Ruthless

Born with nothing but his wits, Aiden Cole clawed his way into a world where money talks and bloodlines reign supreme. A full scholarship granted him access to the nation's most prestigious academy, but also painted a target on his back. Among the sons and daughters of the elite, Aiden was a reminder of everything they despised, and everything they feared. The son of the Vice President, fueled by envy and rage, waged a brutal campaign against him. Lies, threats, violence, and finally, murder. They didn't just break Aiden; they shattered his entire world. But pain forged him into something far more dangerous. Disappearing from the public eye, Aiden re-emerged years later, not as a student, but as a kingpin. Armed with intelligence sharper than any blade and a heart hardened by loss, he built a criminal empire with one purpose: revenge. In the end, only one truth will remain: “the outcast will inherit the ashes."

In his past life, Tharos was the strongest God of War. The kind who killed dragons with his bare hands and crushed entire armies alone but his own pantheon feared his strength, so they murdered him. Now he is reborn as a mortal… with no memory of his past, until the day his village is destroyed, and the rage inside him wakes up. Tharos begins to remember pieces of the truth, the gods who stabbed him in the back, the wars he once led, and the power sleeping inside him. His rise is brutal. His path is bloody. Every realm he steps into trembles. Every woman who meets him wants him or wants to kill him. Every god who hears his name starts to panic. Because Tharos isn’t coming for forgiveness. He’s coming for revenge. The God of War has been reborn and this time, he’s not fighting for the gods. He’s fighting to end them.

James Lawrence's life was miserable. He was abused, mocked, and humiliated before his wife's big family. They didn't like him because James worked as a clerk in a small bar, unlike his wife, who worked as a manager in a big company. James believed his wife was different from her big family, given the amount of love between them. Until one night, when James came home late due to work, James eyes saw his wife sleeping in another man's arms on the bed. The sight certainly made James' heart pain and broken, and his wife's betrayal insulted him. When he was pensive, lamenting his ruined life. A notification appeared on the glasses James always wore. [Enemy tracks detected] [Activate VIP system] [Congratulations!] [You have complete control over all assets] James was shocked. At last, the day he had been waiting for had arrived. He had the power to prove himself to everyone who had put him down. "It seems that things will turn around now!" After years of waiting, James managed to get all his assets back. Now, his primary purpose is to investigate the case of his wife's big family.

Rags to Billions. Bullied to Domination. Ugly to Handsome. Jason Reed was bullied and discriminated all his life. His life was filled with uncertainty and hate, especially from the people who were disgusted by his hideous looks. As a baby, his parents abandoned him. As a teenager, people hated him. Accused and jailed for a crime he didn't commit, Jason thought that it's hope for a good life will forever be a dream. But fate us twisted. Fate has other plans for him. He went back to school as a billionaire heir and he will make everyone pay for making his life a living hell, that includes his traitor ex-girlfriend. "What? He's rich?" "Yeah, but he's still ugly. He's so disgusting.'' He didn't care about what they say now. He will prove to them they picked on the wrong guy.

Grit, that was Elijah Langston's life. He knew life was harsh to the poor but his life was a combo of threat— harsh and bitter like bile. People relate with him like trash, spat in his face like his life was a cruel joke. The only person who he thought had his back and believed in him, Clara, his girlfriend was caught in seclusion, in a flashy hotel room with an arrogant billionaire in, Derek Vaughn. Not a flicker of guilt, no repentance, Clara spat it to his face, calling him all sorts of gruesome names that left him devasted and shattered. “Take a look around peasant, this life is what I deserve and not the hell you made me pass through. To hell with your love!” Clara didn't just hurt him, he made him look like a fool, taking side with Derek even when he was the one hurt. But a call. Just a call changes Elijah's life.

