A Dish Best Served Cold

The silence of death was the last thing Kaelen remembers. He opens his eyes in a realm of jagged iron and suffocating magic, trapped inside a body that belongs to a dead man. A voice in his head, cold and precise, tells him he is chosen for greatness. It promises him the power to conquer gods, provided he is willing to pay the price. The system is a lie. Every monster he kills and every skill he unlocks requires him to trade a memory for power. He starts as a nameless slave, climbing the ranks in a world that thrives on cruelty. With each level, he feels his conscience dissolving, turning him into the very thing he despises. The terrifying truth hits him when he realizes his predecessor was murdered by the same civilization he is currently fighting to save. He is the ultimate weapon for a world that deserves to burn. Now, Kaelen faces a final, impossible choice. He can become the hero the system demands, or he can destroy the game, even if it means dying a second time.

Daisuke Hagaromo is a 19-year-old who is completely bored out of life. His bad decisions had gotten him to the worst place he could have imagined when he was younger, and every day of his life felt miserable. He intends to commit suicide in a quick and painless manner, jumping off the roof of the 100-story building with his eyes closed and succumbing to his miserable fate. He dies successfully, but awakens to find himself floating in a void, greeted by a divinely inspired digital system. In exchange for his eternal submission to the system's conditions, the system offers him a chance at a new and more fulfilling life. Daisuke, against his better judgment, accepts the offer and is transported to another dimension of reality. He would be assigned difficult missions and put through impossible trials there, which would later be revealed to be a path to greater life and immortality. ******* This is a system novel set in medieval times with mythical characters and situations. It is NOT a harem, and there are very few sexually explicit scenes. My world building and character development aren't the best, but they will improve with time. I hope you enjoy it, and if you do, please consider supporting, reviewing, commenting, and following. Have a good time!

Black Prison – the world's most dangerous! The world's super-criminals, business elites, politicians, hackers, and even nuclear weapons experts can be found. After all, the talent here is put into a fantasy world where after completing all the tasks can be free. If the Dark Prison is the most terrifying in reality, the “King of Darkness” is the best prison in the hypothetical world! Here incarcerate heroes and beasts in legends, Sorcerers, Three-Headed Snakes, Cannibals, Bounty Hunters, and even the most powerful in the world -God! If there were such a prison, it would destroy one of them. Andrew Louis is the most powerful criminal in the Black Prison. So to gain freedom and protect his loved ones, Andrew Louis must enter the "Second World" to fight the fiercest creatures, complete the darkest, monstrous challenges, and even a life-and-death mission. Coming to "The Dark King of London," the world is also a prison; to gain true freedom, you must change the world! Please enter the story; let's get in tune with this ghost story, full of attraction; let's experience and try to find the answer for ourselves, explain and find out what is suspicious and solve it with male lead Andrew Louis.

When Lana Rey is unexpectedly chosen to marry Grey Thompson—the cold and powerful heir to one of New York’s oldest dynasties—she steps into a world of wealth, secrets, and traditions she doesn’t understand. Bound by an ancestral pact, neither of them has a choice… or so it seems. Grey is a man haunted by shadows of the past. Lana is a woman with no knowledge of her true origins. Together, they are drawn into an uneasy union that quickly unravels into something far more dangerous. Old photographs, hidden records, and whispered family betrayals suggest that Lana’s past is entangled with Grey’s in ways neither of them dares to name. As their reluctant marriage ignites forbidden feelings, every discovery pushes them closer to a truth powerful enough to destroy them both. In the heart of the Thompson estate—where loyalty is a weapon and legacy a curse—Lana and Grey must decide if their bond is fate… or a trap laid generations ago. In a world where nothing is what it seems, love might be the most dangerous secret of all.

Oliver Marlowe has known the gutters of London better than its penthouses. Stripped of his name, humiliated by the family he married into, and betrayed by the wife he devoted himself to, he stood at the edge of ruin. Then Reginald Ashworth, the grey eminence behind the vast Ashworth Group, extends a withered hand from a hospital bed and offers Oliver his birthright back -- along with a condition that could either crown him or bury him. Armed with a billionaire inheritance, a razor-sharp mind hardened by years of suffering, and a fury that burns clean and cold, Oliver returns to the world that cast him out. His estranged brother Sebastian is scheming in the shadows. His ex-wife Clarissa is sniffing around his new contracts. And somewhere between the boardrooms and the softly lit restaurant where he first smiled in years, a woman named Stella Laurent threatens to undo every wall he has spent a lifetime building. And Oliver did not come back to forgive. He came back to make them all feel exactly what he felt.

