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Buryoku
12 books

A series by Aaron Oster
Power
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 1 out of 12)
Author: Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: August 22, 2019
Description: In a world of titans, where Martial Artists reign supreme, Roy is wholly unremarkable. Without the power to channel the Essence of the world, he is weak and defenseless. Adopted into the Shah clan after his parents' deaths, he is forced to do menial labor day after day, all while enduring the ridicule and physical abuse of his supposed family.

Weakness is punishable by death in Buryoku and in the Shah clan, there is no one weaker than Roy. But even the weak can rise up, when pushed to the brink…
Light
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 2 out of 12)
Author: Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: January 23, 2020
Description: With the looming threat of death now hanging over his head, Roy makes the difficult decision to leave the Crater. Unfortunately for him, leaving won’t solve his problems, especially those stemming from within. With Aika captured, Roy finds himself banished to the Wilds, once again powerless against the forces of Buryoku. Powerful forces are gathering, and he’ll have to make his choice quickly. Buryoku is not kind to the weak and Roy knows that better than anyone. Will he rise up to reclaim what was once his, or will he fall prey to his innermost demons and fade into obscurity?
Water
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 3 out of 12)
Author: Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: July 5, 2020
Description: Three months have passed since the eccentric Hermit agreed to take Roy and Aika on as students. Now, the time has come for them to leave the forest and return to civilization. Neither Roy nor Aika know what to expect in the Itachi capital, but with their powerful teacher by their sides, they reluctantly agree to venture into the city. With all the time that has passed, they don't know how many powerful players are now on the board, nor the looming threat posed by a gathering of monstrous Beasts. The Sovereign of the Herald Clan has also learned that his son is alive and has ordered that he be returned by any means necessary.Roy faces many challenges, most of which Geon believes he will fail. The Dungeon is far from happy that Roy has yet to kill the people on his hit list, and he makes his displeasure known. Daily. The path to Green-Belt will not be an easy one, but if Roy wants to succeed in his ultimate goal, he will need to fight harder than ever before.
Wind
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 4 out of 12)
Author: Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: November 9, 2020
Description: After escaping Doragon’s clutches, Roy finds himself stranded in the Windblight, a harsh desert under the control of a rival clan – one that won’t think twice about tossing him in their fighting arena to pay off a perceived debt.

Meanwhile, Aika, Ferry, and Hermit face their own problems in the form of retribution from the Itachi clan. While Hermit might be a Sovereign, his sister carries the same title.

With enemies closing in on all sides, the three of them must work hard to stay ahead and continue on the trail of their abducted friend.
Fire
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 5 out of 12)
Author: Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: February 17, 2021
Description: After facing impossible odds, Roy finds himself back where he first began his Path in the Martial Arts. Questions abound, and the mystery surrounding his Core's strange behavior plagues his every waking moment.Finding answers will mean confronting a past he'd thought was long behind him. But if he wishes to advance further down the Path of Power, that confrontation is inevitable.
Earth
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 6 out of 12)
Author: Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: June 23, 2021
Description: With the rise of the Ancient Cavern Beast, Furea, the Bringer of Fire, comes a threat the likes of which Buryoku hasn't seen in centuries. As if this wasn't bad enough, his armies rise along with him, containing fighters so powerful that even the Scions may not be victorious against them.

While the war rages on, Roy and Aika find themselves transported to a new land, set on a mission by his mother to hunt down the only man who can truly teach Roy how to control his birthright. Finding him may also unlock the only key to defeating the Ancient Beast.

Roy and Aika race against time even as Sovereigns, aligned against his father, scheme and plot his downfall. The toughest battles Roy has ever faced are on the horizon, and facing stronger enemies than ever before, he must advance quickly or face certain death.
Darkness
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 7 out of 12)
Author: Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: November 29, 2021
Description: The competition between the Scions of Safaia and the Ancient Cavern Beast Furea is about to begin.

