Killer

This is the Seven Deadly Cardinals - seven stories of seven different people, how they embody the heavenly cardinal in its goodness and then how they are dragged to become the opposite sin. No story is the same, no life is similar. The mental strength and capacity of one might be bigger, but that does not equal certainty of getting out from the troubles of life. There might be longing for what we don't have, driving us to do the unthinkable. Strengths becoming weaknesses, weakness breaking into new strength - it's dance of madness, chaos. Not all is set in stone. The stories include a lady that falls for a serial killer, an actor and tailor, the flower shop owner and orphanage, a priest and gangster mob, an office worker and a stalker, landlords son and new tenant, youth centre worker and how things did not go as it should.

I struggled on my feet. But my weakness brought me against the ground. He brought out his Claus and shoved it in my rib, making blood gushed out my mouth. I screamed in terror and pain,realizing there was no escape to death. giving up now doesn't mean you are weak sometimes is better to let it go. But my killer shall reap what he sole, which is death. ***** A reincarnated priestess who was killed by a demon in her past life, led her life as a normal girl in the city. But after she remembered the long forgotten memories of her past, she took a dangerous step ahead. But how did she became a Mate to a Demon who was said to be a legend, a man who hated her very existence.

Quantum technologies are like taking resources from another dimension. This comparison was considered more of a metaphor by everyone, exactly before in 2066 a gap formed in the digital quantum network into another world, similar to MMORPG. Only unlike the game, it was real and the resources that were taken out of it materialized in our world. But the pioneers, who rushed into the rift in the thirst to get rich easily and quickly, were in for an unpleasant surprise. Death in this world led to death in the real world. A guy named Tim, who lost his job, due to circumstances decides to become a "player" - a tunneler in the rift. He was waiting for the fate of an ordinary monster killer or miner, giving most of his earnings to corporate workers, if at one point a mysterious Artifact did not fall into his hands.

Killing Justice Ortega was supposed to be a joke. Fiction. A figment of their imagination. At least that’s what Arden Academy’s best and brightest student Ava Hernaez thought when she included Skylar Mijares and Thana Ruiz in her plan. They only meant to scare her off, but the night turned into something deadly. With Justice dead, and the remote community of The Circle thinking she’s missing, the three girls Justice wronged must come up with a way to catch the real culprit. It just can’t be them, not when they’re good girls, and certainly not when Justice has been a bitch to almost everyone at Arden. Turns out telling everyone Justice’s killer is roaming free might just expose what they had planned for Justice all along.

In a world where Superheroes and Villains shape destiny, Arome Idu stands out- but not for his power. Born a prince, he is the only member of his royal bloodline to lack the fabled Star Lion ability, a gift that secures both throne and legacy. stripped of his birthright, Arome becomes a weapon for his kingdom, serving as a killer and child soldier. Haunted by a past of bloodshed, he abandons his homeland to forge a new path overseas, determined to outshine the cousin who claimed his throne, by managing the rise of a hero greater than any before. But fate has other plans. On the day of his pivotal interview, two A-Ranked Villians Attacked, leaving Arome dead. Yet death is not the end, but the spark of something greater! (You Have Unlocked Your Power: Total Cellular Regeneration and Awakened The Superhero Manager System!)

Heavy panting and footsteps could be heard as the criminal ran down the stone cold alleyway, trying and helplessly failing to get away from him. Of course he had heard of him, the one who always gets his target, the one so terrifying that he got the name the reaper but he had never thought they would meet face to face. ***** The reaper is a skilled assassin tasked with the task of killing Park Hajun an influential politician with a high bounty on his head. He is an untouchable killer who evades capture and always gets his target. As elusive as a ghost he comes and goes living no trace, striking fear in all his victims but one. Park hajun is determined to unmask the person who is trying to stop him from achieving his dream and he will use any means to unmask the reaper.

Daniel Biao was kicked out of his family when he was only 10. From that day he was adopted by a mystery old man, who taught him all kinds of knowledge. At the age of 16, he became the best killer on Dark Web. At 17 he got his PhD degree in the best university. At 20 he became the most famous doctor among the rich guys... However, when he was 24, he disappeared. The richest men are all trying to find out him to save their lives, people on dark web are trying to find him to assassinate their enemies... In Cloud city, a young man walked into Wilson family, he took out a marriage contract and was mocked. “The loser like you want to marry our daughter? It’s a daydream!” But Daniel just shredded the contract. “No, I’m here to regret it.”

Leonard was once the most feared killer in a mysterious group called “Dark dragon”. Three years ago,he was badly injured when he was executing a special mission and lost his memory. He was saved by a man, and to pay him back, he married the man’s daughter. Three months after their wedding, the man died. In the past three years, he did his best to make money and support the family, but his wife and mother-in-law still weren't satisfied, and he was just a waste in their eyes. Finally, one day, a mysterious woman found him and he got his memory back. Now, he is back to cause a scandal in the land of evil and show those who thought he was useless that he was extraordinary, an extraordinary being whom no one could beat!

“Who’s this new threat?” Asked the king, “It is a dark class being, who is a merciless killer, killing even the innocent.” Zeomora is a human being whose sole purpose is to assassinate the Four Legendary Heroes, but realizes that his also being hunted by unknown beings. “Who are those people?” “They are beings from other timelines.” And that’s when he realizes that there are other timelines which could end up to be a threat both to him and to themselves. But with the help of the dragonlord, Zeomora manages to avoid danger. But what shall he do? Heroes are known to be one of the strongest beings. If it was just one hero then it would be reasonable, but he has to defeat four of them and not only defeat them, but make sure that none other will ever reincarnate again. But Zeomora assures them one thing, “I shall be the strongest being and I promise you that I’ll be fiercer than your deepest fears.”

Vincent Ashite, a just-turned 12-year old in a village-country named Homura. He got affected by a frame up from a powerful man. He's not alone with the same name, as all of his akin had been affected too by the form of massacre. A common victim of this phenomenon is called “devil” or “killer”. But alike him, with blood and thought in quench of vengeance toward the specific man, are termed as “vessels”. He then finds clues and answers to the man who framed them. On the way, he met friends who held the same grudge to the same man, or just a good friend? Together, they slowly piece up pieces of the pathway towards the man’s identity. Yet, as they piece up those pieces, the man takes action behind and beyond their sight, discombobulating more dismantled pieces that reveal revelations that they never thought are leads to greater dangers. Witness Vincent and his friends venture around this vast world… An adventure of friendship, trust, power, and despair that made them all… A DALNO.