Dungeon Of Pride Laplace

For years, Mikael Winston let the world believe he was nothing. He played the fool so his family would have one less person to fight over the inheritance. He buried his name, his pride, and everything he was capable of becoming just to keep the peace. Then, when fire tore through a burning building, he risked his life to save a woman— and paid for it with his face. The woman he saved married him anyway. At least, that was what he believed. One week was all it took for her to reveal the truth. She had gotten what she wanted: a fifty-million-dollar contract signed by his hands, her fortune secured, and no intention of staying married to the scarred man she'd once pretended to love. There had never been a real marriage. No vows that counted. No future together. Just humiliation. And somehow, through a cruel twist of fate, Mikael was legally bound to another woman instead—a young maid with nothing but a scholarship, a kind heart, and nowhere else to go. Like him, she had been discarded by the people who were supposed to value her. They laughed at them both. They should have been more careful about who they were laughing at. Because Mikael Winston was never the useless man they thought he was. The heir they buried had finally come home. He built Vivienne's fortune with his own two hands. Now, he'll tear it down the same way. Piece by piece. Deal by deal. Until her empire is nothing but ruins—and the only name anyone remembers is Mikael Winston.

For years, the Clan of Elders thrived under the wise and just rule of Jason, a leader whose reign brought peace, unity, and a firm sense of tradition. Now, Jason prepares to step down and pass the mantle of leadership to his only son, John who was a boy with a good heart, yet one who is still growing into the weight of his destiny. Some believe he is not ready while others fear he never will be but in the eyes of the king, the bloodline must continue. Far beyond the clan's reach, exiled on the windswept east side of the hills, Pete the once trusted warrior who tried to overthrow Jason has spent years in silence. Cast out after his failed rebellion, Pete has lived with the pain of betrayal and the loss of his wife. He raises his son, Aaron, in shadows, feeding him stories of pride, injustice, and the crown that was stolen from their family. Now, Aaron is no longer a boy. He's a fierce young man forged by survival, hardened by loss, and driven by a single goal which is to reclaim the throne and avenge his bloodline. But Aaron is not the only challenger rising. Ukaria, a bold and brilliant member of the clan, has emerged from obscurity with something to prove. Denied, overlooked, and underestimated for too long, she believes leadership shouldn't be inherited rather it should be earned. As tensions flare and loyalties begin to shift, the once unified clan fractures. Friends become enemies and shadows rise. The battle lines are drawn and every hidden rival is stepping into the light. The question is no longer just who will sit on the throne, it is who will survive the fight to claim it

Adrian Vale has spent most of his life learning how to be invisible. As a scholarship student surrounded by wealth, he endures quiet humiliation, borrowed dignity, and the unspoken rule that people like him are meant to stay small. He works harder, speaks less, and lowers his gaze not because he lacks pride, but because survival demands it. When his girlfriend betrays him for a richer man and his classmates turn his struggle into entertainment, Adrian reaches what should have been his breaking point. Instead, something impossible happens. A single transaction changes everything. Behind the life of scarcity Adrian has always known lies a truth carefully hidden from him: he is the heir to a powerful business empire. Wealth he never touched. Power he never asked for. A legacy withheld to protect him. But money does not erase humiliation. Even after the truth begins to surface, Adrian is still doubted, dismissed, and challenged by a world that refuses to believe someone like him could belong at the top. Rather than announcing his rise, he chooses silence. Rather than chasing revenge, he lets systems, institutions, and authority expose the people who underestimated him. As Adrian steps from campus life into the ruthless world of business, he must learn that power attracts enemies far more dangerous than bullies, and that restraint can be more devastating than rage. While some who once mocked him seek forgiveness, others double down, determined to pull him back into the place they believe he belongs.

The sunny afternoon sky shifted into a red sky with a blood moon, and the land stretched out endlessly, zombie armies accompanied by towering giant monsters and dragons. The invincible virtual realm and the real world merged for a time, shifting into an augmented virtual reality where everything is real. Nine giant demon lords, three times taller than the size of a man, dressed in full armor as medieval knights of skeletons and bones, declared that humanity has eight virtual survival game stages they must cross. Anytime a demon lord is defeated, their world returns to normal until the timer for the next stage begins. Humanity must defeat the demon lords of pride, sloth, gluttony, envy, wrath, lust, and greed, then death, and face the last challenge-King of the abyss, Abaddon. If humanity wins, they return to normal, but if they fail. The augmented reality shall drag their souls to the pit of hell forever. Archaeologists, Dr. Rachel, found artifacts and relics called the Moon Orb, along with the Nephielen giant and a Giant white wolf. On the day of a worldwide exhibition, Dr. Marcus took the moon orb into a hydro collider time machine to create a portal to the past. However, the time machine spiraled out of control, and a portal was opened to the underworld and summons Abaddon. Danny, who was bitten by the vampire Abaddon, watched his father turn into a zombie and upgraded to the 8th demon lord humanity must defeat to be free. Danny, before turning into a zombie. His mother used the ancient spell ritual to turn him into a king werewolf, waking him with the moon goddess's leveling system. Danny will have to clear the death game and free his father while saving the world from the sins of his parents.

