Volatis
Fantasy web serials: three stories, free to read.
Work hard now. Hope for a better reincarnation later.
Volatis has heard that promise before, usually from someone paying him next to nothing. He’s spent years training in martial arts, but spellcasters still see only a no-mage. He wants the strength to live on his own terms—and he’s not waiting for another life to get it.
Yesterday, Baron Sedric carried his sister's body home. This morning, Rin is standing in his doorway, asking why he missed breakfast. She doesn't remember dying. Neither does the guard captain who told him she was gone. Her killer does. And he doesn't seem sorry, just curious about whether she woke up before Sedric did.
Six hours in a pod, a month inside a shared dream, and a paycheck that could finally dent Kai’s student loans.
His best friend wakes up a Fighter with 250 Health. Kai wakes up a Scholar with 70, and his class assigns homework.
Then Kai starts learning how magic works—and wondering what he can make it do.