Cruel

If prophecies are destined to come to pass, how is it that even a queen can interfere with one? And what does it mean for the future of the kingdom? The silent battle between land and sea intensifies when Nadia is sent to reside with the Royal Family of Noelle, and Queen Ariana decides she has a much better idea. With the help of her retired White Knight, Sir Rallian, Nadia is enslaved and Ariana initiates her plan to make Noelle an empire again. However, the mutually beneficial relationship between the queen and former knight is under pressure when Sir Rallian discovers Nadia's value and Queen Ariana begins to question if the she made the right decision letting Nadia live. Will this powerful friendship withstand the test of greed? Meanwhile, the Royal Advisor, Polaris, looks a fool as what he announced to be a prophecy no longer appears as such. Furthermore, correcting the intended course of events is more complicated with the queen involved, not to mention Nadia is seafolk AND cursed. Poor Rein Bow also finds herself overwhelmed and powerless in helping Nadia, and she hopes that joining forces with Polaris and his resources against this cruel villain will be enough to deliver the princess-turned-slave. Will Polaris manage to save his reputation without committing treason? Will Nadia have the better life she was promised outside the ocean? The story of the descendants of King Jorge and Emperor Gerardo continues in this tension-packed Book Three of "The Rose Tree Chronicles." New unique characters are introduced and clash in this fight for a prophecy to be fulfilled. Powerful alliances are strained and personal feelings are mingled in politics. Read "Silver Skeletons" and immerse yourself in a world of war and prophecy.

Nathan Cole thought his life was finally turning around. After years of devotion, Sophia Miller had finally invited him over, and he believed their relationship was about to take the next step. Instead, he walked into his worst nightmare...a cruel betrayal orchestrated by Sophia and her lover, the arrogant Lucas Reed. Used, humiliated, and discarded, Nathan barely had the strength to fight back after sacrificing his own bone marrow to save Sophia’s life. Left battered and bleeding, he was thrown into a cage with ravenous dogs, left to die. But when all seemed lost, something inside him awakened. A mysterious ring on his finger pulsed with power, flooding his body with strength beyond imagination. In a single moment, the weak, broken Nathan was gone—reborn as something far greater. Before he could process his transformation, an elite military force arrived, led by the cold and commanding Harper Valente. She revealed a truth more shocking than anything he had ever known—Nathan was the lost heir to the most powerful man in the world, hidden away since birth for his own protection. Now, the time had come for him to reclaim his destiny. Betrayed, reborn, and thrust into a world of power and secrets, Nathan faces a choice: walk away from the past and embrace his true heritage, or seek revenge on those who shattered him. But as enemies from the shadows close in, one thing is clear—Nathan Cole is no longer a pawn. He is a force to be reckoned with.

************ For years, Adrian Hayes had been nothing more than a ghost at Northvale University. Despite his sharp mind and top grades, he was nothing but a scholarship student, a nobody among the elite. The rich kids mocked him, his professors barely noticed him, and even his so-called friends only stuck around when they needed help with their assignments. But the worst betrayal came from the one person he had trusted—Sophia Lancaster. The girl he had secretly loved, the girl who once smiled at him in the library, humiliated him in front of the entire campus, choosing to be with Nathan Sterling, the heir to the Sterling Corporation. "You? Compete with Nathan? Don’t be ridiculous. You’ll always be a pathetic charity case," Sophia scoffed, her hand laced with Nathan’s. Adrian had never felt more worthless. But everything changed the next morning when a single notification appeared on his phone. "Congratulations, Adrian Hayes. You are the sole heir to the Hayes Fortune. Your assets have been unlocked." Thinking it was some cruel joke, he clicked the link. Within seconds, his bank account balance surged to $50 million. Now, armed with wealth, power, and an identity no one saw coming, Adrian returns—not as the quiet, overlooked student, but as someone they’ll never forget. This time, he’s the one in control. The tables have turned. Nathan Sterling will fall. Sophia will regret her choices. And Northvale University will witness the rise of the Rejected Genius. Will Adrian use his newfound fortune for revenge, or will he prove that the best success is living well?

