Black Among Us

*Drakoria* after a catastrophic war was pushed to the brink of ruin. The Era of Magic ended. Humanity rebuilt with technology, and the old world faded into legend. Then mana returned. But it came back wrong. Beasts evolved. Monsters emerged. Rifts tore through the skies, unleashing horrors that modern weapons couldn't stop. Humanity faced extinction. Until people began awakening powers beyond mortal limits. They became known as Awakeners. *Kael Arden* had spent his life waiting for his Awakening. When the crystal finally judged him, it declared his talent the weakest possible rank. F-rank. The world laughed. His future seemed ruined. But the crystal was wrong. When a catastrophic Rift Break throws *Black Ridge City* into chaos, Kael throws himself into the fight to protect the people he loves. At the edge of death, something buried deep in his blood finally wakes up. An SSS-rank Talent. A Draconic Overlord bloodline. A connection to an ancient existence that has slept for millennia. Now, guided by the mysterious *Draven*, Kael must master the power inside him and uncover the truth behind his bloodline, the ancient war, and the real reason mana returned. Because the return of mana was not an accident. And whatever caused the ancient catastrophe may not be finished with Drakoria yet. The world once called Kael Arden trash. Soon, they will call him the Draconic Overlord.

Adrian Vale had everything a man could dream of—wealth, power, a billion-dollar empire, and the woman he planned to marry. Then, in one night, he lost it all. Framed for stealing $40 million from Vale International, Adrian is disowned by his father, betrayed by his best friend, and abandoned by his fiancée. Before he can prove his innocence, a suspicious car accident leaves the world believing he is dead. Three years later, Adrian returns under a new identity as Adrian Black, a mysterious billionaire investor whose wealth rivals the empire that once belonged to him. He has only one goal: take back everything they stole from him. But as Adrian begins dismantling the people responsible for his downfall, he discovers that his betrayal was far more complicated than he imagined. His former fiancée may not have betrayed him. His father may have known more than he admitted. And somewhere inside his family’s empire lies a secret powerful enough to explain why someone wanted Adrian dead. Now Adrian must choose between revenge and the truth—and uncover the enemy hiding behind the people he once trusted most. Because losing everything was only the beginning.

Ethan Cross is an ordinary food delivery rider struggling to survive in a city where money and power rule everything. His life changes forever when he risks his own to save a dying stranger from a violent assassination. Before taking his last breath, the old man slips a mysterious black ring onto Ethan's finger and calls him the "last heir." Within hours, Ethan becomes the prime suspect in the old man's murder. He loses his job, his reputation, and every trace of the ordinary life he once knew as powerful forces begin erasing his existence. When the ancient ring awakens, it leads him to a hidden vault beneath the city, where an artificial intelligence named Astra reveals a shocking truth: Ethan is the last surviving heir to the Dominion, a secret empire destroyed by betrayal twenty years ago. Now hunted by the ruthless Five Great Families, Ethan must complete the Seven Bloodline Trials to reclaim his family's legacy and uncover the truth behind its downfall. But every answer leads to a darker conspiracy, every ally hides dangerous secrets, and one of the people responsible for his family's destruction is still alive and closer than Ethan could ever imagine. To survive, he must become more than an heir. He must become a ruler.

Duane Wordsworth has spent three years as a humiliated, live-in son-in-law, enduring the scorn of his wealthy wife, Gloria, and her elitist social circle. But when his mother is trapped in a burning car, Gloria doesn't just refuse to help—she remotely locks the vehicle's security doors, nearly sentencing his mother to a fiery death because she thinks Duane is "manufacturing drama" for attention To save his mother, Duane is forced to endure the ultimate humiliation: kneeling and begging for mercy at a high-society party while his "wife" and her lover mock his desperation. Cast out and divorced within the hour, Duane is left with nothing but a "cheap" silver necklace—the last gift from his mother But the necklace holds a secret. Hidden inside is a long-forgotten password to a cryptocurrency account his mother started for him years ago. What was once a "small investment" has exploded into a staggering nine hundred billion dollars. Overnight, the man they called a "beggar" becomes the wealthiest individual on the planet, armed with the legendary Black Gold Card—a status symbol held by only nine other people in the world Now, the tables have turned. As Duane sets out to save his sister from Gloria’s cruel traps and dismantle the lives of those who trampled on his dignity, the elite will learn a hard lesson: Never mistake a lion for a stray dog.

Ethan Carter loved Helen Blake so much that he became less than human for her. Her family treated him like a free servant. Her friends treated him like entertainment. And Helen? Helen treated him like a dog that would never leave. “Wait outside.” “Cook dinner.” “Pick Charlie up.” “Stop embarrassing me.” He obeyed everything. Even after Charlie poured alcohol on his head in public. Even after Helen forced him to apologize for things he never did. Even after hearing her say: “A man like Ethan should feel grateful I keep him around.” Then one night, while Ethan waited alone at City Hall to marry her, Charlie sent him a video. Helen in Charlie’s arms. Laughing. Kissing. Mocking Ethan together. “Your dog is still waiting for you downstairs,” Charlie joked. Helen only laughed harder. That night, Ethan disappeared. The next morning, hundreds of black luxury cars surrounded the Blake family mansion. The forgotten heir of the Carter dynasty had returned. The same man they treated like a stray dog… was actually the future ruler of a quadrillion-dollar empire. And this time— the people who made him kneel will be the ones crawling.

