also make suggestions to give me an idea on how to make the story better and more lovely for you to read guys @discord... https://discord.gg/PNGkTUy
Chapter will be posted at the opening of Jan. 1 2019 at 0001H then to be updated daily (1 chapter/day) or more plus bonus chapters if the ranking will be good.
Lots of Love from Your Author,
EUSTOMA_reyna
PS: most importantly don't forget to vote for power stones....
This Author had planned to do "Hate & Love Series" in the future ---
note: every novel is a stand alone story so you don't have to read the other to understand each book... 
The General Who Hates Me (in writing)
https://www.webnovel.com/book/12686884405600705/The-General-Who-Hates-Me
The Doctor Who Loves Me (in writing)
https://www.webnovel.com/book/14191303206660205/The-Doctor-Who-Loves-Me


The meanest person to you could sometimes be the one who loved you the most...
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Arya Tan made a reckless decision because of a desperate situation. She had to disappear from his sight to save her loved ones. In return, she vowed to repay the debt she owed him if they were to meet again.

Ryu Ken gave his heart to only one woman.
But that woman left, broke his heart and hurt him. So, he vowed to find her, despite how long it would take. He would give her the punishment she deserved.

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Excerpt:

"Leaving already? You seem to be in such a rush to talk to me. Why don't you spill it out now?"

Stunned, Arya wondered if she was hallucinating. The voice was very familiar. Her mind was spinning; she thought he sounded like Ryu. Then it occurred to her that the anger she was feeling might just clouding her judgment.

She abruptly shook her head and declared, "It's okay, I can wait outside. Dress first and let's talk after that. Call the reception once you are ready."

She heard the man chuckle as if amused, a familiar sound that made her turned around. She gasped when she almost bumped into a man's wet chest.

"Um sorry, you sound familiar." She said slightly, bowing her head to hide her flushed face.

She felt the man's arm encircled her waist while she was abruptly pulled towards him.

He then leaned forward and scornfully whispered into her ear, "Aren't you here to negotiate? I was hoping you had a better offer."

Arya frowned and abruptly pushed the man, attempting to get away from him. Instead, she was pushed back until she could feel her back pinned against the wall.

She tilted her head to look up at the rude man and was left with open-mouthed looking at a familiar face.

She was shocked but mumbled, "Ryu?"

Ryu smirked and stared at Arya's slightly opened lips and said, "Did you miss me? How about this?"

Before Arya can utter another word, Ryu captured her lips abruptly and kissed her roughly.

Arya felt the familiar lips that were deeply probing hers. It was the familiar conquering lips that, for six months, she had missed terribly.

The kiss that made her legs weak. They trembled slightly. Butterflies fluttered from her throat down to her stomach, sending a shiver through her core.

This was the kiss she had been longing for her entire life.

[Warning: novel is r-18]
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Author's Note:

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P.S. My Other Hate & Love Series (Standalone book):

The CEO Who Hates Me (completed)
The General Who Hates Me (completed)
The Doctor Who LOVES Me (completed)
Loving A Heartless Lawyer (in writing)

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fyi. cover is mine; commissioned art by Shanart

There are a lot of people who have the common misconception that story is no good if it uses existing tropes and generic plots genre savvy readers are so used to seeing by now.

If people were to be more self-aware, then they would figure out that most popular works are basically re-skinned versions of our favourite overall narratives. Whether it is a quest to save the world or a more personal story, cliches are bound to happen.

However, there is a difference between good cliches and bad ones. The bad ones tend to be an observation of something that is 'tsundere' and then thinking it's totally reasonable to make a character of this character archetype without considering how it fits in with your story. The 'cute girl warming up to you, the main character' is fantasy all otakus fall into once in a while and is something they'd like to read in their fiction. What they don't want is cardboard box with no humanity that turns them this way.

The 'over tv trope analysis' effect happens when you know about a trope but don't seem to understand that it can't be easily added to a story just because you know it exists. Take the Toradora anime as an example: The heroine of the series isn't violent and abrasive because 'that is her archetype', but because there are multiple facets to her life which ended up shaping her to fit that archetype.

Although tropes themselves are like gears in a story that keep the plot moving, the only way to truly write a good story is through 'translating' them to fit the setting and theme of the story your writing.

If you can't add a trope in a way that influences your reader's feelings in one way or another, then it's better not to add it in the first place. After all, no one wants to read an abbreviation of a trope no matter how many creative gimmicks you add on top of it.

Think of Isekai as an example. Though it's become a trend in the community to send people to another world just to replicate how other authors create a sense of immersion for their readers using it. There is a massive difference between the likes of 'In Another World With My Smartphone' and 'Re:Zero In Another World'. The former only using the barebones skeleton of the trope while the latter completely taking advantage of everything the trope entails through adding an element of realism to the story.