Kevin Hart never knew what it felt like to be truly loved. His father abandoned him. His mother raised him alone, sacrificing everything until the day she died, leaving him an orphan before he was old enough to understand what home meant. With her final breath, she held his trembling hand. "I'm sorry, Kevin... Mom can't stay with you anymore." He was still too young to bury the only person who had ever loved him. Standing before her grave, tears streaming down his face, he whispered, "Mom... I'll make you proud." With nothing left, he was sent into the military, where pain became his teacher and the battlefield became his family. Years later, the broken boy rose to become GODsFALL—the most feared War God alive. Kingdoms trembled at his name. Enemies prayed they would never meet him. Then he met Sarah. For the first time, Kevin laid down his sword. He walked away from power, glory, and bloodshed to become nothing more than an ordinary husband. He believed love was worth every sacrifice. But on their wedding night, Sarah walked out to be with another man. Alone in a room filled with untouched champagne and shattered promises, Kevin finally understood a cruel truth: The world had never chosen him. Not as a son. Not as a child. Not even as a husband. The man who gave up everything was left with nothing. This time, he would never beg for love again. The War God had returned.

In the blood, soaked ruins of Jakarta, Satria Mahesa’s life ends and begins. When the Heavenly Vanguard, false angels harvesting human souls, slaughter his family, Satria’s dormant Nephilim blood ignites an ancient cosmic artifact. The Heart of the First War Emperor. This awakens the Emperor’s Blood Debt System, granting him god, like power at a terrifying price. Every second of borrowed strength must be repaid with the lives of his enemies, failure means the system will shred his organs and sanity from the inside out. To survive the crushing burden of the Blood Debt, Satria forms a "Soul Link" through profound spiritual and physical intimacy with a group of elite survivors, Kirana the healer, Rinjani the warrior, and Gayatri the protector. This bond is a desperate ritual of trauma and trust, allowing his Vanguard to share the soul, rotting weight of his power. Together, they transition from hunted refugees into a rebellion that threatens the divine hierarchy. However, the system is a Trojan horse. Satria discovers that Goddess Aeliana gifted him this power only to serve as a vessel for the ancient Emperor’s soul to overwrite his own. Forced into a war on two fronts, Satria must ally with the "Demons", the cosmos' original freedom fighter, while his Vanguard enters his mindscape to battle the Emperor’s ghost. After devouring the usurper’s soul and evolving into the true Sovereign of Blood, Satria leads a god, killing army to the Heavenly Throne. Rejecting Aeliana’s cruel utilitarianism, he shatters the false paradise and sacrifices his newfound godhood to stabilize the universe. In the end, the man who was destined to be a tyrant chooses a quiet life on a healing Earth, proving that the ultimate weapon against divine cruelty is a love born from absolute desperation.

‘’Everyone died because heaven wronged me first.’’   ‘’Tell me, what should I have done when someone lived the very life I bled for?’’  ‘’Sit quietly and allow fate to mock me, or I watch the world I had lit on fire burn for my sake?’’  ☆☆☆☆☆ Five thousand years ago, two best friends were sent to Fate Heaven to compete with other races and become gods. They trained hard, showed the divine realm their skills and abilities, and they survived many tribulations. Many could become Fairy lords and Immortals, but only one could become a god.  The gods, the immortals, the contestants and even the low-level guards at the immortal gates were sure that Jiang Xing will become a god. Fate played a cruel game and his unworthy, talentless best friend was chosen instead by the Grand Divine Being.  He assumed it would not have happened if the Grand Divine had never favoured her romantically. His thoughts became the truth, the truth his burden, the burden his pain, and the pain his obsession, and gradually he became a vessel for something dangerous.  He turned the very thing they all favoured into something they all feared and came together to ruin after so much blood had been shed.  ‘’They broke me first and I made everyone regret it.’’  From an ambitious mortal cultivator who dreamed of becoming a god to becoming a devil that crushed the three realms, tore two lovers apart and rewrote his destiny.  Three souls caught in the brutal conflict of love, justice and divine madness.  Only one survived to tell the story.  ‘’Heaven is only unkind to those who chose it.’’   ☆☆☆ | Exclusive only on Meganovel and under the pen name: Nineheavens. | | Daily updates is promised. | | Original and not a translated work. |

For eighteen years, Ethan Morrison was his family's favorite punching bag. His parents called him a parasite. His brother stole his achievements. His fiancée treated him like a worthless beggar. When Ethan awakened a legendary Bloodline Core, his father didn't congratulate him. He ordered twenty lashes until Ethan's back was covered in blood. "You're nothing but a spare! Give your Core to Derek, or I'll beat you until you obey!" Ethan refused. His reward? A blood-soaked body, a basement prison, and betrayal from the woman he loved. His fiancée drugged him and helped steal his Bloodline Core for his brother. Then she abandoned him. But fate had a cruel joke waiting for her. Ethan married Serena Clarke, the beautiful Virgin Priestess—and became his ex-fiancée's UNCLE by marrying into her own family! Everyone mocked him as a worthless husband. Even Serena refused to let him touch her, believing he was too low-class to deserve her. "Know your place, Ethan. A man like you could never be worthy of me!" She had no idea the man she despised was secretly protecting her from every danger. Because the stolen Core had awakened something far more terrifying: the True Dragon! Now, the family that whipped him begs for mercy. His betrayers tremble before his power. And his cold wife? She still doesn't know that her life, her power, and her very destiny depend on the man she rejects. A Priestess may possess a legendary body, but without her Dragon Commander, even heaven will fall!

