Leveling Up

In the slums of Naples, Santino Leandro learned one rule: power is survival. When his father is murdered in broad daylight, Santino is left with nothing but a name. Determined not to die forgotten, he builds himself from the ground up first as a street dealer, then as a quiet force within Europe’s criminal underworld. Years later, he’s called to France by his childhood friend Salvatore with an offer he can’t refuse: a chance to work under the infamous and elusive crime boss, El Amore. But nothing in this world comes without a price. As Santino rises, he finds himself surrounded by secrets. The woman he trusts may be a spy. His brother may be a traitor. And the empire he’s building may never have truly belonged to him. Power isolates. Loyalty breaks. And love, in this world, is a weapon. In the end, only one name will be remembered.

The world today has long changed. Zombies roamed the land, and mutated beasts and plants showed their might at every turn. For a moment, all hope seems lost, until a few humans fall into deep comas, waking up with extraordinary abilities.  Such people were called Awakened Humans   From then on, humanity once again took center stage, fighting to maintain its position above all beings. Millions of years later, the world is still in an apocalyptic era, though in a far better state than before.  Gray Ravenleaf, a young orphan boy living in the lowest sector finds himself powerless against fate.  He has the worst talents the world has ever seen. But just when he thought he stood no chance of rising to the top, he suddenly awakens an Ace Apocalypse Survival System that gives him the confidence and godly strength to rise to the top.  Since then, Gray left his name in the history books as humanity's strongest Awakener!

Fang Yun, a boy who was once branded by one of the sects as someone who would never be able to possess martial arts abilities, suddenly received a miraculous blessing of immense power when he was hiding among the ruins of an ancient temple. However, behind this blessing lay a great mission he had to face. A man known as the Dark King, who had formed an alliance with the Demon King, was plotting to conquer the earth and turn it into the center of rebellion against the Celestial Beings. Fang Yun’s master then entrusted him with a mission to search for four sacred relics that would later be forged into a single sword of unimaginable power. With this sword, Fang Yun would one day face the Dark King and the Demon King.

When the world ended, it wasn’t with fire or ice—it was with a game notification. One night, humanity wakes up to find reality rewritten into a deadly survival game. Monsters roam the streets, dungeons tear open from the skies, and every human is forced into a player’s role. Except for Ethan Cross, a failed gamer who spent his life mocked for being weak and useless. But when the system awakens, Ethan isn’t just another player— he receives the hidden [Game Master System], giving him the power to set rules, break limits, and bend reality. In this brutal new world where survival is everything, the weak are slaughtered, and betrayal hides behind every smile, Ethan must rise from zero to the ultimate Game Master—or die trying. Level up. Rule the game. Rewrite fate. Because in the apocalypse, the only law is survival.

Silence. Like a nice bucket of shhhhhhhhh. Everyone shut the effing fudge UP! That's all I've ever wanted. *Sigh.* But silence comes in different flavors. There's mint - the peaceful kind that wraps around you like a blanket. The kind I chase at 2 AM. I've cried once. Just once. With a bucket beside me, watching heroes with super suits and impossible strength tear each other apart. Somehow that feels less broken than my reality. Then there's the suffocating silence at school. Not an ice cream flavor. This one tastes like metal and shame. High school is my personal hell. Empty wallet, empty lunch tray, empty seat beside me like I'm radioactive. Empty soul on Wednesdays because middles are always the worst. *The usual.* But Emily made the silence bearable. Mint-flavored again. Until she broke something between us. *Snap.* One moment she's whispering secrets with me, the next she's weaponizing them. She scattered my private thoughts, added her own twisted lies. The betrayal burns hotter than the stares drilling into my back. I went from invisible to spectacle. Being a ghost feels like luxury when you're dodging spit balls and "accidental" lunch trays. But somewhere between my third panic attack and contemplating switching schools... *Something shifted.* Like in those games you play, when your character suddenly glows and the screen flashes: "New Skill Unlocked" And it wasn't just in my head. I tested it. Small things at first – a pencil moving across my desk when I focused hard enough. Then books. Then someone's lunch tray right as they walked past Emily. *tap tap tap* I used to think rock bottom was the end. *Well ladies and gentlemen,* it's just a really messed up spawn point. And now? I don't stumble from cliffs anymore. I swim in gravity, and dive head first.