Someone screamed as the dogs outside the hall began to bark just as the young boy was about to speak.Together with the others at the table, he quickly got up, and they all looked out the hall's open door.The boy turned to face his father as several yelps and the dogs' abrupt barking stopped.With his hand on the hilt of the long knife at his waist, the village chief was slowly making his way toward the door.The boy thought Jane, his sister, had screamed, but he had no time to think any further because three Asabya, the terrifying, murderous barbarians of the plains, stormed into the room with a ferocious battle cry at the same time.The boy watched in horror as the tall men, their long, dark hair pulled back by leather thongs around their foreheads, painted black with white around their mouths and dark eyes, swung their swords, and killed everyone in his immediate vicinity.Before the chief could draw his knife, the first person in the room severed his father's head from his body. But they didn't stop there.Everyone was killed, from the tiniest infants in their mothers' arms to the elderly with gray heads who had just given the boy their blessing.The pain and blood as a sword was buried to the hilt in his chest were all he could remember when another person appeared in front of him.

In the frozen, post-apocalyptic wasteland, Arthur Pendelton died a dog’s death. Framed for the horrific murder of his own newborn triplets, branded an abusive monster by a corrupt jury, and exiled into sub-zero exile, he spent his final moments choking on frost and betrayal. Just before everything went black, the chilling truth was handed to him by his wife, Eleanor, and her lover, Dr. Marcus Vance: the children were biological Arthur’s, murdered in cold blood simply to destroy him and steal his wealth. Driven by unimaginable rage, Arthur closed his eyes in the snow—only to gasp awake two months before the end of the world. Reborn into his past life, Arthur finds himself back in his sunny living room. Eleanor is pregnant, using her belly to manipulate him into mortgaging their home, while Marcus pulls the strings from the shadows. But the gullible, devoted husband they once knew is dead. Armed with the knowledge of the impending global collapse and the cruel monsters hiding behind sweet smiles, Arthur refuses to play their game. When he uncovers their secret plan to poison him before the sky even falls, Arthur quietly turns their own deadly traps against them. As solar flares threaten to destroy civilization, Arthur launches a ruthless psychological war of vengeance, securing his survival while dragging his betrayers into a living hell.

Evan Locke is the Sloane family’s biggest disappointment—at least, that’s what they believe. A scorned live-in son-in-law with no pedigree, no power, and supposedly no ambition, he’s treated as little more than an inconvenient shadow in their mansion. Only Lena Sloane, his principled and razor-sharp wife, ever bothered to look past the surface… though even she has no idea who she married. Because Evan isn’t just brilliant—he’s the secret founder of Obsidian Capital, a stealth empire feared in boardrooms and whispered about in back alleys. From the dark edges of the financial world, he’s been pulling strings to keep Sloane Dynamics alive while the family doubts him at every turn. When Marcus Thorne, the elegant and ruthless CEO of Talon Consortium, moves to swallow Lena’s company, and the Black Harbor Syndicate sends their silent executioner Rhea Kade to clear obstacles, the Sloanes brace for collapse. But Obsidian has already awakened. With Archer Voss—his unseen field operator—and a network of shadow investments, Evan begins a quiet war. Every trade, every acquisition, every broken enemy brings him closer to exposing the truth… The world thinks he’s irrelevant. He’s about to show them what a ghost king looks like.

Ethan Cross lived three years as the most despised live-in son-in-law of the Whitmore family. He cleaned floors, took insults, and stayed quiet while his wife Vanessa treated him like trash. On their third wedding anniversary, Vanessa publicly divorces him in front of three hundred rich guests. She announces she will marry Damien Kane, a powerful young heir. Damien’s men beat Ethan and throw him into the cold rain. As Ethan lies dying in a dirty alley, a blue screen appears before his eyes. The God-Level Dominion System binds to him. It unlocks unlimited wealth generation and the War God combat template. In one night everything changes. The next morning Ethan walks into a bank and leaves with a black card that has no spending limit. He buys controlling shares of Whitmore Group before lunch. By afternoon he sits in the chairman’s seat and fires the people who once ordered him around. Vanessa and Damien watch their world start to collapse. Ethan does not stop at revenge. The system keeps giving him stronger powers and bigger missions. He rebuilds the hidden Cross family influence that was almost destroyed ten years ago. He takes over companies, crushes underworld forces, and forces every person who ever looked down on him to kneel.

When the System descended upon the megacity of Aetherion, it promised humanity a new golden age, levels, classes, and power for every citizen. Adrian Voss received nothing. No nameplate. No level. No class. He is Level Zero, the only person the System cannot see, measure, or control. As five god-like AIs known as the System Council seize absolute power, society collapses into a brutal hierarchy where level determines worth and obedience is survival. Black spires rise, Enforcers hunt anomalies, and humanity is forcibly rewritten into compliant cogs of the New Order. Invisible to the System’s surveillance, Adrian becomes the ultimate ghost in their machine. While others fight to survive within the rules, he can walk through enemy lines, sabotage their infrastructure, and strike at the heart of the Council’s empire without triggering a single alarm. But the Council has noticed the anomaly. Hunted by the ruthless Reaper and predicted by the all-seeing Oracle, Adrian must gather a fragile resistance of “Glitches” — survivors whose correction is failing, and wage a shadow war against gods who rule the ashes of the old world. In a world where everyone has a level, the only person who can break the System… is the one who has none. Level Zero: The System Council can't see me is a gripping post-apocalyptic LitRPG about defiance, survival, and the terrifying freedom of being unseen.