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Worm Mage

Name: Worm Mage
Rating: 4.6 (337 reviews)
Author: Maradina

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Synopsis

In a world ruled by giant bugs, be the early bird that gets the worm.

Colossal moths ravaged his hometown. Titanic waterbugs sank his refugee ship. Giant ants killed his parents and robbed him of everything he had left. After he is ordered to stay behind and cover his army’s retreat in humanity’s losing war against the Swarm, [Ant] class soldier ‘Sparrow‘ is rescued at the brink of death by a hidden village of powerful mages.

To save his life, the mages change his class to Worm—a class nobody in the outside world knows anything about. Now, armed with a set of reality-warping mutations and abilities, Sparrow must gather information, learn the mages’ techniques, and accumulate as much power as he can before returning to his army. If he can do that, humanity may just be able to turn the tides against the Swarm.

First, he has to learn how to control his wormhole abilities before he rips himself apart.

Then, he must become a Worm Mage himself.

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