Action Web Novels Featuring Grimdark

Action web novels featuring Grimdark, with public chapters on NovelCult.

Arc of the Souls

The Soul. It brings life, creates life and destroys life. For 15 years, the galaxy has been in turmoil by an all-consuming war between Soul-Core and Dark Intrinium. Few understand the true reason behind this conflict, yet all bear witness to the destruction it has left. In a desperate attempt to change the course of history, Jumkou Katatoria travels from a shattered future back to the year 2195. Her mission: To stop a catastrophe that left the galaxy in ruins. But playing with time caused an irreversible paradox, creating an even bigger threat than ever before. And she did not come back alone. Chasing her through the rift is the most dangerous Soul-Wielder ever. Those chosen by the Soul were given power. Some use the power to save, others use it to destroy. Which will Jumkou choose? Welcome to the ｢ Arc of the Souls ｣ NOTE: Arc 1 will be reworked/rewritten in the coming future.

Noyr · Sci Fi · 122 ch

Gu Demon King

100 bonafide bastards get locked in a multiversal dimension to repeatedly hunt each other in a Battle Royale, until the vilest, cruellest, scummiest, and damnest of them all survives to become the Demon King.

Anvelope · Action · 7 ch

Origins of Blood

For thousands of years, the government lied, kept us hostage, and sold us unknowingly. Little did we know that these times would be the best for us all. The High-Bloods came through the firmament that veiled us in snow, and conquered everything. They shattered our false freedom, burned flesh from our bones, and feasted on us for sport. They enslaved us to be chained beyond Earth's soil—Hemorion, they call it their home. Now, we are forced into a society ruled by blood, where Kingdoms, slaves, and the deaths of beloved are as common as the light from Helios, one of their deities. Yet, whenever my eyelids close, I still see red—the light of us all stolen ... my brother’s and my own dying. But as my blood is red, my hope burns forever. I will kill them all. Note: this is a rewritten version of my already published first Volume, "Red Eclipse," of "Origins of Blood," and thus will be a revised edition with changes throughout the entire story, including prose, characters, worldbuilding, powersystem, and other elements.

Bloody_Potato · Action · 11 ch

SAIKON

Ryo Kenzaki was good at being invisible. Just another high schooler, keeping his head down and waiting for each day to end. Then a star fell from the sky. When Ryo pulls a dying woman from the crater it leaves behind, he learns the world he knows is already breaking. Beyond it lies the Hunting Realm—a place where monsters are born from fallen Hunters, and something is beginning to push through. Hunted by a creature he cannot understand, Ryo is dragged to a sanctuary between worlds and forced into a choice that was never really his: take up a Kizugami, a living blade forged from wounds, or die before dawn. But the blade doesn’t obey. It judges. As the weapon begins to search his soul, Ryo is pulled into a war he never asked to join—one shadowed by an impossible Eye in the sky, a relentless Kaimon on his trail, and an ending that may already have been decided. Ryo never wanted to be a Hunter. But if becoming one is the only way to protect what remains, he’ll have to answer a far more dangerous question: When the world strips everything from him, can he still stand as himself once more? Discord: https://discord.gg/NtnAuC7mk Character Art by @_iamskiddy

SoraIkigai · Fantasy · 16 ch

Radiant

John Marshall is a poor young man with a strong sense of justice who operates as a vigilante in an empire overrun by organized crime and corruption. Under the mantle of Radiant, he balances his life as a worker, student, and dedicated grandson with his secret identity as a hero. Upon being discovered by the Dean of the University for Supers, he takes on a job as a janitor to pay for his studies and care for his sick grandparents. There, he realizes that the government's problems are far greater than he had imagined. Despite all these challenges, he keeps a smile on his face, his fist raised, and proclaims whenever he gets the chance: "Our future will be Radiant!" 20+ chapters ahead ---> https://www.patreon.com/c/radt/ Discord: https://discord.gg/xCvRJ6Enby

higgscrowl · Urban Fantasy · 70 ch

Daughter's Defender

Billions died during the First Trial on Day One. The day the devil came to Earth to play. The Planetary Games. An intergalactic game show. Earth is the Colosseum—and humanity its gladiators. Empowered with alien magic and knowledge, humanity is pitted against each other in a vicious struggle for supremacy, where there is only one survivor. Dan is dead set on making it to the end, but not for himself. Every night, Dan dreams of the family that died, but he wasn’t the only one who survived the First Trial. His sons gave their lives protecting their newborn sister, Aurora. Their sacrifice will not be in vain. He will do whatever it takes to ensure she makes it to the end before taking his own life. Aurora will win the Planetary Games. The only problem is, young children were never meant to survive the first trial, let alone the rest of the game. » WHY READ THIS: - A LitRPG System Apocalypse Game Show - Slow Burn Progression - A Unique Fantasy/Sci-fi Mix - Weak To Strong To OP Characters - A Plot Other Than "Numbers Go Up" - Emotional Depth *** Warning: Contains Mature Non-Sexual Content *** Ebook, Paperback, and Audiobook Available on Amazon.

K_J_Kiki · Apocalypse · 113 ch

The Redman's Game

In a world where destiny is not a choice but a shadow that devours, a boy with no name, hunted by the death of the only person who ever believed in him, Dot wanders a brutal continent, searching for answers… and for a reason to keep living. Joined by a cynical mercenary, a guilt-ridden chain-wielding rogue, and a defiant young noblewoman, Dot becomes the unwilling center of a gathering storm. Gods stir. Ancient bloodlines awaken. A conquering Monarch rises in the north, while the Allthing secretly breeds living weapons to maintain their iron order. As the lines between monster and man blur, Dot must confront a devastating question: Is he fighting to protect what little he has left… or is he simply becoming the very force that will end everything? In a tale of cycles, guilt, found family, and the terrible cost of strength, one broken boy will either break the wheel of fate — or be consumed by it.

Emmadcreator · Action · 13 ch

Slave: Zero

In a city drowning in fire and silence, the Black does not simply kill. It waits. It watches. It feeds. When the revolution collapses and the streets of Bentiu run red, a group of children are left to navigate a world that has already decided their fate. Among them is a boy who still believes light can exist in a place that has forgotten the meaning of the word. Beside him walks a boy who has already looked into the abyss and accepted what stares back. Between them stands a girl whose strength is measured not in power, but in how much of herself she is willing to bury to keep the others breathing. As the city burns and the powerful rewrite morality in their own image, these children must confront a force older and hungrier than any war: the quiet, patient darkness that lives in every choice, every sacrifice, and every soul that refuses to look away.Some will try to carry the weight. Some will try to outrun it. Some will try to become it. And somewhere in the ruins, the Black is still listening.

HEAVENLYLARPER · Action · 22 ch

Stillore: Shard and Canvas

"Yes, of course I'm scared. I don't know what to expect from tomorrow." Lance Klint is eighteen, a caring delivery guy, and a brother searching for a sister who disappeared without a trace. During a failed delivery, he will find himself torn between his old world and the new reality built by horrors beyond comprehension, a forgotten pantheon, and the very madness that consumed the archipelago he once called his home. Lance will understand that nothing is quite what it really is and that his family tragedy was something far greater than what he thought it had been. ------------------------------ Schedule: Currently striving to translate my OWN work (non native eng. speaker). Since the chapters are pretty heavy and deserve thorough translation, this novel will strive to offer its readers at least two chapters per week. Disclaimer: This Novel has a romance subplot (No harem) - Mature themes and graphic depictions - No system or cultivation - Longer chapters than usual.

Ludwika · Urban Fantasy · 131 ch