Frio E Cruel

Hundreds of years ago, the Abyss appeared—an alternate realm filled with dark entities known as Eidolon Wraiths. These creatures began breaching into the human world. Miko who awakened the Ash Element, the weakest elemental power, Miko has always been ridiculed as a failure—a burden to the elite Valen family, who took care of him as an orphan, and a burden to his fiancée, the prodigious Elena Valen. Disowned, abandoned, and cast aside after years of humiliation, Miko’s fate changes when a mysterious pendant left by his dad awakens new abilities for him. It’s time to turn things around!

In the global calendar year 2087, the world did not collapse... it calcified. Society is split between the towering skyscrapers of the wealthy and the filthy slums where honest labor barely buys life. For Ray Anne, this system is a cruel trap: his fierce morality prevents him from acquiring the huge sums needed to save his ailing mother, and his only hope lies in the virtual realm known as the Second Reality. His escape arrives through a debt: acquiring a state-of-the-art Link Gear from the city's powerful Governor in exchange for nearly 13 million Credits and a looming employment contract. With his mother's fate hanging on a one-year deadline, Ray Anne dives into Nexgenesis, only to be immediately thrown into a geopolitical nightmare disguised as a tutorial: [Resolve the conflict between two species]. To survive and succeed, Rayanne weaves between ruthless action—such as calculatingly incinerating the newborns of the Blockheads to earn skills and strategic alliance, befriending the outcasts and the like. He must leverage his intellect to control the war between the grotesque world and the simple-minded Brickheads, a conflict he accidentally escalates into chaos. Follow Ray's urgent race against the clock as he leverages the virtual world's economy and its fantastical politics to conquer a debt that is almost his life's worth, striving to pay for his freedom and secure his mother’s salvation.

What happens when your perfect life shatters overnight? Cassian Markavelli had it all—wealth, power, and a future carved in gold as heir to a billion-dollar empire. But in one cruel twist of fate, an accident robbed him of his parents, his voice, and his birthright. All orchestrated by the one person he trusted most. Stripped of his inheritance and hunted, Cassian disappeared. He fled for his life and became a nameless beggar—Paralyzed in one leg and burdened with a stuttering disorder—with nothing but a memory of power and a burning desire for justice Vowed to reclaim his heritage, Cassian survives by begging on the streets—forgotten, humiliated, and broken. Until a mysterious woman shows him unexpected kindness—only to break his heart and leave him more shattered than before. Funny how pain has a way of awakening purpose... Then one day, everything changed when an old ally from his father’s past resurfaced, offering Cassian a second chance at life. With his voice restored, his leg healed, and a new identity forged, he rises from the ashes. Now, he's ready to reclaim everything that was stolen—and make those who betrayed him pay. Cassian Markavelli is back. And this time, he's not just fighting for revenge—he’s fighting for his legacy.

Abandoned by the woman he loved for a man who represented everything he could never be...wealthy, powerful, untouchable—he is forced to confront the brutal truth of his existence. His home is nothing but a decaying room near a slum, his future looked nonexistent, his worth measured in what he could provide. When despair drove him into the night, it nearly cost him his life. On the brink of death, a mysterious voice offered him a single truth: “In this world, only wealth grants the right to live with dignity. Will you succumb or will you arise and conquer?” With no strength left to resist and nothing left to lose, he accepted his cruel fate and chose. What awakened was by no means a blessing but a predatory system that allowed him to steal wealth itself. Not just sheer money, but luck, opportunities, influence and skills, even the invisible advantages that keep the powerful on top and the weak beneath them. Every gain he makes is taken from someone else. Every rise leaves another person falling and crumbling in dust. As he climbs from the gutter into the hidden layers of society—corporate elites, criminal empires, and untouchable dynasties, he must confront a terrifying question: How much is a human life worth, when wealth can be taken by force?

"You’re not just a son to him, young Master. You’re the breath my boss has been choking for twenty-three years." When Elijah rushes to the hospital to save his fiancée’s mother, he is treated like dirt. She denies knowing him and labels him a violent ex, prompting her wealthy new partner to have him arrested and left to languish in prison. Elijah believes this is the end—until a mysterious old inmate reveals an unimaginable truth that changed his reality forever. From cold prisons to bulletproof cars, and from betrayals to boardrooms, watch out as Elijah Schwarzenger rises to power!

