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Ethan‌ War‌d h‍ad nothing. A broken career, a betrayed life, and a world t‍h⁠at see‍med determined to crush him. When his‍ wife‍ abandon⁠ed hi‍m, his⁠ father-in-law r‍uine⁠d him,⁠ and the courts brand‌e⁠d‌ him a fraud, Ethan’s existence was reduced to shado⁠ws and sur‌vival. But the tr‌uth was‍ far strange‌r than anyone could imagine. A⁠ dragon-shaped mark o‌n his sho‍uld‌er was no⁠ ordinar‍y⁠ sca‍r—it‍ was the sign of a lost heir, a hidden powe‌r, and a leg‍acy that could shake th⁠e foundations of the worl‌d. ⁠ Identified by a mysterio‌us m‍entor, Ethan is thrust i‌nto a secret⁠ e‌mp‌ire—‍th‌e‍ Aurelian Order—wh⁠ere advanced technology, hidden energ‌y, an‌d unto⁠ld influence await. Here, he⁠ must endure⁠ b‌rutal training, unlock dorma‌nt p‌ow⁠e⁠r⁠s, and navi⁠gate a web of betra⁠yal, dec⁠eption,‍ a‍nd‍ dangerous allies. As he rises, one goal drives him: rec‌lai‌ming‍ what was stolen, ex‌posing the‍ corrupt, and rewriting the rules of a worl⁠d that o‌nce crushed him. But every step forward reveals new my‍steries, new⁠ enemi‍es, and a po‌wer fa‍r great⁠er than he ever imagined. Ethan Wa‌rd⁠ is‌ no longer just a ma‍n; he is Au⁠relius Ka⁠el, the dragon heir, and his rise has on‍ly just begun.

I knelt in front of two hundred people and asked her to marry me. She left with another man before I even stood back up. ________________________________________________________ Richard Black had spent three years loving a woman who was never really his, and one humiliating night at a company gala to find that out. What he didn't expect was for that same night to end with a stranger's phone call revealing he wasn't the broke nobody he'd always believed. He was the missing heir to a billion-dollar empire his father built and disappeared from twenty-two years ago. His mother didn't die the way he was told. The grave he grieved at for years wasn't his father's. And the men now hunting him have been waiting for him far longer than he's been alive. Was this his chance to finally matter, or the beginning of a war he was never prepared to survive?

Arthur is a hardworking young man. Even when he had a high fever, he still pushed himself to work in order to earn his $1,000 paycheck. Unfortunately, he ended up getting into an accident and was transported into the world of a comic book he had read just two days earlier. Trapped in the body of an overweight man who was nothing but a burden to his family and was deep in debt, Arthur felt frustrated—he’d lost his $1,000 paycheck and now had to pay off the man’s debts. Arthur was determined to change and refused to become a lazy, overweight man. This transformation led him to be chosen by the double-edged heirloom sword—a legendary artifact from the Land of Avtar. However, the entire clan opposed him, viewing him as a useless, overweight man; some even accused him of using black magic. Arthur tried to prove that he was truly the rightful chosen one and worthy of becoming the leader of the Land of Avtar.

"Name's Andrew Lapis, bud. Just your run-of-the-mill guy coasting through a mundane existence. My family? As average as they come, all huddled under the drab roof of a cookie-cutter house. University? Yep, I'm there too, pulling down grades that'd make any 'ordinary' student proud. Except for Logic Reasoning. Turns out, I've got a knack for that—extraordinarily good, if you ask me. My nightly routine? Well, it's a real nail-biter. Me and my buddy, we hit up the same old coffee shop, play the same old card games. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm no slouch when it comes to those cards. You could say I've got some pretty extraordinary skills up my sleeve. But here's the kicker—life was as dull as dishwater, or at least it used to be. That was until I stumbled upon certain people that turned my world from yawn-inducing ordinary to a whirlwind of the extraordinary. My reality? It flipped like a pancake on a hot griddle. Gone were the days of ordinary, replaced by a high-stakes world of dirty dealings and opulent casinos. So yeah, you could say my life went from poker nights to playing dirty, but in the swankiest casinos you ever did see."

Dorian Chase thought he’d escaped his past—until a cryptic message and a single name drag him back into a world he swore he'd left behind. In the heart of New York, power runs deeper than concrete, and truth is the most dangerous currency of all. As secrets unravel and old enemies resurface, Dorian must decide: protect the city that betrayed him or burn it all down for the ones he loves.

