Closed Beta That Only I Played

He built her empire from his knees. For three years, Ethan played the worthless househusband while secretly orchestrating his wife's billion-dollar IPO. She never knew the man scrubbing her floors was the billionaire pulling every string. Then he discovered her engagement to another man. Some betrayals deserve divorce papers. Some deserve the truth. Ethan chose both. Now she'll learn what it costs to discard a king who pretended to be a pawn.

When Victor Lazarus, the world's most powerful art broker, dies suddenly, the international art scene holds its breath. For decades, Lazarus built an empire not by owning the world's rarest masterpieces, but by exhibiting them—Monet, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Da Vinci, Hokusai, and more. These works, entrusted to him by the world's wealthiest collectors, turned his gallery into their stage: where masterpieces drew crowds, prestige, and profit, until the moment the owners chose to sell. Now, with Lazarus gone, the curtain is rising on the greatest auction of the century. Twelve priceless works, each carrying centuries of history, are set to leave his gallery forever. For the elite, it is a chance to claim cultural immortality. For the press, it is a spectacle without equal. For one crew of six, it is something else entirely. They see more than paintings under glass. They see a once-in-a-lifetime fortune, one last performance of Lazarus's legacy, only rewritten in their favor. With few months to prepare, outthink security systems, staff rotations, and every eye that will be watching. Few months to pull off a heist that would shatter records and rewrite history. But art has a way of ensnaring those who covet it. In the chase for fortune, the question is not only whether the heist can succeed, but whether Lazarus's legacy will be honored, betrayed, or reborn in the shadows. The Lazarus Job is a razor-sharp thriller of art, ambition, power, and the dangerous game played where beauty and power collide.

Adrian Doyle stumbled upon a recording--his girlfriend in bed with his male boss. Three days later, at the wedding of that very boss to the daughter of the company’s chairman, Adrian played the video before everyone’s eyes… Adrian Doyle had always been an ordinary programmer. Yet the unexpected awakening of a Supreme Legacy changed everything. The boss who humiliated him, the lover who betrayed him, every person who once looked down on him--none would escape the retribution that awaited.

When Caleb Gonzales woke up in the video game he last played, he expected things to go down like they did in those webnovels he read in his spare time. However, there was one hitch. Instead of being the hero, he woke up as a demon rat, one of the lowest ranks a demon could get. Now, with the help of a sketchy system, he needs to rise to the top if he wants to survive this new world and possibly return home. Mega Writing Prompt #001/MWP#001

Henny or Ucik must replace Grafik, an archer who has played for about 7 years in 9 Guardians with a reward of 85,000$. Even though Ucik has never played the game she must use Monck_cha, one of the hacked Graf accounts. It was in these 9 Guardians that Ucik reunited with Suhaimi, after their meeting in Putrajaya ended very badly. Suhaimi with IGN (In Game Name) happytummy is a lancer who always tries to convince Ucik that the bowgun can be the main weapon of a tank when everyone including Graf and Neo doubts about that, even asking Ucik to give up. Ami, who admires Ucik's play, doesn't want to see her stop being a tank. He also wants to help Ucik complete her duties in 9 Guardians and the two of them make an appointment to meet again one day. When Graf had injured his right hand in an accident and had to rest, Ucik's mission became more complicated. Ucik must complete the Graf mission by entering the Lucid guild, which contains all of the members doing RMT (Real Money Trading), as well as several accounts belonging to hackers to investigate the causes of many accounts being hacked and banned. Can a newbie like Ucik complete the mission?! What secrets are the members of Lucid hiding that Graf suspects of their guild?! Will Ucik and Ami meet again according to the promise they have made?!

