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Kael Varyn was four when the Cult of Akary slaughtered his family. Twelve years of brutal training later, he has become something unprecedented: a Contractor with an Infinite Soul, able to carry more than one contract. Every enemy he kills makes him stronger — but each stolen entity leaves behind whispers of borrowed memories, threatening to drown who he is. As he hunts the cult across a world where humans bargain with Fifth-Dimensional beings for power, Kael discovers the slaughter of his family was only the first move in a centuries-long plan to tear the barrier between worlds wide open. To stop it, he'll have to unlock a Soul-Bound contract with Liciferous, an entity so dangerous the gods themselves fear him. But the cost of that power might be the last piece of himself. The Contractors is a dark fantasy about whether a person is defined by the power they wield — or the choices they make when it matters most.

Rowan Hale has always been considered useless in a kingdom where magic determines a person's worth. At nineteen, he is nothing more than a poor farmer struggling to keep his family's land alive and protect his younger sister, Lily. After failing the magical awakening test twice, Rowan has accepted that he will never become anything more than an ordinary village boy. But everything changes when terrifying monsters descend upon his village. With the village guards slaughtered and his sister's life hanging in the balance, Rowan is forced to confront a creature far stronger than himself. Armed with nothing but a broken knife and desperate courage, he prepares to die protecting the only family he has left. Then something awakens inside him. For the first time, Rowan feels mana coursing through his body. A mysterious voice reveals an extraordinary ability called Mana Assimilation, allowing him to absorb magical energy from fallen creatures and transform it into incredible strength. The boy who could not perform a single spell suddenly possesses a power that defies everything he knows about magic. But his awakening attracts the attention of something far more dangerous. A powerful monster recognizes his ability and reveals a terrifying truth: Rowan's power belonged to the legendary war mages, whose existence was believed to have ended generations ago. Why does Rowan possess this forgotten power? Who was his father really, and what secrets did he take to his grave? Most importantly, why are the monsters hunting a power that should no longer exist? As his village burns and greater threats emerge, Rowan must learn to control his ability, protect his sister, and uncover the truth behind his mysterious awakening. In a kingdom ruled by powerful mages and ruthless nobles, a powerless farmer may become the greatest warrior Eldoria has ever known.

He gave up everything for love. Once a rising professional with a brilliant future, Ethan Hale abandoned his high-paying career to support his wife’s ambition. While he became a full-time father and the silent backbone of their household, she built a powerful company—using his sacrifices as stepping stones. On the night her company goes public, Ethan prepares a candlelit celebration. Instead, he discovers the truth: his wife is having an affair with a younger subordinate. Before he can confront her, he is betrayed, cornered, and killed—his death erased as an unfortunate accident. But fate is not finished with him. Ethan opens his eyes to find himself reborn on the very day her company goes public, with full memory of his past life. This time, the cold dinner, the incriminating video, and the betrayal no longer break him—they awaken something far more dangerous. Calm, calculated, and merciless, Ethan exposes the affair, demands a divorce, and reclaims everything he once gave up. Using his future knowledge, he re-enters the ruthless business world, dismantling empires, manipulating markets, and turning former allies into enemies. As his power grows, so do the stakes. Hidden enemies emerge. Another reborn manipulator lurks in the shadows. The cost of changing fate begins to exact a brutal price. And when his revenge threatens the very people he wants to protect, Ethan must confront the truth he never faced in his first life: Is winning worth losing his humanity? Caught between love and vengeance, power and responsibility, Ethan must decide whether his second life will be ruled by hatred or forged into something greater. This is not just a story of revenge. It is a story about second chances, the price of power, and choosing the future you deserve.

