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In a world where gambling dictates status, power, and survival, Peter Donovan—a seventeen-year-old delivery boy who despises gamblers—has spent his life avoiding risks. But when his ailing mother’s life hangs by a thread, Peter is left with no choice but to enter the high-stakes world he’s always loathed. Desperation forces his hand, and Peter bets everything—only to lose it all. Beaten, broken, and left for dead in a rain-soaked alley, Peter prepares to fade into the darkness. But as the last of his hope slips away, the impossible happens. A faint glow pierces through his pain—a semi-transparent interface appearing before his eyes. [System Initialization… Loading Player Data…] Name: Peter Donovan. Status: Uninitiated Gambler. Class: None. [Welcome to the Gambling System] The mysterious system offers Peter a second chance—an opportunity to rise from the depths of despair and claim the title of Gambit King. With every gamble he takes, Peter unlocks new abilities, refines his skills, and challenges the world’s most notorious players. From roulette wheels to strategy-driven death matches, Peter will face impossible odds, mind-bending risks, and dangerous opponents who’ll stop at nothing to crush him. This is the story of a boy who risked it all, lost everything, and dared to gamble again. This is the tale of how Peter Donovan rose to become the Gambit King.

Betrayed by his own family, Carrick Aurum Gale was left for dead. But death was only the beginning. Reborn with a powerful system, Erebus, Carrick rises from the ashes to reclaim his rightful place as the most powerful Mafia Lord. With ruthless determination and cunning strategy, he builds a new empire, the Zenith Family, and sets his sights on vengeance against those who wronged him. The streets will run red, allegiances will be tested, and the very foundations of power will be shaken. The boy who was once discarded will become the master of his own destiny. Witness the unrelenting ascent of Aurum Zenith, the Mafia Lord who will stop at nothing to claim his throne.

BLURB: The new MMORPG game ‘Wisher's Death,’ with the adaptive technology of transporting the players into the game, has become the most played online game. Everybody, both old and young, wanted to play the game; thus, its popularity, as well as cost, went over the charts. These four teenagers, Eiden, Gabbie, Jason, and Derrick, poured their hearts and sweat to save enough money to play the game. But instead of getting transported into the game, they transmigrate to a whole new realm where mutated beasts and mythical creatures threaten the existence of humanity. With no hope of ever returning, Alas! They're awarded leveling-up systems. The Emperor has said “Whoever makes the Upper Ten rank and becomes a protector of Jingwu shall have their greatest wish granted from the goddess's wish orb,” Is this their ticket to returning home? What is the secret behind this wish orb? Can they endure and survive the plagues of this new world?

Silence. Like a nice bucket of shhhhhhhhh. Everyone shut the effing fudge UP! That's all I've ever wanted. *Sigh.* But silence comes in different flavors. There's mint - the peaceful kind that wraps around you like a blanket. The kind I chase at 2 AM. I've cried once. Just once. With a bucket beside me, watching heroes with super suits and impossible strength tear each other apart. Somehow that feels less broken than my reality. Then there's the suffocating silence at school. Not an ice cream flavor. This one tastes like metal and shame. High school is my personal hell. Empty wallet, empty lunch tray, empty seat beside me like I'm radioactive. Empty soul on Wednesdays because middles are always the worst. *The usual.* But Emily made the silence bearable. Mint-flavored again. Until she broke something between us. *Snap.* One moment she's whispering secrets with me, the next she's weaponizing them. She scattered my private thoughts, added her own twisted lies. The betrayal burns hotter than the stares drilling into my back. I went from invisible to spectacle. Being a ghost feels like luxury when you're dodging spit balls and "accidental" lunch trays. But somewhere between my third panic attack and contemplating switching schools... *Something shifted.* Like in those games you play, when your character suddenly glows and the screen flashes: "New Skill Unlocked" And it wasn't just in my head. I tested it. Small things at first – a pencil moving across my desk when I focused hard enough. Then books. Then someone's lunch tray right as they walked past Emily. *tap tap tap* I used to think rock bottom was the end. *Well ladies and gentlemen,* it's just a really messed up spawn point. And now? I don't stumble from cliffs anymore. I swim in gravity, and dive head first.

