Grand Duke It Was A Mistake

In a world where the heavens grant power through divine Systems, Logan Carter awakens nothing. Betrayed, disgraced, and abandoned as a worthless Zero, he is condemned to die in Demon’s Maw Valley. But the world has made one fatal mistake: it taught him to survive without miracles. While others rely on borrowed power, Logan masters the deadly secrets of human anatomy, kinetic force, and the weaknesses hidden beneath divine abilities. Now, the gods face one they cannot predict, control, or erase. What happens when a powerless mortal decides to punch his way to heaven—and make the gods bleed?

Twenty strangers. Ten million dollars. A single survivor. For bankrupt author Kurt Hayes, the luxurious and isolated Grand Hotel Summit seemed like the answer to all his debts and the end of an impending ruin. The invitation was simple: stay confined in the mountains for a few days in exchange for a life-changing reward. But as soon as the heavy oak doors lock shut and the windows are barricaded from the outside, the rules change. Under the command of an enigmatic, faceless voice, a thirty-minute dinner window becomes the prelude to a psychological nightmare. Through a sequence of sadistic games rooted in trust, betrayal, and raw survival, the guests discover a terrifying truth: their selection was not random. As the body count rises brutally and the hotel corridors are stained with blood, a trail of clues reveals that everyone in the room shares the blame for a tragedy that occurred ten years ago. Amid fragile alliances, perverse manipulations, and secrets unraveled piece by piece, Hayes must confront not only the killer instincts of his competitors, but the ghosts of his own past. Because in this game, the Host’s justice isn't just looking for a winner. It is looking for blood. "For one to win, the others must lose. Let the judgment begin."

Ray Parker had nothing. No money. No options. Just a dying mother a lovely sister and a government experiment that promised to save her. It destroyed everything instead. Now the city is overrun. The dead are walking. And the man who built this nightmare is still alive, still in control, and coming for everything Ray has left. But Ray came back from the dead with something nobody expected. And this time he remembers everything. One man. One city. One chance to burn it all down before it burns him first. The apocalypse made a mistake the day it chose Ray Parker. It should have made sure he stayed dead.

Falling to a dark conspiracy, the entire Smith family was brutally massacred, and their grand manor set ablaze. Amid the fiery chaos, the jewel of West Arcadia City leapt into the inferno to save a boy, sacrificing her beauty and nearly her life in the process. A decade later, Orion Smith had trained under the faceless alchemist, mastering the Dragon Mantra and wielding the fearsome power of the dragon’s inferno. Worshiped as the Supreme Dragon General, he had built the legendary Iron Phoenix Legion, led them through countless campaigns and conquests, and forged an empire. However, hiding his true identity, the young conqueror returned with two goals: To repay the woman who saved him. To avenge his family’s murder. But Orion soon discovered that his family’s killers weren’t just ordinary men. They were the city’s pillars—four powerful families that had formed a powerful mafia organization. At their head stood a leader who was rich, powerful, and psychotic, wielding dark alchemist powers that might rival his own, along with a very personal tie to him.

Deep within the shadows of the supernatural world, a prophecy had long been whispered, foretelling the rise of a king who would reign supreme over all. The three most powerful kings of the land, each convinced of their own worthiness, eagerly awaited the arrival of this chosen one. But when the destined king finally emerged, it was not from the grand halls of a mighty kingdom, but from the humble and forgotten Green Valley. And his name was Rudolph. The three kings were taken aback, their plans thrown into disarray. They could not allow this upstart to take the throne, and so they plotted and schemed, their eyes fixed firmly on Rudolph. As chaos descended upon the land, with the three kings unleashing their armies upon anyone who dared to stand in their way, Rudolph vanished into the night. For twenty long years, the kingdoms were plagued by strange disappearances and unexplained events. Panic gripped the people, and the three kings grew ever more paranoid. It was during a tense meeting between the rulers that Rudolph finally reappeared, his eyes flashing with fury. He had returned to seek revenge and he would stop at nothing to claim his rightful place as king of the supernaturals.