The whole reason Natsuki Subaru is well remembered isn't because he's the perfect protagonist but because the writer of the story fully utilised everything about the trope instead of using it just for superficial immersion from a 'normal human from Earth' being transported into a fantasy world.

There is a feeling of 'perfection' added into the story not because it is the perfect story, but because the tropes it added were 'perfectly utilised' to tell the story the Author wanted to tell. Some could say a story isn't fully immersive due to lack of specific explanations and whatnot. However, they miss the point and end up not realising that a good story is one that influences the reader in specific way rather than trying to eat more than it can chew.

Take Steins/Gate as an example: If you were to ask the question of why a satellite that crashed into a building not investigated by the authorities as soon as it happened, then the rest of this thrilling time-travel story falls apart. Contrarily, by focusing more on characters instead, it was able to make the people watching the Anime ignore this plot hole to the point everyone considers it a masterpiece (unlike its dumpster fire of a sequel that was badly written).

Intrigue could be the result of contrived situations such as very specific 'coincidences' happening just for the sake of moving the plot. This may sound bad to do on paper, but it actually helps a lot in making a story more immersive if foreshadowing is done correctly. Other than that, you could say that any story has a certain level of contrivances in it if you looked at it deep enough... My point from saying all this is that contrivances are fine if it is character driven. As long as you know what you are trying to write and have the guts to make artistic choices with how much information you'd keep back or tell the readers, then you'll do great as a writer.

I brought this up many times, but I myself once write an Isekai and purposefully left out the main character's name, looks, and even where on Earth he lived before reincarnating into another world. It was an artistic choice no one understood at first but as they read more of it, the fact that I chose to put emphasis on the most defining traits of his past life while only adding how it changed his decision making skills in his second life did wonders later on.

Let this be a lesson to you all. Even 'Art' can't be about everything. The tools and colours you use is what will define it once your done. No story is liked by all audiences, but that doesn't mean your own story won't be liked if you don't follow 'trends'.

In fact, it's the opposite. The more you try to appeal to everyone, the more generic your story will become. It's best to know what your trying to write, have faith, and only edit once many chapters are done since it is impossible to see if your story is good or not unless you write ten chapters or more.

Well, that's all I got. My point is stop having anxiety attacks and write with a vision in mind before trying to adapt to your audience. Be flexible, but not cowardly, as you NEED to have you own opinions.

Have a nice time writing~! 😀

(Cover by Darkstar Dust)

This is a story I worked on ages ago that has been refined and edited by adding foreshadowing to events while also simplifying the power system better than before. This story can be considered a prequel to An Adventure Beyond Greatness as it takes place years prior to the events of that story.

Short Synopsis:
After retiring from the battlefield, my life became empty and lifeless. The regrets of my past haunt me in my sleep. Then a change occurred, a King from another world summoned me to fight for his kingdom, but I died even before I could give him my answer. Now, after a fake God allowed me to reincarnate (albeit imperfectly) with my memories intact, into a world filled with magic and swords.

Long Synopsis:
This is about a flawed protagonist who only knew to rely on others and not socialise who gets a second chance to change himself in order to live the life he aimed for in his past life. The narrator isn’t exactly trustworthy since it is purely in his bias perspective while other perspectives given by others fill in the blanks that he either leaves out or twists to suit the situation.

The story itself can be considered a parody of Isekai’s classic tropes which are given a sense of reality as time goes by. As there exists no ‘Demon Lord’, there is also no black and white, only characters opinions and counter-opinions throughout the story.

The one-eyed man approached us. This was my first meeting with one of Seoul's Seven Kings.

Yoo Sangah talked in the group chat.

–Dokja-ssi, this person is perhaps…

–Yes, you're right.

I nodded to Yoo Sangah. It was impossible not to think of this person when seeing the appearance.

–By the way, I don't understand. Even if the constellation is 'that person', why is the incarnation dressed like that?

–His sympathy with the constellation seems to be high. The higher the sympathy rate, the more the incarnation is influenced by the lifestyle of the constellation.

–I should never cough in front of him.

The man with long hair tied back was bowing to the man approaching us.

"Your Majesty. You came."

"Yes."

"What happened?"

"Do I need to say it? Here."

The one-eyed man pointed to his staff. There was a blue jewel available from the Big Dipper embedded on it.

[Greedy Wolf Star].

The long-haired man admired it.

"Ohh…!"

Wasn't he quite good? Already gaining one star jewel…

The star jewels were the rewards of the Big Dipper chapter.

It was an item that increased overall stats by one level. It had a good effect on its own but the star jewels were meaningful when seven were collected.

It was because the jewels were the summoning material for the Four Yin Demonic Beheading Sword.

The one-eyed man looked at me. "Who are these people?"

"They have just entered the Big Dipper chapter. Their abilities are quite good so I was thinking about getting them to join."

"Really?"

The one-eyed man and I extended our hands to each other at the same time.

"I am Cha Sangkyung."

"I am Kim Dokja."