In the first apocalypse timeline, he trusted the wrong people, gave away what little he had, and was betrayed when food became more valuable than human life. Death came quietly—without heroism, without meaning. Then time rewound. Kyle wakes minutes before the world collapses, reborn with all his memories intact—and a system no one else possesses: the Infinite Supplies System. Food. Water. Weapons. A private Paradise Space untouched by ruin. But abundance comes with a rule carved in cold logic: nothing is free. Supplies can only be unlocked through Emotional Function Points. As cities fall and boys’ survivor zones are wiped out, a sealed girls’ campus becomes an island of desperation. Kyle alone can move freely through the apocalypse. He doesn’t force obedience. He waits. Hunger does the work. Cleaning earns meals. Labor earns water. Emotion—fear, shame, gratitude, desire—determines how much. Six girls stand at the center of this fragile balance: a campus beauty hiding terror behind smiles, an ice-cold strategist who refuses to beg, a fallen heiress desperate to reclaim control, an arrogant provocateur who thrives on chaos, a kind healer who sacrifices herself too easily, and a hardened survivor who refuses to be owned. Between them, alliances form and fracture. Submission becomes strategy. Strategy becomes betrayal. Kyle’s relationships with them are never simple. He is their provider, their ruler, their shield—and, increasingly, their moral problem. As the system rewards cruelty more efficiently than kindness, Kyle begins to realize a terrifying truth: the system doesn’t care about survival. It cares about consumption. When outside survivor factions finally make contact and the system escalates beyond Kyle’s control, he is forced to choose—declare himself sovereign over a starving world, or challenge the very system that keeps everyone alive. And the system is already watching how he decides.

Alex was reborn into Blue Star, a world of advanced technology and modern comforts, yet ruled by the ancient, unchanging power of royal families. As a prince of the mighty Roshar Kingdom, he was born into luxury but cursed with minimal talent for the martial arts that defined this world's elite. Seeing the brutal intrigue within his own family, his sole ambition became a simple one: to avoid the throne's bloody games and survive a long, quiet life of privileged obscurity. That plan shattered when he was framed for a rebellion he knew nothing about. Cast out by the king without a trial or explanation and abandoned by a mother who refused to even say goodbye, Alex was exiled to the Wall—the world's most feared military penal colony. As a low-ranking, seemingly untalented warrior, everyone believed he was being sent to a silent death. But the Wall was not a prison. It was the grim, hidden truth from the normal people. Here, Alex witnessed the real war: a daily, desperate struggle against nightmarish monsters, a crisis kept secret from the peaceful, modern world behind a veil of royal and Council lies. Facing the terror for the first time, he realized the world's cruel hypocrisy and his own terrifying fragility. Yet, in the carnage, he discovered a latent, macabre gift: the ability to harvest strength from the fallen. This power could change everything, offering a path to survival and vengeance. But even as he grasps this chance, burning questions haunt him: Why was he, the deliberately passive prince, chosen as the pawn? Why did his father condemn him without a word? Why is the true horror of their world buried beneath a facade of normalcy? Armed with a secret that could elevate him or mark him for death.

Kai Rylan has been married to Sarah Pierce of the Pierce family for two years enduring the snide remarks and inhumane treatment from her family. While he lives a regular life in the capital, he is riddled by nightmares of war and bloodshed. He is also unable to remember his life from before he met Sarah. His world is turned upside down when he and his wife are thrown out of her family house and when working as a delivery man, he meets a man who calls him “Lord Rylan.” He is the general of The Vorgath, the most powerful army in Valtoria. His memories return gradually and he soon realizes that everyone around him is the enemy.

[What was your sin?] "I tried saving them." [What would you gain from doing that?] "I just wanted to remove this scar." [But that scar was never gained from not saving them.] "I know. I just wanted to see if it worked or not." [And the result was?] "The one I saved killed me." The discussion between Desire and Delight took place as he sipped the tea. [What will you do now?] "The stage has been set, and the doors will be opening soon. I also need to do my part." [And what was your part?] "One Last Chance." The room was in silence as Delight looked at Desire and asked, [A sinner or a saint?] "Depends on the way of the viewer."

Michael Black is a kid who believes superheroes are nothing more than idiots. After his parents were killed in an attack, he loses hope in the concept of saving others. To him, power is meant for one's personal use only, and risking one's life for another, is nothing more than stupidity. Things however change for Michael when he watches his best friend die before him. His ideals change, and with his newly acquired powers, he swears to change the world, and become the greatest superhero alive.