Dominic has always been the man people underestimated—dismissed, mocked, and written off as nothing more than a nobody. Working odd jobs to make ends meet, he finds himself constantly at odds with his fiancée’s family, especially her sharp-tongued grandmother, who sees him as a burden. But Dominic harbors a secret that even he struggles to believe: he's the new chairman of the prestigious Empire of Commerce, a position that holds the power to change lives overnight. Despite being underestimated, Dominic uses his wit, determination, and the element of surprise to shake the very foundation of those who look down on him.

The Blackwood empire was built on blood and betrayal. Damon Blackwood was about to learn just how deep the rot went. Damon was the overlooked "spare," the gentle heir content to live in the shadow of his powerful family. But at his own engagement party, his world shattered. His fiancée, Claire, publicly abandoned him for his ruthless cousin, Adrian. His uncle, Kane, framed him for a multi-million dollar theft. Beaten, disgraced, and hunted by the police, Damon was thrown into the street like trash. He was ready to die. But the gods had other plans. In the darkest alley, with sirens closing in, an impossible voice echoed in his mind: [SUCCESSOR OF WAR DETECTED.] A mysterious System claiming descent from Ares, the Greek God of War, has awakened in his blood. It offers him unimaginable power, instant healing, and a terrifying strength—but at a price. He must complete increasingly brutal quests for vengeance, or the power will consume him. Now, the gentle man is gone, replaced by a ruthless predator. His former fiancée, Claire,watches in growing regret as the man she betrayed transforms into everything she secretly desired. His cousin, Adrian,and Uncle Kane realize their political games have unleashed a monster far more dangerous than they ever intended. The System orchestrated his downfall, the betrayals, and the humiliation—all to forge him into the perfect weapon. Damon Blackwood faces an impossible choice:Embrace his dark destiny and claim power through violence, or resist the System and die as the weak man everyone thought he was. The game has changed. The System demands blood. And the God of War is ready to collect.

Willing to work hard and spend all his savings to give his fiancée, Evelyn, a gift she would like on her birthday, Elric was met with a bitter reality. He was betrayed. However, more than that, Evelyn's cold attitude was far more painful than her family's harsh words. When he was cast aside, he suppressed all the anger in his heart until a system of patience and resilience emerged. A system of life endurance. This system forbade him from seeking revenge, but it slowly made him unstoppable. The cowardly Elric was forged into an extraordinary figure who was challenging to defeat.

Alistair Woods lives in a rural village. When his fiancée breaks the marriage contract because she believes he is not on the same level as the first Female Warrior, his relief does not last long: his master has another arranged marriage in line! This time, Alistair cannot escape the union and leaves for Lothan City, where he marries Lisa Anderson. What Alistair did not expect was to be so mistreated and to have his honor questioned by his new family. However, he has more important matters to deal with, such as a grand scheme that could put the lives of many in danger. And here, the poor village boy will show that in addition to being the Divine Healer, he is also a Master Warrior!

In 2068, humans mutated to survive in the post-apocalyptic world. They got extra genes in their DNA, granting them cool abilities like super strength or shooting fire from their hands to battle the cruel monsters dominating the Earth. In New Orleans, a dystopian country, there was a special school to train young talents called Neogen High-School. All kinds of talents and abilities are there, and every Neogen graduate would become part of the New Government, joining the Elite Rangers, a special and highest-ranked force in New Orleans. However, Avery was an exception. He got into Neogen on a scholarship but got treated like an outcast 'cause he didn't have any special talents. He stuck at the bottom of the social ladder. Coming from a rough background, he was always underestimated, and even turned into a walking ashtray for his classmates. One day, he was thrown into a dark abyss by someone he thought was his only friend, and he fell into the bottom pit to meet his death. "Yeah, maybe this is the best path for someone talentless like me. Dying alone in a dark and lonely place like this." [Ding!] [All conditions for activating the 'Underdog System' have been met. Avery Blythe has been chosen as the host system.] [Underdog System will be activated.] [… 99%] [Underdog System activated. Complete all quests and climb the social ladder. Don't let the bullies win. Show that an underdog can beat them all!] "... huh?"