《Just Another Isekai》Chapter 1: Faulty Order
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Once upon a time in the outskirts of the Concordian Empire, there existed a small village with a long-ago forgotten name. The small village was no different from any other village, they had poor and unhygienic living conditions, were a village of farmers and hunters, were constantly terrorized by monsters that they were not fit to confront, and the everyday wanderer and aristocrat would swindle them with protection racketeering. It was sufficed to say that life was not the best for these villagers. Everything changed when the Heizer dungeon spawned near the long-forgotten village. Everything changed because dungeons bring wanderers, wanderers bring merchants, and merchants create dungeon cities. The village experienced an economic boom, growth, and prosperity usually associated with dungeon cities. Now many would expect that the economic boom and prosperity would greatly benefit and improve the lives of the villagers, that was not always the case. These villagers were forcefully displaced by the merchants and relocated to other small villages in the outskirts of the empire.
Now the story that is being narrated is not about these villagers. It’s about a young teenage boy dying and getting reincarnated into a world of swords and magic because that’s the current (and only) craze trending in literature these days. The boy would have been thrilled if he had the mental capacity to understand his current predicament. New-borns truly were stupid, incapable of comprehending the most basic of thoughts besides hunger, joy, and discomfort. Place a fully-functioning being into this infantile state and they would be unconscious in a matter of seconds, truly a spectacular sight to behold.
Our protagonist, Kyle Kenworth (previously known as Jamal Brown), wakes up like he always does, confused and famished. He stares at his hands in bewilderment, the bewilderment turns into realization as he learns of his new pigmentation, the realization changes to depression as he remembers the life he had left behind, then he’ll fall into an unconscious state as his body is incapable of processing such a rapid change of emotions, where he'll fall back into the same never-ending cycle until he’s capable of forming proper long-term memories.
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Strange, he remains fully awake. Something, no, someone was keeping him awake, but who? A twin? Wait, when did he have a twin? How could this piece of information escape one of my caliber?
Let’s see, Kevin Kenworth (previously known as… Uhm… previously known as…) That’s... that's very odd, he can’t be read. Oddity aside, he was not meant to be here.
*brinnnnng brinnnnng… brinnnnng brinnnnng…
Hello, this is Sharleen of the NHC customer service. How may I be of assistance?
Hello, I’d like to make a complaint about a faulty order.
Can you give me the necessary information?
Narrator Thirteen of Section A, World 246. A purchase was made for one teenage boy from another world.
And the problem is?
I currently have two beings from another world. That’s the problem, I have two when I only placed an order for one. There must have been a mistake when my purchase was getting transferred.
I’m sorry to inform you Mr. Thirteen, but no mistakes were made. The system shows that you placed an order for two teenage boys from another world, not one.
What? That's impossible! I only placed an order for one, not two! Check it again because I make no such mistakes.
Here you go Mr. Thirteen, you can see the purchase for yourself. An order had been placed for two teenage boys from another world, not one.
Can I at least return him? This was clearly an accident.
We have a 'no return' policy. It was a pleasure to assist you, Mr. Thirteen. I hope you have a wonderful time narrating!
*beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Ugh, a stupid corporation with their stupid rules. Profiting of the blood and sweat of hard-working narrators. Guess it’s time to start all over again.
Once upon a time in the outskirts of the Concordian Empire, there existed a small village with a long-ago forgotten name. The small village was no different from any other village, they had poor and unhygienic living conditions, were a village of farmers and hunters, they were constantly terrorized by monsters that they were not fit to confront, and the everyday wanderer and aristocrat would swindle them for protection against said monsters. It was sufficed to say that life was not the best for these villagers. Everything changed when the Heizer dungeon spawned near the long-forgotten village because dungeons… bring wanderers, wanderers bring merchants, and merchants create dungeon cities. The village experienced an economic boom, growth, and prosperity usually associated with dungeon cities. Now many would expect that the economic boom and prosperity would greatly benefit and improve the lives of the villagers, that was not the case. These villagers were forcefully evacuated and relocated to other small villages on the outskirts of the empire.
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Now the story that is being narrated is not about these villagers. It’s about two young, teenage boys dying and getting reincarnated into a world of swords and magic because that’s the current (and only) craze trending in literature these days. One was too stupid to form clear and coherent thoughts while the other was a void of emptiness that could not be read. Absolutely wonderful.
