Splitting the Heavens - Chapter 8: Late to the Party

An RPG gamer who played the realistic VRMMORPG ‘The Amber Sword’ for years, finds himself teleported to a parallel world that resembled the game greatly. He takes on the body of an NPC who was fated to die, and with the feelings of the dying NPC and his own heartrending events in the game, he sets out to change the fate of a kingdom that was doomed to tragedy.

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Haewon, a violinist, is a nonchalant person who neither blocks the ones who come into his life nor holds onto those who leave. One day, his only friend, Taeshin, commits su*cide, and after failing to speak to Taeshin, who called him several times shortly before his death, Haewon is haunted by his death, even though he doesn’t have much of an attachment to human relationships. Then, he inevitably runs into Woojin, the man Taeshin had a crush on, and Haewon indifferently crumples up the business card Woojin hands him.One day, Haewon, forced into an unwanted relationship, becomes entangled in an assault case, but thanks to the business card given to him, he receives help from Woojin, who’s a prosecutor. Haewon feels uncomfortably guilty and tries to keep him at arm’s length, but Woojin is comfortable enough to take a few extra steps.

When the sky shattered and dungeons fell upon the world, humanity awakened Hunters to fight the monsters within.Ethan Vale did not awaken.Mocked as useless and treated like baggage, he survives by working as a dungeon porter — until the day his team abandons him inside a collapsing boss chamber.Facing death, Ethan encounters the impossible.Not a mindless monster…But a chained Frost Dragon Queen.Instead of killing him, she offers a pact.Free me… and I will become your bride.With the activation of the Dungeon Brides System, Ethan gains the power to inherit the bloodlines, abilities, and evolution paths of every dungeon boss who chooses him.But bosses were never meant to love humans.Guilds fear him. Nations watch him. Hunters hunt him.And as more ancient queens awaken from their prisons, one truth becomes undeniable:The man who marries the bosses will either rule the world… or destroy it.

After a near death experience thanks to his own mother, Jake Hollander has an adverse reaction to people, baseball, and family. His feeling of abandonment is slowly lost thanks to his foster family, The Atkins. They take him in and change his mind about everything. He becomes more open, better at baseball, and craves for family. Slowly all wishes are granted.

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**Names, faces, and places aren’t real. A work of fiction. Nonetheless, it is my work of fiction so please don’t post it without permission. *I have used school names that do exist though, but I would like everyone to know that I have no affiliation with them. Nor do my views reflect their views.