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Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero: Roseanne Alternative: Part 3

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero: Roseanne Alternative: Part 3

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Commissioned by Lastmanstanding

Wordcount: 2500

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I stared at Hachiman after he finished his proposal.

The rest of the room was in a similar state of shock at his proposal as I was.

“You… wish to study and develop Automata into giant, bipedal machines of war?” I stared at the chalkboard that stood before us. His most important points were circled, the organization of it was fluid, and a single glance at it made his entire speec...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero: Roseanne Alternative: Part 2

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero: Roseanne Alternative: Part 2

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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Hachiman looked over the command center with a faint sense of satisfaction.

“Right, this is looking half-decent.” Hachiman had designed it after I asked him the question of how to strengthen my personal forces as quickly as possible. After concluding that my forces were sufficiently powerful, he decided it was a matter of lacking information that limited them, which led him to ask about how of...

Scarlet 25

Scarlet 25

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Commissioned by Sivantic

Wordcount: 2500

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Taking a building was far more difficult without millions of insects to act on my behalf.

If you could just blow it up, then it’d still be easy, though.

I reminded Ddraig that there were kidnapped children within the facility.

Oh, right. Human children can’t survive most explosions, because they’re weak and die when left alone for a winter.

I disregarded Ddraig’s statement in favor of investigating the f...

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse.

A Perfectly Logical Guide to a Superhuman Apocalypse.

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Wordcount: 5000

Commissioned by Arksoul

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In retrospect, leaving everything up to chance was a stupid idea and believing in the media was a stupid idea.

I’ll admit it.

I fell for all the buzzwords, propaganda, and drivel that was being fed through the social media engine back in day.

In my defense, there was probably a lot of money, resources, and time being spent to stop a massive panic from overtaking the globe, like it did once th...

Otome Game Villainess? Who Cares? I Want Giant Mecha.

Otome Game Villainess? Who Cares? I Want Giant Mecha. (Reincarnated Otome Genre)

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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I must be completely honest.

I only vaguely recalled my past life.

I had lived in a massive city filled with people, fantastical technologies, and immense potential. My life there had been pleasant and with caring family. Education was granted to me as a matter of course, food was never a worry, and my parents bickered but never quarreled. I’d found my respite from educa...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 96

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 96

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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Gold, limestone, and water.

That was the best, easiest way to describe the Pharaoh’s city as it sat next to the immense river that gave their civilization life.

“Wonderful, is it not?” Baket, the Anubis, stood next to me near the ship’s prow. We were circling around the city lazily and attracted no attention whatsoever from the citizenry living their lives below. Our ship was one of dozens floating through the...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 95

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 95

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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“Wait, the Pharaoh I’m meeting is a man?”

I looked at A’Bel for confirmation as I sat and waited on the couch. Most of my entourage was getting dressed up for the meeting with the Pharaoh. Our meeting with one of the rulers of the Desert was sped up after we “returned” the schematics for their flying boats and informed our Anubis hostess of the Apophis willing to work with the Pharaohs. With our concerns about M...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 94

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 94

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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It was taking me a while to think things through, but A’Bel was more than capable of talking until no one wanted to listen.

“Those are bold claims. Can you prove them? Are you able to show us that you have more than just this singular design?” A’Bel couldn’t cover for me for long, so I decided to take a bite of food or two. Thankfully, talking while eating was still considered taboo, so that got me some more time ...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 93

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 93

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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The Apophis were impressive.

First, they managed to contact Kurama in an area that the Pharaohs made with the intention of keeping contact with the outside world. That suggested that they had supporters in a location that should be considered very important and should be very well-protected. By doing that they managed to make the Pharaohs look bad and made themselves look more capable, which was something I couldn’t help ...

Hell or High Water 2.1

Hell or High Water 2.1

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Commissioned by Sivantic

Wordcount: 2500

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“Rorschach, what am I looking at?” Shepard had her rifle at the ready and pointed at the nearest door as I worked. Many of the facility’s terminals were no longer powered, but I had an auxiliary power unit. The firewalls and security were easy to breach. Plenty of bodies with clearance to access information were scattered everywhere. “What are these things? Besides tough bastards who don’t know how to quit.”

The information...

Point Zero: Xiong

Point Zero: Xiong

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Commissioned by Ichypa

Wordcount: 2500

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I needed power.

