Ethereal Paradigm
Summary
Ethereal Paradigm,
Sent to a First-Person 'Reality' game decreed by the Divines, and where killing should be the new norm. Would players go head-to-head? Or hand-in-hand?
Ethereal Paradigm. An order where deities are mandated to choose a human vessel, and a system where one concept reigns supreme: Play the role of the predator or become the disparaging prey. Cliched isn't it? Not exactly.
Quite similar to that of a contemporary online game, the system incorporates a virtual-like environment for the player's grandeur. The only difference it makes is that you are not on the other side of a computer screen. It is undoubtedly real. It's a gamble where your LIFE is laid as the COLLATERAL. You win? You have your wish granted and you get to play a cameo in deciding humanity's ultimate fate. You lose? You die a vile death without anyone remembering your legacy.
And here we find a life tainted with nothing but monochromes, Jaiden. He unknowingly became a part of this serious game after signing a contract with the Goddess of disambiguation "Lacrimosa", without first reading the terms and conditions. Little did he know, that he is about to become the vessel of the goddess' will, a wielder of her immense power and that soon, he will venture the mystic land of "NÆthervale".
Later, he meets a girl, the Prima Donna of Germany High. In a game where killing is nothing but taboo, would they lay their lives on the line for the sake of others? Or succ.u.mb to an insatiable hunger for the irrational?
It is one hell of a war where darkness runs to and fro, seeking whom he may devour.
Author's note:
I don't own the original artwork. The ill.u.s.tration is owned by the rightful owner.
Any names, characters, and events are all fictitious and the contents are satire. Any resemblances in real life are all purely coincidental.
ADDITIONAL:
If you are into fast-phased storylines then this web novel MIGHT NOT suit your criterion. Moreover, I assure you will have a great time! Please do give it a chance.
Lastly, this novel has already been given a contract as of February 2020. Moreover, the signing would be delayed due to my lack of government-issued ID. It will be implemented as soon as I'll have the prescribed and required identification doc.u.ment. God bless! And have a nice stay!
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- 1 Chapter 1 - Sequel: Perspective of a Divine Outcast
- 2 Chapter -2 - Icarus' Deception (Foreword)
- 3 Chapter -3 - Disclaimers
- 4 Chapter 4 - Dea Lacrimosa
- 5 Chapter 5 - Damnation of the Sovereign
- 6 Chapter 6 - Zeal With the Extramundane
- 7 Chapter 7 - A Wish to Incinerate
- 8 Chapter 8 - Purification by Fire
- 9 Chapter 9 - Dementia Diagnosis
- 10 Chapter 10 - Stale Transition
- 11 Chapter 11 - The Prima Donna's Advent
- 12 Chapter 12 - Grudge on Opening Ceremonies
- 13 Chapter 13 - Norms, Deviance, Consequence
- 14 Chapter 14 - Dance Macabre (1st)
- 15 Chapter 15 - Dance Macabre (2nd)
- 16 Chapter 16 - Mundanely Extravagant
- 17 Chapter 17 - My Turn
- 18 Chapter 18 - Unprecedented Invitation
- 19 Chapter 19 - Charade With the Past
- 20 Chapter 20 - Eve
- 21 Chapter 21 - Phantom Deity [2]: Deus Ex
- 22 Chapter 22 - Dark By Default (2nd)
- 23 Chapter 23 - Viscount's Presence
- 24 Chapter 24 - Atlas To a World Unknown
- 25 Chapter 25 - Mirror
- 26 Chapter 26 - Genesis
- 27 Chapter 27 - Welcome to the 3rd Realm!
- 28 Chapter 28 - Status Quo
- 29 Chapter 29 - The Magistrates' Messenger
- 30 Chapter 30 - Welcome to the 3rd Realm!