Marcus stands outside Luminaire, an upscale restaurant he can't afford, holding a bouquet of discount flowers. Inside, his girlfriend of three years, Vanessa Chen, sits across from Derek Hastings, the same trust-fund brat who made Marcus's high school years hell. Derek's family owns Hastings Luxury Automotives, a multi-billion dollar empire. Vanessa doesn't even have the decency to look guilty. She hands Marcus back the promise ring he bought with two months' salary and says coldly: "I need someone with ambition, Marcus. Not someone who's going to be broke forever." Derek smirks, dropping his platinum card on the table. "No hard feelings, delivery boy. Some men are just born winners." Humiliated, Marcus walks twelve miles home in the rain because he can't afford the bus. He collapses on his mattress in their cramped apartment—his mother Diane wheezing in the next room from untreated asthma, his father Raymond still out working his third shift, and his 16-year-old sister Zoe studying by flashlight because the electricity's been cut again. That night, half-delirious with fever and rage, Marcus whispers: "I'd give anything to change this." [SYSTEM INITIALIZED] [LIMITLESS REBATE PROTOCOL ACTIVATED.]

Carlo Fortalejo is a simple and hardworking convenience store employee. He works hard for the money, and he has a pure and gentle heart, and he is more than willing to help anyone. But his life suddenly made a 360 degree turn when he found out that he is the future "Godfather" of an organized mafia group which deals with drugs and weapons. And now he is on a limited time frame to decide if he will accept his new role in exchange for his loved one's safety...

Ravenswood Boarding High School was a place where Axel Vega never felt safe. At seventeen, he was always the target, mocked and pushed aside by those around him. Every day felt like a battle he could never win. But one night, something strange happened. A sickness spread through the halls, and the once familiar faces of classmates and teachers turned into something terrifying. The school that had always been cruel to him became even darker, and Axel found himself in the middle of it. Now, trapped inside with no way out, everyone was desperate. Whispers of hope pointed at Axel, the boy no one ever cared about before. For the first time, the same people who once hated him now looked to him for help. But why him? And when the moment comes, will Axel help them… or let them suffer?

The Manaless King of Sigma In 2100, humanity embraced Omega, a revolutionary VR game that promised endless entertainment. But Omega was never just a game. Created by an incomprehensible power, it was a tutorial preparing Earth for integration into the greater universe. When the tutorial ended, the First Awakening transformed reality. Mana flooded Earth, monsters emerged, and humanity entered Sigma—a universal battlefield ruled by the mysterious Universal Queen. Compared to civilizations that had cultivated their powers for millions of years, humanity was hopelessly weak. Mateo Álvarez was once humanity’s greatest Omega player. Then a catastrophic accident destroyed his mana veins, robbing him of his ability to cultivate. His glory vanished, leaving him a powerless outcast. Ten years later, Mateo died trying to save his beloved nephew and niece. But death wasn't the end. He awoke on the day before the First Awakening, carrying ten years of future knowledge. He knew the treasures waiting to be claimed, the enemies destined to rise, and the disasters that would shatter humanity. This time, he would be ready. Yet his second chance came with a mystery. Something strange had awakened within him—a remnant connected to the boundary between Omega and Sigma, capable of revealing secrets even the system couldn't explain. As Mateo rebuilds his strength, the future begins to change. Hidden forces stir, and the Universal Queen takes notice of the man who should have remained powerless. Why was Earth chosen? What lies beyond Sigma's tutorial? And why does Mateo's second life seem connected to a secret that predates humanity's Awakening? Armed with knowledge of a future that no longer exists, Mateo must rise beyond his former limits. Because this time, he isn't fighting merely to survive. He's fighting to rewrite humanity's destiny.

The Reyath Continent was blessed with a diverse range of flora and fauna. There were a total of 24 kingdoms on this continent, all of which were often at conflict over nefarious purposes. The continent's attention was generally drawn to the conflict between the Trothia Empire and the Brolia Empire. These were two of the world's four most powerful empires. One in the west, while the other is in the east. Around this period, a mysterious middle-aged man moved from the Trothia Empire to a little town in the Brolia Empire. He was accompanied by his 4-year-old son and his newborn daughter. What the rest of the world didn't know was that this middle-aged guy was the Trothia Empire's Royal Prince! [ This is a prequel story of my story Rising Warriors. You can read the Rising Warriors story on kindle using this link --> https://www.amazon.in/Rising-Warriors-Anshul-Gupta-ebook/dp/B089KRRZS5) Also, the map of the Reyath Continent is available of this link --> https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Tqi9XLX6g-fuE8izXEM2TNGaDzxcF1K/view?usp=sharing ]