I shook his hand while activating a skill.

[The exclusive skill, Character List is activated.]

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[Character Information]

Name: Cha Sangkyung

Age: 26 years old

Constellation Support: One-eyed Maitreya

Private Attribute: Pseudo Sect Founder (Hero), Maitreya King (Hero)

Exclusive Skills: Weapons Training Lv. 5, Mental Barrier Lv. 3, Eloquent Speech Lv. 3, Skillful Deception Lv. 3, False Prayer Lv. 1…

Stigma: Maitreya Promised Land Lv. 2, Law of Interest Lv. 2, Demonic Enemy Lv. 3

Overall Stats: Physique Lv. 28, Strength Lv. 26, Agility Lv. 28, Magic Power Lv. 25.

Overall Evaluation: No one can be free in front of his 'eye' that gives insight into everything. Be careful not to cough in front of him.

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It was regrettable that Jung Heewon wasn't here. If she saw this man in front of me, she would never speak nonsense about my sponsor again.

Cha Sangkyung said, "I have a burden of seeing things. Can I look at you once?"

"Yes."

Yes, he could try.

[The character 'Cha Sangkyung' has used Law of Interest Lv. 2!]

The stigma 'Law of Interest' was quite interesting among the investigation techniques in Ways of Survival. It didn't reveal the attributes window of the opponent but it was a skill that roughly gave information about the personality of the opponent. In other words, he would see a 'Easily fooled Demonic Enemy' if the person was 'good', while he would see a 'Back-stabbing Demonic Enemy' if the person was 'bad.' For example…

[The character 'Cha Sangkyung' has discovered that you are a demonic enemy that shouldn't be touched.]

It was like this.

"T-This?"

"King, why are you acting like this?"

[The character 'Cha Sangkyung' is greatly disturbed.]

Cha Sangkyung shouted with a pale face.

"D-Demonic enemy!"

"Huh? It can't be…"

At his words, the group members of the Maitreya King simultaneously looked at me. The atmosphere became tense when Cha Sangkyung urgently added.

"N-Nothing. I have made a mistake."

"Huh? There's nothing?"

"Yes, it is nothing. Everyone back off."

Indeed. He would be a fool to ignore the warning of the constellation. By the way, a demonic enemy that shouldn't be touched…

Maybe the One-eyed Maitreya didn't want to fight with me.

"Sigh… it isn't surprising."

The dubious thing was the reaction of the long-haired man. It was momentary but there was an expression of 'regret' on his face.

"The plan will start in one hour. I'm looking forward to your participation despite being a bit late."

Cha Sangkyung said before returning to his group members.

The first encounter with Gung Ye ended like this. (TL: Gung Ye had a slight mention earlier in the novel. He is a king who proclaimed himself a Buddha and became a tyrant who sentenced death to anyone opposing him, including his own wife)

The long-haired man said, "Phew, it almost became a major event. I'm glad."

"It is absurd to say that he is a king who knows the hearts of the people."

"Haha, Gung Ye might be recorded as a tyrant later on but he was a good and wise king first. You never know what will happen in the future. History can change."

I looked carefully at the long-haired man and asked, "By the way, who are you?"

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Han Sooyoung. I am Cha Sangkyung's assistant."

A man who supported the incarnation of Gung Ye. It was highly likely that he was attached to Gung Ye's side because of his sponsor.

Who was it? Perhaps it was a king? I immediately used a skill.

[The exclusive skill, Character List is activated.]

[The information of this person can't be read in 'Character List.']

[This person isn't registered in 'Character List.']

…What?

"Um? What's wrong?"

I looked at the shamelessly speaking Han Sooyoung and couldn't help laughing. I see… now I knew who this person was.

"It's nothing. Just… I feel like you are a demonic enemy."

"Haha, what do you mean?"

I could see Han Sooyoung's eyes change strangely. Maybe at this moment, both of us were thinking the same thing. The question was who would pull out a sword first.

The doors of the waiting room started to open one by one.

"The kings are coming!"

There was tension in the Maitreya group while several people in the waiting room started cheering.

I watched the kings walking out the door and asked Han Sooyoung.

"Are they on the same side?"

"Yes, they are all kings who promised to cooperate with us. From left to right, there is the 'Prudent King' Yoon Kiyoung and 'Fighting King' Kim Baekho Then the last one who came out is the 'Earth Dragon King' Gu Daesung."

I remembered something when I heard this nickname.

The Prudent King and Fighting King. They were just like their nicknames. They had decent skills and stats but they were one step lacking compared to the Seven Kings.

The only one I needed to pay attention to was the Earth Dragon King Gu Daesung.

Gu Daesung discovered Cha Sangkyung and asked, "You have already come out?

Fast."

"You are a rude earthworm."

"…Earthworm? Is that what you are calling my sponsor?"

Yoo Sangah was startled when she heard their words and whispered to me, "That person, I think he has a good sponsor behind him."

