Orngebeard

After becoming #1 in the world after playing a grand strategy game as the most difficult faction on immortal level difficulty, MC receives an invitation to compete in an even more challenging game which takes the MC into the world of the game itself, but as it's weakest lord who will die two days later that appears only as a cutscene in the tutorial as first of many deaths to rock the continent until only one survives to proclaim a new eternal empire.

Can the MC use his game knowledge to successfully survive his impending doom, and rise from the ashes to reclaim the glory he'd won before?

Imperator: Resurrection of an Empire

The flames of war had been lit, but before the legions could march, before the banners could be raised, the unseen war had to be won first.

Romanus had been tempered by steel, but conquest was not just about force—it was about control.

About ensuring that when the dust settled, there were no surprises, no threats lurking in the shadows.

And the greatest threat right now?

The ones who had to burn right through their very marrow until nothing even on a molecular level remained.

Standing atop the citadel, he breathed in the crisp night air, letting the weight of his resolve settle in his chest.

He had always known he would have to fight for this empire to truly be his, but now it was personal whomever had taken Yurasia had declared war.

And he'd cause them to fall to the pages of history as mere fools for angering the future Emperor by kidnapping his Empress.

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