Destroying My Own

***Book 2 in the Adventures of the Crown series*** Nelson Whitefield, a man with a darker past than most, finds himself the new noble head of the Whitefield land. You might think being a noble he has it all, money, fame, subjects... but all he has is an old farmhouse and some pigs. He is a nobleman in name only. His mission, like it or not, find who his late father was in debt with and lure them out to get to the bottom of the current slave trade going on under the nose of the crown. To do so, he recruits some old friends from his life of crime and together they get into a sea of troubles.

The night Lucien Vance loses everything, he has only forty-two dollars left to his name. His girlfriend of three years leaves him for Julian Sterling, a wealthy heir who can offer her the future Lucien cannot. Hours later, his corrupt boss frames him for fraud and fires him. Broken and humiliated, Lucien spends thirty dollars on a cheap diner meal. Then his phone flashes. SYSTEM ACTIVATED. INITIAL CASHBACK: $30,000. What begins as an impossible second chance soon becomes an unstoppable rise. Every dollar Lucien spends returns unimaginable wealth, assets, and influence. He crushes his former employer, acquires powerful companies, and forces those who once mocked him to kneel. But his fortune has a terrifying secret. Every reward carries encrypted transaction codes connected to offshore empires and criminal networks. Then Lucien discovers his missing father's name inside the system. Someone created his wealth. Someone has been waiting for him. And someone will kill to stop him from learning the truth.

Twenty years ago, nine heroes across the world fought the Monarch of Oblivion, a Godlike being who sought to erase humanity. Among them were Korea’s Han Seojin and Lee Mirae, one of the strongest of their generation. The Monarch fell, but his final words promised doom: “When the Monarch of Calamity returns, he will awaken the others. When peace blinds you… they will remind you of fear.” To the world, the heroes claimed victory and founded the World Hero School Competition, a global system said to train future defenders. In truth, it was a hidden plan created to find those capable of resisting the Monarchs when they ever rise again. Years later, their second child Han Jiwoo lives a quiet life in Seoul — unaware of his parents’ past or the secret buried within him. During his Awakening, his mana fractures the test crystal, revealing an impossible result: Dual-Class — Combat and Unknown. Unknown… the same signature as the Monarch of Oblivion's core but known to no one other than his parents and headmaster. Sent to Eclipse Academy, a once-glorious school now fallen from prestige, Jiwoo becomes the center of attention — admired, doubted, and watched. But when a fateful duel pushes him to the brink, his second power awakens, and within his consciousness, a forgotten voice speaks once more. Bound to the Monarch who once threatened humanity, Jiwoo must master the power that defies gods while forging his own path between light and void.

Bathed in the blood of his true relatives, Lucien Valemont-No, Lucian Crownwald felt like the biggest and most ridiculous fool in Blue Sphere. He treated the enemy as precious treasures, and fell into their machinations. The enemy that kidnapped him, built him into a useful tool, and milked all of his worth to take down the Crownwalds by using their own bloodline. Endless regret was followed by endless despair at realizing he didn’t even have the chance to take revenge. As the only descendant left of the Crownwald, he became an eyesore to the Valemont, and the night after discovering the truth, his apartment burst up in raging flames. But, maybe he died with too much hate, regret and sorrow that a higher being decided to intervene, and gave him a glimmer of hope. A mechanical voice rang clearly in his dissipating consciousness. “Bzzt…Bzzt…The Returnee System is online.”

Disowned. Betrayed. Left for dead. Leon Hale had everything—until the Hale family framed him for corporate fraud and cast him out like trash. Now penniless and humiliated, he works as a warehouse grunt, bullied by his supervisors and mocked by the world. But at the edge of a mental breakdown, a cold mechanical voice awakens: [REBIRTH SYSTEM ACTIVATED] “Host has reached Emotional Collapse Threshold.” Tasks. Rewards. Penalties. A ruthless system that promises only one thing— Power. As Leon rises from despair to domination, he discovers an even more terrifying truth: He is not the only System Host in the city… and some of them want him dead. A journey from ordinary to extraordinary begins— And the world isn’t ready for the man they tried to destroy.

