pure magic

🏆["Silver Medal" in System Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"]🏆 Aoi, a Japanese kid, stumbles upon a portal and witnesses his parents die in front of a masked man wielding a gun in his hand. He becomes an orphan and lives with a foster family, which fortunately treats him as their own child. Hina, Aoi’s step-sister, grows up and takes a liking to Aoi. However, something terrible happens. After twelve years, portals have emerged once again and granted most people powers beyond their imaginations. And Aoi is one of them. He receives a system and a sniper as his primary weapon. But after everything he has been through, Aoi struggles to use his sniper and system. So when a portal materialises in their school, Aoi has no choice but to fend off the monsters inside the portal and hunt down the masked man who killed his parents twelve years ago.

Growing up from a wide and remote area in the south-east of the Kingdom, Twig - a 13-year-old boy whose primary task is to collect firewood from the forests, learned a tale about a recently found cave in the middle of the forest that is motivated to explore. Upon arriving near the entrance to the cave, he was drawn by a mysterious force and miraculously survived the incident that led him to a beautiful, perilous, and dangerous hidden world .Little did he know that this is where he 'd learn magic, and as a side benefit, he 'd established a pact with a supernatural companion who'd let him conquer the domain.Shocked yet excited, little ig returned to his normal life, where everything had changed. To his disbelief, he found that nothing in the past seemed to be the same thing as it was. People grow up surprisingly fast, and he's still a little kid. He wanted to leave and search for the rest of his immediate family, but would that be all? Will he overcome all that has been learned and realize that his universe is indeed powered by magic?

In a world where magical creatures and humans live side by side, the profession of Alchemist has come into light, special humans who are able to control the mana within them and perform fantastical feats, they could terraform the earth and summon oceans at will, it is the most respected and distinguished profession in the world, entire schools were built, dedicated to the learning and teaching of the art of alchemy as it was every child's dream to become an alchemist. Earl White, having lost both his parents who were the one of the strongest alchemists in the world, is left to be taken care of by his grandfather, he enrolls into an alchemy school in hopes of becoming the greatest alchemist just like his parents, but there's a problem, he is unable to perform Alchemy, this makes him get bullied and ridiculed at his school making life even harder. Earl eventually stumbles upon a strange book which grants him a system along with the ability to perform Alchemy, he is filled with joy at first, but his joy soon becomes short lived as a system message appears Infront of him [Your Spiritual energy depletes] [You must consume life energy] [Your spiritual Energy depletes] having lived a calm life, Earl is suddenly met with the difficult decision of taking a life to survive or dying, and is thrust into a world of deceit, murder, betrayal and survival. Dive into the captivating world of alchemists, and follow Earl and his friends, as they adventure throughout the land, encounter dangerous enemies, and grow throughout the story. Will Earl and his friends survive the tireless trials?, will they succumb to the inevitable fate of alchemists'? Well what are you waiting for? start reading.

Jack Snyder suffered a huge car accident. Time went by, and he heard a girl’s voice calling Nozomu Shinchaku. Jack slowly opened his eyes and an unknown girl was crying in front of him, but everything about her was wrong. Long blue hair, yellow eyes, cat ears instead of normal Human ears. Jack glanced at her hand and saw sharp and long fingernails caressing his face. A fluffy blue tail was trembling behind her, signalling her worries. Jack saw a pool of blood on the ground near a rock, and he had a big bandage on his head. Strangely, his soul travelled to a young boy’s body, that judging by the pool of blood, died because of that rock. Now, he has to learn how to live in a strange Magical World as the Human teenager Nozomu Shinchaku that strangely can’t use Magic, and Magic has no effect on him. “Definition of sidekick: - A sidekick is someone who goes with the main lead on their adventures. If he is a superhero, the sidekick helps fight crime. Sometimes this word signifies an imbalance of power, and it implies that the sidekick is less powerful than the main lead. - Sidekick is one of the most effective forms of attack in a street fight. Hard kicks especially to the knee can take a larger opponent down or at least blow out his balance, leaving him vulnerable to follow-up shots.” *I intend on keeping this story free till it's finished.* *cover by Aisling Elizabeth Robinson and me*

