Grinding Tagged Light Novels
This is a tag that is to be used ONLY in series set in a game world. Grinding refers to the action of repeatedly doing the same thing to get experience/points or other such benefits in the game world. This tag is to be used if the plot progression includes multiple scenes with a grinding theme.
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Everyone Else is a Returnee
Toika
Left out during elementary school picnic. Left out during middle school camp. Left out during high school trip. I finally became a college student and what? I’m left out from the entire humanity? Yu IlHan who protects the earth alone while everybody’s away in other worlds. His legend starts after humanity comes back and meets the Great Cataclysm!
Left out during elementary school picnic. Left out during middle school camp. Left out during high school trip. I finally became a college student and what? I’m left out from the entire humanity? Yu IlHan who protects the earth alone while everybody’s away in other worlds. His legend starts after humanity comes back and meets the Great Cataclysm! -
MMORPG: Rebirth of the Legendary Guardian
Flying Alone
The phoenix is a creature of legends, a wonder of the world, an imagery of life and destruction. This fabled creature signifies the rise of a hero in a virtual world where battles occur for the sake of honor and glory! Zhang Yang was a professional gamer in the first and most fantastic game that revolutionized the world: God’s Miracle. A game where traditional knowledge in RPGs did not matter anymore, players would have to manually target and evade attacks, giving rise to a significant gap in skill between a professional and an amateur gamer. Zhang Yang’s downfall came a little too soon. His girlfriend was snatched, his guild was harassed and disbanded, and he was even driven to commit suicide! Jumping off the top floor of a hotel, Zhang Yang seemed as though he was soaring like a phoenix. Little did he know that the end of his life also signified his rise from the ashes!
The phoenix is a creature of legends, a wonder of the world, an imagery of life and destruction. This fabled creature signifies the rise of a hero in a virtual world where battles occur for the sake of honor and glory! Zhang Yang was a professional gamer in the first and most fantastic game that revolutionized the world: God’s Miracle. A game where traditional knowledge in RPGs did not matter anymore, players would have to manually target and evade attacks, giving rise to a significant gap in skill between a professional and an amateur gamer. Zhang Yang’s downfall came a little too soon. His girlfriend was snatched, his guild was harassed and disbanded, and he was even driven to commit suicide! Jumping off the top floor of a hotel, Zhang Yang seemed as though he was soaring like a phoenix. Little did he know that the end of his life also signified his rise from the ashes! -
Kill the Hero
D-Dart
In a game-like world where dungeons, monsters, and players appear. In that world, only I knew the truth. “Let’s save the world together. Let’s put an end to this game.” The secret that the man who’s idolized as the “Messiah who will save the world” is actually trying to rule it as its emperor. Only I, who experienced his betrayal. I, who was murdered by him and returned to the past, knows the truth.
In a game-like world where dungeons, monsters, and players appear. In that world, only I knew the truth. “Let’s save the world together. Let’s put an end to this game.” The secret that the man who’s idolized as the “Messiah who will save the world” is actually trying to rule it as its emperor. Only I, who experienced his betrayal. I, who was murdered by him and returned to the past, knows the truth. -
Reincarnator
ALLA
The change that had started in order to rid of a God’s boredom. The diary of Kang Hansoo who had come back in order to save humanity which had been destroyed by this change. --- Ekdud’s Revised Synopsis: Reincarnator is a Korean novel that is quick paced under the genre of reincarnation action fantasy. A novel situated in a world located in another dimension after the original world goes through an apocalypse. A ‘God’ decides to relieve his boredom by creating a whole new world where countless races from numerous worlds and dimensions were poured in, the Abyss. Humans were one of the weakest and most feeble races of all within the Abyss but their potential for growth has helped them survive. Alas, almost all of the last remaining humans have been hunted down by the strongest races of the Abyss, the dragons, and demons. The few remaining members find and reach the Space Time Crystal, an artifact that can send one person back in time. A novel about the main character going back in time to redo everything humankind has done to ensure the survival of their race in the future. This novel actually hits a lot of different genres as it attempts to integrate romance, comedy, gaming, action fantasy, modern fantasy and more. Please give it a chance!