- 31 Chapter 31 - Ephemerality
- 32 Chapter 32 - To Question an Authority
- 33 Chapter 33 - The Magistrates' Messenger
- 34 Chapter 34 - Regaining Entry
- 35 Chapter 35 - Indecisive Circle
- 36 Chapter 36 - Hierarchy of the Divines
- 37 Chapter 37 - Low Profile
- 38 Chapter 38 - The Midas Touch
- 39 Chapter 39 - In the Pangs of Darkness
- 40 Chapter 40 - Despair Contamination
- 41 Chapter 41 - A Deformed Cheshire
- 42 Chapter 42 - Countdown till Hades
- 43 Chapter 43 - Nostalgic Dream
- 44 Chapter 44 - Nostalgic Nightmare
- 45 Chapter 45 - The Point of No Return (1st)
- 46 Chapter 46 - The Point of No Return (2nd)
- 47 Chapter 47 - Elegance
- 48 Chapter 48 - Amadea Mozart
- 49 Chapter 49 - A Concern for Equilibrium
- 50 Chapter 50 - Predominating the First Few Minutes
- 51 Chapter 51 - Re: Characterization
- 52 Chapter 52 - Paradigm Shift (1st)
- 53 Chapter 53 - Paradigm Shift (2nd)
- 54 Chapter 54 - Re: Zero
- 55 Chapter 55 - Trillionth Points of Authority
- 56 Chapter 56 - Le Chant de Roma
- 57 Chapter 57 - Chimeraic Encounter
- 58 Chapter 58 - A Sinister Path
- 59 Chapter 59 - Unforeseen Incursion
- 60 Chapter 60 - The Espionage
- 61 Chapter 61 - The Priest, the Hero, and the Anti-Mainstream
- 62 Chapter 62 - Prelude of Showdown
- 63 Chapter 63 - Unseen Chains
- 64 Chapter 64 - UNO Reverse Card
- 65 Chapter 65 - Immortal Gorgon: Euryale
- 66 Chapter 66 - One Major Chess Piece
- 67 Chapter 67 - Synthesized Angel: Kurenai
- 68 Chapter 68 - The Birth of the Bloody Butterfly
- 69 Chapter 69 - Hero's Pride Vs. Healer's Resentment
- 70 Chapter 70 - In the Precipice of Fake Defeat
- 71 Chapter 71 - Pandora.EXE
- 72 Chapter 72 - AI Maiden, Azazel
- 73 Chapter 73 - Feudal Lord's Life in a Russian Roulette
- 74 Chapter 74
- 75 Chapter 75
- 76 Chapter 76
- 77 Chapter 77
- 78 Chapter 78
- 79 Chapter 79 - Amidst Stygian Changes
- 80 Chapter 80 - The First Grand Masquerade
- 81 Chapter 81 - Too Much a Superfluous Bargain
- 82 Chapter 82 - A Glimpse of a King's Narcissism
- 83 Chapter 83 - Checkmate! Dethroning an Autocrat [1]
- 84 Chapter 84 - Checkmate! Dethroning an Autocrat [2]
- 85 Chapter 85 - Arbitrary Rendezvous
- 86 Chapter 86 - Verdict for Lifetime Tyranny
- 87 Chapter 87 - Of Blood, Sweat and Tears
- 88 Chapter 88 - La Promenade
- 89 Chapter 89 - Class Rep in a Nutshell
- 90 Chapter 90 - Patriarch: The Elites' Last Resort
- 91 Chapter 91 - Petition for a Duel
- 92 Chapter 92 - 1v1 Incentivized
- 93 Chapter 93 - Waltz of the Slothful Winds
- 94 Chapter 94 - Logic of a Sociopath
- 95 Chapter 95 - Callous Metamorphosis, Again
- 96 Chapter 96 - True Waltz of the Revered
- 97 Chapter 97 - Illusory Valhalla and the 7 Necromancers
- 98 Chapter 98 - Memoire Revelation [1]
- 99 Chapter 99 - Memoire Revelation [2]: The Pianist
- 100 Chapter 100 - Memoire Revelation [3]: Formaldehyde
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