After the devastating war between demons and demigods that obliterated Earth, God recreated Earth and bestowed the Order of the Divine Sentinels to vanquish the demons and restore peace. However, as time passed, humans grew unfaithful to God and lost touch with the Divine Virtues. Suddenly, the demons reappeared from seclusion, launching a brutal attack that decimated half of the human population. Now, humanity must confront an even greater evil. Amongst the chaos, a child named Talon was born, only to have his life cut short as the demons drained every drop of his blood. But God, in his mercy, granted Talon his life back reincarnating him with system that wasn’t yet activated, waiting for him to grow. Talon's extraordinary journey of life began. Lacking parent’s and guardians he had to beg, steal, and even endure horrific experiments by scientists loosing his life again. “Your Time isn’t now! You must fulfill your destiny!” Talon finally activated the God system. [Congratulations! You have been blessed with the Divine blessings of God] [Life restoration 1%....2%....40%....70%....100%] [Life Restoration Complete!] [Divine Virtues Activated - ?????]

"I will come to take my revenge on them!" John Alan, a hardworking man who had to die due to being hit by a bus. He died with a grudge against the fraudsters who had taken his parents' money. Previously, Alan had to go into debt until he was pressured by debt collectors. As a result, both of Alan's parents committed suicide because they could not stand the pressure of debt and economic difficulties. Alan had to live with all these burdens alone until the accident freed him from the world. Irena feels sorry for Alan's tragedy. She kidnapped Alan's spirit before heading to the afterlife to be reincarnated. Alan agreed and he was reborn into a boy named Arryn Vaughan in the Athanor Empire. Arryn arrived at a place filled with system and magic, something he had never done before. Arryn was gifted an extraordinary power that could make him cross various worlds in another universes. He plans to use this power to take revenge on those who have ruined his life while on Earth. Can he get his revenge? So what will he do with the power he has? . . *** Welcome to my first story. Set in a unique and unexpected world of magic and parallel worlds. There will be many new adventures. So, keep reading the story.

I want to create a kingdom where life is as convenient as I wish it to be. A comfortable world where everyone can laugh and enjoy their lives as much as possible. That's what I truly and honestly want. Ideals without strength are nonsense, and strength without ideals is empty, right? I'm a greedy guy, but I don't have an interest in seeking strength just for the sake of power, without the ambition to do something with it. But... "What are you saying? I'm the mastermind of the war between Dragons and Humans?" "Yes, Your Majesty. At that time..." "What are you saying? I am the mastermind of the Demon Race invading the central continent?" "Yes, Your Majesty. At that time..."

A transmigrator successfully returned to his previous world, but he is no longer welcome on earth. Purgers appear to exterminate all returnees! The hard work of those who sought a peaceful life in return was rewarded by being hunted upon their return to Earth! Gaige Feryuson, however, not only endured the fate of being hunted but also ultimately turned into a purger who will purge the returnees—his friends. Ding! [System transfer complete!] Ding! [Bullet extraction complete!] Ding! [Regeneration complete!] Ding! [System Requirement: Eat transmigrators' souls (5/5)] [System bound!] [Congratulations! New host of the Purger system!] [Welcome back to Earth! Your journey to purging begins!] "I… I ate my friends?" Will transmigrators be able to live the peaceful life they deserve?

Akin Samuels is a globally acclaimed genius(although being sick of getting the fact reminded to him on a regular basis) in a world where the already existing technology is jaw dropping. But in such a world, the natural assumption would be that nothing could ever possibly go wrong, wouldn't it? Unfortunately for Samuels and everyone else in this world of his, SOMETHING does indeed go wrong, with that being a deadly new virus seems to have popped out of nowhere and claims the lives of billions of people, dropping the total world population to a number which is a shadow of what it should have been. Having something of a rebellious spirit, Samuels immediately doesn't believe in this piece of public knowledge to be true because the virus in itself is one shrouded by mystery and secrecy. So now, since the government has failed to do it's job, Samuels takes it upon himself to discover the truth using only his wits, brain and last in the list of things he possesses, a time machine. However, in doing so he is thrown and also forces those he care about into secrets of the world which were meant to never have been spoken of by certain people and is left to bare the consequences of his actions. What could this mean for the future and past of Samuels and those around him?

In a world of magic and dungeons. Archie Shellford thought he had woken up in a completely different world until he found a mysterious item containing ancient texts from his previous world. When his curiosity peaked, and all his questions weren’t answered, he met a fellow Outlander. Aided by the outlander's bizarre law—The Grimoire, Archie must live his new life and discover the relationship between this world and his old world.