The change that had started in order to rid of a God’s boredom. The diary of Kang Hansoo who had come back in order to save humanity which had been destroyed by this change. --- Ekdud’s Revised Synopsis: Reincarnator is a Korean novel that is quick paced under the genre of reincarnation action fantasy. A novel situated in a world located in another dimension after the original world goes through an apocalypse. A ‘God’ decides to relieve his boredom by creating a whole new world where countless races from numerous worlds and dimensions were poured in, the Abyss. Humans were one of the weakest and most feeble races of all within the Abyss but their potential for growth has helped them survive. Alas, almost all of the last remaining humans have been hunted down by the strongest races of the Abyss, the dragons, and demons. The few remaining members find and reach the Space Time Crystal, an artifact that can send one person back in time. A novel about the main character going back in time to redo everything humankind has done to ensure the survival of their race in the future. This novel actually hits a lot of different genres as it attempts to integrate romance, comedy, gaming, action fantasy, modern fantasy and more. Please give it a chance! -
Night Ranger
Dark Blue Coconut Milk
After transmigrating into a weak noble body, Marvin discovered that he was familiar with the world, this was the game he played in his previous life and… Damn! He only had six months before the Great Calamity! As a former top player, he would obviously fight to save the world… Yeah, no. Time to plan and prepare for the upcoming events, better to use that knowledge to get ahead rather than fight with gods. Follow Marvin’s journey through this new world.
After transmigrating into a weak noble body, Marvin discovered that he was familiar with the world, this was the game he played in his previous life and… Damn! He only had six months before the Great Calamity! As a former top player, he would obviously fight to save the world… Yeah, no. Time to plan and prepare for the upcoming events, better to use that knowledge to get ahead rather than fight with gods. Follow Marvin’s journey through this new world. -
The Hero Returns
B.Ain
The strongest hero of humanity, Kim Sung Bin. He threw everything on the line and fought but... He still couldn't prevent the destruction of the world. But his legend has just begun as he returns 20 years into the past.
The strongest hero of humanity, Kim Sung Bin. He threw everything on the line and fought but... He still couldn't prevent the destruction of the world. But his legend has just begun as he returns 20 years into the past. -
Taming Master
Park Taesuk
The world’s largest scale virtual reality game, ‘Kailan’. A well-known gamer in the virtual reality game community, Ian. He reset his lv 93 character to obtain a hidden class… but the class he chose was the most useless class in Kailan, the summoner? On top of that, a call from his professor leads to a mental breakdown! To avoid academic probation, he must level up to the same level as his reset character in two months!
The world’s largest scale virtual reality game, ‘Kailan’. A well-known gamer in the virtual reality game community, Ian. He reset his lv 93 character to obtain a hidden class… but the class he chose was the most useless class in Kailan, the summoner? On top of that, a call from his professor leads to a mental breakdown! To avoid academic probation, he must level up to the same level as his reset character in two months! -
Dark Blood Age
Fire In The World
A mysterious natural phenomenon caused the Earth to be plunged into darkness. The world turned into endless bloody chaos and mankind is on the brink of extinction… Chu Yun Sheng, an ordinary white-collar worker, discovered his family heirloom, a book, shining a bizarre light by accident. Out of curiosity, he tried to study the book. After long research, he still only understood a few symbols written in the ancient book. However, he was shocked when he figured out what messages the ancient book tried to tell him: the sun will disappear, and humanity is doomed… He tried to spread the message, but no one believed him; his family and friends even tried to take him to see the psychiatrist. Eventually, he gave up telling anyone but prepared for the apocalypse in secret. Until one day — the sun really disappeared…
A mysterious natural phenomenon caused the Earth to be plunged into darkness. The world turned into endless bloody chaos and mankind is on the brink of extinction… Chu Yun Sheng, an ordinary white-collar worker, discovered his family heirloom, a book, shining a bizarre light by accident. Out of curiosity, he tried to study the book. After long research, he still only understood a few symbols written in the ancient book. However, he was shocked when he figured out what messages the ancient book tried to tell him: the sun will disappear, and humanity is doomed… He tried to spread the message, but no one believed him; his family and friends even tried to take him to see the psychiatrist. Eventually, he gave up telling anyone but prepared for the apocalypse in secret. Until one day — the sun really disappeared… -
The legendary Moonlight Sculptor
Nam Heesung
The man forsaken by the world, the man a slave to money and the man known as the legendary God of War in the highly popular MMORPG Continent of Magic. With the coming of age, he decides to say goodbye, but the feeble attempt to earn a little something for his time and effort ripples into an effect none could ever have imagined. Through a series of coincidences, his legendary avatar is sold for 3 billion won, bringing great joy to him, only to plunge him into despair at losing almost all of it to vicious loan sharks. With revelation of money through gaming, he rises from the abyss with new found resolve and steps forward into the new age of games led by the first ever Virtual Reality MMORPG, Royal Road. This is the legend of Lee Hyun on his path to becoming Emperor with only his family loving heart, his boundless desire for money, his unexpected mind, his diligently forged body and the talent of hard work backing him.
