検索キーワード： 著者 "Vasily Mahanenko" すべてのカテゴリー

Es gibt ganze Anthologien mit Geschichten darüber, was die Menschheit tun würde, wenn ein Spiel Besitz von ihrer Welt ergreift. Was aber, wenn die Menschen in einer Welt leben, die schon seit Tausenden von Jahren von einem Spiel beherrscht wird? Was, wenn sie die Überlebenden eines blutigen Gefechts sind, die sich ihren Platz auf dem Planeten erkämpft und verdient haben? Tailyn Vlashich war ein junger Niemand, der sich einen Dreck um den ganzen Ruhm- und Ehre-Zirkus scherte.

Das Gesetz des Dschungels lässt keinen Zweifel: Wer sich mit den Starken und Mächtigen anlegt, fordert das Schicksal heraus. Doch als der Sensenmann Vyllea vom Stamm Urbangos holen will, lässt der Suchende Zander sie nicht kampflos gehen! Und wer bereit ist, restlos alles zu tun, um seiner großen Liebe das Leben zu retten, lässt sich von keinem Gesetz der Welt aufhalten.

Hallo! Mein Name ist Max, und ich bin einer der Auserwählten. Was ist der erste Gedanke, der Ihnen in den Sinn kommt, wenn Sie diese Worte lesen? Ein großer Held, auserkoren unter all den Milliarden Menschen auf der Erde? Jemand, der das Glück hat, in einer unbekannten Welt zu landen und dort Superkräfte zu gewinnen? Ein Entdecker neuer Welten, der sein Schicksal gefunden hat? Nun ja, all das stimmt tatsächlich, nur gibt es ein kleines Aber … Oder, um genau zu sein, eine ganze Reihe von Abers. Und dann sind da dir Regeln. Und die erste Regel der Auserwählten lautet:

The game has devoured Earth. Players have gotten down to business as usual—farming, taking out monsters, leveling up their items, and wiping out dungeons. All the NPCs can do is accept their unenviable fate and try to survive in this complicated new world. But will they all be content to sit on their hands and accept it? Michael, a Universal Combat Mage, is one of a number of people who refuse to let fate lead them passively along. He wants to decide his own fate.

Every so often, reality shatters all our expectations. The Bohao Cult's top brass have proven far too formidable an opponent for the Seekers to crush with a single strike. Our heroes are in dire need of new strength, new knowledge, and new techniques. But where should they begin their search for those? The cultists have sealed off all access to the Primordial Soul and started a relentless hunt for House Bao. Tensions ride terrifyingly high while Zander and Vyllea are once again forced to do the impossible.

The Bohao cultists have just got their noses bloodied—it was hardly fatal, but humiliating all the same. Their leadership has now turned their attention to the Seekers, baffled at how such insignificant pests could have managed to sting them so painfully. Moreover, they couldn't punish the Seekers for their impertinence—those pesky gadflies had already slipped into the demon realm. The Seekers are intent on fighting this infection, and so they mean to track it to its source.

A product of the latest technologies, Barliona is a virtual world brimming with fun and entertainment. The government has become the guarantor for the in-game currency, allowing its free circulation. As a result the population floods Barliona in pursuit of easy money. It doesn't take long for the game developers to discover a source of free labor: real-world prison convicts. While their bodies are locked in special auto-maintenance virtual capsules, the prisoners' minds are released into Barliona's virtual mines.

What would happen if our world turned into a computer game? It might sound tempting at first, but there's one small detail you should know: in this game, people are nothing but non-playable characters, useful only for the service they provide to the real players. Experience, development, loot, levels—none of that is for us. Our role is merely to dance to the tune of our masters, who have come to our world to turn it into a character farm and a space for their own entertainment.

Der Tod ist nicht das Ende. Maximilian Walewski wurde ermordet, doch die Runenmagie hat ihn in diese Realität zurückgeholt. Es sind nach wie vor Feinde zu vernichten und böse Kräfte aus dieser Welt zu vertreiben. Die einzige Frage ist: Was wird er mit der Person tun, die ihn umgebracht hat? Wird er vergeben und vergessen oder wird er etwas unternehmen, um dafür zu sorgen, dass seine Mörderin so etwas nie wieder abzieht? Doch bevor er diese Frage lösen kann, muss er einen Weg finden, die Runenmagie zu entfernen. Was nützt es, sie zu töten, wenn sie immer wieder zurückkommt?

All or nothing. Life or death. There is no third option. Neither the ancients, nor outside forces, nor Chaos itself can find any other way to preserve the integrity of the world other than to destroy Archduke Maximilian Valevsky. They send him on a mission that can only be completed under one condition—Maximilian must die. And if he doesn't fulfill this mission, everyone he holds dear will perish in his stead.

