is this really a game?!

🏆["Silver Medal" in System Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"]🏆 Aoi, a Japanese kid, stumbles upon a portal and witnesses his parents die in front of a masked man wielding a gun in his hand. He becomes an orphan and lives with a foster family, which fortunately treats him as their own child. Hina, Aoi’s step-sister, grows up and takes a liking to Aoi. However, something terrible happens. After twelve years, portals have emerged once again and granted most people powers beyond their imaginations. And Aoi is one of them. He receives a system and a sniper as his primary weapon. But after everything he has been through, Aoi struggles to use his sniper and system. So when a portal materialises in their school, Aoi has no choice but to fend off the monsters inside the portal and hunt down the masked man who killed his parents twelve years ago.

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Stanford High was the most in-demand school not only known for its elite alumni but for its party games which are traditionally played during reunions. Who would not dream of attending the reunion when days after you would be hailed as the world's richest and most famous? The party invitation was deemed more than a lottery ticket in the world that's run by those at the top of the hierarchy and was hell for those at the bottom. Carsen Adams was dumped by his fiancée, who thought she had no future with a rookie investigator like him and left him for a wealthy man. One day he received a party invitation and was chosen as a game participant. This is the chance he was waiting to step onto the ladder of the elite, yet his work requires him to go undercover and destroy the very instrument that exploits their world. But more than surviving the cruel post apocalyptic world system, Carsen was unaware of the mystery of his roots. If he discovers who he really is, would he be able to save humanity from this cruel game of survival, and bring the world back to how it was before?

Losing someone you hold dear right before your eyes is a painful experience. The frustration of not having the strength to fight back nor the ability to take revenge. Those are the suffering Feng Shaotian have experienced at the death of his brother. But with the hope of reviving his dead brother, Feng Shaotian swore to do everything he can to gather all the materials needed. He honed his martial arts skill and managed the talent fruit to gain strength. Will Feng Shaotian be able to bring a miracle and revive his dead brother? Or live in regret for the rest of his life?

Betrayed by the one person he loves the most and battered to the brink of death– he was left to gasp at the face of death, slowly counting his time till his consciousness faded. In that dreaded moment all that Aiden could think of was getting back at those who put him in this place. His desire for vengeance and power soared through every muscles of his– that desire awakened in him an answer. [Do you want to avenge yourself] [Do you seek to stand on top of the world with fame, riches and glory] [Do you want to make your enemies tremble at the sight of your might] [You have activated The Vengeance System] [Host is 99.99% compatible with 'The Vengeance Systsm'] With a new variable, follow Aiden on his path from rags to riches and his bloody revenge against his foes...

🏆 ["Sliver Medal" in System Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"] 🏆 ‘Perhaps being stuck in a game isn’t so bad!’, Kyle thought moments before he was mistaken for a hidden boss by a rather dim, but quite powerful knight. That was the moment he learned what immediate regret meant. Kyle was an ordinary student at an insignificant university. Being the pinnacle of ‘average’, his life was as mundane as it could get, that is, until he found himself unable to log out of the full dive game that had recently released. Life in a game wasn’t too bad, that is if one’s not hunted day and night by the players, who mistook him for a special hidden boss with near human level A.I. And no amount of trying to convince them that he was, in fact, human helped. He survived a while until a knight kicked him though a boss door in a dungeon. Usually, facing a lich at such a low level would be a death sentence. By all means, it should have been. But lady luck smiled on him for once in his absolutely mundane life, and he found himself in the possession of said lich. About as confused as he can get, Kyle’s new life took a rather awkward and bizarre turn. And as such, his life of adventure fille with colourful and quirky characters, ferocious monsters and downright terrifying encounters began!

Who is he?! He is Liam Storm! The formidable zillionaire, worthy of shaking the city with just a blink of his eyes! Possessing an unquestionable power and acquiring enormous wealth, seems to be not possible but is that really true? After suffering a mental breakage from his ex lover, who cheated on him and losing all ways to become a better person, all hopes appeared to flood down the drain. But does fate really plays games? Unexpectedly, Liam's life made a sudden turn over to the extent, it bewildered him to the core... Now, it was in question what will become of him? **** " You......what gut do you have?! You of all people! You called me a cheat and a betrayal? Well, you can say that, but I don't give a damn! Do you think I am going to wait and starve with you?! What do you take me for? I was only doing you a favour by dating you, you don't have a future, a good life, job, a family, money, inheritance, status, name, house, car, career, investment, no worth, you aren't even famous or anything! Basically, you don't have anything! So, what can you offer me?! Tell me, Liam Storm, what can you offer me?! How can you make your life and my life better?! I thought since you graduated as the best student from the top college, you will be wealthy, but guess I am totally wrong! You are as worthless as a penniless bastard and nothing but a loser after your graduation!!" She spat angrily at him, pointing to him as she yelled. Then, she moved closer to the man on the bed and smiled at him.

Ezekiel Montemayor is a simple graduating student at unknown university. He has no other hobby other than reading a book. Concealed in his friends, he has a secret he fears to reveal; that was the cursed that kept him alive. Until one day, a hermit gave him an old book. The book will open to a strange world - the World of Loowa. As the day progresses, Ezekiel discovers that he is not the only one with a medallion and power. There are thirteen of them and they are the so-called Medallion Keepers who are tasked with endowing various classes of power to end the game that is gradually destroying the strange world of Loowa's Kingdom. This is the Game of the Director - the powerful creature in world of Loowa. When the Medallion Keepers enter the Loowa's Kingdom, will they succeed in ending the Director's bloody game with their powers? Would it be good for Ezekiel to have power or would this be the reason for reaveling the great secret he did not want to reveal? An old book. Thirteen powerful medallions. Playful and strange world. Inexplicable creatures. Who are they? What are they? What's in them? Let us discover the World of Loowa.

In a world of magic and dungeons. Archie Shellford thought he had woken up in a completely different world until he found a mysterious item containing ancient texts from his previous world. When his curiosity peaked, and all his questions weren’t answered, he met a fellow Outlander. Aided by the outlander's bizarre law—The Grimoire, Archie must live his new life and discover the relationship between this world and his old world.

After his business bankrupt, Alexander Gates was despised and insulted by his wife's family for being a penniless son-in-law. He is really being a poor guy. When his wife cheated on him with a richer man, he is very disappointed. One day, when Alex is really need money, a system on his smartphone vibrates. The system says that by clicking the link, all the money will be yours! Only with a wealthy system, in a second he can become a billionaire! *** Cover by Ai