Sword Art Online - Vol 1 Chapter 10

Can't a man maintain his dignity while preparing for the end of the world? Is that too much to ask?

The Tower was all I knew... all any of us knew, and just like that, it was gone. Monsters the likes of which I'd never seen ravaged the land of my ancestors. They burst through the outer walls and stormed the city. No one could have been ready for that. But now... Now I have a second chance.

After the collapse of the known world, I woke up to find myself on the First Floor of the Tower. I was young and healthy, 18 again, and sitting in the same classroom that marked the worst days of my life. Confused and excited, I accepted this gift, deciding to use my vast knowledge of the future to climb the Tower in preparation for the end of the world.

Maybe I'll help some folks along the way? Who knows. Survival comes first.

The clock is ticking, and I'm left with only a century to build a Deck powerful enough to survive the end. Things to do... What's first? I need Essence, and I need power. I'll have to climb the Tower to acquire both of these. Some of the zealots will try to stop me, need to look out for those. What if-

“Hey, kid! Hand over the pouch or-”

Stab

Sorry, where was I? Ah... there's a spot of blood on my suit. What a lousy morning.

In this world of blood and fantasy, century-old Rowan Wilder has to not only survive, but thrive as he powers his way to the top of the Tower. The Demonic Plague that has twisted the creatures on the upper Floors is the least of his worries. Cane in hand and Summons by his side, he'll have to tear his way through the monsters, as well as the humans who want to stop his ascent. Of course, he can maintain a sense of decorum while he faces these trials, right?

# pet beasts # impart cultivationLin Bai transmigrated to an eastern fantasy world where everyone cultivates.On the day he transmigrated, he received an Impart Returns System.As long as he imparted his cultivation to a pet beast, the system would return him a random reward that could be anything between twice the amount he imparted or even up to 10,000 thousand times.[3 years of cultivation imparted to White Cat. 10X returned. You now have 30 years of cultivation!][White Cat has activated the genes of the ancient White Tiger! White Cat has evolved into White Tiger!][5 years of cultivation imparted to Green Snake. 100X returned. You now have 500 years of cultivation!][Green Snake has activated the genes of the wild Green Dragon! Green Snake has evolved into Green Dragon!][8 years of cultivation imparted to Firefinch. 1000X returned. You now have 8000 years of cultivation!][Firefinch has activated the genes of the ancient Phoenix! Firefinch has evolved into Phoenix!][10 years of cultivation imparted to Spirit Fox. 10000X returned. You now have 100000 years of cultivation!][Spirit Fox has activated the genes of the Nine-tailed Fox! Spirit Fox has evolved into Nine-tailed Fox!]Before imparting, everyone always says, “My goodness! This guy’s pet beasts are so powerful!”After imparting, everyone always says, “Good god! This guy is way more ridiculously powerful compared to his pet beasts!”

The first great emperor in the world was betrayed by his confidante and perished. Millions of years later, the great emperor’s soul returned and was reborn as Ye Yan, the son-in-law who was kicked out by the Chu family with a letter of divorce, restarting the supreme journey. Open the gate of immortality, kill the Jiuzhongtian, and cast an invincible name again!

- Description from novelbuddy

Kenichi Yamada was a 35-year-old salaryman. As a hardcore game enthusiast, he was saddened by the modern trend towards casual games.

So, when a site claimed to be “for people who like to do things the hard way,” he just couldn’t resist. Thus, he was reincarnated into another world as Allen, playing on Hell Mode.

This is fantasy light novel about Allen’s journey as a summoner.

Reincarnated as a serf, he starts from nothing.

His journey begins with absolutely no knowledge of the world around him, just like those games he played 10, 20 years ago.