Swordfight Stories

Rhea always wanted to be a warrior, but all wishes come with a price. She has been training for twelve years to get into the royal army, and is willing to fight against the giants to protect her kindom. What will happen when in her first battle, nothing comes out as she expected? What will happen, when the leader of the giant's army, Ryker, finds her? Read to find out!! This is a g/t, dual-pov, enemies to lovers romantasy. DISCLAIMER: my first language is NOT english, so I apologize in advance for any typos or misused expressions.

[SOON TO BE PUBLISHED UNDER IMMAC PPH) Started: June 8, 2025 Ended: May 29, 2026 Sa mundong nilalamon ng kapangyarihan at sinaunang mahika, si Aurelia Murrelle ay naging sisidlan ng Slyphrite, isang berdeng bato na may sariling buhay, at umaapaw sa malakas na enerhiya. Kinatatakutan ng mga kaharian at pinaghahanap ng mga hari't reyna, siya ang sumpa at kaligtasan na sabay na isinilang, isang nilalang na may kapangyarihang humawak ng buhay at kamatayan. Ngunit bawat himala ay may kapalit na pagdurusa. Sa tuwing tatawagin ni Aurelia ang lakas ng Slyphrite, may bahagi ng kanyang kaluluwa ang tuluyang nawawala. At sa dulo ng lahat, iisa lamang ang tanong na kailangang niyang sagutin. Handa ba niyang isakripisyo ang sarili upang iligtas ang mundong kailanman ay hindi siya tinanggap at kinamumuhian siya? o pipiliin niyang mabuhay kahit kapalit nito ang pagkawasak ng mga taong malapit sa kanya? Isang makapangyarihang espada. Isang delikadong mahiwagang bato. At isang babaeng hinubog ng liwanag, dugo at sakripisyo. Highest Ranking: #1 - gemstone #3 - deities #3 - swordfighting #7 - fantasyaction #9 - fantasyadventure #17 - mystery-thriller

In a world carved by crusade, betrayal, and fragile miracles, A Saga of Forsaken Banners follows the warriors and wanderers who bleed beneath the weight of destiny - and the brothers whose choices will break a kingdom. The tale opens in blood and mud. Asger Tokeson, a nineteen‑year‑old routier, crawls from the ashes of a slaughter he was never meant to survive. A boy refuses to leave him - the first flicker of grace in a life hammered into brutality. From that moment, Asger's reluctant pilgrimage east winds through shattered loyalties, hard‑won fellowship, and the slow, painful unmaking of the man the world forged from him. Far from those ruined fields, Acre trembles. King Baldwin IV - brilliant, young, and dying - holds the Holy Land together with a will stronger than his failing body. Sibylla stands between duty and destiny. And beneath the palace stones, something coils: Templars shifting in silence, informants vanishing, letters diverted, a clasp passed between men like a whispered oath. Into this shadow steps Hemming - Asger's elder brother, a Templar shaped by pride, shame, and the belief that glory belongs only to those who seize it. He is the kingdom's blade... and its fracture. A massacre on the road to Acre exposes a conspiracy reaching from palace servants to the leper king's inner circle. As Jerusalem falters and Acre darkens, the brothers must choose what binds them: blood, oath, or survival. One seeks redemption. One seeks destiny. Both will be broken.

canon x oc (YURI YURI YURI 😛) Shinobu smiled at the letter in her hands, granted by request to Layuki herself. 'I'm so excited to head home and take a break! I've killed so many demons the past week. I'm resting at a wisteria house in Jigoku. I miss you' That sounds like an invitation, if she's ever heard one.

Sadie Jones is Fittes best agent. It's just too bad she has a knack for causing trouble and breaking rules. When she needs a break from prestige of Fittes, the eldest and most respected ghost hunting agency in all of Britain she turns to her longtime friend, Anthony Lockwood and his agency Lockwood and co. However Lockwood is fighting battles of his own both dead and alive. After a valuable mirror falls into the wrong hands, Lockwood and his team will need all the help they can to get it back. Takes place during the ending of The Whispering Skull and The Hollow Boy!

This is a story about a man named Yarimato Takahashi, set in 16th-century Japan. Yarimato is a student of a sword master named Takahashi, who trained him for several years at his dojo. But on the last day of his training, three unknown assailants killed his master right before his eyes. Now, Yarimato, seeking revenge on his master's killers, sets out on a journey in which revenge is the only path left for him.

Alex has always dreamed of becoming a great knight. During a medieval fair in Italy, surrounded by swords, archers, blacksmiths, banners, and shining armor, he receives a mysterious ancient compass from a sword master after losing his very first duel. The sword master leaves him with one lesson Alex will never forget: "No warrior is born knowing how to fight. First, he must find his path." That same night, the compass begins to glow and leads Alex to the mirror in his living room. But instead of seeing his normal reflection, Alex sees an older version of himself: a powerful warrior wearing legendary armor, holding a shining sword, and staring back at him from another world. When the mirror opens like a portal, Alex wakes up in a magical medieval realm with max-level equipment, a legendary sword, and powers he does not know how to control. He looks like a hero. But he is still just a boy. Now Alex must discover the truth behind the mirror, survive the creatures that hunt him, and learn what it really means to become a warrior. Because every great hero starts at level one.

