If We Had 5 More Minutes

"From powerless dropout to god-slayer—power demands sacrifice." Kael Thorne has spent his life as nothing in a world where magic is everything. Expelled from Argentum Academy, mocked by those born with power, invisible in a society that measures worth by magical ability alone. When his estranged grandmother dies, she leaves him a tarnished locket, he remembers her wearing obsessively, whispering to it like a confidante or a curse. Everything changes the night Kael opens the Locket. The locket grants him the impossible, the power to devour others' magical abilities and make them his own. For the first time, Kael tastes what he's been denied. But every theft leaves a trail, every stolen power whispers in his mind, and black veins crawl across his skin like corruption taking root. As the Mage Council hunts him and his victims demand vengeance, Kael uncovers a horrifying truth: his grandmother was the legendary Phantom Thief who massacred seventeen mages decades ago. The locket imprisons an ancient entity called the Devourer—and Kael was born powerless because it drained his magic in the womb, making him the perfect vessel. The entity is waking, fed by every ability Kael steals. He faces an impossible choice: destroy himself to stop it, or embrace what he's becoming. Kael chooses power. He absorbs the Devourer completely, transforming into something beyond human—a dark god who hunts the magical elite and reshapes the world in his image. The Council's gods had their reign. Now Kael will devour them all. In a world built on stolen power, he'll take everything.

The growth journey of an introvert to the height of her basketball career and academics. It portrays the power and influence of the girl child

So i met God after being killed. Starting with the normal reincarnation crap, i declined and a deal was made to be resurrected, and that's pretty much how everything went. My one goal is to just be surrounded by boobs and everything women. (No R18 scenes though)uh Full title is: I'M NOT A HERO ANYMORE, I DID SOMETHING INCONCEIVABLE. I FELL IN LOVE WITH A VILLAINESS AND I'LL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE HER MINE. Overly excessive title. I know, right? Lol. Anyway shout out to my harem anime loving friends. Let's have some fun. Cover art is not mine, looks closer to a character, decided on using it. Will change it when I get one done. 🙏

In a world of the elites where every major decision ripples on a national scale. Saul has climbed to the highest ranks even amongs the high ranks of the continent. He was content to a point, married and was about to start a family with his newly wedded wife. The top 1% of this world have advanced in human evolution, all by design of course. Technology to give a person 10x the normal intellect of a bright mind. A secret science that the elites came together to create. With our Mc spearheading the operation. The research yielded successful and practical results, but greed and betrayal sent everything to another direction. The the results were promising but the effect of this technology were temporary, once you've played the elite game of life at 10x speed any other level below feels like you've already lost to your opponents. Mc had discovered a way to make this technology permanent, word got out and even his trusted circle were after his life. These people almost succeed, but to protect his life and legacy mc split the process to archiving permanent superior intellect into three parts, two physical (separate rings) ond one metaphysical, a subconscious memory that can only be unlocked when both rings are in contact and on his finger. During the battle to save his life and legacy, an accident happened that almost claimed that life. He survived because of the tech he used to protect himself. But it came at cost. He lost the man he was.

Aji has always lived in misfortune. And often get bad treatment from those around him. Suddenly carried a huge load. That is to protect the Earth from destruction. Since he found out that he was a descendant of the Shadow clan who was in charge of protecting the earth. Aji is required to fight at the risk of his life to ensure the earth is not destroyed by the leader of the Milky Way galaxy from the battle of Ragnarok. Although Aji is assisted by spiritual beings who are passed down from generation to generation to the descendants of the shadow clan. But it was Aji who had no combat experience. Still feel difficult when fighting. He often almost lost his life while fighting. But Aji's persistence to protect the Earth and also protect Cecilia, the Goddess of Light, made him unyielding. Aji fought desperately. No matter how strong the enemy in front of him is, Aji still fights with all his strength. Until finally, Aji won the battle of Ragnarok. However, has Ragnarok really ended?

"How could you do something like this to me?" Jessica Blake cried"Was it really I who did it? " Jacob Wayne "You-" Mother-in-law said whilst staringly furiously at the man.“You want us to divorce.” Jacob then took out the piece of document and signed it in front of all of them. “So I’m giving it to you.” He then toss the signed divorce papers to them without a single word and walked away without looking back.

In California, Mr. and Mrs. Maguire gave birth to a son, Edward. Fate had kept him distant from his parents at just seven years old. Two years later, he learned the bitter truth—they had been snatched away by the cold hands of death. Having lost this battle to destiny, Edward grew up in the bustling city of San Diego. The heir of a glorious empire was forced to live a life of loneliness and abject poverty. Now, becoming an adult, he wished to pursue his dreams and let go of the past, but the cloud of solitude and hardship wouldn't seem to let him be free. Is he to change his fate, or will he continue to cling to his present situation?

Cassian Ironvale sees the world not with his eyes, but with the arcane energy that pulses through the earth. As the blind protector of Ravenhollow, his "Second Sight" has kept his village safe from the terrors of the Shadowwood. But when the ancient seals of the Dark Temple begin to fracture, unleashing the Shadowspawn—monsters born of pure malice—Cassian realizes his blades are no longer enough. Teaming up with Freya, a brilliant tactician and lorekeeper, and Cole, a sharpshooter with a deadly aim, Cassian embarks on a perilous quest to find the Dawn Relic and reseal the darkness. But the Shadowwood hides more than just beasts; it hides a conspiracy that reaches into the highest ranks of the realm. When the ultimate evil, the Shadow Lord, begins to awaken, Cassian's greatest battle won't be against the darkness, but against his own failing body. As the line between light and shadow blurs, a devastating sacrifice will force a new hero to rise from the ashes. Can Cassian's grieving disciple, Kaelen, master the forbidden Sunforged magic and unite the fractured kingdoms before the realm is plunged into an eternal night? *There is no destiny. Only the steel in your hand and the brothers who stand beside you.*

Caleb thinks he is just an ordinary kid working in a noisy restaurant. But he has a secret: his shadow moves on its own, and a silver ring on his finger holds a dangerous power. When glowing-eyed strangers burst through the door to capture him, Caleb’s quiet life shatters. Nothing is what it seems, his friends are hiding secrets, and every time he thinks he is safe, the world flips upside down. To save his family and find the truth, Caleb must step into a dark, magical underworld where nobody can be trusted.

What is a shadow? The scientific version would probably go something like, "absence of light cast by an object." Well it isn't. A shadow is a commodity no currency can buy, and those who have it, are immortal, gods of prowess and power, and rule the world as Lords of Shadow. Loki wasn't born with a shadow, he was born in the hands of an insane woman and had to watch his brother die to the madness. But years later, on a military trip to fix a drilling rig– as a handyman by the way– he encounters the worst thing he could. A shadowed beast slaughters through their convoy on ATVs, and right before he dies, he falls into the beast's shadow, and absorbs it! Crazy? But it goes further. The shadow manifests as that of a bee for him, and he has to level it up to other animals and things by going through extreme sensations of pain, hunting others, and killing what cannot be killed. All for what? To reshape the world, vanquish all lords of Shadow, and become the next and final one himself!