It was through power that my family survived the catastrophe which befell China. It was through power that my family grew strong as others withered away. It was through power that my family was forced to break apart into myriad clans.

It will be through power that I will defeat the nation that calls itself the rulers of Asia, reforge my family, and regain my heritage.

All my life, I have trained, perfected my blood...

A Gentleman’s Guide to Fantastic Beasts: Chapter 12

A Gentleman’s Guide to Fantastic Beasts: Chapter 12

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Commissioned by Sivantic and Citino

Wordcount: 5000

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The various ails and maladies that pervaded that the people of the refugee camp were things I thought lost to the new world I inhabited.

The As’kari’s prosperity had deluded me.

They were the largest, strongest tribe of the Great Desert, a people who could only be matched by all the other tribes rallying against them. Their hunting parties were as large as the warbands of other tribes...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero: What if: Roseanne Alternative.

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero: What if: Roseanne Alternative.

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Commissioned by Lastmanstanding

Wordcount: 2500

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Happenstance.

Sheer happenstance changed the fate of all Kindred.

One of my spies within the Empire took note of an increase of the Church’s demands for resources. The Doppelganger risked her life to see what the Church summoned for the Empire to use against the Kindred. She’d feared some sort of monster would come forth from the summoning circle.

Instead, a single boy cam...

Scarlet 24

Scarlet 24

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Commissioned by Sivantic

Wordcount: 2500

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While I trained to use Ddraig’s power as much as I could, I knew from experience that I couldn’t just rely on his power. In my previous life, I protected my body with spider silk and chitin on my first night out. I also did my best to acquire weapons, which went from a baton and pepper spray to monomolecular knives and guns.

Japan’s various laws made it incredibly difficult to acquire firearms and most forms of bulletproof armor was regulate...

Scarlet 23

Scarlet 23

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Commissioned by Sivantic

Wordcount: 2500

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You did the right thing, Taylor. Stop moping about it.

I walked to school every day, usually in silence, but this time Ddraig spoke to me as we passed.

My fight with Quarta kept playing in the back of my head.

The ultimatum I gave her left a bitter taste on my tongue.

All my instincts and experience told me that I should’ve ended her then.

The logic behind it was simple.

Quarta had attempted to attack me af...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 92

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 92

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Commissioned by Arksoul

Wordcount: 2500

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International politics were something beyond me. It was probably since I didn’t manage to get to college. The humanities course I intended to take had plenty of required classes on global affairs. Most of it would’ve been filled with propaganda, but a little paranoia and a willingness prove people wrong went a long way.

Anyway, since I was abducted as a high school junior, my studies on foreign culture and interacting wi...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 91: Interlude: Kurama

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 91: Interlude: Kurama

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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Sayuri sighed and shook her head the moment my Kunoichi signaled that our expansive accommodations were devoid of both eavesdroppers and magical means of surveillance.

“It is a wonder as to how they have so much power. All they do is talk incessantly!” My Onimusha groused. Her deathly-blue skin was well suited to her simple, white dress and bands of gold. She moved easily in the clothes and swiftly be...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 90

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 90

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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Bekat produced a scroll and threw it upon the ground, while a servant brought out a vase. The scroll shimmered with magic from the moment it rolled open, while the servant pulled out the contents of the vase. Multi-colored grains of sand issued forth and I realized that I was looking at the Pharaoh’s version of a magical map.

The various grains of sand created swathes of land, formed into structures, and created terrain o...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 89

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 89

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2200

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I wasn’t prepared to look at a truly, magical civilization.

I mean, I’d witnessed plenty of magic in my life, but nothing came close.

On the battlefield, Mages had been just very, very convenient artillery pieces that I didn’t have access to. Since I fought as a slave, and since the Witches in Ylstu were in training, I was only technically knowledgeable about them on the receiving end. I knew to avoid wide open ...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 88

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 88

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2800

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Out of the interest of staying sane over a month-long journey to another continent on a sailboat, I prepared a few things to review ahead of time, and hired some of the best Wyverns in my transport crews as messengers. I had to ask for permission from a few of my contemporaries to have my people in their territory, but with a few compasses that pointed straight at our ship, I was able to get some work done during the first half o...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 87

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 87

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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A’Bel wore a light purple sarong over a black bikini as she shielded me from the sun.