Bound by a blind arranged marriage and living in separate wings, King Aryavart and his fiercely independent Queen have never seen each other's faces-until a wrong turn on her way to morning prayers leads her to a secret courtyard, where she challenges a dangerously charming, shirtless "soldier" practicing his swordsmanship, completely unaware that the man mesmerizing her is her own husband.

⋆༺𓆩⚔𓆪༻⋆ She was the kingdom's greatest weapon, and the enemy he swore to defeat Kaiser Valedorn was the Iron Knight - disciplined, feared, and loyal to his kingdom above all else. Raised as the adopted son of royalty, he learned to bury emotions behind a cold mask and let his sword speak for him. Until he met her. Princess Giselle of Elaria - the mysterious Veiled Princess whose face no one had ever seen. A noble princess who abandoned the comfort of royalty for the battlefield, she was everything Kaiser never expected... and everything he refused to understand. When their kingdoms collide in a war that could decide the fate of the continent, Kaiser and Giselle become enemies on the battlefield. But when a forgotten enemy rises from the shadows, they are forced to stand together. Two kingdoms. Two warriors. One impossible alliance. As six months of exchanging knights brings the Iron Knight and the Veiled Princess closer, old hatred begins to fade, secrets begin to unravel, and the line between rivalry and something more becomes dangerously thin. Because the greatest battle they will ever face... May not be against their enemies. It may be against their own hearts. Tropes: Enemies to Lovers Slow Burn Romance Royalty x Warrior Knight x Princess Forced Alliance Veiled Mystery Rivals to Allies Fantasy War Hidden Secrets

Ten kingdoms. Fifteen continents. One soul torn between two identities. In his past life, he was a 25-year-old freelancer struggling to get by in Europe, weighed down by family pressure and the harsh realities of the world. But after a fatal intervention in a dark alley, a zesty deity named Auralis offers him a second chance and five powerful wishes. Reborn into a massive, magic-filled world as Zerion Yozora, he must navigate an extraordinary new life alongside dangerous enemies, a dense family legacy. Welcome to the early draft of Elordia: The New Beginnings, a massive passion project fantasy world. Enjoy the journey! COPYRIGHT NOTICE: All story concepts, characters, and lore are parts of a creative universe entirely built within my mind. Please do not reproduce, translate, or use these ideas without explicit permission. All rights reserved.

Viren doesn't know what losing is. Since childhood she'd been perfect with the silent-edged katana, never losing a duel, not even with skilled samurai. Some call her a reincarnated goddess, others a cursed and doomed child. She was never trained, she just happened to pick up a sword one day... Now older, stronger, and known she's hunted... hunted by the Mojunn. Family no longer holds meaning, allies become risky, and friendships -- like thin ice.

To the galaxy, they are an unyielding empire of gods. To him, they are simply his children. In the year 3003, Richard was a brilliant scientist with a 450 IQ who wished to shatter the laws of time and space-only to be betrayed by his closest partner. Hurled hundreds of thousands of years backward into Earth's brutal earliest Age, he didn't just survive; he conquered. Discovering Eden's Will, a pristine flower carrying the genetic seed of the cosmic Universe Tree, Richard rewrote his own DNA. He became a walking universe in human form: immortal, immune, and possessing power capable of fracturing planets.Over millennia, he used his godlike power to forge a hidden, hyper-advanced continent of diamond-hard galline towers, transforming those he chose into a new, undying, slow aging race, others referred to as immortals: The Aeons

Lilliana is an expert swordswoman, and has killed many a monster with the help of her little sister Casley, a mage. Because of this, she'd much rather defeat minotaurs and hippogriffs than go on dates with the men in her town. But one quest-defeating a dullahan who lives in an abandoned castle-could change her life for the better. If only there was a way to actually kiss a headless suit of armor...

Dual affinities were never supposed to exist. Yet somehow, Lyra Ashbourne awakened two. Thrown into both the Magical and Combat Divisions of Valmere Academy, Lyra finds herself struggling to keep up with impossible schedules, ruthless training, and classmates who seem determined to prove they are stronger than everyone else. Most students spend years mastering a single path. Lyra barely understands either. But academy life becomes far more complicated when she catches the attention of Black Crest-the most feared group in Valmere. A legendary second-year faction known for producing monsters, Black Crest stands at the center of countless rumors and stories. Yet the closer Lyra gets to them, the more she realizes appearances can be deceiving. As she begins learning the mysterious art of Synchronization, strange dreams and forgotten memories start resurfacing. Across the kingdom, ancient legends once dismissed as myths are beginning to stir again. Unexplained powers are appearing. Long-buried secrets are resurfacing. And somewhere beneath it all, something connected to Lyra is awakening. Something that should have remained lost to history. Because the story of dragons was never truly over. And some flames refuse to die.

