High Rise Invasion Mayuko

Action. Face Slapping. Urban They called him a servant, a fraud and a murderer. For twenty-one years, Nathaniel Sinclair believed he was nothing. He was stolen at birth and raised as the adopted son of the wealthy Ashford family, he was treated like dirt beneath their feet. He scrubbed their floors, endured their insults and took the blame for everything that went wrong. And when the golden child, Preston Ashford, killed a man in a drunk driving accident, they forced Nate to take the fall. They held him down and poured whiskey down his throat. They handed him to the police like garbage. But prison gave him something the Ashfords never expected. Now he is free. Now he knows the truth. Now he is coming back. They have no idea they are standing on the edge of a cliff. Nathaniel Sinclair is no longer their scapegoat. He is their reckoning.

Julian’s heart skipped a beat. His mind raced as he tried to make sense of what he was seeing. He knew Ethan and Eva were close—too close at times—but this was different. This felt... wrong. His eyes flickered over the rest of the conversation, each message confirming his worst fear. The exchanges were casual at first, playful even, but then they turned more intimate. There was talk of meeting up “in secret,” of how much they missed each other, of their “special time” together. Julian’s throat tightened, the words blurring as his pulse quickened. He scrolled back through the messages, his hands trembling as the truth slowly sunk in.

In the Holy Oakhaven Empire, power is dictated by one's alignment with Aether the pristine celestial mana wielded by highborn mages and noble knights. Tristan Vance possesses an Aether alignment score of absolute zero. An orphan raised by a disgraced, disabled vanguard soldier, Tristan is tolerated at the Imperial Knight Academy only as a "Shield Bearer" A glorified cannon fodder meant to absorb spells for noble squires. For three years, Tristan endures systematic humiliation, culminating in a brutal betrayal when his aristocratic rival, Julian Vanguard, leaves him for dead during a staged scouting mission in the monster-infested Ashen Ravine. Bleeding out in the depths of the earth, Tristan’s mortal blood seeps into a buried, primordial ruin, awakening the Primordial Dragon God Bloodline. Instead of drawing from the sky's Aether, Tristan can now absorb the raw, chaotic energy of the earth and command the extinct terrors of the sky. To survive, Tristan must live a double life. By day, he returns to the empire, climbing the ranks of the Royal Knights as a seemingly "ordinary" martial fighter who defies magical logic. By night, he masterminds the liberation of forgotten territories, uncovers the corrupt rot of the Holy See, and raises a hidden legion of dragons. From a humiliated slave-soldier to the master of the skies, Tristan’s path is paved with the shattered reputations of those who looked down on him, ultimately forcing him to unite humans, elves, and dwarves against an oncoming Abyssal Invasion.

Leo Moretti was the rightful heir to the powerful Moretti mafia empire—until the night his mother was murdered and he was framed for the crime. Betrayed by his own uncle and abandoned by the world, Leo is sentenced to life in a brutal maximum-security prison. But prison does not destroy him. Instead, Leo learns the real rules of power. Through patience, intelligence, and silent manipulation, he rises within the prison hierarchy, building alliances and controlling events from the shadows. Soon the inmates begin to whisper a new name for him—The Shadow. While the world believes he is finished, Leo is quietly preparing for his return. Because the man who stole his empire made one fatal mistake. He left Leo alive. And when Leo finally walks free, the Moretti empire will rise again—under his rule.

In his past life, Lucian Vance bled for fake friends and a manipulative lover, only to end up with a blade driven into his heart. Now, he’s regressed to Day One of the global apocalypse—armed with the SSS-Rank Empire Builder System and a heart of absolute stone. No more mercy. No more playing the tragic hero. With a forty-eight-hour countdown ticking in the crimson sky and a tyrannical Necromancer marching to claim the city, Lucian must conquer the ruins from the ground up. By his side stand the world’s most elite, fiercely loyal women—warriors and geniuses who would gladly watch the world burn for him. His traitorous family wants his fortress., a god of death wants his head. But Lucian is about to teach them all a lesson: In this life, the Sovereign bows to no one.

Alarick has always thought that he is a poor orphan. He married into a rich family, the Blythes. But because of his poverty, he is humiliated, maltreated and shamed on a daily basis by his wife and her family. He finally gets fed up and asks for a divorce after he caught his wife cheating on him on their marriage anniversary of all days. Angry with his decision to end the marriage instead of remaining as her slave, his wife disgraces him further by throwing him out of the house and tarnishing his image by making it seem like he was the one who cheated on her. Penniless and with his name dragged through the mud by everyone, he thinks all is lost till he was found by a stranger who claimed that he is the heir to a multi trillion empire. Now he will make sure that everyone who ever mocked him, came crawling back to him on their knees, begging for a mercy he had no plan to give. Alarick's new world is turned upside down by unexpected betrayals, threats and danger. The past creeps back into his life and obstacles are placed before him. Will they bring him down? Or will we witness the rise of a discarded son-in-law?

Draven Ashworth, the fifth son of a legendary general, expectations are high, but the testing crystal remains cold under his touch. "No elemental affinity detected," the examiner announces. Cast out as the "hollow prince," discovers his grandfather's dark secret—a pendant that absorbs the memories of the dead. Now every fallen hero's knowledge flows through him. Their sword skills. Their magic. Their final moments. The family disappointment isn't powerless after all. He's something far more dangerous. He is peerless.

Damon and Lily had been married for three years, but they were far from happy. During those three years, Damon worked hard for the family. Despite his hard work, Damon cooked, cleaned, vacuumed, and did all sorts of possible chores, hoping that his wife, Lily, would one day look at him and love him. However, his hope was shattered when Lily admitted to her betrayal and demanded a divorce. As if that was not enough, Tyler, Lily’s lover, sent henchmen to beat him up. While he was being beaten, he heard a sweet, soothing female voice: "Get away from him before I call the police!" Before he lost consciousness, he saw her silhouette.

Oliver Marlowe has known the gutters of London better than its penthouses. Stripped of his name, humiliated by the family he married into, and betrayed by the wife he devoted himself to, he stood at the edge of ruin. Then Reginald Ashworth, the grey eminence behind the vast Ashworth Group, extends a withered hand from a hospital bed and offers Oliver his birthright back -- along with a condition that could either crown him or bury him. Armed with a billionaire inheritance, a razor-sharp mind hardened by years of suffering, and a fury that burns clean and cold, Oliver returns to the world that cast him out. His estranged brother Sebastian is scheming in the shadows. His ex-wife Clarissa is sniffing around his new contracts. And somewhere between the boardrooms and the softly lit restaurant where he first smiled in years, a woman named Stella Laurent threatens to undo every wall he has spent a lifetime building. And Oliver did not come back to forgive. He came back to make them all feel exactly what he felt.

Kael Veyron is humanity’s weakest hunter, betrayed by friends and left for dead in a collapsing world. But a mysterious Shadow System awakens inside him, granting unparalleled powers fueled by darkness. As he climbs from weakness to godlike strength, Kael faces rival system users, deadly world bosses, and treacherous allies. He uncovers a hidden truth—the system is a tool of control by an unseen creator. With time itself bending around him and betrayal threatening everything, Kael must decide: obey the system or destroy it. Survival is not enough; only by mastering his powers can he become the true ruler of shadows.