From Rags To Riches

Imagine borrowing money from your best friend and selling your car to buy a diamond ring for your wife on your wedding anniversary.

After seven years of bloodbath, the most decorated soldier returns to the capital.“Whatever was taken from me, I will take back a thousand fold!”

His status as a disciple of Helma Tilcott, the only healer in the Lanshire Kingdom possessing the rare healing zhenqi, had brought Marc Belmont no advantage at all. From the start, few believed he could ever become her heir; no matter how diligently he tried to absorb her teachings or practice her skills, everything seemed to vanish from his mind as if it had never been there. Years of effort appeared to have been in vain, and Marc began to question if he was truly meant for this life. One day, a group of messengers arrived from the city of Cammont, their mocking words cutting through the air as they demanded he follow them. “I’m not interested,” Marc replied flatly, his voice devoid of the hesitation it once carried. “Ungrateful! Is this how you treat someone who raised you?” The messengers clenched their fists, anger burning in their eyes as they rushed toward him. Marc's lips curled into a confident smirk. “Those days are long gone. You clearly have no idea who you're dealing with.”

It was a normal day until giant spaceships started appearing in the sky, collapsing on buildings and houses, turning them into rubble and debris. People screaming and running around in fear. During this incident, Eggsy at the last moment had been saved from experiencing a cruel death from his bullying classmates. He managed to escape and was just dragging his broken right-feet along the street when he found a girl stuck under a huge debris. On the attempt of saving her, he was captured by the bullies who hit his head with a wooden bat, causing him to fall on the ground… lifeless. A couple of minutes later, his eyes had fluttered open, only to find himself alive and uninjured. “How is this possible??” He wondered until a System flashed above his face. [You have been granted the Apocalypto System, below are your special abilities. Survive no matter what!!] In line with this, he was required to protect someone,… the girl he found on the street moments ago, she had saved him from the bullies, now it’s his turn to pay her back.

Abandoned, unwanted, Theodore has moved places since he was born. He is considered a monster because he has eyes that are different colors from each other. This starts from 3,000 years ago, an event occurred that would change history. The Earth is about to experience an apocalypse when a meteor shower hits. The cause was a collision between two giant meteors in space, adjacent to the Earth's orbital line. Almost 50% of living things on Earth died. But it was not the only impact of the meteor shower of the time. Anyone who can survive will have tremendous strength. The power of the so-called Odd Eye or another name for Tyr Gods Syndrome. Each owner of this power can manipulate human brains to kill each other, or something that normal humans cannot think of. And anyone with Tyr Gods Syndrome has a characteristic, which is that their two eyeballs have different colours. That is what distinguishes them from ordinary people. Then someone tried to manipulate his power to rule the world. Can Theodore fight the villain? He's a fifteen-year-old boy defeating evil in the world?

O Bored Prowler of the white pages stained in dark ink. Do ye tire and lose interest in the scrolls of endless writers that tell the dry tales of Systems? Of modern men who traverse through time and space to arrive in fantastical worlds where they achieve naught but baseless journeys? Of tasteless worlds with no intrigue, failing to grasp thy mind? If that be the case, hearken unto me, O Prowler! Let me appeal to thy desire for adventure and darkness, bringing thee into the world of LEASTRIA, where ye shall follow the story of foul men born from distorted shadow! Where selfish Stars toy with fate from their Odd Demesnes! Where the Enlightened, the Sorcerers, the Cradlers and the Genuine Accursed roam and rend the Sheltered Lands with their obscene lust and greed! Where ye shall follow the story of the Cursed Child as he seeks ‘The Bringing’ and rises from meagrehood to significance under thy eyes. Hearken unto my voice and begin this tale, if ye fear not to prowl in Mythology. Do ye dare, O Prowler, to be lost in true Fantasy? ---------------- I will be posting this story on Royal Road under the name Shade Arjuun

In an alternative universe wars are taking place between humans and ghouls. A thousand years ago, humans built a siege to keep the ghouls trapped inside and stop them from attacking human villages. Fifty years ago, the siege cracked, and ghouls flooded the human world, destroying many cities. They disguise themselves as humans or animals when they infiltrate cities. Then, they reveal their true forms, attack, and burn everything to the ground. Scientists built a barrier system to keep ghouls out, and governments trained warriors to use high-tech devices to fight them. The strongest group of warriors, who fought bravely for the last decade, are called the Knights of Askalan. They fought the battle that took place ten years ago, protecting their city from ghouls, and are now the heroes and protectors of the city. Ali is a 21-year-old fresh graduate. On the day of his graduation, he was having fun with his friends and taking pictures during the ceremony when ghouls attacked from the sea. Somehow they broke the barrier. His friends were killed while trying to escape. He went to check on his family, but two of his brothers had been killed while defending his mother and younger sister, and his father was injured. He tried to get them to safety amid the chaos, but they were trapped. So, he decided to sacrifice himself, leading the ghouls away from his family. The ghouls surrounded him and attacked one by one. Just as he thought he was finished, a system screen appeared, giving him a choice: start over the day with new armor or carry on and die.

Life became a contest of predator and prey when I, Ella Quinn opened my eyes inside of the survival novel I bought for research purposes. The place was rather dreadful to visualize with my own eyes. Ogres, monsters and creatures, huge as a bear I had to survive through all these. But in order to escape from here I needed help from the characters of the novel. My journey began with finding them out one by one. However something didn't sit right about that peculiar world until all of us discovered the hidden truth behind our surroundings.

Adrian Cole was nothing, a pale bookworm at the bottom of the food chain. Until the day the Likability System awakened, his life took a shocking turn. Every task completed raises his charm, wit, and power… and every failure digs his grave deeper. Every sneer. Every slap. Every rejection. He’ll pay them back tenfold. Now, every classroom becomes an arena. Every hallway, a battlefield. And every bully? A stepping stone to his rise. From ridicule to respect, from trash to king, Adrian will flip humiliation into dominance, face-slapping his way to the top.

Najmeh Demir is a professional con artist from Turkey, she works with her uncle Shadow. He brought a mission which was supposed to be the last mission that he wants her to do before he retires. The mission was to steal a red ruby worth 2.3 billion dollars from a billionaire called “Rashaad Bin Ahmed” Rashaad is a petroleum business tycoon. He is a control freak and a perfectionist. Najmeh disguised as a maid and went to work for Rashaad on a mission to steal the ruby. Will she be able to steal the Ruby? Or will he find out that she is a con artist? Or will her feelings get in the way? Read to find out…