He did not care if the prayer stole precious seconds from the timer. Between speaking to God and the damnation the system promised at zero, there was no question which came first. “Dear Lord,” he murmured, “Ye who see all hearts and weigh all sins… hear me now as I stand at the threshold of damnation. What I am about to do is cruel and unforgiving. A stain no river may wash from my hands. Yet, if this evil must be borne so that greater horrors may perish, let that burden fall upon me. “I know the gates of Hell stand open before my feet, and should this act be the step that leads me through them… so be it. Let history curse my name—if by my damnation, others are spared. “But Lord…” he continued quietly, “when the trumpets sound in the final days, when the dead rise and judgment cometh upon all souls, I ask only this of You: do not forget that I once wept for what I became. Do not forget that I hated the necessity of my hands. Don't forget that though I walked willingly into darkness, I did so that others may remain in the light. And if mercy exists even for the damned… then let me be counted among those shown pity. “For the sins I commit in Your name, for the evil I embrace in pursuit of a righteous end, and for the soul I surrender this night… I beg Your forgiveness.” He lifted his gaze and fixed Vir Ossium a death stare. “... Amen.” —————————————— Kael was just an ordinary guy—until the night he died. But instead of staying dead, he is thrown into a brutal death game. The rule is simple: Be the last Kamen Rider standing... by any means necessary.

The sky did not turn dark when the world ended. It turned a terrifying, glowing purple. When the purple rain fell, everyday people turned into flesh-eating monsters, and giant mutated beasts claimed the streets. Kai was just a poor, hard-working scholarship student trying to survive. He worked three part-time jobs, paid his own tuition, and sacrificed everything to give his girlfriend Sarah a good life. But when the monsters broke down the university library doors, Kai learned how cruel people could really be. His wealthy team leader Brandon and his selfish girlfriend Sarah did not care about his sacrifices. To save their own skins, they jammed the security gate shut and pushed Kai straight into the snapping jaws of a mutated hound. They laughed while he bled, leaving him to be eaten alive so they could escape to a comfortable bunker. They thought Kai was dead. They were wrong. As teeth tore into his shoulder, a cold mechanical system awakened in Kai's mind. With the power to extract stats, abilities, and beast cores from every monster he kills, Kai instantly heals his body and gains terrifying strength. He tames a deadly shadow-wolf cub, builds an army of purple-eyed zombie soldiers, and evolves his simple iron pipe into a deadly blood-bone spear. Now, Kai is no longer the soft, poor boy they stepped on. The old rules of money and rich fathers are completely dead. In this blood-soaked apocalypse, strength is the only law. Kai begins a brutal hunt through the campus, leveling up with every kill, ready to tear down Brandon's little kingdom and make everyone who betrayed him fall to their knees.

Humans were living peacefully on Earth for millions and millions of years until the day unknown monsters who called themselves Sulckers, invaded them from beyond space. They were fast, ruthless, and cruel monsters ready to claim earth realm for themselves. Humans were being slaughtered mercilessly by the seconds and civilization came crumbling in the face of the invaders. However, just when humans were on the verge of going extinct and nonexistent, a heaven-sent phenomenon occurred. A small group of humans with awoken special abilities came to light and shared their abilities to the world. Teleportation, fire manipulation, water manipulation, monstrous strength that could move mountains; humans had finally gained the power to fight back. With the combined effort of the small group of humans, the Sulckers were pushed back to their planet, and humanity once again regained control over their planet. Though the battle ended there, the war was not. This war had created many orphans, and among them, Erix had lost everything, even his parents at a tender age. And the only thing he had received from their death was a pale-looking necklace. He was bullied every day at school because of how weak and abilityless he was. However, once the necklace was finally activated, Erix was granted a system, and his whole life was turned around. He completed quest after quest and became more powerful, until one day the system gave him a weird quest he wasn’t sure he could complete. [New quest received] [Control your uncontrollable thirst for human blood. Abstain from human blood, but during this time your HP would keep decreasing by -1HP/1 hour. Quest will be marked complete once you have lost all your HP]