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After his dreams of saving his sister were shattered, Cyrus falls into a state of depression and solitude. Living life like it has no meaning. Things however change for Cyrus when he's struck with a revelation in the form of a dream . Thinking that the future events that he had experienced were just a bad dream, he was reminded that he had returned back in time to the day that he was supposed to interview for a job designed to enter the hottest VRMMORPG. Will Cyrus conquer the game and save his sister, or will history repeat itself?

Caster Valley, Kansas, is a small peaceful town where nothing stays a secret for long. Where no paranormal phenomena ever happen. And it's the last place any murders ever happen. At least, that's what some of the townsfolk thought. Weston Brooks doesn't know what to believe. On his eighteenth birthday, strange unbelievable things begin to happen. Not only is his family in shambles, but the magic powers he was born with are out of control which divides them even more so after an accidental mishap that leads him to run away only for him to wind up at his best friend's house, who he has a crush on. Unfortunately, the bad luck he constantly has is only getting worse because his best friend's mother places a curse on them to never interact romantically without disastrous consequences happening. Now, with his misfortunes, he also begins to see a strange ghostly truck. At first, he ignores it. But then one day, he gets the courage to follow it. But that might have been his biggest mistake... Or maybe it was his fate. Being led to the bridge where he finds a black truck, the same black truck he's been seeing is at the bottom of the cliff by the bridge, and inside is the dead body of Barry Bloomsdale--a person everyone in town knows. Now, he gets thrown into a deep mystery and must solve the case with the help of the police chief's son and his cousin as well as a mysterious black cat that insists she's there to protect him. As they investigate, what they learn just might frighten Weston.

Playing a game with a level system is a common thing. But what happens if you play a game with an elimination system with your life on the line? This is exactly what Terry felt. Due to his wife's huge debt, he was forced to join a survival game called Debt System. During the survival game, Terry realized that there were many mysteries hidden behind this game. He also learns that the organizers of the game have very bad intentions towards him, especially X! Can Terry be the winner in this game? Can he survive after knowing the big secret behind this game?

Brooke Rancher was known as the harbinger of misfortune. Everywhere he went, disaster followed. They believed his presence brought them bad luck. But Brooke turned his luck around when he found a fortune-teller cookie and ate it, then he was now the host of THE FORTUNE-TELLER SYSTEM, where he saw threads of destiny, predicting outcomes with uncanny accuracy. People began to seek him out, eager to know their futures.

Something in this world isn't right, people are disappearing and people are beginning to see weird things, Johan is a normal teenage boy living in England when suddenly a mysterious man will come and take him away from his reality, putting him into a weird and mysterious world that monsters and humans occupy, monsters and people created for the sole purpose to fight, but after a big accident monsters began to roam the world, and Johan was caught up in the middle of it, how will this boy survive in this apocalyptic reality and will he ever escape it?

Cyrus lost everything when his mother died. He wanted revenge, but there was one big problem: he had no powers. In a world where strength is everything, Cyrus was powerless. In a world where all the people awaken an ability or two, Cyrus had no ability. In a world where everyone continues to become stronger with each passing day, Cyrus was weak and powerless. However, everything changed the day when a golden ray of light falls down from the sky, directly piercing his head, causing his body to fall apart and disintegrate into countless fragments of light...or that's what Cyrus remembered. When he opened his eyes, he found himself standing in an unfamiliar space. There, Cyrus obtained the Eternal Destiny System, which allowed him to visit other dimensions and become stronger in a way no one else could. This was the start of Cyrus's journey to become powerful, take his revenge, and shake the entire universe with his name.

❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Eleanor. Including murder. ❞ It’s the opening night of Cosima Memphis’s production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly – that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Archer, who plays Romeo, is now dead. Eleanor Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she’s the next target. Heath Albion, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Eleanor sneaking around at night he thinks he’s finally found something worth writing about. After discovering Eleanor’s ability to see visions of the past, Heath decides that they’re the perfect pair to solve the mystery. With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there’s more to boarding school than just silly rumours.

After rising from the dead, Niff was given an order by the Moon Goddess to free the Land of Amaphera from the cursed magic power of the Dark Shadow. The problem is that Niff lost his strength, got swapped in another man body, and lost all his memory—can't even remember his own name! How will Niff liberate Amaphera Country? How will the search for the six bodies of Amaphera Country's strongest mages hidden by the Dark Shadow succeed? How does Niff unravel the big secrets of Amaphera Country? Niff struggle to get his life back, against fate to fight for his whole life as a half blood witch,, and to change the prophecy of fate will begin when he rises from the dead.

Ibis is the son of the mayor of Floris. He belongs to a family of well renowned mages that have governed their town for decades. He is expected to take over his father in the future. But a bad news shock their entire family after Ibis receives a negative result from the test that determines his magic affinity. Though frustrated, Ibis continues raise look for ways but to no avail. Then one day, he receives a gift that will make him understand a little of his special case. Will that gift change Ibis life for the better or for worse?

A very large empty house located at the end of the Dusun Sentani road holds a big mystery. Shrubs and old banyan trees in the courtyard of this empty house add to the awesomeness of the house which is now empty and uninhabited. Village residents do not dare to approach the road in front of this empty house because it is always dark at night, especially at the end of the hamlet is the Sacred Forest which is very feared by the villagers. Residents often see apparitions of the Ghost of the Red Dress in this empty house, as well as indistinct whispering voices that further add to the eerieness of this empty house. The death of one of the hamlet residents makes Dusun Sentani a Haunted Hamlet because many spirits roam this hamlet at night. Clara, a beautiful student who returns to visit the hamlet of her birth with her boyfriend, also encounters many strange occurrences. The villagers who reject her presence for no apparent reason, as well as the secrets of Clara's dark past in this village make Clara feel trapped in Sentani Hamlet. Will Clara be able to unravel all the mysteries surrounding this haunted hamlet? Or will Clara be trapped in the curse that accompanies the Empty House and the Haunted Hamlet?