Devil's Rise

On June 17, 2026, dimensional portals tear open across Earth's skies. An alien race known as the Harvesters uses Earth as a massive cultivation server, forcing monsters, mutations, and game-like system laws upon humanity. Overnight, mankind becomes nothing more than livestock. Xander Voss, a 25-year-old skinny, nerdy freelance programmer obsessed with video games and light novels, is in his cluttered apartment in Metro City when a Level 8 predator breaks into his building. Just as he is about to be devoured, his Compatibility Rate is measured at 99.97%—the highest ever recorded on Earth. At that moment, the Nexus Administrator System chooses him as its one and only Administrator.

Johnny Burns, a lowly, homeless commoner whose girlfriend had been cheating on him with a hotshot, was unprepared to be nearly killed on the way to deliver a package. Luckily, the Divine Power System awakened in his body, making him one of the rare people with superpowers. Now part of the elite, he discovered that he's the long lost heir to the Burns family, known for their fire power, but what they don't know is that he can do more than just use fire. With his unlimited power, he was going to take the world by storm. Mega Writing Prompt #002/MWP#002

Alex Snow had always been a simp for his wife, Lily Snow who was the CEO of Snow Innovations who he had been married to for three years. He still couldn't believe his luck because he was an orphan, with no memory about his background and the most prettiest and richest lady on campus was chasing him for years, refusing other handsome and rich men that wanted her and ended up proposing to him. He thought that he had found his happily ever after without knowing that he was in for worse. Three years of subtle put-downs at family dinners. Three years of watching his wife's eyes linger on Damien Carter whenever he entered a room. Damien Carter. His supposed business rival. The man who seemed to exist purely to remind Alex of his inadequacies. But when Damien Carter saved his life from an accident caused by his wife Lily Snow. Alex may soon realize that sometimes the greatest enemy might be the only trustworthy person in his corner. Armed with a city and the knowledge of his biological family background, Alex is going to make sure that all those who had a hand in his family's death will suffer the consequences of their evil deeds. But what exactly is Damien after? His wealth or Alex himself?

Ethan Watson, a pauper, on a quest to finally fit into the elegant family of his wife, Melissa Graham, gets into a ghastly car accident planned by his father-in-law, Mr. Eric Graham. Ethan awakes from an induced coma to the news of being the rightful heir to the Watson conglomerate. Feeling excited, he couldn't wait to tell his wife and her family the good news with the hopes of earning their respect and admiration, only to be welcomed with divorce papers and the news of Melissa getting married to another man, Jason Miller. Enraged and backed up by his newfound wealth, he vows to make all of them pay and regret the day they ever messed with him.

Silence. Like a nice bucket of shhhhhhhhh. Everyone shut the effing fudge UP! That's all I've ever wanted. *Sigh.* But silence comes in different flavors. There's mint - the peaceful kind that wraps around you like a blanket. The kind I chase at 2 AM. I've cried once. Just once. With a bucket beside me, watching heroes with super suits and impossible strength tear each other apart. Somehow that feels less broken than my reality. Then there's the suffocating silence at school. Not an ice cream flavor. This one tastes like metal and shame. High school is my personal hell. Empty wallet, empty lunch tray, empty seat beside me like I'm radioactive. Empty soul on Wednesdays because middles are always the worst. *The usual.* But Emily made the silence bearable. Mint-flavored again. Until she broke something between us. *Snap.* One moment she's whispering secrets with me, the next she's weaponizing them. She scattered my private thoughts, added her own twisted lies. The betrayal burns hotter than the stares drilling into my back. I went from invisible to spectacle. Being a ghost feels like luxury when you're dodging spit balls and "accidental" lunch trays. But somewhere between my third panic attack and contemplating switching schools... *Something shifted.* Like in those games you play, when your character suddenly glows and the screen flashes: "New Skill Unlocked" And it wasn't just in my head. I tested it. Small things at first – a pencil moving across my desk when I focused hard enough. Then books. Then someone's lunch tray right as they walked past Emily. *tap tap tap* I used to think rock bottom was the end. *Well ladies and gentlemen,* it's just a really messed up spawn point. And now? I don't stumble from cliffs anymore. I swim in gravity, and dive head first.

The story follows Arthur Williams, a poor and invisible young man trapped at the bottom of urban society. Constantly humiliated because of his poverty, Arthur survives through odd jobs while struggling to support his sick mother. After suffering a devastating betrayal from his employer, girlfriend, and closest friend on the same night, Arthur stumbles into a mysterious opportunity tied to hidden financial networks and elite underground investors. Suddenly granted access to impossible capital and predictive market intelligence, Arthur begins building wealth at an inhuman pace. At first, he only seeks revenge. He buys the restaurant that fired him. Acquires the company that blacklisted him. Destroys corrupt executives through financial warfare. But money changes everything. As Arthur rises through society, he enters the hidden battlefield of billionaires, political dynasties, intelligence brokers, media empires, and ancient families who secretly control nations through debt and influence. Arthur evolves from a revenge-driven survivor into a ruthless empire architect.

Rian was just a disposable office boy in London until a dying alien's gift turned his right eye into a living supercomputer. Now, he sees what others can't, emotional stats, hidden scandals, and the very weaknesses of the elite. From the shadowy alleys of Shoreditch to the high-stakes boardroom of Sterling Tech, Rian navigates a dangerous world of corporate greed and extraterrestrial threats. As he falls for the cold CEO Victoria Sterling, he must decide, will he remain the master of the system, or will the system consume his humanity?

Lucas, a live-in son-in-law is mistreated and despised by his in-laws and wife. After he tries to question his wife's engagement to another man, he is beaten, forced to sign the divorce papers, and shot dead. But instead of being dead, a strange twist of fate lands him in the body of Nathaniel Hayes, the wealthiest man in the country, who has been in a coma for ten years. He wakes up to fortune and is fueled by a desire for revenge on the Ross family and everyone who had despised and shunned him. He vows to make them all regret. However, Lucas faces a dilemma when he discovers a threat to his new identity. Can he get even with his enemies while keeping his new life safe?

"You!" She yelled, her eyes bulging from thier sockets and continued, "You still have the audacity to come here after all you did? What a ridiculous, shameless man." All eyes were on him and he lowered his head in shame, this was what he passed through every day. "Grandmother!" The familiar voice he knew and always cherished said amidst the many eyes that were on him. She walked towards him and held his hands sweetly. "You are not getting acquainted with him, Never! Not on my watch." She replied angrily and left. ~~~~ Elliot's life was a typical sham if that's the correct word for it, he has been shamed and bullied for every single mistake he did. But worser times, when he realised his Nana was sick and needed urgent money, he approached his in-laws, but he was shamed as usual. And just then, his life surprisingly took a turn. "Every single person who mocked me will live to bow down before me."

ARTHUR SALVATORE, the useless grandchild of the Salvatore's family. His father resents him and his stepmother humiliates him. He lived a sad life with the only happy thing being that his girlfriend loves him. But even that changes when he catches her cheating. His life takes a big upturn when his grandmother died and they find out that she left most of the wealth to Arthur. Arthur is betrayed by those he calls family and he is at the last level of his life when he activates a system which has a low-level of compatibility. This is not a book with a perfect character. Arthur makes series of mistakes and hard-headed decisions, he goes against the system at the risk of his life. But finally, after a long ride, he finds his footing and purpose to regain all his memory and take back what is rightfully his. Read this book and follow Arthur on his path to power and revenge.