Best Friend

In the city of Halcyon Bay, ancient powers stir, and dark forces threaten to unleash chaos upon the land. When Ryan discovers the hidden powers of the Celestial Reliquary, he is left to decide the fate of the city. With his stepmother Isabella leading an organization of dark magic users known as the Ascension, Ryan must unlock his abilities and forge unlikely alliances to protect the relic and stop the Ascension's evil plans. As the forces of light and darkness collide, Ryan is faced with impossible choices and unimaginable challenges, testing the limits of his courage and resolve as he discovers his archnemesis is none other than his confidant and friend, a reincarnation from his previous life. In this tale of magic and mystery, Ryan must embrace his destiny and confront the shadows that lurk within and without, lest Halcyon Bay fall into darkness forever. So, dear reader, are you ready to embark on a journey into the unknown? Open the pages of "Mystic Retribution" and prepare to be transported to a world where anything is possible and where the truest magic of all lies within the pages of a captivating story.

'Life is never fair for everyone' Lee Seung Tsu works part-time in an internet café and is responsible for taking care of his little sister and grandmother. Lee Seung Tsu was born into a poor family, so he has to work hard for his family. Nevertheless, Lee Seung Tsu never abandoned life and always tried for his family. He simply wanted to ensure that his younger sister could attend school without worrying about their financial situation. The opportunity presented itself with the launch of a game that uses virtual reality called Authority. A game which is called a new era of fusion of the real world with the digital world. Through virtual reality technology, the gaming authority provides absolute richness for players who can master the game. Through the game Authority, Lee Seung Tsu tries to make his dream of being the best in the game come true. Lee Seung Tsu wants to raise a lot of money from the Authority game to support his family's needs.

​Arlan Mahendra was born a "mistake"—an illegitimate son destined to be trampled by his elite half-brother and the ruthless Mahendra family. Beaten, bankrupt, and left to die in a rainy alleyway while his mother lies on her deathbed, Arlan screams for justice. ​The Universe answers. Not with a guardian angel, but with a cold, digital ledger. ​[System Activated: Karma Debt Collection] [Target: Julian Mahendra] [Debt Status: Unpaid. Penalty: Seizure of Lifespan and Luck.] ​Armed with a system that turns every insult, bruise, and betrayal into "Debt Points," Arlan rises from the gutter. He discovers he can forcibly collect "payments" from those who wrong him—stripping away their health, their talents, and even their remaining years of life. ​He doesn't want an apology. He doesn't want peace. He wants to audit the world. ​From stealing the vitality of arrogance billionaires to seizing the luck of corrupt geniuses, Arlan becomes the world's most terrifying creditor. ​They say revenge is a dish best served cold. For Arlan, it is simply a transaction. And everyone is about to pay up.

The sky cracked, gravity started charging rent, and Dax Calloway woke up in the wreckage of his own city with a class nobody wants: Attrition Tank, a build that gets stronger only after it nearly dies. Six months later, survival isn't measured in food or fuel — it's measured in a number stamped over every living head, and the man sitting at #1 on that number is Marcus Reyes, the soldier Dax bled to keep alive in two different wars. Marcus doesn't purge the weak because the System told him to. He does it because he's convinced it's mercy. And Dax — still just trying to keep people breathing — is now the highest-profile liability on his old friend's ledger. To save what's left of his people, Dax has to climb a leaderboard he never wanted to be on, fast enough to reach the man at the top before the man at the top decides to erase him. But the deeper Dax fights into the Grid, the clearer it becomes: the Leaderboard was never the game. It's a harvest list — and the countdown is almost at zero.

Ten thousand lives—and counting. That’s the price of the secret Amelia holds. In the world after the zombie outbreak, the living have learned to fear more than just the walking dead. They aren’t the only killers. The Federation, a powerful regime that rose from the chaos of the zombie outbreak, hunts down anyone harboring this forbidden secret. They fear what they don’t understand—and destroy what they can’t control. When Amelia discovers she isn’t the only one hiding this terrifying secret ability, her world shatters. The man she loves carries the same curse, and now, he’s been sentenced to death. She vows to bring down the Federation, even if it means tearing apart the fragile remnants of society. The world after the outbreak is a battlefield, and in a war where survival isn’t guaranteed, Amelia will stop at nothing to crush the Federation before it crushes her and the others like her. But victory comes with a price, and the deeper Amelia dives into this twisted conspiracy, the more the lines between friend and foe blur. Will she bring about a new dawn—or plunge the world into even darker chaos?

