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James stared at his dying mother on the sick bed. "Don't you leave me mother, you are all I have got." He cried Martha was all his son had. Her husband had died shortly after he was born leaving her with no inheritance. Tears clouded her eyes as she laid on the bed. " I am sorry, son but I have to go now." she looked at her son. Just as she was about to die, she gave James a case. " Open this when I am dead." Martha said slowly reaching out to her son. James opened the case to find a strange spectacle. Little did he know that the spectacle will change the course of his life

One seeks the top, burning with the desire to see what is beyond. One who thought he had reached the pinnacle while he was only deceiving himself, living at the bottom. And finally, one has reached the top and saw only regrets as he looked back down. For what reason, for what purpose did they seek strength? Was it a dream? Was it a goal? Was it regret? Whatever the reason may be, only those who have steeled their minds and prepared for the worst can reach that pinnacle. And it is only those who have done so that can say whether it is worth it or not. Will it be the case for our protagonists? Let’s find out in this isekai story.

🏆 ["Sliver Medal" in Urban Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"] 🏆 "Who are you? I'm not sure I've seen you around... not in any of the meeting of the company." Alves wanted to tell Manuel as much as he could. About how he has been deprived of every right in the house. About how he was made to live like a dog and barely noticed. Often talked down. But Madam laughed out loud, "Oh, he's Alves, our gate man's son!" |---------------------| Yes! The gateman was treated better than him. He was treated like a riff-raff and eventually thrown out in the rain, on the same day his grandpa died; the man who had been his only hope. But that can't be all. Fate has a tricky card... And when the card is tossed, no one will be able to look him in the eyes, not even the deitified madam!

Nathan Cole thought his life was finally turning around. After years of devotion, Sophia Miller had finally invited him over, and he believed their relationship was about to take the next step. Instead, he walked into his worst nightmare...a cruel betrayal orchestrated by Sophia and her lover, the arrogant Lucas Reed. Used, humiliated, and discarded, Nathan barely had the strength to fight back after sacrificing his own bone marrow to save Sophia’s life. Left battered and bleeding, he was thrown into a cage with ravenous dogs, left to die. But when all seemed lost, something inside him awakened. A mysterious ring on his finger pulsed with power, flooding his body with strength beyond imagination. In a single moment, the weak, broken Nathan was gone—reborn as something far greater. Before he could process his transformation, an elite military force arrived, led by the cold and commanding Harper Valente. She revealed a truth more shocking than anything he had ever known—Nathan was the lost heir to the most powerful man in the world, hidden away since birth for his own protection. Now, the time had come for him to reclaim his destiny. Betrayed, reborn, and thrust into a world of power and secrets, Nathan faces a choice: walk away from the past and embrace his true heritage, or seek revenge on those who shattered him. But as enemies from the shadows close in, one thing is clear—Nathan Cole is no longer a pawn. He is a force to be reckoned with.

From a homeless man to the adopted son of a respected family, and eventually a noble son-in-law—Dylan's life resembles a male Cinderella story, at least on the surface. However, his life as a son-in-law in the Haroldson family was filled with humiliation and oppression. Betrayed and cast out by his wife, Valerie, Dylan’s fate takes an unexpected turn when he is reunited with his true family. To his astonishment, he discovers that he is actually Ethan Harrison, the son of a wealthy businessman who was separated from his family in an accident as a child. As Ethan Harrison, heir to the vast Harrison Company empire that spans the globe, Dylan is now in a position to take revenge on Valerie, her family, and Max Miller—the man who stole her from him. Yet, as the Harrison heir, Ethan must also uncover the mystery behind his parents’ deaths, a pursuit that puts his own life at risk. Can Ethan succeed to be almighty dominance?

Once a powerful Mage in the world of Aqealer... but because of his own obsession's on traversing through world to world. He ended up being dead in his attempt but somehow was reincarnated as a ring in another world. Which make him happy but without his original body? Would he become weak or as powerful as before.

(Completed!) Driven to suicide by a draconian contract, Murphy dies as a failed author in a dystopian society overtaken by AI. Luckily, he gets to redo his last seven years, accompanied by a System and uncanny dreams from the future! In a bid to avoid past's woes, he undertakes a quest to find 7 Numen Codes, the key to changing his story!

Betrayed by his girlfriend, a young professor receives an ancient superpower from an abandoned artifact to seek revenge and save the world. Henry never expected to find his girlfriend alone with another man when he came home from work. Not only that, but she defended her affair by saying that Henry's salary as a professor was too small to make her happy. In his predicament, an ancient tablet gives him the power to take revenge and conquer the world.

The poor Zachary and Celestine have been married for three years, yet he receives nothing but insult and maltreatment from her noble family. Instead, he had to work as one of the houseboys. Even so, they still believed that he didn't deserve to be Celestine's husband. But his love for his first love, despite his world turning upside down, he didn't care. Love is blind as they say! Pride dominated him, believing he would be more happy and satisfied as long as she was with him. But did everything happen as he wished? The answer is a BIG NO. Until a divorce paper was slapped to his face, realizing that the one-of-a-kind love story he believed existed was nothing but a product of his profound imagination. All his faith, hope, and love were shattered into unrepairable pieces, he ran away from his endless nightmares and made an irrevocable deal with the second wealthiest and most influential person in the country - his father. One week later, fate befell him when he and Celestine's paths cross for the second time. This time, he was determined to get his revenge. But what would happen if the woman he wanted to bury in the ground lost her memories by accident and everything left was the good memories they shared together? Back to the days when they were madly in love with each other. Will he succeed in taking over Celestine's company? Or will he mend his broken heart and learn to forgive and move on?

A travel through time and space. Those who question the reality and where they really belong to. The ones who've travelled not only by mind, but by body to different realities - how did they manage? Did they recall it all upon return? The story of the ones who went through the different parallels, living lives and coming back, switching into new self, boosting knowledge... But facing the throwback of pain and loss of those who are loved. She is deemed a Witch. He seeks for her real self through the many dimensions, trying to unravel the hidden secrets, using means of war, power and strength. But that's not all to the story. There is way more at play.