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Thank you for taking time to read my story! Conquest: A Dystopian GameLit Saga is an ongoing story broken up into multiple Volumes, each with a different Main Character. These stories run parallel to each other, so you will find several cameo appearances of the other MCs as they cross paths.
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"Ascension" is Allan Young's story where his NeuReality (Neurological Reality) gaming implant fries every time he has a nightmare or experiences extreme anxiety. He learns about innate abilities that have been dormant since birth when by supernatural means he survives an attempt on his life by a creature that could only be described as something out the game Conquest. He learns that he has “Awakened” as the Final Seraph, but has difficulty coming to terms with this - especially after the love of his life is abducted. Allan uses his newfound powers to seek out and confront the powerful man who took her to an alien planet where dragons rule the skies and danger lurks from every corner. Will these powers be sufficient to rescue his girlfriend?
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Attorney by day, gamer by night. After a heart-crushing rejection, Allan Young blows off his responsibilities and escapes reality into the virtual world Conquest until his HUD starts glitching out. He wakes up the next morning to find that his neurological implant has fried yet again, and he begrudgingly decides to go to the office before he gets fired.
Allan Young is a highly skilled lawyer who has mastered his craft, honing his skills to perfection, and he’s gambled his fate in a single, crucial securities contract. But when he unexpectedly meets his client one fateful morning, his entire world crashes down around him. Suddenly, Allan is the target of a brutal assassination attempt, and he finds himself caught up in a dangerous, unknown reality. Allan grapples with the shocking realization that supernatural forces are at work when his attacker transforms into a terrifying creature straight out of a nightmare, and it quickly becomes clear that something far more sinister is at play. Allan survives the attack and inherently levels up in real life, unlocking hidden powers and abilities he never knew he possessed. He finds himself embroiled in a treacherous game, where supernatural forces vie for control, and the stakes are higher than ever.
After getting knocked unconscious during the attack, he later awakens in a primitive prison of barbed wire and fencing. Allan realizes he has become a pawn in a larger game, with forces beyond his comprehension manipulating his fate. He determines that he must be inside the game CONQUEST and has entered a new level. His only ally is a mysterious vagrant who claims to have seen visions and prophecies about him who serves as a guide, offering valuable insights and guidance as he levels up and masters his newfound abilities.
As Allan delves deeper into this apparent spinoff of the game, he struggles to unravel the web of intrigue surrounding him. But will the hidden powers and talents he’s discovered be enough to overcome the forces aligned against him, or will he fall prey to the nightmarish creatures that now stalk his every move? He must use his wits, strategy, and cunning to stay ahead of the competition and survive in this high-stakes world.
Allan's journey of self-discovery and survival is a thrilling adventure, filled with epic battles, leveling up, and supernatural forces beyond comprehension. He must master his skills and embrace his destiny to emerge victorious in this ultimate game of life and death.
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In the beginning, there was an evil creature known as The Leviathan, and a war was fought to protect God's creations. The survivors found refuge on Earth, building great cities and becoming technologically advanced. But rivalries and jealousy between tribes led to war once again. One man named Enoch and his geniuses built the most advanced city of all - Atlantis. But the kingdoms of Seth and Cain became jealous and formed an alliance against the inhabitants of the Land of Enoch.
The armies gathered at the edge of a long line of strange obelisk towers powered by Gamma Rays, ready for battle. And when the war became too intense, Enoch activated the great machine beneath Atlantis. The orbs on top of the towers began to glow, and bolts of blue light connected with similar orbs surrounding the city. The light bounced off the array and reached out to obelisks surrounding the Land of Enoch. Within seconds, the land disappeared, leaving behind a massive crater.
One of the obelisks was torn down by the enemy, leaving behind a wide sliver of land known today as Madagascar. The armies stared up in awe as the land to the south and all the towers disappeared, leaving a cliff overlooking a bottomless pit. But a tidal wave wall of water was heading towards them.
The men below screamed in terror as the wall of water slammed against the side of the cliff, leaving no survivors in the lands round about. The rumors spread that "Zion hath fled!" and "The great City of Atlantis hath sunk!" But only a select few knew the truth.
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The king of the Land of Seth was one of those few, and he learned about the technology and the rare mineral known as uranium. His scholars attempted to replicate the machine, but each attempt resulted in failure. He died while using a small-scale replica, and his tomb remained undisturbed for almost seven hundred years, buried with the blueprints and replicas.