William woke up twenty years younger with every painful memory burning inside his mind. His wife Lydia had stolen his company, his best friend Benjamin had stolen his wife, and together they had stolen twenty years of his life. But fate made one critical mistake giving William a second chance. Now he remembers everything. Every betrayal. Every secret. Every move they are planning before they even make it. Lydia thought she buried him. Benjamin thought he won. They had no idea the man they destroyed was now standing right behind them. *****They built his grave. He built their downfall.*****

"In the Arctic, there are no witnesses. Only the ice." Vane Skadi found the ultimate energy source—and earned a flare to the chest and a thousand-foot drop into a nameless crevasse. Betrayed by his fiancée and left to rot by the Zenith Syndicate, his story should have ended in the frost. But his tomb is the burial ground of a Primordial. As his heart stops, a screen flickers in the dark: [CRITICAL TEMPERATURE REACHED. SOUL-BINDING WITH "THE GLACIER HEART" INITIATED.] Vane doesn't just survive. He evolves. Consuming the frozen spirits of ancient predators, he masters absolute zero. He can strip thermal energy, forge weapons from black ice, and command the very blizzards meant to bury him. A lethal winter is coming for the elites in their warm, gilded towers. They left him in the cold. Now, he is the cold.

When Ethan, a long-time employee at a renowned company, was fired on charges of theft and embezzlement, his life fell apart. Intending to ask for a raise, Ethan instead received a dismissal letter. His misfortune continued when he got a call that his mother was in critical condition and then caught his girlfriend cheating with his own boss. Publicly humiliated, Ethan felt his life hit rock bottom. In his state of chaos, a meteor suddenly fell right next to him, unnoticed by anyone else. From the meteor, Ethan's phone emitted a mysterious system that allowed him to get whatever he wanted by completing missions. Each mission completed not only brought him money but also power that transformed his life.

As a student with an uncompleted tuition fee, the situation was already worse, But it got critical when Alex's only sister needed an urgent surgery for her heart disease, and a million dollar was needed for the operation which he couldn't afford. When he stepped into his best Friend's dorm room to borrow some money, he caught him cheating together with his girlfriend. Revenge was all he could think of when he chose to date his girlfriend's Best Friend too. moreover, He had to revisit his past. A past that he had tried so hard to hide from. But it didn't matter anymore. Because he was about to release a new era in Cornell University.

For Leo Greyjoy, life was a rigged game with terrible graphics and impossible difficulty. Drowning in poverty and medical debt, his only escape was competitive esports. But when his arrogant team captain sabotages his career, steals his tournament winnings, and kicks him out onto the unforgiving streets, Leo’s stress levels hit a critical peak—triggering a dormant, illegal military-grade nanite trial he participated in years ago for rent money. Suddenly, reality has a HUD. But as Leo climbs to the top of the human food chain to crush the rivals who ruined him, he makes a terrifying discovery. He isn't the only "Player." There are others who underwent the same trials, and to upgrade their own hardware, they need to harvest his. The real game has just begun, and it’s a battle royale.

Soren Whitaker gave everything to his wife's family. He worked for them. Protected them. Risked his life for them. When the apocalypse turned the world into a wasteland, he thought the Harringtons would finally see him as family. He was wrong. When their supplies ran low, they traded his life for the resources they needed. Soren died knowing the people he had sacrificed everything for had never valued him. Then he opened his eyes. Three months before the apocalypse. With the memories of his first life intact, Soren refuses to repeat the same mistakes. He cuts ties with the Harringtons, abandons the man they once controlled, and begins preparing for the end of the world. But this time, fate gives him something he never possessed before. A mysterious spatial ability. With an endless storage space, Soren begins stockpiling everything he will need to survive the coming apocalypse. Food, medicine, equipment, and resources disappear into a space no one else can access. He knows when the apocalypse will begin. He knows what will happen. He knows who will betray him. Or at least, he thought he did. The future begins changing. Disasters arrive earlier than expected. Someone else appears to know what is coming. Strange messages reveal secrets about Soren's death, while something mysterious waits inside his spatial ability. And the Harringtons, who once traded his life for supplies, are coming for him again. This time, Soren won't be their sacrifice. He'll be the one deciding who survives.

They took his name. They took his inheritance. They left him for dead in the gutters of Montenegro. Ten years later, Viktor Volkov is no longer the boy who cried for mercy, he is the man who dictates it. Returning to the city that spat him out, Viktor isn't just looking for a seat at the table; he’s coming to burn it down and build a throne from the ashes. Armed with a mind honed for precision and cruelty, he begins his ascent through the ranks of the Volkov Syndicate. But in a world where loyalty is a currency and betrayal is the tax, Viktor must decide how much of his humanity he’s willing to trade for total absolute dominion. The crown is heavy, but the blood on his hands is heavier.