In the broken continent of Averis, glory is currency—and humiliation is a death sentence. Max Partey was born in chains. Beaten in the alleys of Freeport, sold between masters, and forgotten by the world, he is nothing more than another slave waiting to die. Until the night the System awakens within him. It offers power. Not for heroism. Not for mercy. But for revenge. Every injustice he endures fuels his strength. Every humiliation becomes Glory Points, and the chains that once bound him become his deadliest weapon. As Max rises from the slums to the grand arenas of Auravale and the war-torn kingdoms beyond, he gathers unlikely allies—an exiled strategist, a silver-tongued diplomat, and a warrior who fights like a storm in chains. But power always attracts monsters. A ruthless noble named Veylan Corvaris is climbing toward godhood, feeding on the same System that fuels Max. Kingdoms crumble, Rift Beasts pour into the world, and the truth behind the System threatens to shatter everything. Because the voice guiding Max…might not be a god. It might be himself. And to save the world, the man who rose through glory may have to destroy the very power that made him unstoppable.

In a world that worships the sky, mass is a mortal sin. For nineteen years, Kai Arden was mocked as the "Gravity-Well Cripple" of the floating Seven Clouds Sect. While elite geniuses cultivated weightlessness to dance among the stars, Kai’s "broken core" did the opposite-absorbing energy inward, packing his marrow with unyielding density, and tethering him to the mud. Deemed useless ballast ahead of a grand ascension ritual, the Sect Elders ruthlessly throw him off the edge of the floating mountain, laughing as he plummets toward certain death. But they didn't purify the sky. They just dropped an anvil. Awakening at terminal velocity, Kai’s core collapses into a primordial cosmic anchor of infinite density. He doesn't need to fly. Armed with a cynical mind and a ravenous hunger for raw metal, he learns to force the heavens to fall toward him. From shattering three-ton vault doors to crushing elite wind-walkers with a single glance, Kai begins a brutal descent into the realm of sovereignty. The arrogant rulers of the sky think they sit out of reach...but the ground has finally come to claim its debt.

Everyone in Charleston believed Derek Ashford was dead, his life supposedly cut short by a tragic plane crash in the rugged peaks of the Smoky Mountains. His business partners wasted no time confirming the tragedy, clearing the way for his younger brother, Raymond, to orchestrate a lavish funeral, inherit his company, and marry his ‘faithful wife’ within a mere sixty days. But Derek was not dead yet. Against all odds, he had survived the impact, dragged from the wreckage by a retired forest ranger named Earl Bone. After two months, Derek finally walked into the grand ballroom of the Charleston Custom House, right in the middle of the lavish anniversary gala Raymond was throwing to celebrate his newly inherited empire. Dressed in a flawless tailored suit, Derek bypassed the stunned security, strode directly up the center aisle, and stepped onto the stage just as his brother was delivering a celebratory speech. Taking the microphone right out of Raymond's frozen hand, Derek looked out into the crowd and calmly announced that the rightful owner had returned to collect what belonged to him.

Ethan Li is a young man who is desperate to save his gravely ill mother. With mounting medical bills and no viable options left, he finally reaches his breaking point. In his darkest moment he is granted the "Otherworld Exchange System." This gift draws the attention of the Department of Psychic and Esper Regulation, who mistake him as a newly awakened esper, and they offer him a choice. Work as one of their Agents as a "Hero" in the Otherworld or subject himself to having his powers stripped away. Seeing this as his last hope, Ethan dives into the Otherworld, where the rewards are great but the risks are greater. What price is too high to pay for power?

In the cold, high-stakes world of European high fashion, Doni is an invisible man. A junior close-protection assistant from Southeast Asia, he is underestimated by his elite colleagues and overshadowed by his client, the temperamental global icon Cassandra Virelli. As they navigate a perilous trail from the runways of Milan to the aggressive media scrums of London, Doni's sharp eyes see what others miss: a lethal obsession creeping closer under the guise of publicity. In a world where one mistake means professional ruin, Doni must decide if he will remain a shadow or become the shield Cassandra never knew she needed—even if the cost is the heart he swore to keep professional.