The Chimeric Ascension of Lyudmila Springfield

Upload Schedule - Two chapters a day until we hit chapter 10, then I will upload three times a week. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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While on a plane ride, Shuuta Fenton and his classmates are whisked away to a fantasy world by Holy Lord Meruria. She reveals to them that they are to be her Soul Warriors. Most of the students display extraordinary skills after opening their Soul Crystal, but Shuuta is the only one to not have any potential, being cursed with a 0-Star Soul.

After a sham trial to decide whether or not he can be useful to her, in which his own sister argues for his sacrifice, Holy Lord Meruria banishes him to the void, an inescapable realm of unending torment, to recoup the Holy Mana she spent on summoning him.

While his body was destroyed, Shuuta's desire for revenge keeps his soul intact long enough to gain the attention of an unknown entity. It alters his essence and turns him into a chimera, something viewed as a blasphemous abomination that grows stronger by consuming others.

After his soul is summoned again, and this time by the imprisoned Dark Lord of Tyranny, Shuuta frees her and throws away his former identity to become Lyudmila Springfield, the future Transcendent Dark Lord that will spill the blood of her enemies.
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Content Warning: Throughout this story, you can expect instances of abuse, child endangerment, rape, sexual assault, and talk of suicide, amongst other things. Shuuta's past before becoming Lyudmila Springfield is especially dark and cruel. I will have Content Warnings at the beginning of such chapters

What to Expect - Overall: This is a story about revenge, of course, as well as Mila learning to be a chimera. We'll follow her on her ascension to power, and it won't all be sunshine and rainbows. She'll fail, she'll mess up, and she'll learn from her mistakes to take full advantage of her second chance as Lyudmila Springfield. Her growth of power will be mostly steady, though there will be some jumps here and there as she assimilates certain beings and monsters. And while she will grow to become the most powerful, that will take a long while.

What to Expect - Romance: Mila will have multiple love interests, so while it might technically be a harem, she won't sleep with just the first girl that looks at her. Oh, and since she's a chimera, Mila's lovemaking will probably get weird. By default, she is a futanari, but her powers render her able to change that. As for sex scenes? They will be explicit. However, for sex scenes that are just Mila having fun with her lovers that provide no lore, they will be kept in their own separate chapters. For example, if there is a sex scene in Chapter 23 that is just them having fun, it will be in a separate Chapter 23.5 (R-18) which you could freely skip if you desire.

What to Expect - LitRPG: Yes, this is a LitRPG, but the primary focus isn't on hard stats, but instead on skills. Levels are still important, though, but don't expect a detailed update after every little chapter.

Cover Art: It is temporary until I commission a cover for my story, but Mila will take a form similar to that in Arc 3. I found it on Pixiv. URL: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/91478900