Victor Langford, rightful heir to the trillion-dollar Langford Consortium in the futuristic metropolis of Aurelia City, had everything—until betrayal shattered it all. Framed for embezzlement by his ruthless uncle Harlan, publicly humiliated and abandoned by his fiancée Isabella Voss, and coldly disowned by the family patriarch Reginald, Victor was cast into the rain-soaked streets of the Shadow Districts like worthless trash. Five years of exile forged him anew. The trusting young heir vanished; a cold, powerful man emerged—armed with hidden wealth, iron resolve, and a thirst for retribution that knows no mercy. Now Victor returns to Aurelia City’s glittering heart. Boardrooms will fall silent. Fortunes built on his ruin will crumble. His betrayers will kneel, beg, and regret—too late. In a city of towering neon spires and opulent estates overlooking endless night, the betrayed heir unleashes absolute vengeance. But as old flames plead and darker secrets rise, will revenge reclaim his empire… or destroy the last piece of his soul? The fall was cruel. The return is merciless. The vengeance is inevitable.

Han Sen was the "Invincible Man" of Nova-Tech, a bottom-tier runner, who took the fall for executive failures just to pay his sister’s ICU bills. He was the man who had nothing, until the CEO’s son took even that, leaving him broken and bleeding in a rain-slicked gutter. But Han Sen didn't die. He woke up with the Absolute Equity System. In a city where the elite treat humans like disposable assets, Han Sen is now the ultimate Auditor. Through his eyes, everything has a visible price tag: from a bodyguard's loyalty and a rival’s luck to a tycoon’s remaining years of life. He isn't interested in joining the one percent. He’s here to liquidate them. From the high-rises of the financial district to the hidden fortresses of ancient martial clans, Han Sen is beginning a cold, calculated climb. He’s done taking the blame—now, he’s collecting the debt. And for those who crossed him, the cost is everything.

Sébastien Moreau spent years as nothing more than the quiet, obedient husband, enduring his wife Jenna’s cold indifference, her family’s mockery, and a life where love felt like chains. He gave her everything… until the day he found her in another man’s arms. Walking away should have left him with nothing instead, it gave him everything. When his long-lost identity as the heir to a global empire was revealed, the man everyone dismissed became the man no one could touch. In the world of wealth and power, Sébastien was no longer the servant, he was the king. But power draws enemies, and the past never stays buried. As Jenna’s life spirals into ruin, her desperate attempts to win him back clash with Sébastien’s rise to dominance. In a city where loyalty is rare and betrayal is currency, he must navigate love, revenge, and a war for control that could destroy them both. Some men dream of power. Sébastien was born for it.

Ramon had just ran away from home. He had his father, Andreas sent to prison for bullying his smoking addictive mother since he was a little boy, but now that he is grown up, he is the bread winner of his family and even had to provide for his mother. Roseline, decided to be a nun just to help Ramon study after he got a scholarship into a prestigious university. Ramon was happy thinking he could get rich and study just to change his poor fate and help his mother. He met with Chloe who was infatuated with his cold attitude but later she made her intention known. She dated him because she believed he was rich. When Ramon knew she left him for Xavier, who has his eyes on Chloe for a long time. Xavier even had Ramon crippled and just when he thought his life was over. A gaming system appeared on his phone promising revenge and not only that but wealth beyond his wildest dream.

The "Trash" Son-in-Law. That’s all the elite Wensley family saw when they looked at Evan. A man without mana, a "Void" in a world where magic is everything. For years, he endured their slaps, their spit, and their crushing gravity spells—all to protect his dying mother. When Evan’s wife, Vanessa, flaunts her affair with his billionaire boss and lets her family frame him for a theft he didn't commit, Evan’s world shatters. He begs on his knees for the Life-Core that could save his mother, only to be mocked as her heart monitor flatlines. They didn't just leave him for dead in the mud; they killed the only reason he had to stay human. In the cold silence of the rain, the "Void" within him finally screams back. A forbidden protocol, hidden by his mother, triggers at the brink of death. [OMNIX SYSTEM INITIALIZED: HEIR OF THE VOID ASCENDING.] They all called him a hollow shell. Now they’re about to find out that the Void can devour everything.