"…How do you know?"

"I heard the story that the king of Baekje was born from an earth dragon."

"Earth dragon?"

"That's what they meant by 'earthworm.' The other kings are calling him the son of an earth dragon in a mocking manner."

She was really amazing. She figured out the identity of Gu Daesung with this much information.

Yoo Sangah was right.

Earth Dragon King Gu Daesung. In my memories, he was one of Seoul's Seven Kings with the late King Gyeon Hwon as his sponsor.

"There are quite a few people with kings as a sponsor. Then the king we saw before…"

I nodded. In fact, it wasn't a coincidence that there were so many incarnations with a 'king' as their sponsor.

The situation would be similar in other areas, not just the Seoul Dome.

In Japan, there would be a competition between the three heroes including Oda Nobunaga. In the UK, there would be a competition between Richard the Lionheart or Henry VIII.

The world's greatest constellations would be preparing for a war over the Absolute Throne, raising their coordination with their incarnation to a breathtaking level.

[The constellation 'Maritime War God' is expecting the appearance of a new fable class constellation.]

[The constellation 'Bald General of Justice' is watching the situation with sweaty hands.

The other high-ranking constellations were also interested. It was natural. As I said before, the fourth scenario was an event for the greatest constellations of each country.

"Is everyone gathered?"

The kings soon gathered in the middle and gave a speech.

"Our enemy is the Tyrant King who entered the third door! The Tyrant King has already received two jewels from this dungeon and cowardly raided innocent kings. Some of the people present would've lost a king to him."

That's why this waiting room was a field of corpses.

Perhaps the Tyrant King killed two kings and took away their star jewels. It meant he would soon gather all seven star jewels…

"The new Seoul shouldn't be handed over to such a person. If he gets the Four Yin Demonic Beheading Sword and then takes the Absolute Throne, there will be endless grief and tragedy in Seoul!"

"Thus, the people have to fight! Get up right now! The kings here are all wise. The future will be fine no matter which of us becomes the absolute king. We have to at least stop the worst king!"

"This will be a struggle for a righteous way of living! Take care! You will be great fighters taking your first step into a new history!"

The speech didn't have much substance but people became excited. Some people cheered, some sympathized while others were touched to tears. It was like they were real revolutionaries fighting for justice.

I looked at the scene alone. 

Just one month ago, the people here had voted for a president. They did their duty and agreed to have private property through legitimate economic activities. All of a sudden, it felt like a dream.

In just one month, Seoul had returned to the kingdom days.

"Depart!"

Hundreds of people entered through the third door. Cha Sangkyung's group was at the back and we moved in line with them.

Our vision wavered before a giant tunnel appeared. It was a huge tunnel where the size couldn't be easily measured.

Han Sooyoung walked beside me and opened his mouth. "This is so exciting. I feel like I'm in a martial arts novel."

"A martial arts novel?"

Han Sooyoung nodded with a meaningful smile. "Why, don't you think it is like a martial arts novel? It is like a treasure map. The legendary sword is sleeping in the stone chamber and whoever obtains the sword shall be the best person in the world!"

Han Sooyoung spoke accompanied by gestures seemed quite plausible. It wouldn't be unbelievable if he was an actor.

"It is a common cliche in a martial arts novel, the treasure sword."

"Oh, Dokja-ssi, do you read martial arts novels as well?"

It couldn't be missed when talking about genre fiction.

"I read quite a bit. By the way, there is a common development in these cliche novels."

"Common development? What is it?"

"It turns out that the treasure map is a fake! This type of development."

Han Sooyoung's eyes shook. "This is interesting. What happens next?"

"It is an obvious story. The 'shadow' laughs quietly and kills the people gathered because of the fake treasure."

"Hoh… is that the current situation? Could someone be a shadow?"

I nodded and stated, "It is a possibility although I don't like such obvious cliches."

"Um? What does that mean?"

"To be honest, there are too many cliches like the treasure sword.

"Hmm… there are too many stories, making it bad?"

"For writers, I think it is a story that lacks distress."

Han Sooyoung's expression slightly hardened. "Then what would Dokja-ssi do if you were the writer? What if you had to write about the treasure sword?"

"I'm not sure. I am a 'reader' as my name suggests."

"I think that a reader would do the same. Writing familiar cliches will give satisfaction to the readers."

Yes, I thought he would say something like this. I smiled and asked, "Who said this? You are speaking as a writer. I'm not saying that cliches are bad. At the very least, a plagiarist shouldn't use it."

"Pla…giarist?"

"Yes, a plagiarist."

It was funny to see Han Sooyoung's face change colours.

"Well, every story is similar. It is the details that are a bit different… Can it really be called plagiarism? Perhaps if Dokja-ssi is the writer―"

"Nope, I would do it differently."

Han Sooyoung's eyebrows twitched. "…You would write it differently? How?"