"What do you think you're doing Harvey? How dare you walk into my room without knocking?!" Gracia angrily exclaimed as she got up from the bed while covering her half naked body with a sexy red lingerie, something she never wore in the presence of Harvey, her husband. Harvey's fist tightened, his knuckles white with tension as his teeth grounded against each other. This moment epitomized utter disrespect, and he will not tolerate it. "How could you do this Gracia?!" Harvey yelled. "Who's this young man, how dare he interrupt our moment?" The man she was making out with said,glaring disgustingly at Harvey as he got up from the bed, wearing only a boxer and wrapping his arms around Gracia's waist. *********** On the night of his wedding anniversary, Harvey was made to sleep at the stables as the affluent guests couldn't stand the thought of spending the same abode with him. Despite this, he woke up early to make breakfast for the same people who humiliated him only to find his wife making out with another man on their matrimonial bed! When he retaliated, she threw divorce papers at him and sacked his betrayed self out of her mansion. May the Lord bless the day he broke free from the Andersons. His life took a graceful turn when it was revealed to him that he’s the biological son of the most talked about mogul in the city! Now that he has not only money but power, he swears on his mother's grave to make all those who looked down on him, wipe the very dirt on his shoes with their tongues!

They called me a loser. They laughed when I got dumped in the rain. They thought my life was over. They were wrong. My name is Leo Vance. Twenty-four years old, junior analyst, three years of savings thrown away on an engagement ring my ex-girlfriend never wanted. The night she left me for Richard — the arrogant heir of my own company — something inside me broke. Or maybe something finally woke up. An old coin I bought at a flea market years ago cut my palm. Blood met metal. And then I heard it. **[Ding! Omni-Investment System activated.]** Now I see what nobody else can. Above every person, every object, every decision — glowing numbers. Investment return rates. Percentages. Exact outcomes. A beggar on the street? *Invest $50. Return: 10,000%.* A "worthless" painting at auction? *Hidden masterpiece. Return: 4,000%.* A quiet intern everyone ignores? *Key to destroying your enemy. Return: 5,000%.* I started with fifty dollars. Within a week, I had a million. Within a month, Richard was on his knees, his family's empire crumbling because of information only I could see. But money was just the beginning. The deeper I go, the more I realize this system doesn't just show financial returns. It shows martial secrets, ancient techniques, hidden powers buried in this city's underworld. The people who laughed at me? They're about to learn what happens when a nobody sees everything. I don't get angry. I don't beg. I invest. And I always collect.

"Kill them all...Burn it down..." Those are the words I heard echoing in my head ever since the day I woke up in Lorelei. The voice sounds familiar. I've heard it before. But would it be crazy if I said it sounded like me? Would it be crazy...if I said i remembered dying? Utterly rediculous. To repeat the same thing over and over, expecting a different result while changing absolutely nothing. I was the son of a Duke and a commoner in a foreign land. Through pain and suffering, I somehow managed to marry a beautiful Princess of that land. You know...after my father got eaten by a dragon. And after being locked in a dungeon and tortured by her insane sister... But none of that matters now. Because my world lies in ruins. Everyone I've ever known is dead. All except my beloved, who stands to protect me with her shield. But I don't mean to say that things have been destroyed... What I mean, is much simpler. Avernia is gone. Gone forever. Lost to the plague I called 'The Black Ooze'. But I'll avenge it. I'll kill the one responsibke for massacring my family and destroying my world. They'll regret having made an enemy out of me. Because the sword I wield is called Vengeance. The Overseer sword. The Omni-Weapon. No matter the cost...I will have vengeance. I'll kill them all. I'll burn everything down. Author's note: I sincerely hope you enjoy my work, but keep in mind that I am my own editor and I don't see everything. there might still be a few errors. Sorry! This is an original work.

Damien Blackwell, a.k.a Mr. Nerdy attempted to end his life on a bridge when his ex-girlfriend betrays him for a wealthier man, his own boss. In the middle of his contemplation, a woman dressed like a mafia approaches and saves him from destroying himself. When asked why, Ash Harlock reveals to him his true identity. "You are the eldest son of the Blackwell family, and I, Ash, will be your companion. Master, let us bring retribution over them." ______ Expected Chapters - 150

After surviving a deadly betrayal during a classified mission, elite Night Agent Ethan Vale becomes the most wanted man in the country. Hunted by his own agency and mysterious black-ops soldiers, Ethan uncovers Blackout Protocol, a secret operation capable of destroying governments and silencing anyone who learns the truth. With a dangerous hacker as his only ally and enemies hiding inside the system he once trusted, Ethan must stay alive long enough to expose the conspiracy before the country falls into darkness.