TheDevil_Supreme

The world ended not with a whisper, but with a scream.

When a blood-red sky blanketed the earth and the dead began to rise, the rules of survival were rewritten. Cities fell. Governments collapsed. The age of humanity ended in a single, explosive moment—and something far worse began.

Leo Grayson was just another high school senior, average in every way—until the apocalypse turned his classmates into warriors and corpses. As monsters evolve, so do the living. A mysterious system grants powers and levels, turning survivors into fighters… or victims.

But Leo is different.

When others gain experience, he discovers something darker—a hidden core inside zombies, invisible to all but him. Devouring it gives him strength beyond the system’s limits… and a mutation path no one else can access. Each core brings power. Each core chips away at his humanity.

As friends become fighters, allies form clans, and cities burn under the weight of monstrous evolution, Leo must decide: will he lead the new world, or devour it from within?

Power has a cost. Leo is ready to pay it.

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The pacing might feel a little fast in the beginning. I have improved it in volume 2 which starts from Ch 21. Please atleast read till chapter 30 before you decide on further reading. 
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Crimson Dawn : Against The Undying

Victor stood still for a moment, scanning the soldiers before him.

It was a sight to behold—each soldier standing tall, eyes firm, faces set with quiet resolve.

There was no hesitation, no uncertainty.

The kind of will that says, I'm ready to give my life for something bigger.

When your people are loyal to you, when they trust you enough to follow you into the fire, it gives you a strength words can't describe.

He stepped forward and raised his voice.

"Welcome, my soldiers. You are the brave ones who stood up for this mission—the strongest, the most capable."

"Your strength isn't just the rank you've earned or the levels you've reached. It's your courage. Your decision to live, to fight, for something greater than yourselves."

He paused to let the words sink in.

Pillars