Once Bitten Twice Shy

Adrian was once a beggar publicly humiliated by the rich. Then an intergalactic system awakens inside him, turning every hardship he's ever endured into infinite power, wealth and charisma. Hello, meet the new lord of the city.

In this time loop, two battle. One is the victor, while the other is lost in time once again. The power of Good and the power of Evil must battle each other, ending up with time as the prize. However, the loop doesn't only affect them but their friends as well. There are many paths, many opportunities but there are also many mistakes. Time may forgive, but it never forgets. One remembers, one forgets. The one who remembers reminisces in the past, while the one who forgets looks toward a bright future. In the end, will Good triumph Evil? Or will Evil blot out Good?

Ghwyr Lightfoot is a halfling who dreamt of becoming a renowned hero. He left his job as a townsguard and went to the capital to chase his dream. Unfortunately, it wasn't as easy as he thought. But Lady Luck didn't shun him just yet! After a fateful encounter with the Iron Bears, his fate slowly changed. He gets warped into a world of adventure, mystery, and monster-hunting he once craved. Will he fulfill his wish? Will his name be immortalized in the hearts of the people? Let's see what destiny has in store for him!

​Gatot was just an E-rank hunter. The weak one. The one who was always relegated to being a porter for his teammates. ​Until the gate they entered slammed shut. Until, one by one, his comrades died right before his eyes. Until an elf’s blade pierced through his own heart. ​In this world, a hunter's rank never changes. Once you are weak, you are weak forever. ​But in the final second before his death, the System offered him something that had never existed before. ​Will this E-rank hunter remain trash, or will he become the most feared player of all?

Framed for a crime he never committed, Draven is dragged in chains, broken, and humiliated. But captivity awakens something ancient within him, his mana. As his power grows, so does his legend, until he becomes known as the God of War. When he allows himself to be captured by the enemy, it’s not defeat......it’s strategy. But his plan shatters when he uncovers a betrayal more brutal than prison: his wife is being violated by the man he once trusted most. Veyron. Draven returns back to Acaryn, to unleash vengeance far worse than death.

“Sign the divorce papers, I’ll make sure you’re compensated - ten million dollars. You can live comfortably when you get out of here” Those were the words that shattered Adrian Kane, once a devoted husband but now dismissed as a dead weight by the woman he gave everything to. She wanted freedom but when the table turns and the truth about his hidden identity surfaces, it’s Elena who must face the man she underestimated, and the truth that the husband she threw away is the one man she can’t afford to lose.

Adler Wings, once a brilliant e-sports athlete, was cast out and hit rock bottom as a dungeon cleaning laborer after being slandered and betrayed. On the brink of death after being abandoned in a lethal dungeon, he activated the Divine Check-in System. With the ability to perform daily 'Check-ins' at unique locations and 'Infinite Synthesis,' Adler begins a systematic journey of revenge. From crushing cruel foremen to toppling kingdoms and challenging divine entities, Adler builds an absolute empire. His journey uncovers a massive conspiracy that robbed him of his past, leading him beyond the limits of mortality to become the supreme entity at the pinnacle of the universe.

Leonard Fincher lived at rock bottom. He worked relentlessly and sacrificed himself, yet all he ever received was humiliation and failure. Until the day he returned to the city and awakened a mysterious system: Infinite Returns: Investment Rebate System. Help someone? Receive a rebate. Make an investment? Get returns multiplied many times over. Do good deeds? The system rewards him. From a poor man with no future to someone impossible to ignore. Those who once looked down on him would soon realize one thing, Leonard Fincher was no longer someone they could reach, let alone touch.

Once a rising star in modern medicine, Rick Franklin was framed by his master and cast out to die. But when lightning fuses an ancient power into his blood, he awakens the Ancient Medical Rising System, a divine force that heals, destroys, and resurrects. Now, in a world ruled by corrupt healers and hidden sects, Rick walks the line between doctor and avenger. Every wound he mends feeds his legend. Every life he saves brings him closer to the truth. And when the master who damned him returns as the Plague God, the final battle for the soul of humanity begins.

Once, Ethan Ashford gave everything for the woman he loved. In return, she betrayed him. Veronica Harrington secretly gave the resources she took from Ethan to her lover, Damien Blackwood, the so-called Chosen One, the Protagonist, the Child of Luck, or whatever else. While Damien and other protagonists took countless "fortuitous encounters" to become the world's heroes, Ethan became the villain everyone despised. Betrayed and tortured, his family was destroyed, his bloodline exterminated, and he died filled with hatred and regret. But fate wasn't finished with him. Ethan awakened a hundred years in the past, before every tragedy began. And that too with a heaven-defying System, called the Villain System, that could give him rewards for changing his own destiny and destroying these protagonists' fortunes. This time, Ethan knew every opportunity the Chosen Ones would obtain, every scheme hidden in the shadows, and every betrayal waiting for him. Did the Divine Healer descend from the mountains? "I'll steal his inheritance." Is the King of Soldiers returning to reclaim his glory? "I'll crush him before he even rises." The destined Son of Fortune? The Heavenly Genius? The Peerless Sword Saint? I'll take every one of their opportunities and leave them with nothing. "As for the heroines who once stood beside those protagonists... If they deserve redemption, they'll stand by my side instead. If they choose my enemies, they'll share their fate." In this life, Ethan would no longer be the stepping stone beneath the protagonists' feet. He would become the nightmare that hunts every Chosen One. After all... "Who says villains are destined to lose?"