The man forsaken by the world, the man a slave to money and the man known as the legendary God of War in the highly popular MMORPG Continent of Magic. With the coming of age, he decides to say goodbye, but the feeble attempt to earn a little something for his time and effort ripples into an effect none could ever have imagined. Through a series of coincidences, his legendary avatar is sold for 3 billion won, bringing great joy to him, only to plunge him into despair at losing almost all of it to vicious loan sharks. With revelation of money through gaming, he rises from the abyss with new found resolve and steps forward into the new age of games led by the first ever Virtual Reality MMORPG, Royal Road. This is the legend of Lee Hyun on his path to becoming Emperor with only his family loving heart, his boundless desire for money, his unexpected mind, his diligently forged body and the talent of hard work backing him. -
Seoul Station's Necromancer
Wu jinseol
[You have entered the dungeon at Gwachun Station’s 1st Exit.] When former high school student Kang Woojin finds himself returned back to Earth after being forcibly summoned to a foreign planet for 20 years, he soon finds that Earth is not the same, normal place as he once remembered it to be. With his former strength and age reset back to zero, watch Kang Woojin as he gets back on the path to becoming the Earth’s strongest Necromancer!
[You have entered the dungeon at Gwachun Station’s 1st Exit.] When former high school student Kang Woojin finds himself returned back to Earth after being forcibly summoned to a foreign planet for 20 years, he soon finds that Earth is not the same, normal place as he once remembered it to be. With his former strength and age reset back to zero, watch Kang Woojin as he gets back on the path to becoming the Earth’s strongest Necromancer! -
MMORPG: Martial Gamer
Immortal Iron Bull
Catching arrows, running up walls, crushing boulders and bending metal, these are but petty parlour tricks in the eyes of a true martial artist. But where can a martial artist stand in an era of material pursuit? Join Wang Yu, the greatest martial genius the world has ever seen, as he takes on the gaming world of “Rebirth”, where dragons, demons and immortals are more than just legends.
Catching arrows, running up walls, crushing boulders and bending metal, these are but petty parlour tricks in the eyes of a true martial artist. But where can a martial artist stand in an era of material pursuit? Join Wang Yu, the greatest martial genius the world has ever seen, as he takes on the gaming world of “Rebirth”, where dragons, demons and immortals are more than just legends. -
Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society
Toika
The second moon marked the beginning of a revolutionary change. With the emergence of monsters and dungeons in modern society, and the ability users who fight against them, the world faces a shift in its paradigm. It heralds the advent of a new energy source and the decline of traditional occupations. Common sense thus becomes warped and imagination becomes reality.
The second moon marked the beginning of a revolutionary change. With the emergence of monsters and dungeons in modern society, and the ability users who fight against them, the world faces a shift in its paradigm. It heralds the advent of a new energy source and the decline of traditional occupations. Common sense thus becomes warped and imagination becomes reality.
