Gate to Nowhere [LitRPG Lite, PvP-focused, zero to hero progression]

Zero talent. No build. No way out.

Peter is a talentless mage rotting in a dead-end corporate job.

Then he stumbles upon a portal to a demon-infested wasteland. No harem, no cat girls, just monsters that love the smell of low-level mage entrails in the morning.

His plan? To solo level and chill, staying the hell away from the portal.

The corporation's plan? Send Isabella.

She's five feet of highly compressed hatred, has ninety levels on him, and thinks "training" means stabbing him until he figures out how not to bleed. She has decided Peter is going to become useful or die trying.

Only he can pass through the portal, so he's going through whether he likes it or not. That it's almost surely going to kill him is a sacrifice she's willing to make.

Time to prove everyone wrong.

This novel is:
1) a LitRPG, urban fantasy thriller that's highly grounded in reality and light on the System
2) a weak-to-strong progression story that starts at level zero
3) narrated in 1st person past tense with almost no PoV switching
4) PvP-focused, written in a serious tone with deeply dark themes that come with it

The novel is NOT:
1) a harem Isekai
2) a wish-fulfillment focused power fantasy
3) a trauma dump
4) for kids

Release schedule:
About two to three chapters per week.