"For example, like this."

I raised Unbroken Faith and cut his neck. No blood was visible as his head fell down.

I added, "Why are you hiding when it will be revealed anyway?"

Then Han Sooyoung's head spoke from where it was lying on the ground. "How interesting. Kim Dokja."

Only I know the end of this world.
One day our MC finds himself stuck in the world of his favorite webnovel. What does he do to survive? It is a world struck by catastrophe and danger all around.
His edge? He knows the plot of the story to end. Because he was the sole reader that stuck with it. Read his story to see how he survives!

Just in case the message really isn't clear (which seems to be the case because people are still adding this to their collections), Versatile Mage Rewritten is no more.

1) To begin with, I began tweaking Versatile Mage Rewritten's story from the manhua as writing practice, but I no longer need to do so because I'm writing a lot on my own.  Plus, I don't like how little I changed about it.

2) I'M ACTUALLY UPLOADING A REAL NOVEL! Dark Seas Leading Demise, which you'll find by clicking my username and going to my author page, is the novel I'm in the process of writing and making the first story I complete. Unlike Versatile Mage, it doesn't make use of a shit ton of cliches and tropes for its wish-fulfillment. Dark Seas Leading Demise, although starting slow with many questions, will soon become a much more engaging fantasy. It begins with an amnesiac awakening in a forest with a video game-esque qualities like a status profile, gaining experience from killing things, and levels. It starts slow because the main character has to do everything on their own for a few days, but after that, it speeds up tremendously. I've also planned for the main character's journey to involve unique powerups in the LitRPG genre that I haven't seen anywhere else.
Please check it out ＿|￣|○ (beg emoticon)

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Y'know how sometimes when you criticize a story someone asks you, "If you're so good at writing stories, make your own or rewrite it!"
Well, I am. 

DISCLAIMER:
Versatile Mage is a novel, anime, and manhua (comic) I do not own and am rewriting simply to practice writing. I have not read the novel, nor watched the anime. I am only rewriting the story of the manhua adaptation with as minimal changes as possible in an attempt to close the massive plot holes, inconsistencies, and unrealistic scenarios which bothered me. 

Please do not claim I am plagiarizing the original. Think of this as a fan fiction if you need to.

Oh yeah, if you want to read the original novel or the manhua, they're both here on Webnovel. Just search "Versatile Mage"

Hey this is my first story to have published for others to see so if you have any advice for me I would love to hear it.

I read a lot of stories. So sometimes I might subconsciously make my story like others you may have read. I will try to put my own twists on some of the cliches (probably not because I'm a sucker for cliches) to give the story a more original feel to it. 

This will be a fast romance because I prefer it that way personally. And there might incorrect information but remember that this is a fiction story that is fantasy so things won't be the same as real life 

If you still don't like it then just don't read it, simple. And I will give you a warning there will be mature parts and I will put an M next to the episode (chapter) name. So I hope you enjoy and give me plenty of feedback.

This is a story I created on a whim which means I have not planned out the story at all. So expect a lot of editing maybe some plot changes throught the story. I'm creating this as I'm writing so I don't know how long it will be and I get bored easily so I will write when I feel like it. Because I have depression and anxiety along with being a hormonal 16 year old, so my moods and feelings get in my way a lot. Don't expect to much or good quality. It will be cliche and probably poorly written since I'm on my own. 

Now that that is out of the way, Enjoy!!

Scarlet Winter age 24, an A-list actress that has won many awards, suddenly dies in an accident. She wakes up to find that she is not in her world anymore.

She was reborn as the heroine in a cliche CEO novel. In the novel the heroine had the same name and age as her but her personality was horrible and all the readers hated her. The only good thing is she is described to be a goddess walking among mortals. 

To top it off at the time she transmigrated and has 5 year twin children because of a one night stand, but she has yet to meet the ML. So now she has to raise the two little ones she has come to love and launch her acting career again. Will she be able to do it? Or will someone hinder her plans?

On The Otherside of the Story

Ace King (male lead) is the young and talented CEO of Empire Corporations that is a leader in multiple industries. His net worth is in the trillions, he has been described as a God because of his looks, and his IQ is insane. So from that you can tell women (and sometimes men) throw themselves at him. Because of his family and their fame people always have a hidden agenda towards him even when he was young. It made him cold and aloof to everyone but his family.

One night at a more casual meeting at club he was drugged by the other party. He didn't want to sleep the woman the other person wanted so he grabbed a random, drunk woman and used her. (I know sounds bad but that is what he thought) The next morning she was gone before he could ask for her name, and she left him 1000 dollars. 

He spent years trying to find her to when one day he finally did but she wanted nothing to do with him, why? Women would usually do anything to be with him but now that he's wanting to take responsibility she says no. He finds out about their children. What will he do?

Hello and Welcome to this work, Phoenix's Ashes.

