Once Bitten Twice Shy

Twenty years ago, nine heroes across the world fought the Monarch of Oblivion, a Godlike being who sought to erase humanity. Among them were Korea’s Han Seojin and Lee Mirae, one of the strongest of their generation. The Monarch fell, but his final words promised doom: “When the Monarch of Calamity returns, he will awaken the others. When peace blinds you… they will remind you of fear.” To the world, the heroes claimed victory and founded the World Hero School Competition, a global system said to train future defenders. In truth, it was a hidden plan created to find those capable of resisting the Monarchs when they ever rise again. Years later, their second child Han Jiwoo lives a quiet life in Seoul — unaware of his parents’ past or the secret buried within him. During his Awakening, his mana fractures the test crystal, revealing an impossible result: Dual-Class — Combat and Unknown. Unknown… the same signature as the Monarch of Oblivion's core but known to no one other than his parents and headmaster. Sent to Eclipse Academy, a once-glorious school now fallen from prestige, Jiwoo becomes the center of attention — admired, doubted, and watched. But when a fateful duel pushes him to the brink, his second power awakens, and within his consciousness, a forgotten voice speaks once more. Bound to the Monarch who once threatened humanity, Jiwoo must master the power that defies gods while forging his own path between light and void.

In the Astrala Continent, spiritual talent is everything, and Ravian Arkana is a cursed anomaly. Born without Spirit Meridians and suffering from a physical disability in his legs, Ravian lived as trash in the eyes of the noble Arkana Family. The breaking point came on the night of his engagement, which was meant to ensure his protection; instead, he was betrayed. His fiancée, Lin Xuelan, along with his half-brother, shattered his bones and cast him into the Soul Annihilation Abyss a place where gravity crushes the soul and darkness swallows existence. However, death became the gateway to a taboo ancient power. At the nadir of his consciousness, Ravian awakened the Forbidden God System. This system did not grant miracles of light, but rather power from the deepest darkness: the Hell Meridians. With a body reconstructed by hellfire and legs now capable of moving beyond the speed of sound, Ravian crawled out of the abyss no longer a weakling, but an entity destined to exact vengeance against fate. Ravian’s journey is a symphony of blood and tears. From a mocked, disabled servant, he transforms into a mysterious figure who topples great sects and exposes the hypocrisy of the gods who rule the world. Every step he takes carries a message of death for those who once trampled him. The world that once discarded him must now tremble, knowing that the survivor of the Soul Annihilation Abyss has returned to claim the throne foretold in forbidden prophecy.

Ansel Yorke was always regarded as a useless son in law with nothing to his name, unknown to them the history he had. After accepting to return home so he could help his wife, divorce papers are handed to him and he was forced to sign them without questions. What was the use of having the entire wealth of the world when he had lost the one person he so much wanted to protect? But Ansel had grown into a different man from the one they once knew and anyone who dared to look down on him would pay drastically!

Five years of love end in one devastating moment. After his wife sacrifices their unborn child to save another man, Ethan Wade walks away from his marriage—and the life he once built around it. But his divorce is only the beginning. With nothing left to lose, Ethan stops playing small. He enters a world of power, wealth, and ruthless ambition—where every move brings new opportunities, dangerous enemies, and unexpected encounters. His rise has only just begun. The world is about to discover The Man They Never Knew.

In a world where everyone tames powerful beasts, Lucien Drax is humiliated with a cracked, dying egg and labeled a failure. But when it hatches, everything changes. What he bonds with isn’t a beast… but a sealed Nightmare God. As Lucien rises from the lowest rank, fear follows in his wake, and those who once mocked him begin to disappear. Yet the more power he gains, the more dangerous his bond becomes. Because the creature at his side isn’t loyal only interested… and increasingly possessive. While others tame beasts… Lucien tamed a god.

Ray Martin’s life is invisible. Once a top tech prodigy, he now mops floors in the skyscraper of the company that rejected him. But when a late-night encounter with a mysterious line of code propels him into the corner office, he becomes the center of a storm. The code can save the company, or destroy entire nations. As assassins close in, boardroom politics turn deadly, and the only person who might protect him—Ella Hale, may also be the one who ends him. From back alleys to billion-dollar boardrooms, Ray must survive a game where every move is a trap.

Adrian was the Luther's son-in-law that everyone disliked. Following his mother's death and betrayal from his wife, he was overwhelmed with depression and got involved in an accident. After recovering, an unexpected opportunity presented itself; one that would change everything for the better. With his life transformed, he rose above his tormentors and gained the attention of those that once mocked him. He preserved the secret of his true identity as the heir to a powerful family and vowed that those who mocked him would one day bow down to him and ask for forgiveness.

🏆 ["Golden Medal" in Harem Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"] 🏆 Damien was a loser, dejected, hated, spat on, ridiculed and slammed. But his story took a new turn when the jet supposed to take the nine amazing ladies to a VVIP location, was hit. Unlocking a powerful survival system. They crashed on a uninhibited island... What will happen when a loser turn into the host of a powerful system? When the life of these nine beauties who'd once trampled upon his ego depend on him?? Discord: https://discord.gg/6BkaddZD Book 2: Crashlanded; Pleasing the Nether Mistress

Sicily, a once peaceful and safe city is overrun by mafias and criminals who uses every chance they get to oppress everyone else. Money, power, and influence runs Sicily and Italy. Angelo Bruno, the son-in-law to Baron and Stella Rodriguez, has neither of the three. Married to a wealthy and influential family who despises him even to the breathe in his nostril, Angelo is not only humiliated but oppressed by the rich and powerful in Sicily. Taking everything he has from him, Angelo has no choice but to return as the “Gentle Don”, and now he is out to seek vengeance on all the lords and kings of Italy.

Baron, a man consumed by the inferno of his own wrath, unleashed a maelstrom of chaos upon the world that had wronged him. His marriage, a distant memory, had been reduced to ashes by the treachery of those he once trusted. Now, Baron's sole purpose was to reduce their empire to rubble. His plan was a symphony of destruction, a cacophony of betrayal and deceit. Alliances would be forged and broken, loyalty would be tested, and the very foundations of power would be shattered. In the end, only one thing was certain - Baron's revenge would be a storm that would leave nothing but devastation in its wake!