Bond Arsenal

De: Street XG

Narrado por: Daryl Mayfield, Jess Trepanier

Unknown Bloodline. Unlimited Potential.

The Awakened aren’t just humanity’s last defense against the monsters—they’re celebrities, flush with power, status, and wealth.

Xay had always dreamed of becoming the strongest—fighting epic battles and living a fast-paced life of adventure. But when the Awakened System assigned him a skill from the Artificer Sphere, his dreams seemed out of reach. Until his unknown Bloodline manifested—granting him the ability to bond with other Awakened and transfigure their essence into weapons.

Now, the most powerful groups want him, the biggest corporations are vying for his attention, and some will stop at nothing to claim his abilities for themselves. With an angelic flame princess and a demonic tech heiress by his side, he must survive a ruthless academy, the pressures of newfound fame, and forge his own path to greatness.

©2025 Street XG (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Fun magic academy progression.

The whole book kept me engaged and entertained, which is all that matters to me.

perfectly done mc, on a rare theme

cyberpunk harem cultivation litrpg, is already a interesting enough theme to hook me. biggest plus is an interesting mc who's more than just a battle junkie, shy floormat (idk why that trope is popular). or making their tragic back story their whole personality. He has many interests and hobbies, and an actual humanlike amount of charisma that makes the women orbiting him actualy believable. The genuine characters are such a high point of this story, especially how the female characters have so much of their own back story and development. only complaint is I can't see all the outfits they described and that I have to wait for the next book.

A decent book1, but the pace is slow and awkward at times.

A decent book 1 but the pace is slow and awkward at times.

Feels like an author who is still learning. The book could use an editor to tighter it up and help it flow better.

The general concept is good, the female characters feel distinct and not cookie-cutter.

I must say I really disliked the heavy handed black stereotypes for the main character.

90% of the time reading him felt like he was just a guy. Then he was talking about getting diamond grills? The focus on his hair being box braids was weird (no hair focus for anyone else), the diamond studded nose ring, the high tops and hoodies that defined him and nobody else.

It all felt forced and almost like it was inserted later, to make him more black? Is he the ONLY black guy in the city?

Everyone he is around is apparently white upper-class and ALL the women are attracted to him and dont find his behavior unusual, so its not like a large culture shock from an urban area to a rich area.

Would have been better to improve his back story in a way it made sense. I mean what part of growing up in a white orphanage and going to school with rich white girls .. would lead a kid to want to wear diamond grills? Where did his hairstyle come from? Is he from another area? Is there a black community with its own culture and music/style scene.

Apparently he grew up fighting other kids, eatting pizza and watching old movies with a rich white girl and her family?

I like how Aleron Kong wrote his black main character. Just a guy dealing with people he runs across, no reminders that the main character is black.

Give me more!

This book wasn't on my radar. I stumbled upon it, in the "we think you might like" suggestions. I am so soo sooo glad I took a chance on it. If the subsequent books in this series are as good as the first, it will be among the best in the genre.

A new type of series

This series is really something great. This series had all the almonds that make a good series an MC that slowly grows in power several big baddies and of course several LIs. I really can’t wait to see where the series takes the MC and his backstory. I’m really hoping we find out more of where he came from and who his parents are later in the series. I really can’t wait to dig into book 2.