Mason is abused and faceslapped by his wife, Bella and her mother for being poor. One day he comes across a lucky system which will make him a millionaire if he is able to consume one million dollars within three days. He tries it out and he ends up winning another unlimited one million dollars and also a spot to become the CEO of a billion dollars worth gaming company. He is now a billionaire, his life has changed, his system is producing lots of billions of dollars for him. One thing is remaining for him to achieve and that is Revenge. He is going to revenge all those that had belittled him while he was poor, one of whom is his wife. How is he going to balance the strict requirements of his system, with the burning urge for revenge? But he has to because all the wealth he possesses would be nothing if he doesn't. The tasks ahead of him is not an easy one, how will he achieve two contrasting things at the same time without failure?

This is a story of a young football player hoping to make a name in the world, his name is George Wenton. His dream seems quite difficult to achieve, or impossible due to his ineligibility to feature in his only gateway to play for his dream club, Alla Madrid, one of the best clubs in the world. As all hope seems lost, his best friend, Imikah Donn comes up with an alternative which is playing for the English National Team, the English Champions. On his debut, he performs so badly, people label him a failure. He has decided to die but just at that moment, a system appears claiming to be the only solution to his problem. Will he trust this strange system which promises to level-up his skills and him as a footballer? Even if he does, will Wenton be able to perform all the tasks assigned daily to him by the system, penalty of non-performance which is death? DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction, names similar to real life characters are pure coincidence.

Jerry Hawkins thought he had nothing to lose when he married Missy, the daughter of one of the richest families in the country. He loved her with all his heart, even though she had fallen out of love with him. He endured the constant abuse and humiliation from his in-laws, who hated him for being poor and unworthy of their daughter. He lived a humble life as a mechanic, unaware of his true identity and destiny. But everything changed when he received a phone call from his long-lost father, who revealed a shocking secret: Jerry was the heir of a multi-billion dollar fortune that had been hidden from him for years. His father wanted to make amends and pass on his legacy to Jerry, who suddenly found himself in a new world of wealth, power, and opportunity. Jerry decided to use his newfound resources to get back at his in-laws and show them who he really was. He also wanted to protect Missy from their schemes and plots, as they tried to sabotage their marriage and take away their happiness. But would Missy appreciate his efforts, or would she betray him for someone else? Would Jerry find true love and happiness, or would he lose everything he had gained?

Kelvin Stewart is a junior high school student with big dreams—becoming a successful, wealthy businessman. However, his life has not been easy. Born into a poor family, Kelvin and his mother were left homeless after their house was sold to pay off his late father's debts. They were forced to live under a bridge. At school, Kelvin was the target of hatred from many students because of his background as the son of a scavenger. Every day, he was attacked with harsh words, humiliated, and often even tortured by student named Zico and two of his men. One day, in a quiet alley on his way home from school, Kelvin was brutally attacked by Zico and his men. His body was almost destroyed and he had almost lost hope, but at the last second, he unexpectedly obtained a system that saved him from death. Without that system, he would never have had a chance to survive. However, the question is—what will happen to Kelvin Stewart's life after he gets the system?

All Zion wanted was to be useful. After dizzying amounts of studying, training all his clan had to say to him was ... ' What a useless waste. ' Since they think they do not need him, he will not look for them any more. He will grow step by step, with his own strength and skills. One day, he will make them eat their words ! Imagination is rich, but reality is skinny. That is until he realized his innate blood line . he will touch an iron ingot, and make an 'S' level sword. he will touch a random leather, make a space pocket ! In front of his overpowered, over geared self, he will see who has the ability to talk ! All the people who looked down on him, prepare to beg on their knees ! ------ Book cover image sourced from www.freepik.com