a dish best served cold

"These are pretty minuscule spies, my lord," The leader said into his comms. They chattered among themselves. We had our hands up when they surrounded us. My throat clogged and I was running out of oxygen. I could barely think or breath. Mister Wigglesworth was talking briskly with bulging eyes to the colossal men and a rifle was lodged in his throat, he seemed frail and agitated. "Mort!" He threw the parcel into his hands. Mort winced when he failed to catch it. The box malfunctioned and I screamed at the blast and fell back into the shelter of more craters. I gasped. "What do I do with this?" His hand fidgeted on the and he dived behind a crate beside me while lasers flew. He panted and glanced at me holding on to the parcel. There was a skirmish going on. "I think I got hit." .... Remember when homicidal aliens were attacking us? This was now, yeah, it was kind of my fault. We were crouching like a couple of cowardly war veterans on a battlefield and Mister Wigglesworth! Of all people was out there holding them off. Mort held on to the prism parcel. My eyes were pale. I got hit by the parcel. I held on to my stomach. "Are you okay? Can you sit up straight?" He said. "No, it hurts," I did not feel like myself at all. I was not even in the mood to make snappy comebacks, I kept seeing double and all these color spectrums like I stared at the sun for too long. I was phasing in and out of consciousness. I thought I saw planets dying. I ducked over the end and focused on breath. [ System Activated ]

Reincarnated(?) in a body of the Young Lord of the one of most prominent noble families of the Ascar Empire. In the World of Swords and Magic where only the powerful prevail over others, Karna who was an orphan on earth must gain power and influence to protect his new family and the second life he got. But, there's a twist. Karna must coexist with the original owner of the body - Rudra Von Zarx In a body in which two souls lie, One is a Genius of Sword, One is a Genius of Magic! How will Karna And Rudra work together to clear all hurdles in their way?

Alice Heather Littman was just an average elementary school teacher. Having taught in the Nancaan Elementary School for over a year now, Heather counted her stars for each day that her life went by peacefully, sorely grateful at getting away from her former... turbulent lifestyle during a dark time in her college years. Ahh.. a peaceful life surrounded by her precious students...Cue, the 25th Founding anniversary of the school she's teaching in, the meek and silent teacher suddenly being propositioned in broad daylight by one of the richest and most powerful men in the city. Heather felt her heart hammer in embarrassment as the dashingly handsome Dio Panagopolous asked her out on a date.. Outwardly, the woman smiled shyly, unable to say anything. Inwardly however...She knew in her heart that she was staring straight at the face of a bonafide psychopath.In the year 2016 of January, a mysterious string of murders plagued the Nancaan district of Midas. At least a dozen women in their 20s were claimed by the incident, all with their hearts removed from their chests. Fearing a resurgence of another prolific serial killer along with placating the fears for the start of another slaving ring incident, the authorities launched an investigation about the murders, dubbing it the 'Kardia' incident with the potential suspects being dubbed the same name. Unfortunately, the investigations abruptly came to a halt due to budget cuts, the upcoming mayoral elections, and other external issues. The city of Midas was at the cusp of a major upheaval, even the smallest of actions can irrevocably change the future in unforeseeable ways. With a certain incident still fresh in her mind, Heather went on about her daily life, hoping that another incident won't affect her already miraculous second chance at living a normal life.

Fifteen years Jayden witnessed the death of his family members on Christmas Eve at the hands of the man his father called his best friend…..That night he was run over by a car and before he lost consciousness, he saw his father’s best friend smiling at him. All for what?????? Now Jayden supposedly wakes up after a long time and he finds himself in the body of another man who is supposedly going to be the son in law of his father’s best friend. Call it fate or destiny but Alexander is about to become their worst nightmare….

Caught up in a sinister plot against his family, Dean Bradson watched his mother be killed before his very eyes. Bloodied and left for dead, he was found and rescued by a young Mia Hamilton. It's been 15 years since that fateful day and Dean has returned to his old hometown with only three things in mind. The first was to find Mia Hamilton and repay her for her good deeds, the 2nd was to find the reason for his mothers death and punish those responsible, and the final reason was to fulfil the promise he made to a father he never knew. Dean was determined to make sure no one would stop him from achieving his goals

" Alaric, have the dogs eaten?" Sharon gritted her teeth. "No mother," he mumbled and hung his head low. "what do mean by no, do you want to starve the dogs. Can't you see they are of more values than you?"She spat angrily and insulted him. Been treated like a trash by your wife and in-laws, how are you also going to treat them when you one-day become Untouchable.Will you forgive the house that even servant looked down on you?Will you accept the wife who would give you food that even dogs wouldn't eat. Will you accept the child of your wicked wife who didn't allow you to even touch her hair when you were married but has use a despicable means to plant your seed in her stomach?Join me as we find out how Alaric Brian the live in son law who was looked down upon society rise to power and became the ruthless cold hearted CEO of two great companies. He may actually be a pawn in the chess piece yet he actually rules the game

Dakota is repeatedly rejected by a woman until an accident gives him the power to read minds. With that power, he can get what was previously difficult for him. But... what's really going on? Dakota can now even get more than one woman.

Merlin is the strongest player of Requiem. But when his allies decided to kill him, he is given a second chance to reincarnate - the strongest player becomes a Demon Lord!

Cha Joon, a twenty-five-year-old college drop spends his life playing a mobile game called Mystical creature master, where he hunts virtual mystical creatures by going to the mapped location on his phone. on one of his hunts, he meets a real mystical creature "Fenrir" and gets killed, but when he opened his eyes he found himself in a world of swords and magic. what unexpected and extraordinary journey awaits Cha Joon in this new world.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, put the entire city of Indianapolis in an alteration. Loss of lives and properties were involved because it was believed aliens invaded earth, although the government strongly rebuked this. However, Fifty percent of kids around the age of sixteen gained infection-induced powers through the freak ambush. Parts of the government outside the law, known as the 'Shadow Government, did their best to confiscate and put most of these teens under control. Some were ambushed by politicians and crazed scientists, as they were contained and imprisoned. Experiments were carried out to figure out what ticks them  to be used for selfish purposes. November Calhoun finds himself in the categorized teens with infection-induced powers. While these teens have one quirk to themselves, he has numerous of them which he seems to be discovering when challenges are set up for him. He does his best to not fall into the traps set by these scientists after discovering he can use his quirks to help people and fight crime. And his friends customize him a super-suit with the nametag 'N' to hide his identity. However, the flip-side gets shoved in his face when trained supervillains start attacking him.