the eminence in shadow

Carl was brutalized and shamefully humiliated by his in-laws for being soo poor and coming from a very poor background after getting married into the wealthy family. His wife was soo ashamed of him and felt disgusted to call him her husband and she wanted a divorce, but since she could not get it easily, she started having an affair with her boss, Oliver Acevedes, (A Billionaire's son) who became her lover and lust to have her despite the fact that she is married. What happens when Carl in-laws comes to the notice that he's not what they had thought he is and that he was far more than just being a poor son-in-law...

Richard Dwayne, who had been leaning on his wife’s family for three years, recently went through a divorce with his powerful wife. His ex-wife was pretty convinced that he’d come crawling back, asking for another chance. But guess what? Richard showed up in style, cruising in a fancy car to pick up his new mysterious wife.

In the year 202X, a virtual game came into existence, sweeping all the records and crashing the server. It became history to sweep all the records in the world of creation. The developer of Virtual Survival Instinct, Alexander, and his whole team thought it was the breakthrough of their life and everything ahead was sunshine and rainbows. Until a strange incident started happening to people who were logging in to the game. People started getting lost in the virtual world, unable to come out. It was unusual, not typical of the system. After a series of investigations, it came to light that a bug had been planted in the game which was causing people to get stuck in there. To stop people from getting lost inside the virtual reality and to save the child Alex created with his own hands, he decided to enter in. " Congratulations, the host has entered the virtual instinct ". Ding! " New mission: The host is required to clear the bugs ". A person as new as Alexander in a world full of dangers and monsters, he lost his life in vain while saving the people from Sunray cave. He met Mike, a person who was scary yet kind by heart but got no time to spend time with him, and he died. But that wasn't the end, the second time he entered the game, he met Sharon and Charlie. Will he be able to sweep all the bugs and save his child? (Attention: The cover image isn't mine, it belongs to its rightful owner )

🏆 ["Sliver Medal" in System Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"] 🏆 ‘Perhaps being stuck in a game isn’t so bad!’, Kyle thought moments before he was mistaken for a hidden boss by a rather dim, but quite powerful knight. That was the moment he learned what immediate regret meant. Kyle was an ordinary student at an insignificant university. Being the pinnacle of ‘average’, his life was as mundane as it could get, that is, until he found himself unable to log out of the full dive game that had recently released. Life in a game wasn’t too bad, that is if one’s not hunted day and night by the players, who mistook him for a special hidden boss with near human level A.I. And no amount of trying to convince them that he was, in fact, human helped. He survived a while until a knight kicked him though a boss door in a dungeon. Usually, facing a lich at such a low level would be a death sentence. By all means, it should have been. But lady luck smiled on him for once in his absolutely mundane life, and he found himself in the possession of said lich. About as confused as he can get, Kyle’s new life took a rather awkward and bizarre turn. And as such, his life of adventure fille with colourful and quirky characters, ferocious monsters and downright terrifying encounters began!

Kenric Osberd originally just wanted to be an ordinary young master, enjoying a comfortable and safe life without any desire to participate in the struggle for power because his secret work had made him satisfied. However, an unfortunate incident changed his mindset.   People who had been ignoring him suddenly attacked and tried to destroy him in various ways. He who initially lived by being an insignificant person now turns his life into a man who will be feared by everyone.   Revenge on the people who humiliated him? No, it wasn't.   Isn't death a luxury for the wicked? So rather, he wanted to teach them a lesson that would not be forgotten even in their sleep.

Having a mother and brother who were always extorting his money, making him a cash cow, was something no one wanted. However, it was much worse when his wife's wealthy family did not accept him. He was being made the family driver, being insulted with words that should not be received by a son-in-law, seeing firsthand the affair committed by his wife, and being reported to the police for violence just for injuring the man who was his wife's affair. When all that happened, not once did Ethan blame them. He could only curse and fantasize about his fate of not having an influential family. However, who would have thought that when he was at the lowest point in his life, an older man suddenly came and introduced himself as his Grandfather. From then on, he became determined to avenge all the humiliation and pain he had felt on them, one by one. He would not let anyone escape his clutches. The Ethan of today is no longer Ethan, the driver in his wife's family, but Ethan Kinsey Aldebaron, the only grandson of the Kinsey family, the biggest business owner and most feared gangster.

Mathew Wilson, an ordinary student, going about his life like an ordinary person is supposed to. He did not have lofty dreams. All he wanted was love. But when the love of his life left him and his life took a turn for the worst, an accident changed everything for him. Suddenly Mathew was no longer ordinary. Instead, he was on the top, above everyone else. Why? Because he was the heir... Heir apparent to the Wilson Family.

"You cannot be married to this poor, low-key dude, he doesn't have what it takes to take care of you" "Mom, but I love him." "What love are you talking about? Do you even know how to love? ****** Meet Jace Winston, the live-in son-in-law of one of the famous families in Madrid. Despised by his in-laws because of his poor background. What happens when he becomes a centibillionaire and rises to power? "Jace, don't leave my daughter please." His mother-in-law implored.

Reggie Fabray knew that his wife didn't take him seriously, but watching her bring her lover to their house to hang out was just too much, don't you think? That's when a car accident becomes the turning point for Reggie. The tide is turning in his favor, those who have always believed in Reggie will be rewarded, while those who have slighted him... will get what they deserve!

After giving up all he had to take on the debts of his wife and her family, Keith was plunged into poverty and nothingness. In no time, these same people turned on him, despised him, and treated him like a piece of trash. Facing the heights of betrayal from the people he loved and sacrificed all for, Keith ended up in jail to the rejoicing of his wife and in-laws. However, to their shock, Keith emerged as the wealthiest man alive. Now, the man was set to get back at them and uphold the legacy of his family.