The year is 2020. Eight years have passed since the Retrovirus spread across the earth and ravaged human society. The lucky ones died horrific deaths. But most were changed, twisted into inhuman monsters called Ferals. These beasts tore cities and nations down, slaughtering, and infecting millions in their insane charge across the world. But they were not the only chimeric creatures to emerge. Other 'werewolves' had made themselves known, attacking humanity at every opportunity. Stronger, faster and tougher than the best of humanity, yet smarter and far more skilled than the Feral Hordes. The Nýúlfur. Pushed to their breaking point, humanity lashed out in hatred, if not in chemical, biological or nuclear hellfire, then by their force of arms. Today, only a handful of cities and nations survive, amongst them, the post-apocalyptic country of Cascadia. But the Ferals continue to prowl the world, whilst the Nýúlfur to continue to fight both human and Feral alike out in the wilderness. But things have started to change. One human survivor finds himself twisted and altered through immoral experimentation, leaving him an outcast. As he struggles to put what is left of his life back together, this survivor's newfound status gives him a unique insight into the world, and the true nature of the conflict between Humanity and the Nýúlfur. But soon, the mysterious Organisation that experimented on him in the first place will re-emerge. An Organisation with a peculiar connection to the Retrovirus itself... This story is also available on Royal Road, Spacebattles, Sufficient Velocity and AO3.

This book contains Chapters 1-163 and covers the entire IRONCLIFF SAGA of Beyond The Horizon (BTH). The story will continue in Beyond The Horizon Part 2, starting from Chapter 164 and beyond. Thank you for reading and supporting Beyond The Horizon. The world is huge. Ever since he was a child, Yasuke has stared at the distant horizon and wondered what lay beyond it. Leaving his hometown behind, he sets out on a journey across a world filled with hunters, monsters, Aura, and ancient secrets. But the farther he travels, the more he realizes that some horizons hide truths far greater than he ever imagined.

Waking beneath an abandoned chapel inside a coffin surrounded by ancient nordic symbols, Aedric finds himself in a world he no longer recognizes. Over 4000 years have passed since his actual time, yet he remembers nothing. Not who he is. Not why he was buried beneath the chapel. Not even his own name. The only thing that remains is a haunting voice constantly asking him: Did I do this? Who does the voice belong to? What happened to make them ask such a question? And what does any of it have to do with him? As fragments of forgotten memories begin clawing their way back to the surface, Aedric is pulled into a hidden world of supernatural horror, ancient creatures, forgotten gods, and monsters hiding beside humanity in the modern age. But the deeper he falls into the world beneath the shadows, the more terrifying one truth becomes: The things in the dark remember who he is. The King Beneath The Fangs is a dark fantasy horror novel blending mythology, brutal combat, mystery, and psychological tragedy in a modern world where monsters have existed hidden among mankind for thousands of years.

𝑯𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒆. 𝑺𝒐 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓. ~•~★~•~ Avyxia Kleymor's peaceful life was shattered when an elvin assassin murdered her parents before her very eyes. Kneeling in a pool of her mother's blood, Avyxia vowed to find the person who took everything from her. Rage and sorrow consumed her young heart as her life gained a new and horrible purpose: vengeance at any cost. ~•~ 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙩: 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧, 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮, 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚. ★OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2026 ★Cover art not by me ★Thanks for reading! «Tales Of Yvenia» ~•~★~•~

The kingdom fears the red-eyed girl. No one knows why the Golden Guard hunts her. No one knows why the shadows whisper her name. And Ivy herself doesn't know why strange powers sleep beneath her skin. After a single night changes everything, Ivy is forced to abandon the only life she has ever known and flee across the Seven Sacred Towns with a mysterious swordsmith named Ren. Quiet. Dangerous. Impossible to read. The more Ivy travels with him, the more she realizes Ren is hiding something far darker than a simple past. And somehow, every road they take seems to lead them closer to a forgotten kingdom that should not exist. Whispers follow them through the forests. Dragons awaken in the mountains. And something ancient is waiting for Ivy at the end of the road. Some truths were buried for a reason. But the kingdom of Solaris is beginning to remember. --------------------------------------------------------- "Behind every merchant's smile and every smith's blade, a royal secret waits to be told."

From the depths of forbidden power rises Varold SaintGuard, a name once spoken with reverence, now cursed across Westeria. By shattering ancient seals, he unleashes legions of corrupted monsters and demons, flooding the continent with ruin and turning cities into battlegrounds. The Corrupters no longer lurk in shadows, they march in the open. As Westeria burns, Shandero is forced to become more than a knight. Bound by blood, oath, and the companions who now stand beside him, he must confront an enemy who understands the secrets of corruption far better than any cult before. Each victory comes at a cost, and each defeat pushes the world closer to collapse. Yet Varold's ambition reaches beyond conquest. His power is tied to truths buried by time, truths about the ancient gods, the origin of corruption, and a fate far worse than death awaiting those who fail. With the land blanketed in darkness and hope thinning by the day, Shandero and his allies face an impossible choice: End the corruption... or be consumed by the war it demands. ~~This second chapter of the saga plunges deeper into chaos, where legends fall, monsters rise, and the fate of the Kingdom of Lumeire hangs on the edge of annihilation~~