Now when you read my works I suggest looking up names of the characters, they are usually important towards the character's roles. I will be using this Volume 0 to tell explain why I started this story and say why there is no image. We will start with the latter, I have ZERO artistical abilities, simple as that.

Now the story's plans/history: I started this back in 2017 as a writing assignment for school. This is why you will see bits from other Chinese novels during the beginning chapters. I hate using narration unless it is to explain important obscure symbols in stories. Show never tell, I tried to use this for the majority of this work and that was the challenge I laid out for myself besides in the first chapter. I'll be honest when I state there is little planned for this story. I'll be following some cliches but there will be unique twists and turns. I already have volume 1-3 planned just have to find time to write them. How long this goes on following that will depend on my motivation towards the work.

As a final note: This will not and never will be a harem!

He was once the greatest power in existence, feared by those who heard his name. Like everything, his time had come to an end nonetheless. He had been reborn into the life of a non-mage, the opposite of his past self. Now join him on as his adventure of power, and eternal loneliness; if he could just find a way for this blond haired girl to stop following him.

So apparently you might have already read mangas and manwhas or watched some anime with the most common cliches such as  the mc being overpowered and looks cool while having a harem of cute girls. This type of content has already been overused so much that it already wasted its potential of having a great story that doesnt have to rely on these tropes.

     In this novel, hence being my first one, will be one of those horribly written storyline, dialogue, and characters with no amount of effort being put into the series and an already used genre such as the video game element which further proves the point that the author only writes this story purely for entertainment. 

     Please do not enjoy this or you will have a migrain for trying to understand anything in this mess of a novel.

This is a place that looks like ancient ruins of some sort.

The vague, dream-like feeling that had been present the entire time is now gone. In its place is a slightly chilly air that quickly wakes me up.

The ceiling is high, and the entire surroundings is illuminated by magic light.

"So this is the center."

Violet-san does a quick spin to take in the entire space.

"So what is it that we should destroy?"

I don't see anything that looks like a magic core. The only thing here is a huge door standing a distance away.

"Beyond the door, most likely."

Violet-san walks on the stone paving, approaching the door.

"Makes sense."

I follow after her.

The door is ridiculously enormous. Its width is enough for 100 people to walk abreast. Well alright, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration.

Point is, it's a really big door.

That ancient-looking door is covered here and there with black stains that is clearly blood, underneath which are innumerable ancient letters packed tightly together. Wound around the entire door are swathes of chains thicker than the average human waist that are keeping it tightly shut.

"Would we be able to go in if we get these chains off?"

"Probably."

I grab one of the chain links and pull.

It doesn't even budge.

"Yep, not happening."

No matter how many tournaments for people who can't use magic I may win, something this thick is just physically impossible for me.

If I try to cut it with my sword, it'll definitely be my sword that breaks.

"You know, this thing most probably has a key."

"I see, good point."

We spot it in one second.

Right beside the door is a dais with a really fancy-looking sword stabbed into it.

"Whichever way anyone looks at it, this is it for sure."

"Whichever way whoever looks at it, this is it for sure."

The side of the sword dais is, again, packed tightly with ancient letters.

"It seems that this sword can cut through those chains."

So says Violet-san as she reads the ancient lettering.

But I've already understood it. A sword in a dais. This pattern...

"But this sword can't be drawn, right?"

"Eh...?"

"I can tell with a single glance..."

So saying, I place a hand on the sword hilt and give it a tug, but as expected it does not budge.

"As I had thought... here, too..."

So I mutter profoundly.

"This sword can only be drawn by the chosen..."

"What...!?"

Violet-san hurriedly traces the ancient lettering on the dais with her fingers.

And so, I let go of the sword.

"The sword... is rejecting me..."

So I say on the spur of the moment, but the sword's not actually rejecting me.

But the sword stuck in the dais being draw-able only by the chosen hero is mere common sense, a cliche used well and well again.

"The Holy Sword can only be drawn by direct descendants of the heroes... that's indeed what it says here. I'm surprised you managed to read and decode this magic text in one look."

"Hmph... everything exists as cliches..."

"So you're familiar enough with magic letter secret codes to recognize the various patterns as cliches... so that's how you knew."

"Something like that."

I nod with satisfaction.

A sword stuck in a dais, and a seal on a door that can only be undone with said sword. It's indeed extremely cliche, but actually I love contrivances like this.

Isn't it great? Really feels like a fantasy world.

"How troublesome..."

Violet-san sits on the dais and sighs.

"Any other way?"

I sit down next to Violet-san.

"None recorded on here, at least."

"I see."

I think for a while in the silence. Probably we're both thinking about the other.

So I speak up first.

"You want to disappear?"

"Disappear?"

"Didn't you say that if the core is destroyed, you'd disappear?"

"Hmm, how should I put it. Rather than 'disappear,' it'd be more accurate to say that I'd be 'freed,' I suppose."

Violet-san looks at me and smiles.