Was the very tall, horned Demon standing between me and the sun in order to do so?

No.

No, she wasn’t.

She was standing behind me and the shade being provided was atop my head.

“You’re going to break my neck woman.” I growled her way, but I didn’t look away from my ship. Any movement I made with A’Bel�...

Scarlet 22: Interlude: Quarta

Scarlet 22: Interlude: Quarta

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Commissioned by Sivantic

Wordcount: 2500

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There was an immediate change in Hyoudou Issei the moment that I attacked.

Irina’s childhood friend had been hiding the truth from the start, but I sensed it from the moment we met.

On the surface, the young man was merely a contractor of Devils. A man who offered his services to Hell and who was given power in turn. Irina saw him in that light, perhaps even more favorably because of their past, therefore she believed hi...

Somehow, The Countryside is Different: Route Ran 7

Somehow, The Countryside is Different: Route Ran 7

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Commissioned by Shaderic and Arksoul

Wordcount: 5000

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Youkai tend to be very arrogant when they deal with humans, since they tended to be stronger than them.

Those who believe in the mantra “the strong most protect the weak” can be counted on one hand.

Most of the time the strong just kick the week over and take what they want.

Personally, I thought that if everyone in the world gained superpowers, there’d be about a single hero fo...

Unfortuantely, I'm Not A Hero 86: Tanis

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 86: Interlude: Tanis

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Commissioned by Arksoul

Wordcount: 2500

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My subordinates waited for me to address them.

Though I came from a tribe, though during my schooling, I was looked down upon by the children of nobility, I found myself looking upon dozens of subordinates. Managers, assistant managers, and basic clerks looked at me with worry and fear. Not because I was larger than them, or had more magic, but because they did not wish for me to leave Ylstu’s administrat...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 85

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 85

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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Henri’s staff wasn’t much to look at, I thought it was just some carved driftwood with a crystal ball at the end the first time I saw it, but I couldn’t deny its results.

Over the course of a few weeks, Henri raised an army of laborers and began her work on her Necropolis.

Much like the Dwarves, I allocated a section of Ylstu to her and her Undead. It was easier than I expected, since there were very few people ...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 84

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 84

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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I’ll admit that I was afraid about what I’d come back to upon returning to Ylstu.

Not because I didn’t believe in Kurama, Tanis, or A’Bel’s ability to manage the town, but because I left Kurama, Tanis, and A’Bel in charge while I was away. I’d given the three of them a lot of work to oversee, projects to try and finish, and even a few diplomatic loose ends that I never bothered to address because I didn’t wa...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 83

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 83

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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I’ll freely admit that I’m uncultured and inelegant.

I’ll also freely admit that I couldn’t care less about being either.

There are plenty of ultra-wealthy Kindred nobles out there with massive castles filled with antiques, silks, and jewels. I would know since I bought a lot of those things wholesale, or manufactured them, so that I can sell it to them with a “Made in Ylstu” label at a massive markup.

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 82: Interlude: Henri

Interlude: Henri

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Commissioned by GuardianHero

Wordcount: 2500

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A/N: This is a rewrite of the previous Interlude and placed here after revision. It's largely the same, but there are some differences.

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The entirely of the region celebrated our victory, but a shadow fell upon us as the thrill of battle died and we became surrounded by cheer and love. Lord Hikigaya scattered us across the various, celebrating villages to represent him in the libations afte...

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 81

Unfortunately, I’m Not A Hero 81

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Commissioned by Shaderic

Wordcount: 2500

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A long time ago, I decided that hindsight was a one-way ticket to depression and did my best to ignore it as best as I possibly could. There were a lot of things that I wished I’d done differently while I was desperately leading a gaggle of kidnapped people against Kindred while we all had explosives strapped to our necks. For the sake of my mental health, I did my best to not review my multiple battles where casualties left th...

Scarlet 21

Scarlet 21

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Commissioned by Sivantic

Wordcount: 2500

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While I appreciated the various benefits of my new powers, I did miss the versatility of my previous powers.

My control over bugs allowed me to make protective armor for myself, do reconnaissance, and allowed me to disengage from fights with relative ease. Not only that, but it also allowed me to attack opponents at greater ranges, and decrease my chances of becoming injured.

Though Ddraig allowed me to take on foes directly, to the point wh...