Seventy-eight years after the fall of the galactic hyperspace gate network known as The Veil, humanity’s once-glorious empire lies fragmented, drifting in the ruins of forgotten technology and collapsed alliances. Planets have become isolated war-states, AI gods rule over fractured digital realms, and ancient secrets fester in the vacuum of space. When the Veil mysteriously reactivates, releasing a wave of untraceable quantum signals and impossible anomalies, former war criminal and memory-hacker Riven Hale is pulled out of cryo-prison for one last mission: uncover the source of the reawakening, and prevent a second collapse. As Riven travels from derelict colonies to technocratic citadels, he uncovers a disturbing truth—reality is fraying. A mind-plague known as the Mnemonic Dust is rewriting memories across systems, blurring the lines between past and present. At the center of it all is a fanatical cult called the Dustborn, who claim the universe is a decaying simulation built by extinct, higher-dimensional beings known only as the Architects. As Riven pieces together his forgotten past and the role he once played in an erased war, he’s hunted by synthetic assassins, haunted by implanted memories, and drawn into a war for reality itself. The question is no longer who controls the Veil. The question is—what is real?

“Why, Leticia?” “Because you are a water boy and a lowly janitor. You can never give me what George can.” Those are the words that played over and over in Jake’s head, crushing his heart and soul. Ridiculed, trampled and scoffed upon, none as devastating as the betrayal of the woman he planned on spending the rest of his life with. With his head low and a thick skin, Jake’s rise from ashes is a spectacular sight that puts him on top of the food chain. What will he do when those who tormented him are now at his mercy?

What happens when an ordinary teen beats the god of games without knowing it? Corey Feldman is an eighteen year old gamer. His final year of high school started with a huge bang when he's challenged by a masked player for his title as best gamer, in one of his favorite game. Corey wins the game easily, and notices that the player logged off without a word. Feeling unbothered Corey had no idea he had just beaten a sentient deity at a game, and the god did not like that. When a new game comes out, stealing the eyes and hearts of all the children in his small town, Corey feels compelled to play it. The game is called the lock keeper, and the moment he plugged it in, he died. Now reborn inside the game, at level zero with a god given ability, Corey is challenged once again by the deity. “Level up, and make your way to the final round, there we will fight for the ultimate title. If you win, I will relinquish my abilities and status to you, if you don't. You better hope you win, Corey." The eerie voice bite out. Corey isn't one to back down from a challenge, but he's never actually played a game in full person. Taking actual damages and all. Can Corey outsmart the lock keeper and become the new god of games? Or will he suffer the same fate as the others who tried? Read to find out. This is a video game harem. Each chapter is a new level. I just have one question, can you survive the lock keeper?

After I took asleep in reality world, then awaken in dream world. I took asleep in the dream world, in the reality world I'm awaken. Since then, I don't know what the sleep is anymore. I slept, only to transfer my consciousness to the dream world for completing missions. The sweet days I met her only to staring her smile, that dream is caused it all gone. Encouraging myself to against The God who holds Miho as the hostage, I’m following his game to be a hero in another world planning growth my own strength to deal with slowly. On the time, I’ll punish The God with my hand as what The God did. “Miho, my dear. Wait for me, I’ll save you!”

Trevor Lewis thought he was just heading home after a long day. But when he stepped in to stop a woman from being assaulted, his world collapsed in one brutal moment. The attacker was no random thug; he was an influential figure with connections deep in the city. And when the police arrived, the woman twisted the truth, claiming Trevor was the one who tried to violate her to protect her boyfriend image in fear. Her boyfriend, the real monster, played the hero. With no money, no allies, and no power, Trevor was thrown into prison. His girlfriend abandoned him. His lawyer vanished. And the inmates made him their target. Only an old, forgotten master offered him protection, training him in lethal martial skills. Years later, Trevor walks out of prison a completely different beast. But home has changed. His sister’s leg is shattered by the same evil man. His ex-girlfriend is preparing to marry the same man who destroyed his life. The city thinks Trevor is still the powerless man they buried. They’re wrong. Because before the day ends, Trevor will shake the entire place... and a mysterious top-tier beauty will appear, announcing to everyone that she and Trevor are engaged. This is a story of a man OUT OF PRISON!