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A Goblin's Tale
This is the story of a nameless Goblin. He lives alone in the dark dungeon, battling Mimics and Slimes in the darkness. Everyday in the dark dungeon is to live with Death breathing down your shoulder. It is a place where only the strong survive and the weak is devoured. But this particular Goblin is different. He raids the dungeon not for weapons and armor to arm himself, but for books and knowledge stashed away in some forgotten corner. But life isn't that simple. What happens when adventurers that fight monsters for a living and a Goblin that avoids adventurers to live accidentally stumble paths with each other? This is the story of a nameless Goblin and how his life changed. Both for the worse, and for the better. Word Count: 2,000 Words Minimum per Chapter Update Schedule: Once a week, maybe.
8 152Gaia Awakens
Gaia herself has awoken from her long slumber. For thousands of years the history of gods and monsters, of heroes and villains has faded into myth and fantasy. But as she stirs she ushers in a new age of wonder. As she unleashes her powers upon the world, a few are thrust into the reality of change sooner than others. Among the first victims is Damian Walters, an ordinary soul caught as it's last ember was about to be extinguished and carried on the winds of mana to it's new destiny. Damian Walters is to be one of the new world's dungeons, and his rebirth is the first herald of the changes to beset mankind. From the depths of the earth, magic has begun to trickle into the mortal world. For the rest of humanity, the upheaval of the laws of science does not begin with heroes, dragons, and wizards, but with ordinary men beset by rabbits the size of a dog and with a taste for human flesh. In this changing world, man must adapt and carve his place into the rebalanced food chain, or else find himself at the bottom.
8 259The Master of Names
The modern world of magic has moved on. Magic of old no longer allowed in the new age. Deemed too barbaric for the contemporary world, magic skills and formulae have taken the country of Idraver by storm and with their arrival, heralding in a new age of magic.Decades later, a young man named Keldon, born without the ability to use skills, begins to experience strange dreams, and with them came the return of an ancient magic. Given an impossible task, what do his newfound powers mean? Or is their return merely a signal for the beginning of the final end. ___________________________________________ **Author's notes** * Redid chapter order so amount of chapters stays the same but numbers are changed to be consistent across all the places I post 12/15/2020: Redid chapters 1-6 to improve pacing and clarity issues.
8 186The Overzealous Healer
CONTENT WARNING: Gore, animal cruelty Genre: Transgressive, dark fantasy Book 1 Blurb: Timo is a child who commits magical murder, and the farm sends a witchhunter to investigate. Without modern social nets that we take for granted, he is shunned, consumed by inexplicable loneliness. To survive, he must find an acceptable outlet for his powers and his moral insanity. However, Timo plans to have fun while he's at it, and mayhem is on the menu. The Scorpion, a jaded witchhunter, tracks down the suspect. As he digs further, he must ultimately make the hardest decision of his life. ---Please read [Roadmap Announcement] for details.
8 194Once Human, Now a Parasite B
Arthur Bilgart was a successful and vastly wealthy businessman on Earth. However, he was kidnapped and tortured by his wife, Claudia, who was after everything he owned. He was tortured and isolated from the world for no less than a year before miserably dying. But death wasn't the end for he was reincarnated into a parasite in a foreign world. Volume 1: The Blood Purge (Chp 1🡢29) Volume 2 : The Mysterious Bottle (Chp 30🡢43) Volume 3 : The Bloated Murderer (Chp 44🡢65) Volume 4: Ruination (Pt1): Single-Minded Pursuit (Chp 66🡢86) Volume 4 : Ruination (Pt2): Feast of Lies and Sea of Spies (Chp86🡢?) Chapters are between 1500 and 3000 words.
8 1755Re: Corruption
A man gets butchered by a person he considered a friend, when he finally tasted death, he wakes up, thinking it was all a hallucination.He relives the last moments of his life, how he was brutally murdered, for a reason, which is now unknown to him.He slowly loses more and more of his old memory, until he only vague remembers, that he was once a human.Follow him, as he is reborn, reincarnated, as one of the lowest living creatures. And how he is destined to rise again.---------------------------------------Before you think wrong of my choice of race for the mc, I want to inform you that although he starts as a Goblin, he will be nothing like Rou from Re:Monster (which is one of the main inspirations for this).---------------------------------------This is my first fiction, so I would love some feedback or your opinions in general. English isn't my main language either, so if you see any mistakes regarding grammar or anything else, please inform me. I don't plan on ending this fiction anytime soon, but due to school and work I may not have time to write chapters on a frequent base. Btw later on there may be Romance included, so I will put these into the categories, but don't expect anything sexual to happen in the first few chapters.
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