Renggin Ang, a foolish boy with hidden talents, is often referred to as the trash of the Ang Family. This is because Seta Hun (Renggin Ang's father) hides his identity as trash. However, it turns out that he is a descendant of the world's strongest legend, Duata Hun. One day, a tragedy occurs. Seta Hun's identity is revealed, attracting the attention of the masters from Yu Continent. These masters hunt Seta Hun, carrying a mysterious book with the word N-O-V-E-L written on its cover. During the chaos, Renggin Ang and his sister, Ampy Ang, witness an epic battle between their parents and the masters. Their parents are trapped in a soul-sealing formation. Taking advantage of the situation, Meriy Ang (Renggin Ang's mother) manages to push Seta Hun out of the formation. The mysterious book opens, floats, and absorbs Meriy Ang's soul into it. The book then falls right in front of Renggin Ang. The masters glare at the child with a strong murderous intent. Seta Hun orders Renggin Ang and his sister to flee with the book. To save his children, he sacrifices himself using a forbidden technique known as the body-destroying move. With this technique, he kills six masters and severely injures one. Seta Hun's body is destroyed, and the remaining master leaves with Meriy Ang's body. What will become of Renggin Ang and his sister after this event? Can Renggin Ang find his beloved mother's body and free her soul, which is sealed within the ancient book, so it can return to her body? #Fantasy #Comedy #Romance

Leon Alexander Elard is a student who gets a scholarship to an elite school. However, during his three years in senior high school, Leon becomes the target of an Elite Gang who often bullies schoolchildren until one day Leon gives in because of their treatment. However, something strange happens. A mysterious voice that only Leon can hear directs the boy to the school field, where they find themselves in a strange place. With the help of a system, they explore the City of a Thousand-Appearances shrouded in darkness. They carry out mission after mission to be able to return to the real world and save the people who have been petrified. However, who would have thought that Leon is the centre of the reason they are in this strange place, and a surprise is in the palace along with a prophecy about a prince? However, Leon must face King Blackyn to return to the real world and restore the light of peace to the City of a Thousand Faces. Can Leon carry out his mission and return or will he live in a different world?

"Daddy?" The small voice stopped Logan Hayes in his tracks, and his heart skipped a beat. He turned to face the boy staring up at him with wide eyes, eyes that reflected his own. "What did you call me?" Logan asked, his voice thick with disbelief and surprise, he has been waiting all his life for someone to call him a dad. "You're back?" Maya Dawson’s voice cut through the air, tense with shock and an unmistakable hint of anger. Logan turned slowly, meeting the gaze of the woman he had spent five years dreaming of. "I never wanted to leave." His words came out as a plea, filled with emotion. Maya shook her head, with a cold tone. "You didn't just leave, Logan. You disappeared." Logan stepped closer, narrowing his eyes. "You think I abandoned you? It was your family, Maya. They forced me out. I fought my way back for you only to find you married to someone else." Her voice wavered as she whispered, "You have no right to come back and disrupt my life now. Richard is my husband." Logan's voice dropped to a low, intense whisper. "Is he my son?" Maya’s silence told him everything. Five years ago, Logan Hayes was forced out of Maya Dawson’s life, pressured by her powerful family into walking away from their marriage. Once a struggling dock worker and the illegitimate son of the Carlton family, Logan left without a word, leaving Maya heartbroken and convinced he had abandoned her.

Born with nine spiritual roots, his fate was sealed—forever trapped at the second level of Qi training. A mountain boy, seen as worthless, is thrown into a cruel experiment by wicked cultivators. Yet, fate takes an unexpected turn. With the Void Tower in hand, he steps onto the path of cultivation. From that moment, the tower became his greatest asset—nurturing spirit herbs, raising immortal beasts, refining pills, crafting talismans, and constructing deadly formations. He walks a path of blood and schemes, seizing fortune through danger, surviving betrayals and hidden plots. Ages pass, and countless kneel before the Supreme Heaven’s ruler. But who would have imagined that his journey, too, was once filled with hardship, struggle, and survival against all odds?

Mason's life takes a sharp turn when he's falsely accused by his boss's spoiled daughter, leaving him with nowhere to run. But just when things couldn't get worse, his world is flipped upside down again—he’s sold to Olivia, a powerful heiress, who buys him to play the role of her fake fiancé in exchange for his freedom. It doesn't end there as a new figure emerges with the claim that Mason is actually the long lost heir to the Steele dynasty. Thrown into a world of wealth and manipulation, Mason struggles to navigate the new dangers and allure of his new life. As tensions rise and their staged romance blurs into something real, Mason finds himself torn between duty and desire. But as secrets unravel and the past refuses to stay buried, can Mason trust Olivia with more than just his heart? His life is no longer his own—and neither is his heart.

Jack is a humble young man working tirelessly at a pizzeria, saving up to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend. But his dream shatters when he discovers her betrayal and is brutally beaten by her lover. Just when he thinks he's hit rock bottom, a mysterious voice in his head reveals a secret system that rewards him with enormous sums of money for completing certain tasks. What starts as a strange opportunity soon turns him into a millionaire. Now, with unimaginable power and unlimited resources, Jack leaves his old life behind and sets his sights on a new purpose: revenge on those who humiliated him when he was poor. His ex-girlfriend, her lover, and everyone who looked down on him will feel the weight of his fortune… and his fury. But as the system demands more from him, Jack faces a disturbing question: who—or what—is behind this reward game? And, more importantly, what will be the true cost of his revenge? A story of wealth, power, and the thin line between justice and destruction.