Overgeared - Chapter 74

A conversation with a handsome stranger leaves Ariane chained in a cellar with a strange affliction. She soon discovers that the darkness of the nineteenth century’s Deep South hides many dangers. Mages, wolf shifters and the humans who hunt them play a risky game where to stumble is to die, all under the amused gaze of the apex predators of the supernatural world: vampires.

It is never healthy to attract the gaze of the aristocracy of the night. It takes much to survive in this merciless world, but Ariane will not let that deter her. The southern belle has a bite, and she is willing to learn and to grow in this hostile new world. She will use whatever means necessary to reclaim her freedom, be it guile, charm, or those intriguing new instincts that make blood so delectable.

This is a story of vampires as I believe they should be, with their strengths and weaknesses, with their remnants of humanity and the beast inside. Updates every Friday. Mind the tags.

Cover by Antti Hakosaari: https://www.artstation.com/haco

Special thanks to Svensonsen for getting me started, as well as Omi Nya, Hesketh, Rhaegar, Yaksher, Selkie and Raven for proofreading my stuff. Thanks to my patrons and you dear readers, for the support. I could not do it without you.

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The story probably exists in your local marketplace as well of I can tempt you.

With a father as strong as the highest heavens themselves, Gravis wasn't required to step into the cold and ruthless world of cultivation. But when Heaven used him in a scheme to get back at his father, Gravis realized that he needed strength to gain true freedom.

As long as he remained his weak self, he would always remain beneath Heaven’s oppression. Only true power brings true freedom. To gain strength, Gravis ventured into the lower worlds to start his cultivation under true life and death tempering.

Only a strong will, which had been forged in striving for every resource available, would allow him to reach the peak. Heaven’s strongest weapon was Lightning of Divine Punishment, and only if he made this weapon his, would he have a chance.

So, to overthrow Heaven,

Lightning Is the Only Way!

Yet, the path to power is painful.

Not everyone reaches the peak.

But Gravis will!

No matter how much pain he feels along the way!

Luke was reading a novel and after reading it, he fell asleep.When he woke up he was not in his bed.He was somewhere else.This was a world full of magic.He finds himself transmigrated into the novel he was reading.He was in the body of the Skywing Wolf, a powerful commander-level demon attacking Silvercrest City.Luke didn't mind being human or demon.Being a demon might even be better; after all, demons were powerful in this world.But becoming the Skywing Wolf who had already invaded Silvercrest City? That was not good.The Skywing Wolf was a villain in the novel, who was going to die at the hands of the protagonist.He had one year time to get stronger, otherwise he will die at the hands of the protagonist.He was losing hope.That's when the system arrived.[Ding! Perfect host detected.][Do you want to accept binding?]“Yes, accept!” Luke stood up, excited.The heavens hadn't forgotten him after all.[System binding…][Binding successful!][Congratulations, host! You have obtained the Pregnancy System.][Impregnate Women, Have Children, obtain rewards and create the strongest Family]“Forming bonds and nurturing the next generation to become stronger—who wouldn't like that?” he thought with a smile.Especially in a magical world; if you work hard enough, building the strongest empire is within reach.[You have a newbie gift pack. Do you want to open it?]“Open it,” Luke said without hesitation.[Opening newbie gift pack…][Congratulations! You have obtained a Transformation Pill and a double purity blessing for all attributes.]Note: This novel doesnot contain NTR, YURI scenes. The MC goal is to create the strongest family.

Abandoned at birth and raised in an orphanage, a young man endures twenty-five years confined to a body ravaged by a rare genetic disease that kept him in constant pain and left him bedridden in his final years. His life ends quietly, without fanfare, as the flatline echoes through his lonely room.But death isn’t the end.Awakening in a realm of pure nothingness, he’s offered the one thing life never gave him: a second chance, and with it, a system shaped from his deepest desires.Given the opportunity to be reborn with the potential to become the Greatest of All Time in any field, his decision is instant. He chooses Formula 1, the one passion that kept him going during his darkest hours.Armed with a custom-built system, a new life, and the relentless drive of someone who has truly suffered, he is reborn in 2003. This time, he won’t just watch from the sidelines.Disclaimer: All characters and events in this story are purely fictional and have no association with real individuals, organizations, or historical events. Any resemblance to real-life figures is purely coincidental and used for narrative realism.