"What's the difference?"

"Here is a jail where memories are repeated again and again without end, for eternity. It's a bit hard to bear for me, you see..."

So she murmurs in a voice that sounds like it might vanish at any moment.

"I see. Then let's wait a while."

"Wait...?"

"If we wait a while, we might be able to do something about the door. But before that... we have guests."

Before the door appears a glowing rift in space.

The rift gradually grows to a certain size, then a bald ossan and a beautiful elf girl comes out from there.

"Nn...?"

"What's the matter?"

"Not much, just that that elf-san's face looks really similar to a friend of mine."

But they're different people. Their bone structure is different. So is their gait and manner too.

"Hou... to have brought Aurora all the way here."

So says the bald ossan while looking at Violet-san.

"You know him?"

"I don't remember having seen him before. But my memory is incomplete, so maybe I've met him before?"

The two of us are whispering to each other.

"But what a pity. The door cannot be opened by the likes of you."

The bald ossan is smirking.

"You're quite an unlucky one, aren't you, lad?"

"Eh, you're talking about me?"

I point to myself.

"I don't know where or how you've wandered into here, but because you were deceived by the witch's honeyed words, you will now have to die. Cut to pieces by this Olivie here, to be specific."

Under Bald Ossan's instruction, the elf-san steps forward.

Bald Ossan is not much, but this beauty is strong.

"You can't, she is..."

"I know, she's strong."

"Let's run!"

"Why?"

We're whispering again.

"If you must hate someone, hate that witch next to you, not me. And also your foolish self! Kill him, Olivie!"

Olivie-san readies a sword that looks exactly like the Holy Sword.

I draw my cheap Academy-issued sword. Her glass bead-like eyes are looking solely at me.

I can feel a smile spreading on my face.

"Wait, you can't fight her!"

Why?

Violet-san's voice emanates from behind me.

Just like how everyone adored heroes in their childhood, a certain young man adored those powers hidden in shadows. After hiding his strength and living the mediocre life of a mob character by day while undergoing frenzied training by night, he finally reincarnates into a different world and gains ultimate power. The young man who is only playing at being a power in the shadows, his misunderstanding subordinates, and a giant organization in the shadows that gets trampled…. This is the story of a young boy who had adored powers in shadows possibly eventually reigning over the world of shadows in another world.

