A River Runs Through It

I hated being locked up like a damsel in distress. Like I was some princess that needed constant protection, but deep down I was grateful. I was still struggling to summon my powers, so if I was attacked alone I would be defenseless. I understood why Valerian wanted me to stay confined within the walls of our home since there was a protection spell suffocating the entire atmosphere that surrounded it. But I was so bored. Valerian was not there to take me out and keep me occupied with his cocky smiles and quirky comments. The only thing I could think to do to pass the time was to take a stroll around the castle grounds. I exited out into the courtyard and walked past the beautiful wooden benches and vibrant trees. Roses of every colour confiscated the grounds and it was like I was walking through a rainbow. My fingertips caressed the petals and I inhaled the sweet scent of their exquisiteness as I walked through the trails. I was so mesmerized by the area that I didn’t realize where I was going. I gasped as I reached for the next rose in my path, and it crumbled from my touch. The rest of the walkway was filled with black and decayed roses that tumbled to the ground like ash from a horrible wildfire. My frightened eyes glared out into the distance as I realized the dead flowers led to a shadowy tunnel made from black brick. A sign barely dangling from a broken chain at the top of the entrance read ‘dungeon.’ My body cringed at the sight. This was the dark side of Valerian that I knew and wanted to avoid as much as possible.

When the world had finished breaking him, fate rebuilt him in gold. Humiliated, discarded, and left to rot, Ethan Cole inherits the wealth and power of the most secretive financial empire in the world, a consortium whose influence touches governments, crime syndicates, and multinational corporations. But power comes with enemies. For every door his fortune opens, another shadow steps through to close it, permanently. Old betrayals demand justice, but new alliances demand blood. In a city where loyalty is currency and every smile hides a blade, Ethan must learn one truth: money can buy anything… except mercy.

Life became a contest of predator and prey when I, Ella Quinn opened my eyes inside of the survival novel I bought for research purposes. The place was rather dreadful to visualize with my own eyes. Ogres, monsters and creatures, huge as a bear I had to survive through all these. But in order to escape from here I needed help from the characters of the novel. My journey began with finding them out one by one. However something didn't sit right about that peculiar world until all of us discovered the hidden truth behind our surroundings.

What would you do to get home to your loved ones? Would you change yourself and your values? Owen a plain ordinary human gets transported to another world. A world that revolves around money. To help himself get home he slowly gets up the ranks to a sea captain. It only took seven years. His luck seemed to turn around when he finds and captures a young dragon blood. A dragon blood is a six-inch human with physical dragon characteristics like wings, a tail, and scales. Will Owen go through with selling a teenager for money just to get home to his own family?

Jasper Stone should never have survived his encounter with an XCP. Let alone copy it. When his ability awakens, the XCP Organization acts immediately. Captured, classified as an anomaly, and torn away from the world he once knew, Jasper discovers an uncomfortable truth: XCPs are not always destroyed… some are used. Forced to enlist as a Neo X soldier, Jasper is thrown into a system where the value of a life is measured in results, mistakes are paid for with death, and trusting anyone is a liability. As he rises through impossible missions, living anomalies, and broken comrades, he begins to understand how to climb until he becomes the very best.

How will you feel when everyone rejects you? How will you feel when your wife becomes a Villain overnight? From something to nothing, Peter, a poor ordinary man, goes through hell when he lost all his Money. He moved to Los Vegas with his wife, where life takes an ugly turn. From being the favorite Son-in-law, he became the worst son-in-law. Disrespect and shame was his middle name. Getting desperate to make money, he was ready to do anything, but suddenly, there was shocking news that got revealed. What happens when a good man turns bad? Welcome to the world of Peter, The journey of a rejected a man.

Yujin Ichinose wakes up in the midst of mayhem as an S-class monster launches an attack on their school. As he triumphantly vanquishes the monster atop the school building, Yujin fails to notice that someone kicked him from behind, resulting in his untimely death. But because of a mysterious orb's ability to merge with Yujin, he is then given the opportunity to travel through time, which is roughly one year before the world is taken over by top-tier, powerful monsters. And as Yujin sets out to discover who is responsible for his death, he will inevitably become involved in becoming everybody’s hero saving the world as it heads for the monster’s dominion—but there's a catch: he used to be known as a delinquent boy.

When the world fell apart overnight, Wilson Summers was just another office worker running for his life, but when a mysterious voice echoed in his head: [System Activated. Level up by surviving] His fate changed forever. Armed with the Survivor System, Wilson grows stronger with every zombie he kills. From scavenging for food to facing monstrous evolved undead, he refuses to die weak. Along the way, he saves Sophia, a woman who refuses to leave his side, and Terry, a boy who becomes the son he never had. Together, they’ll carve their way through a dying world, until Wilson stands as the Overlord of the Apocalypse.

Shortly before the field trip to Drada, Jimmy is dumped by his girlfriend, Anna Campbell, who feels embarrassed for having such a poor boyfriend as him. The girl even openly flirts with Dwayne, the boy who often bullies Jimmy at school. Worse yet, Jimmy witnesses them commit lewd acts on the bus, on the way home from Drada, which then leads to disaster. The bus falls into a ravine, and Jimmy, in a dire situation with a broken spine and leg, accidentally accesses a strange system which transports him to a realm called Icalaterra. This system allows one to collect money quickly through several hunting quests. Since then, there has been no bullying, insults, and mockeries, without any consequences.

Cheated, framed, and betrayed by his wife, Maxwell Arnold found himself in a prison cell, with two options to be met to regain his freedom. With both options impossible to meet, Maxwell could only resign to fate, after which he was bailed out by an immensely wealthy man due to one of the good deeds he had done in the past, completely altering the course of his life positively. With wealth, power, and influence at his fingertips, Maxwell set out to settle the score against those who had hurt him. Join Maxwell as he unravels the mystery behind his past and how he journeys through the present, with each minute dreaded for the danger it holds.