Ruthless

After general Jack died in disgrace, betrayed general Jack wakes up ten years in the past—before his kingdom fell and before his enemies destroyed his family. This time, he’s ruthless. He keeps his past-life memories, gains a mysterious divine system, and starts eliminating threats one by one. The world thinks he’s weak, but he’s already planning their downfall.

For generations, the North has been divided among several powerful Viking clans, each fiercely protective of its land and independence. In the South, kings and ambitious rulers see that division as an opportunity to expand northward and seize valuable trade routes and resources. When Erik inherits Gutagard after his father’s death, he wants only to protect his people. But the growing southern threat forces him into war. What begins as a fight to defend his clan soon becomes a struggle for territory, power, and the future of the North. Erik’s campaign brings him to Borislav, a southern fortress guarding an important route into the South. Its fall turns a regional conflict into open war. As Erik pushes deeper into southern territory, the northern clans begin turning against one another, fearing the rise of a ruler powerful enough to dominate them all. Standing against him is Ameliya, the king’s fierce red-haired daughter and feared archer. Determined to protect her family and kingdom, she joins the fight against Erik. Their paths repeatedly collide, turning enemies into reluctant rivals as both are forced to choose between loyalty, ambition, and the future they want. Over more than two decades, kingdoms rise and fall, brothers become rivals, old enemies become allies, and a new generation inherits the consequences of those who came before them. Witches, curses, visions, and ancient beliefs remain woven into the lives of those caught in the conflict, shaping fears and decisions. Erik is no longer the young warrior who inherited Gutagard. He has reshaped the North and changed the balance of power across surrounding lands. But the greatest battle is no longer about what he can conquer. It is about what he will leave behind—and whether the world built by his blood will survive him.

Rylan Daystar was fired and humiliated by his wife's family, leaving him with nothing but a burning desire for revenge. He returns to his old life of substantial wealth that he had given up for his ex-wife, Eve McCullough. With a heart full of vengeance, Rylan sets out to wreak havoc in the business and social world, determined to annihilate anyone who had ever wronged him in the past. Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled ride as Rylan unleashes his fury and seeks retribution!

After being betrayed by his fiancee and business partners, Alexander Wirakusuma is left to die in a sterile hospital ward. Instead of the afterlife, he wakes up ten years in the past—on the very day his empire began to crumble. With the memories of the future and a cold, calculating heart, Alexander resolves to dismantle those who destroyed him. But as he manipulates the Jakarta stock market and corporate boardrooms, the enigmatic Seraphina Adhisti appears, a woman who didn't play a role in his past life. Is she a new ally or the ultimate wild card in his game of vengeance?

For ten long years, Ethan lived in the shadows as the outcast of the Sterling family. To Robert and Martha Sterling, he was nothing more than a tool, a disposable cog in the company’s dirty machinery, someone who could be cast aside at any moment to make way for the return of their beloved heir, Liam. When Ethan was thrown out into a stormy night without a single cent to his name, the Sterling family celebrated as if they had won a great victory. They had no idea that the young man they had so easily discarded was the sole owner of Apex Capital, the unseen god of the city’s economy, the one who controlled the very pulse of the world’s financial system. One by one, the fortress of the Sterling family’s wealth began to collapse from within. As Robert and Martha knelt on the marble floor of Apex Tower, tears of regret streaming down their faces, they finally realized a truth far more devastating, the monster destroying their empire was the very blood they had once so cruelly cast aside. But forgiveness was never part of Ethan’s vocabulary. When the secrets of the past came to light and the conspiracy of a global mafia syndicate was exposed, Ethan stood at the top of the pyramid, demanding retribution without mercy.

Five hundred years after a betrayal that literally wiped his existence from history, the greatest cultivator of his age awakens in the body of a broken, discarded disciple. Ronald must navigate a world built upon his own erased legacy while unraveling the Empress's absolute control over reality. To reclaim his truth, he will either restore his name or burn the entire golden era to ash.

Once, Ethan Ashford gave everything for the woman he loved. In return, she betrayed him. Veronica Harrington secretly gave the resources she took from Ethan to her lover, Damien Blackwood, the so-called Chosen One, the Protagonist, the Child of Luck, or whatever else. While Damien and other protagonists took countless "fortuitous encounters" to become the world's heroes, Ethan became the villain everyone despised. Betrayed and tortured, his family was destroyed, his bloodline exterminated, and he died filled with hatred and regret. But fate wasn't finished with him. Ethan awakened a hundred years in the past, before every tragedy began. And that too with a heaven-defying System, called the Villain System, that could give him rewards for changing his own destiny and destroying these protagonists' fortunes. This time, Ethan knew every opportunity the Chosen Ones would obtain, every scheme hidden in the shadows, and every betrayal waiting for him. Did the Divine Healer descend from the mountains? "I'll steal his inheritance." Is the King of Soldiers returning to reclaim his glory? "I'll crush him before he even rises." The destined Son of Fortune? The Heavenly Genius? The Peerless Sword Saint? I'll take every one of their opportunities and leave them with nothing. "As for the heroines who once stood beside those protagonists... If they deserve redemption, they'll stand by my side instead. If they choose my enemies, they'll share their fate." In this life, Ethan would no longer be the stepping stone beneath the protagonists' feet. He would become the nightmare that hunts every Chosen One. After all... "Who says villains are destined to lose?"

Aaron's tragic love life comes to a tragic end, seeing him left with absolutely nothing. This closed door opens a door out of his wildest imagination, a past that he thought never existed sees him in a new world of affluence and power. With this comes various enemies, complications, and public slandering. He is not ready for this world of the rich, but as he finds his way through these turmoils, his mind is only centered on one thing…sweet revenge. Aaron's thirst for revenge pushes him to do things that could destroy himself, can he overcome these emotions and forgive? Or will his thirst lead him to the point of no return?

"Your kidney? Haha! Ethan, you really are an idiot. It was me who needed a kidney match, and your wife gave yours to me!" For three long years, Ethan Sterling hid his true identity to pass a family test. He lived as a poor house servant, cooked all the meals, and even gave up his own kidney to save his father-in-law. But it was all a giant trap. His cruel wife, Chloe, only used him to save her rich secret lover. When Ethan catches them together at a luxury resort, Chloe doesn't feel bad at all. She tells him, "Let's be realistic, Ethan. You're just a useless delivery guy. Your kidney is much better off inside a rich man." Her family frames him for crimes, beats him up, and forces him to sign divorce papers, claiming he'll end up as a beggar. They have no idea that the multi-billion-dollar Vanguard Group has just been bought in pure cash. And the new, mysterious Supreme Chairman? It's the exact same delivery boy they're trying to break. As the top corporate directors bow down to Ethan, Chloe finally realizes the terrifying truth. Now broke and penniless, she falls to her knees and tries to crawl back to him, only to get one response: "Let's be realistic, Chloe. You're just a useless, penniless woman. My billions are put to much better use inside my bank than on a gold-digger like you."

When the global "Survival Game" begins, a terminal cancer patient discovers his illness has evolved into a unique "Consumption System," allowing him to level up by eating the cores of the monsters that destroyed his world.