In another part of the galaxy Enoch’s son Methuselah became the first “Seraph”, a role where he was commissioned by God to watch over both Earth and their newly discovered planet, which Enoch had named Zion. Methuselah was infused with the blood of the ancient alien race, the Malakhim, and he gained unique abilities and the power to transport between Earth and Zion. Each Seraph was to serve in this role for a minimum of 500 years.
Noah became the second Seraph and used his Ark as an amulet to transport thousands of species of animals and righteous people from Earth to Zion for preservation from the flood. However, Cush, the grandson of Noah, rebelled against God and sought to overthrow his grandfather, jealous of his powers. Cush and his family were exiled to the barren wastelands of Earth, where they began to repopulate the planet. But they longed to return to the beauty of Zion, and passed on their enmity of Noah to their children.
Nimrod, the son of Cush, stumbled upon the ancient King of Seth's tomb, where he found blueprints for a transportation machine and replicas of the one beneath Atlantis. Nimrod established a new kingdom, Babylon, and began constructing a large-scale transportation machine with the intent to conquer Zion.
But God was angry with Nimrod's evil intentions. When Nimrod attempted to activate the machine, God caused a great earthquake to divide the Tower of Babel apart, scattering his people and confounding their languages so that another machine could never be fathomed again. Only part of the land of Babylon transported to Zion, but it appeared in the northern hemisphere and quickly froze over. Meanwhile, the land of Earth was then divided with multiple successive earthquakes into many different continents.
Now, centuries later, the descendants of the Seraphim and Cush's family must navigate a world divided by language and geography, with some seeking power and domination over the planet Earth. And yet, as the ancient legends foretold, the Final Seraph will rise in the last days. When he Ascends, it will be the dawn of a new era for the inhabitants of both Earth and Zion.
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Timur Demyan is an immortal villain who has used his ungodly powers to decimate countless empires. Today he stands as the CEO of CyberBolt, the augmented reality MetaVerse platform hosting the popular game Conquest. He is subject to the desires of an insatiable beast known as the Leviathan who over the past century has consumed the souls of another world, and now seeks new fodder from Earth.
Book 1: Ascension
Allan Young is a lawyer who has banked his entire career on one particular securities contract, but when he unexpectedly meets up with his client one fateful morning his entire world comes crashing down around him. He survives an assassination attempt by supernatural means when a halo of protection surrounds him, and his attacker evolves into a nightmarish creature that could only be described as something out of Conquest. When he wakes up from what he has justified to himself as a crazy dream, he finds himself inside a rudimentary prison made up of fencing and barbed wire. Across from him he meets a vagrant who claims to have seen visions and prophecies about him.
Book 2: Deception
Brittany Parker is a Police Officer for a precinct that has adopted CyberBolt’s implant technology to enhance abilities, which also grants her a unique gaming experience. But after getting wrapped up in matters of National Security, she is ordered to undergo a dangerous procedure rumored to cause memory loss and dementia. After the excruciatingly painful experience, she awakens inside Conquest to face a terrifying threat unlike anything she has ever encountered before. A rapture-like apocalyptic event has transported players through a portal to an alien planet inhabited by the Leviathan, a loathsome creature whose insatiable hunger until now has been fed by that world's few remaining souls.
Book 3: Revelation
Lily Thatcher is an expert cryptologist with the National Security Agency (NSA) who gets tangled up in a bizarre series of events. After she too is ordered to undergo the dangerous medical mind-wipe procedure prior to re-assignment, she instead avoids arrest and becomes a rogue agent. In her journey to uncover the truth however, she is dragged away through a portal to the alien planet where she escapes certain death. A sentient dragon becomes her companion on her path of discovery as she unlocks innate powers of divination that have been dormant since her birth.
Book 4: Oppression
The Earth is in chaos in the aftermath of a massive electrical storm that causes billions of people to disappear. Survivors mourn the loss of their loved ones, while criminals break out of prisons and loot abandoned stores and homes. The elusive Doug Carlton has been hiding out in an underground bunker that he buried in his backyard many years ago. His plans to stay hidden however are thwarted when he runs out of food and has to surface. Will he survive in this new dystopian society?
Book 5: Absolution
Their paths meet at a showdown, but Lily knows that there’s far more at stake than just her mortality. A morbid question looms in the back of her mind: Can she prevent Earth’s Apocalyptic Fate?
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