Dear wonderful readers,
Thank you so so so much for reading my first English novel. I've been writing since I was 12, like decades ago (yeah... I'm old) and never got anything published since I was a perfectionist and my works needed research and I didn't have the means to do it back then.
I mean, how could you write about life in other countries when you never go there? I felt like a fake - that's why the only people I allowed reading my novels were my sister and a few friends whom I know would still love me no matter how weird I am in their eyes... hehehe.
Before you #coughcough Google... Well, Google and the internet weren't a thing back then (when I started writing), I didn't even have a computer. I wrote in any piece of paper I could get my hands into.
Sadly, out of maybe 100 titles I wrote for almost 20 years, 95% are gone now because my mom thought they were trash (literally) and threw them together with my old school books. It was heartbreaking because I really wanted to be a writer.
When I was young, the future seemed bleak for this poor aspiring writer from a third-world country, especially because I wrote fantasy which didn't sell well compared to contemporary. Anyway... my dream to become a writer had to take a backseat as life happened and I had to focus on making ends meet.
I have a decent job now, working as a freelancer, but I still dream to make it as a professional writer someday. I want to be able to wake up every morning and just decide that I want to write and write, and not having to think about how to put food on the table.
I am so happy to find a platform like Webnovel that allows me to publish my works, reach an audience that relates to my stories, and make some money. I am not hoping to get rich from my books, but if it could give me enough to quit my day job and focus on writing, it would mean the world to me.
Thus.. I would like to kindly ask your understanding that this book will go premium today, October 7, 2019, and will be locked retrospectively from chapter 177. I could have it locked earlier, like ... in chapter 100 for example, but I chose to lock it on chapter 177 because I feel like reading until chapter 100 is not enough for you to decide if this novel is worthy of your spirit stones, so I'm giving you more.
I hope by the time you reach chapter 176 you are convinced that you are in for the ride! Yeay!!
GOING PREMIUM & PRICING
Going premium means the book might be locked today or next week and you can unlock the chapters with coins or fast passes. If you are new to the site, this is how the chapters will be priced:
 200 words = 1 coin, and 1 coin is worth $0.02
So, the longer the chapters, the more coins needed to unlock them. For 1200 word-chapters, the price will be 6 coins, 2000 word chapters are worth 10 coins, and so on.
Out of these coins, the author will only get 30%, minus 5% tax. The other 70% was divided between Google/Apple (as app store providers) and Webnovel.
HOW MUCH AN AUTHOR ACTUALLY EARNS?
An author gets around 25% of what their novels earn. From a chapter that costs 6 coins, only 2 coins will go to the author. It's not really much, considering 1 chapter takes 1-4 hours to write (depending on the author's health, inspiration, research, etc). But the more readers unlock the chapters using coins, the more money an author could make. So.. please open the locked chapters with coins if you wish to support me and this novel.
I really hope at least 100 readers could unlock the chapters every day, seeing that I have around 5000 people adding this book to their collection.
If each chapter of this book gets 100 unlocks every day, that means I will get
200 x 2 coins x $0.02 =$4 per day or $120 in one month if I publish 1 chapter per day.
I know it's not enough to live, so I will have to publish more chapters, and that's fine. If I published 2 chapters per day, it means with 100 unlocks, I will earn $240 in one month. At least, if I knew you are invested and are willing to support this book, I would feel encouraged to write more and more and more.
If we can get 500 unlocks per chapter every day.. I would even dance the rain dance because of how happy it would make me :).
Plus, if this book sells well, Webnovel will give it special attention and promote the book to the wider audience.
In exchange for your support, I can promise you my dedication and hard work to see this book written until the end. I never drop a book in my life and I will not leave you hanging. I hope this book brings you joy as you read it and get you through the day, feeling happier.
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If you cannot afford to unlock the chapters with coins, and can only use fast passes, don't feel bad about it. I love you too! I know how it feels to be poor and crave books. I understand. I was there.
I pray that you will be blessed abundantly and someday you can have the luxury to support the content creators that you love. The universe is listening :).
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love,
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(October 7, 2019)
PS: SPOILERS & TEASERS
Please do note that I love throwing spoilers here and there in SEPARATE CHAPTERS to satisfy curious people who are eager to know what happens in the future.
For some people, knowing a bit of what will happen gives them a peace of mind that they are not investing their time, feeling, and money into a soap opera or cliches or shitty novel or simply something that is not their cup of tea.
I respect that. So please, if you hate spoilers, just SKIP the chapters marked with TEASERS or SPOILERS and you'll be just fine.
If you LOVE SPOILERS, hell yeah! Go read them! Woot woot!!
The original novel is loved by many and I got on average 1000 power stones in votes every day. Of course, I wish to see this English version gets the same exposure and support. If you liked this novel, please vote and help this story reach more people.
My biggest dream for this novel is someday to see it made into Netflix's original series, for example. Wouldn't it be awesome? Does anyone know anyone in Netflix? Bahahaha...
Anyway.. again, thank you for joining me on the ride. I hope this story can bring you happiness.
much love,
UPDATE June 25, 2019
I am writing another book, called FINDING STARDUST. It's a sci-fi/fantasy/adventure novel with an OP female lead, looking for her family. I hope you'll check it out too. Here is the synopsis:
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"Do you want to see how I would light up the sky for you?"
On her 17th birthday, Emma Stardust suddenly woke up on top of the Eiffel tower, completely oblivious of how she got there.
And then she realized that she could fly. 
Suddenly all her senses became enhanced and she could also control the earth's elements? 
She finally realized that her powers were the secret to her past and her missing parents, a royal princess, and a formidable general from a planet called Akkadia who escaped their home planet because they loved each other. 
Emma was resolute in finding them even if it means she had to go to the end of the universe. Will she meet her parents again? Will she find Akkadia? Will her powers bring her friends... or foes? 
Follow Emma's journey as she unravels the mystery surrounding her past and her future, and finds true love in the process.
If you like strong FL, space, astronomy, magic, science, and slice-of-life.. You will be spoiled by this book! 
Warning: Chapters with mature contents will be marked with R-18


*How do immortals live in the modern world? One had been walking the earth for 438 years without ever falling in love. The other one couldn't get over the only woman he loved, even after 100 years.

**What happen when an immortal didn't know he was immortal? After living for almost a century, he still looked like he was 25. So, he thought maybe... maybe he was a freak, a victim of human experimentation during Hitler's time. Growing up, he came to hate humans and their fondness for war and destroying nature. He swore to one day rule the world and decide on which humans got to live. In his book, 'only the good, the strong and the intelligent should live'.

***The wealthiest tycoon was an immortal who was raised in the ivory tower by his overprotective parents. One day he decided to go undercover as poor photographer to make friends with regular people. Alas! Scheming people tricked him to sleep with the most notorious golddiger in Berlin whose only goal in life was to marry a wealthy and powerful man. When she was pregnant with his child, the undercover tycoon wanted to take responsibility but still pretending to be poor. Will he finally let her know that he was wealthy? Why was she so adamant to marry a wealthy and powerful man?

THIS BOOK HAS 3 DIFFERENT STORIES. They are connected, but you can read them as standalone.

1. The Alchemist
2. Aleksis & Prince Siegfried
3. Secret Identity


Volume 1 has fluffy romance, Volume 2 has action/adventure, Volume 3 has comedy, and Volume 4 is a revenge/redemption drama.

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