Synopsis
For Hiro Johnson, survival has become a full-time job...
When the Doom System descended on Earth without warning, it shattered reality, plunging humanity into a deadly LitRPG nightmare. Suddenly, everyone had superpowers, but at a brutal cost. Reality itself was rewritten, and survival became a game no one knew how to win.
Now, the Doom System has locked its sights on Hiro and the last survivors, pulling them into a competition that demands more with each trial.
Hiro isn’t powerful enough to take down the system. Not yet. But he can level up, outsmart its twisted nightmares, and uncover the key to breaking free.
Because if he fails, it’s not just his life at stake—it’s the last chance to save everything that remains of the world he once knew...
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Expectations:
- Post-Apoc LitRPG with prog fantasy elements- Hallucinatory system as the story progresses- Weak to strong MC with a mysterious past- Every day objects as weapons (like a vape pen)- Uncommon spells (like Instant Discount Ozempic)- Fast paced story & action pacing- No Harem
Inspired by:
- Squid Games, The 8 Show- Alice in Borderlands (but with monsters!)- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Dawn of the Void, The Primal Hunter- My S-Class Hunters, Solo Leveling- Dark Souls III and Elden Ring
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Chapters release M-W-F through October. This will officially be published sometime in 2025 through Aethon Books by Harmon Cooper (GoblinWrangler is my Royal Road pen name). So if you see it somewhere else before then, it's stolen!
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Table of Contents
- 1Chapter Zero: Ronin of Wall Street2024-11-13
- 2Chapter One: Leap of Faith2024-11-13
- 3Chapter Two: Rock Bottom is a Trampoline2024-11-13
- 4Chapter Three: The Fallout Shelter2024-11-13
- 5Chapter Four: Key to Power2024-11-13
- 6Chapter Five: The Hunter in the Clown Mask and his Chariot of Bone2024-11-13
- 7Chapter Six: Puerto Rican Colossus2024-11-13
- 8Chapter Seven: Gauze2024-11-13
- 9Chapter Eight: The Lady in the Yellow Raincoat2024-11-13
- 10Chapter Nine: Keep on Looting in the Free World2024-11-13
- 11Chapter Ten: I Shot the Albatross2024-11-13
- 12Chapter Eleven: Three Years on a Stone2024-11-13
- 13Chapter Twelve: Twin Bunnies2024-11-13
- 14Chapter Thirteen: Mercury Rising2024-11-13
- 15Chapter Fourteen: A Falling Moment of Respite; or, Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out2024-11-13
- 16Chapter Fifteen: Squeeze the Bear and Get a Bath2024-11-13
- 17Chapter Sixteen: Kore Nani Neko2024-11-13
- 18Chapter Seventeen: Kung Fu Panda2024-11-13
- 19Chapter Eighteen: West Village Trash Can Mimic2024-11-13
- 20Chapter Nineteen: Baker's Dozen2024-11-13
- 21Chapter Twenty: For the Streets2024-11-13
- 22Chapter Twenty-One: Disorderly Conduct2024-11-13
- 23Chapter Twenty-Two: One Hit Wonder2024-11-13
- 24Chapter Twenty-Three: Monster Mash2024-11-13
- 25Chapter Twenty-Four: Fire Ants and a Warm Meal2024-11-13
- 26Chapter Twenty-Five: John Madden's Fever Dream2024-11-13
- 27Chapter Twenty-Six: Tripping Balls2024-11-13
- 28Chapter Twenty-Seven: Survivors at Odds2024-11-13
- 29Chapter Twenty-Eight: Instant Discount Ozempic2024-11-13
- 30Chapter Twenty-Nine: Doom Sample Sale2024-11-13
- 31Chapter Thirty: The Mad Butcher2024-11-13
- 32Chapter Thirty-One: Marked2024-11-13
- 33Chapter Thirty-Two: Welcome to Hell's Kitchen2024-11-13
- 34Chapter Thirty-Three: Post-Apocalyptic Energy Drinks Should Come With Warning Labels2024-11-13
- 35Chapter Thirty-Four: Basking in the Colonial Shadow of Christopher Columbus2024-11-13
- 36Chapter Thirty-Five: A Quick Hotdog2024-11-13
- 37Chapter Thirty-Six: Duct Tape in Central Park2024-11-13
- 38Chapter Thirty-Seven: Are There Necromancers in New York?2024-11-13
- 39Chapter Thirty-Eight: Edging with the Pilgrims2024-11-14
- 40Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Central Park Catacombs2024-11-16
- 41Chapter Forty: Svalbard Global Seed Vault2024-11-19
- 42Chapter Forty-One: Los Mejoradores2024-11-20