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Author
Hannibal Forge
Chapters
48
Rating
4.36 / 5
Last updated
Sep 30, 2026
Published on
Royal Road

Cataclysm Rising [Returnee Hero LitRPG] [Stub]

4.36 · 48 chapters · updated Sep 30, 2026

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ActionAdventureDramaFantasy Anti-Hero LeadApocalypseAttractive LeadChivalryCultivationDungeon CrawlerDystopiaFirst ContactGameLitGenetically EngineeredGrimdarkHigh FantasyKingdom BuildingLitRPGMagicMagitechMale LeadModern KnowledgeMultiple Lead CharactersMultiple LoversMythosPortal Fantasy / IsekaiPost ApocalypticProgressionReincarnationRomance SubplotRuling ClassSecret IdentitySlice of LifeStrategyStrong LeadSupernaturalSurvivalSystem InvasionUrban FantasyWar and Military

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  • Well rated by readers.
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About this story

Find BOOK ONE on Amazon here! A System Apocalypse changes the Earth. A Threat of extermination looms over Humanity. A Hero returns from killing a Demon Lord. “Whoever said being a Returnee Hero is easy was full of shit!” Leonidas Paendrag spent five years in another world to defeat the Demon Lord and his literal armies of Hell, only for the final battle to send him back to Earth unexpectedly. Denied the rest he desperately wanted, Leonidas is instead thrust into a world of emerging fantasy races, warring human factions, and a dysfunctional family more intent on killing each other than the monsters roaming the planet. With royal elven politics, arena fights, a terrifying new Mentor, and hostile fantasy races mixing together into a nightmare cocktail of bullshit, Leonidas must use all his accrued knowledge, skill, and experience as the Hero to cultivate, grow stronger, and forge his own place in a post-System Incursion Earth. And in the process, figure out why the System keeps calling him a ‘Cataclysm’ and painting a target on his back. WHAT TO EXPECT: + LitRPG System Screens of extremely high quality + Weak to Overpowered Spellblade MC with detailed Cultivation + Anti-Hero MC with a code and an IQ above room temperature (F) + Dark truths of a post-societal collapse Humanity + Fantasy races emerging on Earth and meeting normies + Politics, Romance, and Action Galore + Slow Burn Plot with expansive World Building (Action starts up heavily at Chapter 15+) + Really Big Chests™️ 40+ Advanced Chapters on Patreon! Massive Credits to FiniteVoid for his invaluable assistance with my original Cover and System Screens. His website/portfolio is linked above, and I encourage you to check it out! Man is a wizard.

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