Why are we doing this...? When Haruhiro came to, he was in the darkness. Not knowing why was he here, or where "here" even was.... more>> With him were others who also remembered little more than their own names. What they found when they came out of the underground was a world that was `just like a game." In order to survive, Haruhiro forms a party with others in the same situation as him, learns Skills, and takes his first steps forward into the world of Grimgar as a Trainee Volunteer Soldier. Not knowing what awaits him... This is a tale of adventure born from the ashes. <<less

Talent, appearance, power.... more>>

No matter how hard I try, I can't beat the people born with these things.

But, within this dungeon, I can overcome them. <<less

A short story about a girl whose toilet has turned into a dungeon. She will be telling you the story of her heroic tale from... more>> yesterday. <<less

Roan ran away 20 years ago from his rural village in the aim of becoming a Great General. However, all he got 20 years later was just a handful of money and the lowly position of squad commander of the First Legion’s.... more>>

In the end, he became a cold corpse in the battlefield… but somehow, he came back in the past.

“Alright. This time, I won’t become a Great General but a Monarch.”

His previous life’s aim was becoming a Great General, but, he only became a spearman squad commander.

This time, his life’s aim is becoming the Monarch.

“Then I guess I’d become at least a General, right?”

Roan, who remembers 20 years of his future, now starts his unstoppable march. <<less

Kim Dokja does not consider himself the protagonist of his own life. Befitting the name his parents gave him, he is a solitary person whose sole hobby is reading web novels. For over a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yu Junghyeok, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA). ... more>>

Through Junghyeok, Dokja has experienced secondhand the trials of repeatedly regressing in time, in search of an end to life-threatening “scenarios” that force people to act out narratives for the amus**ent of god-like “Constellations.”

After reading 3,149 chapters—long after all other readers lost interest—Dokja finally resigns himself to the story ending. However, he receives an enigmatic message from the author, stating that the story will soon be monetized, before his surroundings suddenly go dark.

He swiftly realizes that fiction has become reality and he is now living through TWSA. Although he is the singular omniscient reader of the events yet to come, his success in the scenarios is not guaranteed—but perhaps his advantage will empower him to step into the protagonist role that never suited him before. <<less

After dying, I woke up as a weak goblin. ... more>>

To survive, I have to destroy, consume, and evolve off of other monsters.

From the ugly guy to the king who rules everything! <<less

Makoto Takatsuki is a normal high school student and a hardcore RPG player. However, “normal” goes out the window when his whole class is involved... more>> in a bus crash and whisked away to another world! Powerful gods rule this strange new land of magic and monsters, and every newcomer is blessed with strong stats and unique skills. Well, not quite. Makoto’s stats turn out to be pathetic, and his skills are super weak compared to his classmates’...he’s even stuck as an apprentice mage. Worse still, he’s given only ten years to live! Luckily, Makoto soon meets a minor goddess named Noah, who appears in Makoto’s dreams and asks him to become her first believer. With the help of Noah's blessings and a divine weapon, Makoto seeks to become strong enough to rescue his goddess from the dungeon where she’s been trapped. By training hard and using his weak skills in unorthodox ways, Makoto proves that, even when playing on hardcore difficulty, an RPG player always makes it to the end! <<less

A man once called the Great Sage sought a peaceful life. In his final moments before his death, he cast a spell to reincarnate himself... more>> with his memories intact. However, when he was reborn, it was an era when magic was no longer needed and he was branded as incompetent. While he’s still a newborn baby, he’s been abandoned in a forest full of monsters. Unable to use any magic, he thought he was going to die here. Coincidentally, a kind globin came in and gave him a name, Beramus, and brought him back to raise him. When he grew up, Beramus decided to pay back the globin that had raised him by developing their village. And this is the beginning of the story of creating the strongest empire for the monsters. <<less

Cheap, high-quality s*aves -not.
Our diligent friend, the Goblin!... more>>

[Work Contents]
-Contact owner

[Qualifications]
-Goblin <<less

The world has changed into something like a game.... more>>

It resembles a survival virtual reality game where people were attacked by zombies and monsters.

And I was the last user of that game. <<less

After a certain man open his eyes, he saw an unfamiliar scenery in front of him and his whole body was a strange green. No matter how you look at it, that appearance was the green monster, ‘goblin’.... more>>

“I can’t even remember my name but i am a human!!”

That guy who happened to extend his life after encountering the adventure (human), accepted the fact that he was a goblin and began living with the name of ‘Goblio’

He didn’t even have any cheating skill! He couldn’t understand human language! It was a goblin life in hard mode!

After arriving in a goblin village, he was lucky to have met a reliable partner (goblin & orc) and Goblio began getting used to living.

But, during the time when the goblin from the village wanted to assault a human girl, his former human justice and courage sprung out and he saved the girl! Due to this accident, he lost his place and even the important partner—!?

The chapter of the high tension fantasy of a guy who was reborn as a goblin and writhing in agony to become a human began now!