Thrown into the tournament, Roy finds that there are more than a few challengers who outclass him. The secret to victory lies between the pages of an ancient book and newly-awakened senses he does not fully understand.

All the while, a sinister voice not belonging to Geon whispers in his mind.

The tournament will test Roy and his allies as never before and with the fate of the continent on the line, they will need to advance, or be washed away in the tide of carnage that will follow.
Weakness
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 8 out of 12)
Author: Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: January 11, 2022
Description: The competition between Scions continues, with more on the line than ever before.

Roy and his teammates have long odds to beat, especially seeing as they’re up against the most powerful team in the entire tournament. With little hope of success, Roy will need to push himself as never before, discovering new depths to both his physical and spiritual power.

All the while, Azure watches from on high as ancient seals continue to crumble, heralding the rise of a new age…
Spirit
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 9 out of 12)
Author: Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: April 10, 2022
Description: The seals which have long contained the majority of Buryoku's power, have been shattered, freeing the race of Demons along with them...

With a third Ancient Cavern Beast on the rise, Roy, as the Herald Clan's youngest Sage, is tasked with preventing the rise of a fourth.

Isolated from the rest of his Clan, Roy must lead a mission to the Glacial Bands, traveling through a changed Buryoku in hopes of beating both the Demons, and Beast Factions, in locating the ancient monster.

Although he has advanced to the ranks of the Sages, Roy is not invincible. It will take all he has and more, in order to succeed, and with so much on the line, the humans can no longer afford to lose.
Beast
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 10 out of 12)
Authors: Richard Sashigane (19 books), and Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: August 29, 2022
Description: The three continents of Buryoku converge and disaster looms.

A mystery man is free, and the world trembles with the power of the four Ancient Beasts.

Safaia, Tero and Garasu are on a collision course, and the clans of Buryoku scramble to brace for the impact. While Safaia is in an uproar, Roy heads into an ancient library in search of the secrets of advancement and the Path to Gray-Belt. What he discovers may change the course of Buryoku's history forevermore.

The Ancient Beasts are being drained of their untold power by a script array that even the Scions cannot break, and demons are swarming the continent, bent on conquest.

Roy's future looks bleak, but the Archfiend Sage won't give up without a fight.
Ghost
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 11 out of 12)
Authors: Richard Sashigane (19 books), and Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: November 14, 2022
Description: The Ghost's Tower stands tall in the razed continent of Tero.

Having just escaped the collapsing library and the awakening of a Titan, Roy and the others are shaken, but war waits for no one, even in the midst of a disaster.

Finding themselves secluded in the mountains and unable to reach home, Hermit decides to take a calculated risk. To travel over land and head for the continent of Tero, where he hopes to find the legendary Ghost, a figure from Buryoku's distant past.

Travel is treacherous and Roy soon finds himself separated from the main group, forced down into Buryoku's underworld.

In the meantime, the Demons conspire to kill the allied mortal races' greatest assets: the Scions. With the raging storms of the second Great Disaster jamming communications and blocking access to travel through the chaos, the mortal races are more vulnerable than ever. Their only hope may very well lie with Roy and his team.
Archfiend
Published Novel
Series: Buryoku (book 12 out of 12)
Authors: Richard Sashigane (19 books), and Aaron Oster (38 books)
Series status: Completed
First published: June 14, 2023
Description: Battles rage all across Buryoku as the shadow of a new Divine looms...

Roy faces a new threat outside the Ghost's Tower as death marches on Mountain Moore. Meanwhile, on the continent of Garasu, Doragon and Hoshi battle a host of demons, all trying to break the walls of their fortress city.

With the demons growing more aggressive, whispers of civil war within their walls, and the potential rise of a new Divine, Roy will need to push himself harder than ever.

With the entire world on the brink, weakness is no longer an option. Will Roy and his allies rise to the occasion, or will the Archfiend Sovereign fall before the might of Buryoku...