A million years have passed since the war that shattered the harmony of Caelestia—the once-divine realm that shimmered with eternal light. The Divinomachy. It began with a betrayal. One of the Supreme Emperor’s most powerful and revered archangels, corrupted by pride, jealousy and ambition, raised his blade against his Creator. His defiance was swift and infectious—many of the Emperor’s faithful servants followed him, seduced by whispers of freedom, power, and a new order. Thus ignited a celestial war — Divinomachy. For one hundred years, the heavens trembled under the weight of clashing divinities. Brother turned against brother. Skies once filled with song now roared with the cries of battle. At last, the Supreme Emperor, weary of endless bloodshed, brought the war to a bitter close. With a divine curse, he cast down the traitors into a prison realm he created—Phlegethon and sealed their leader—while some escaped. Their punishment was eternal. Once-angelic beings were twisted into demons. Their silver skin blackened and grew scales. Their radiant wings darkened into shadows, and crimson replaced their once pure silver eyes. Even their hands bore the mark of damnation—silver claws sprouting where gentle fingers had once been. And when the fallen archangel was finally struck down, a prophecy echoed across the universe—spoken through the Emperor’s oracle: “When the stars realign and the seal weakens, the fallen one shall rise again. But from the forbidden love of both light and darkness shall be born a child—a hybrid. He shall end what the traitor had begun.” Though Caelestia was rebuilt, its wounds never fully healed. For prophecy does not forget, and the chains that bind the fallen grow weaker with every passing age. The ones who escaped hid themselves across the universe, patiently waiting for the return of their master.

For twenty-eight years, Ethan Cole has known only one thing, survival. Working three backbreaking jobs to keep his bedridden mother alive, Ethan endures every humiliation life throws at him. His wages are stolen, his boss beats him, and his girlfriend leaves him for a billionaire bully who forces him to his knees for a laugh. Ethan swallows his pride because his mother's hospital bills matter more than his dignity. But when a desperate attempt to make extra cash lands him in the wrong room at the wrong time, his wealthy enemies frame him for corporate theft. Beaten by security, publicly ruined on national television, and forced to watch from a jail cell as the shock sends his mother into a coma, Ethan loses the very last thing he has left. Then, the richest man in the country walks into his freezing cell and shatters his reality. Overnight, the worthless nobody becomes Ethan Sterling, the missing heir to the world’s largest business empire. The people who once spat on him are suddenly fighting for his favor. Backed by billions, Ethan refuses their apologies. One by one, he methodically strips his abusers of their wealth, their power, and everything they stole from others. But just as absolute victory is within his grasp, a deathbed confession tears his new life apart. The car crash that killed his biological parents twenty-five years ago was never an accident. It was a cold-blooded murder. And the killer hasn't just been hiding, he has been standing right beside Ethan this entire time, and he has already sprung the trap to finish what he started twenty-five years ago...

Connor Waratah, once heir to the powerful Waratah empire, lives a humble life in Melbourne after being cast out by his family, falsely branded a thief, and abandoned when he needed them most. When the family’s loyal retainer, Jimmy Coolabah, arrives to bring him back, Connor rejects the offer, unwilling to forgive their betrayal. Later, at his wife Kirra’s wealthy Kuranda family gathering, Connor makes a desperate public plea for a loan to save the struggling Billabong Elder Care and Children’s Home—the orphanage where he was raised. His appeal is met with ridicule, insults, and humiliation, leading to his ejection from the event. Kirra, furious over the embarrassment, demands that if Connor wants to redeem himself, he must secure a lucrative property deal her family has long been denied. But when Connor returns to the care home to confess his failure, he discovers a mysterious $2 million donation, medical supplies, and toys for the children—courtesy of Jimmy Coolabah. Jimmy also presents him with two staggering gifts: a rare black card with unlimited funds and full ownership of Jarrah Properties, the very company controlling the building Kirra needs. Though Connor refuses the wealth outright, he realizes he now has the power to help both the care home and his wife. Keeping his fortune and new position a secret, Connor visits Jarrah Properties, enduring cruel treatment from an old enemy before revealing to the company president that he is the new owner. Connor orders that Kirra’s family be given fair access to properties without ever knowing his involvement. Determined to restore the orphanage, protect his wife’s pride, and quietly outmaneuver those who wronged him, Connor begins using his hidden influence to change their lives—on his own terms.

James has spent his entire life believing that hatred is the only thing keeping him alive. Born into poverty and shaped by a childhood marked by loss, betrayal, and violence, James learned early that the world does not reward the weak. Alongside his closest friend, Todd, he survived the darkness of the slums and grew into a man who understands humanity better than most. He knows what people will do for money. He knows what fear can make them become. And above all, he knows beneath every noble mask lies the same primitive desires—fear, greed, pride, love, and survival. But James is about to discover some things are far more dangerous than human nature. It begins in a cursed jungle. What was supposed to be a search for hidden treasure becomes a nightmare when James and his companions awaken an ancient evil that has been waiting in the darkness for decades. As people begin to disappear, die, or become possessed, James comes face-to-face with Mama Ghoula, a terrifying supernatural entity who recognizes something within his blood that even he does not understand. Before she disappears, she reveals a truth that will change the course of his life forever. James is connected to an ancient power. And somewhere in the world exists a mysterious stone capable of granting unimaginable power—but every gift it offers comes with a price. James believes he has escaped the jungle. He is wrong. The nightmare has only begun. Far from the cursed wilderness, another world is preparing to descend into chaos. The Pitch is a powerful global syndicate built on wealth, blood, fear, and absolute control. At its center stands Arthur, the Fallen Patriarch—a ruthless man who has spent decades constructing an empire powerful enough to make nations tremble. But Arthur's empire is about to collapse.