Masquerade
By @Muhammad Zakwan
In the war-torn Skyweave Continent, where knights clash and arcane potions grant power, whispers of a hidden hand orchestrating chaos spread like wildfire. Vlorn Graymask, a man cloaked in mystery, possesses a unique System capable of forging a secret organization from the shadows, an ability he wields to recruit individuals whose latent potential only he can perceive. Within his isolated spatial domain, a loyal cadre of subordinates gathers, their destinies intertwined with Vlorn's enigmatic goals. But Vlorn's path is fraught with peril. A forgotten trauma, a past failure he desperately seeks to rectify, drives his every clandestine move. As he pulls strings from the shadows, an ancient force stirs, threatening to expose his carefully constructed web and plunge the world into an even deeper, more catastrophic conflict.
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Spitting on the Hero's Eulogy
By @john1208
The weeping at the funeral is deafening, but Virelia is entirely unimpressed. The 'Chosen' heroine, Cymbris, is delivering a tear-jerking eulogy for Galvan, the vanguard who supposedly sacrificed himself to save her. There is just one problem: Galvan isn't dead. He is paralyzed, fully conscious, and about to be buried alive to hide the 'heroes' cowardly retreat. Stepping up to the podium, Virelia calmly interrupts the melodrama. With surgical precision, she publicly dissects the protagonists' lies, exposes the paralyzing poison in front of the horrified elite, and casually walks out with the casket. Told in alternating third-person perspectives between Virelia and her infuriatingly smug rival, Osorio - who keeps trying to sabotage the exact same heroes - this satirical journey spans the multiverse. Virelia's mission is simple: rescue the tragically loyal knights discarded by ungrateful protagonists. But as her rescued vanguards conquer realms to build an interdimensional empire solely to lay at her feet, Virelia discovers a glaring anomaly. Her transmigration system was designed by her own memory-wiped past self. Why did she force herself to forget, and what apocalyptic threat requires an army of resurrected knights to defeat?
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