The three ladies (his daughter, maid and lover) want a half of him, but seriously, who divides a half into three? * * * Athena has given her words to her father that Vulcan, the mortal is better than every god, Zeus, her father formed and proposed that she marry. Because of that, she can't return to her father with shame and regret. She stands her ground, she will fight for who she loves. The Nymph will not back down, because all her life, she had only been a puppet to Athena's will, and taking her man will be the best comeback. Prium will not let Vulcan off her hook because she had left every thing she was and had back in the village because of him. Returning to the village is a 'NO'. And Vulcan? He holds them all in same regard because all of them have been useful in one way or the other. But deep down, the memories he has shared sexually and emotionally with Athena back in fantasy keeps reminding him of his love for her.

In a world much like ours, there exists a planet no different from Earth. Through the ravages of time earth has come to stand alone as the dominant planet in their own little system. Not knowing much about the universe they find themselves in, when unexpected visitors known as Dooms arrive from beyond the Nether bringing with them apocalyptic like events that threaten the very fabric of existence of the entire planet, nobody is there to save them. Fortunately, with the influence of the Dooms arrival, the humans of Earth develop new ways to cope with their ever desperate situation. Heroes rise up to face the rising threat of the Dooms and among them, two boys who grew up as best friends, through an unfortunate tragedy inherited amazing powers from otherworldly beings. They would go on to become unlikely saviors of a once flourishing civilization on the verge of destruction. Follow the story of the Constantine Cleveland, the cheerful and hardworking youth of ordinary origins and Baron Maspeth, the entitled and eccentric rich boy as they become enemies and later, brothers, in their bid to save their world from certain doom.

Due to a painful past, Nathan has dreamt of becoming a hero. However, in reality, he is nothing more than an average teenager in an average world. On his 16th birthday, his fate is changed when he and his two best friends (Sindy and Andrew) are summoned to a world known as the Mind World. Nathan quickly comes to bear the title of the Mind Hero and is tasked with the duty of saving the world from its impending chaos. However, Nathan soon comes to realize that the people of the Mind World hate the people of the Real World (The world where he's from). The Real World summons dangerous monsters known as Demon Beasts to the Mind World that constantly wreak havoc, making life in the Mind World a living hell. Due to this, many people of the Mind World wish to see the Real World and everyone from it destroyed. Now Nathan and his friends must go through a perilous journey to save both the Mind and Real Worlds, battling Demon Beasts, villains, and even Angels and gods. I will also be posting this story on Royal Road.

Ethan Dean, a poor student who studies at a famous college must accept the harsh reality that he is in danger of being expelled due to accumulated tuition arrears. In addition, David Mcallister's group always bullies, insults, and abuses Ethan to the extreme just to make him feel humiliated. Eleanor Lara, his friend from high school and the woman he liked betrayed him because he was reluctant to deal with Ethan, who was a poor student always making trouble. His life was further ruined when his landlord kicked him out for being late in paying the monthly rent. As a result, he was completely alone with a very bad situation. One day, someone came to see Ethan. They were neatly dressed with a special message for Ethan. "You are the first heir of the Kingsley Family." The Kingsleys were a family of businessmen who held many company stocks in the city. With that fact, Ethan's life completely changed from being poor and humiliated, to becoming the richest and most influential person in town. With the wealth and power he had, he was determined to avenge the humiliation they had inflicted on him.

Levi’s world shatters the day he is framed for murder. Arrested, disgraced, and left to rot in prison, he watches his life collapse piece by piece. His wife, Audrey Valentine, files for divorce and works to erase his name from her empire. His legacy, his marriage, his freedom—gone in an instant. Just when he believes it’s over, an old ally reaches out with a lifeline. Levi is pulled back into the world he thought he’d lost, returning as a covert operative under his former code name: Agent 7. Free once more, he dives headfirst into a mission that demands precision, secrecy, and the cold detachment of a man with nothing left to lose. But his return to the field is complicated by Rose—his childhood friend and the one person who still sees the man behind the agent. Now, Levi must walk a razor’s edge between love and betrayal, duty and desire. Enemies close in from all sides, and every choice could cost him his mission—or his heart. A story of romance, deceit, and relentless action.