The offworlders are defeated. The Lithoids have been destroyed. It seems like a long-awaited peace is about to befall Hearth, but the servants of Chaos have their own designs. They're eager to destroy the trouble-maker and control him like some kind of puppet. Once a doomed soldier, always a doomed soldier.

The law of the jungle is straightforward—all means are justified in one's pursuit of ascension. After all, it's the result that matters—not how you achieve it. And yet the end doesn't always justify the means—especially when the ascension of one requires the suffering of hundreds. The Heavens do not take kindly to such acts. And so it came to pass that the Seekers have been forced to take matters into their own hands, bringing light to places where it had never shone before. However, the Bohao Cult has turned out to be far stronger than initially thought.

Was kann an einer Schule der Erleuchtung in Zone Null schon schiefgehen, wenn alle mächtigen Feinde besiegt sind und zwei Suchende mit vereinten Kräften nicht nur allen Gegnern ihrer eigenen Aufstiegsstufe gewachsen sind, sondern sogar etlichen stärkeren? Leider so einiges, wie sich herausstellt - besonders, wenn die Clans darum wetteifern, wer im nächsten Jahrzehnt Zugang zur Ur-Seele bekommen soll. Die Suchenden sehen sich gezwungen, die Lehrbücher beiseitezulegen und sich ihrer eigentlichen Aufgabe zu widmen - das Unmögliche möglich zu machen.

To wage war against the Bohao cultists, who have essentially taken control of both worlds, you need to think strategically. Eliminating the leadership seems logical, but with no access to the central region where the cult's leaders hide, that's a dead end. Hunting down individual cultists would take centuries, and they'd just recruit more in the meantime. So what do we do? The best approach would be to cut off all supply lines of the ancient substance they rely on and destroy every concentration camp where they keep the unfortunates they intend to sacrifice on their altar.

The dark "doomed soldier" Max, formerly Baron Maximilian Valevsky, has committed an act of heroism. The emperor wants to personally reward him, and a meeting with the leader of the empire means only one thing: Max will regain his former name. But the mysterious forces circling the throne of the Zarask Empire have their own opinions about how best to utilize Max and his abilities. Their task is simple: bend our hero to their will and force him to do their bidding. But will Max agree to dance like a marionette with someone else pulling the strings?

Gibt es etwas Schöneres als ein ruhiges Leben? Nun, natürlich: Ein ruhiges Leben im Kreise von Menschen, die einem viel bedeuten und von denen man geliebt wird. Tailyn Vlashich hatte so ein Leben nie kennengelernt. Seine Eltern waren vor vielen Jahren gestorben, und die Stadtbewohner hielten sich seit eh und je von ihm fern, erst recht, seitdem sich gezeigt hatte, dass er der Liebling des Gottes war. Und sein Vormund wollte ihn einfach loswerden. So kam es, dass Tailyns Weg ihn nun wieder ins Ungewisse führt.

Max, formerly Maximilian Valevsky, begins to understand what it means to exist in a dark world dominated by light. People hate him, exploit him, fear him, and try to kill him the first chance they get. But our hero is willing to endure all trials and tribulations in pursuit of his goal: killing Duke Odoevsky and avenging his family. And he'll let nothing stand in his way.

The development of a clan is not as easy as it might seem at first glance. Enemies strive to play dirty tricks, friends strive to gain money for their own development, and "locals" strive to provide endless impossible tasks. It would be possible to somehow cope with all this, were it not for one "however": two mighty clans yearn to pass through the portals of Altameda, and quite by chance, Kvalen knows how. It remains to decide with whom to pass through the portals, to learn where they lead, and most importantly, what is to be gained by doing so.

Die Initiation hat Leg überstanden, doch nun muss er beweisen, dass er den Vertrauensvorschuss des Totems verdient hat. Vor dem jungen Mann liegt eine beschwerliche Reise in ein gefährliches Land. Und diejenigen, die über das Nördliche Imperium herrschen wollen, schlafen nicht. Leg muss sich entscheiden, was ihm wichtiger ist: sein persönliches Fortkommen oder der Fortbestand des riesigen Reiches. Allerdings könnte sich auch herausstellen, dass das eine eng mit dem anderen verknüpft ist, jetzt, wo ein wahrer Magier in der Welt erschienen ist.

The law of the jungle declares: it's every man for himself! This principle applies not only to the human world, but also the domain of their greatest adversaries—the demons. Their world's Tier Zero differs little from the Tier Zero of the human world. The resources are just as scarce, the creatures just as vicious, and the absence of law just as blatant. Yet the Heavens show no mercy when the push comes to shove. When it's time to conquer the Tier Zero of an alien world, retreat is not an option. For the privilege of ascending to immortality is reserved only for the strong.