“That’s right, I’m not gonna die… since I am a goblin after all…!” <<less

A young priestess has formed her first adventuring party, but almost immediately they find themselves in distress. It's the Goblin Slayer who comes to their... more>> rescue - a man who's dedicated his life to the extermination of all goblins, by any means necessary. And when rumors of his feats begin to circulate, there's no telling who might come calling next. <<less

Tomokui Kanata has been reincarnated into the weakest race, goblin, and given a new name, Rou, after having undergone an unfortunate death. However goblin Rou has retained his previous life’s memories, an unusual evolution, as well as being blessed with ability to gain status boosts from eating.... more>>

In this alternate world of survival of the fittest, will the goblin party end up becoming the heroes of this world? <<less

From a warm, cozy world, I was born into a cold, noisy one. As I listened to the first cry I raised as a baby, it sounded like someone else’s, and I instinctively felt despair. That is– even from my poor senses, including my poor eyesight, I intuitively understood the cruel spectacle.The mother that birthed me………….it raised a somewhat beast-like creature’s scream, as if it was being dissected by the hand of some corpse-colored, starving small demons.... more>>

No cheats, no status, no magic, no harem!?

Aaa……for some reason, I understood. Isn’t this world difficulty in a ridiculously hard mode? <<less

This is a story of a man named Kim Sae-Jin, who one day, inexplicably wakes up as a Monster. Follow him and his perilous journey... more>> to get his life back as a Human, all the while growing even more versatile as a Monster in the process. This should be… complicated, somewhat. <<less

It is the story of a young man who died and was reborn as a level 1 skeleton soldier in an underground world. Follow our... more>> protagonist as he struggles to survive in a foreign, RPG-like setting surrounded by danger and monsters. Watch as he levels up and overcomes all obstacles through sheer perseverance and wit, rising to prominence <<less

The world has changed, and so have the people.... more>>

December 31st, 2016, the day before New Years. Kim Taehoon was just casually shopping for groceries from the large store. But then, monsters suddenly appeared out of thin air. With his highly trained skills that he has gained from his previous occupation, he starts to hunt the monsters down and manages to win, saving countless people who were also in the mall.

But there are more, and they don't stop coming.

Would he be able to survive till the end?

Would he be able to beat the countless amount of monsters that only seem to get stronger?

And would it just be monsters that he has to worry about?

This is the story of Kim Tae-Hoon, one of the first hunters to rise during an era when monsters first started to appear. <<less

On his way home from his office, the main protagonist drove and ran over a big dog. At that moment, he heard the sudden sound... more>> of a voice inside his head. ≪The monster has been subjugated, gaining experience points.≫ 「Eh?」 Before anyone knew, the world has changed. Monsters appear, this is a game-like world where levels, skills, and status exist. This is an adventure where the modern world becomes fantasy and where the main protagonist has to strive hard for his survival. <<less

By accident, Lu Zhiyu found the entrance to a low-dimensional world, and thus began a totally different journey! ... more>>

Free to control everything in the low-dimensional game, Lu Zhiyu felt like a gamemaster, and even God. <<less

Zhong Qing is expected to die because she was suffering from an incurable disease, but she will come back from the dead and will wake... more>> up in a magical white space called "SYSTEM" that reveals her hidden secret. She will become a little goblin!
 
Before the task, the system was indifferent.
 
Your mission is to accompany the man and help him achieve his peak life.
 
But after the task, she felt love and indignation.
 
You get out of here, system! I thought I would only accompany and help him. You didn’t say that I would fall in love with him! "
 
The system is silently acting as if it is dead.
 
The man had also already fallen in love with Zhong Qing.
 
Honey, come on, go home with me. <<less

After a misunderstanding caused by three arrogant adventurers, a second-class soldier, who spent most of his life as a simple guard, is dismissed and forced to leave the country he dedicated 3 years of his life to protect and serve with devotion.... more>>

Yet no one mourned his departure. What neither he nor anyone else knew was that during his time in the sewers of the capital, he had hunted extremely dangerous monsters and become the most powerful.

Unaware of this, the soldier sets out to find a job.

Along the way, he meets a beautiful student, is wooed by people, and is surprised by events he considers inappropriate for him.

But misunderstandings multiply and the soldier continues to act without realizing it.

Who would have thought that a social outcast would become a very powerful man? <<less

Sherlock is a new generation Dungeon Lord whose ambition is to become the greatest Devil King and building up the greatest Dungeon in the Underworld.... more>>

He summons a group of other-worldly goblins who give themselves strange names, form cliques, engage in commerce, and even fight among themselves.

They call themselves—Gamers! <<less

This is the story of the protagonist Rei, who tripped into another world from Japan, who, due to his excessive magical power, will be swallowed up in plenty of trouble for handsome men to enjoy. ... more>>

For those who can tolerate anything no matter how forcible, from a pitiful protagonist to multiple erot*c play, etc. <<less

Akira Wato, who had a slip of tongue abroad, caused a foreigner’s wrath and unfortunately hit his head and died.... more>>

“why!?”

The word was “fight”, although it was form of encouragement stemming from good intentions. (In japanese)

The goddess, who was sorry he died, decided to have him reincarnated in another world.

Lamenting on the language barrier that caused his death, Akira receives one ability from the goddess.

That’s “understanding all languages”!

Fortunately, Akira is reincarnated as a nobleman, the third son, Jed Clifford.

One day Jed notices a voice.

It ’s not a human voice but the voices of animals.

Jed, who can talk to joyful animals and even monsters such as goblins and orcs, is involved in every problem.

“Damn! I understand human words!”

“Me too! Did we become more intelligent?”

“Hee yeah! We’re goblin kings, right!?”

Such a slapstick comedy. <<less

A man is stabbed by a robber on the run after pushing his coworker and his coworker’s new fiance out of the way. As he lays dying, bleeding on the ground, he hears a voice. This voice is strange and interprets his dying regret of being a virg*n by giving him the [Great Sage] unique skill! Is he being made fun of?!!... more>>

Piccoma Award 2021 <<less