POV 1

"That's a check for one million dollars. Take it and leave. Perhaps reunite with your mistress and live a lavish life." With red-rimmed eyes, Caroline slammed the check against August's chest. For over three years, she had been married to a cripple, yet all he did was bring her pain. He refused to tell her where he disappeared every month or explain the missing money. Perhaps the rumors were true. August looked at his devastated wife but couldn't bring himself to tell her the truth, not yet. For her safety, she had to remain in the dark. Three years ago, after fighting a brutal war, he was ambushed in a weakened state, leaving him crippled and deemed useless. But August refused to accept a fate bound to a wheelchair. As Caroline stormed away, his Qi surged and for the first time in years, he stood on his own. Now, not only would he make his enemies kneel, but he would also protect his wife from the very family that sought to strip her of everything she owned.

Sébastien Moreau spent years as nothing more than the quiet, obedient husband, enduring his wife Jenna’s cold indifference, her family’s mockery, and a life where love felt like chains. He gave her everything… until the day he found her in another man’s arms. Walking away should have left him with nothing instead, it gave him everything. When his long-lost identity as the heir to a global empire was revealed, the man everyone dismissed became the man no one could touch. In the world of wealth and power, Sébastien was no longer the servant, he was the king. But power draws enemies, and the past never stays buried. As Jenna’s life spirals into ruin, her desperate attempts to win him back clash with Sébastien’s rise to dominance. In a city where loyalty is rare and betrayal is currency, he must navigate love, revenge, and a war for control that could destroy them both. Some men dream of power. Sébastien was born for it.

Betrayed by his wife. Beaten by her lover. Abandoned as nothing. Edwin Maverick thought his life was over, until he discovers he is heir to a powerful empire drenched in blood and secrets. Thrust into a ruthless world of family rivalries, forbidden love, and deadly betrayals, Edwin must battle his cunning cousin, face the Mafia that destroyed his father, and fight for the woman who still holds his heart. But in a game where loyalty is a weapon and love is a weakness, one wrong move could cost him everything. The war for the Maverick legacy has begun.

Beaten and left for dead on a rainy Frankfurt street, Ethan Veyra has nothing, no money, no allies, no future. Until a cold, mechanical voice whispers in his mind: “Outstanding Debt Cleared. Assets Granted: $500,000,000.” With a fortune at his fingertips and a mysterious system bending reality itself, Ethan enters a world where debts can buy souls, and power comes at a cost. But the men who destroyed him, led by the untouchable tycoon Markus Kessler, wield the same supernatural forces. To survive, Ethan must outwit assassins, seduce empires, and risk everything on a game rigged against him.

Born with nothing but his wits, Aiden Cole clawed his way into a world where money talks and bloodlines reign supreme. A full scholarship granted him access to the nation's most prestigious academy, but also painted a target on his back. Among the sons and daughters of the elite, Aiden was a reminder of everything they despised, and everything they feared. The son of the Vice President, fueled by envy and rage, waged a brutal campaign against him. Lies, threats, violence, and finally, murder. They didn't just break Aiden; they shattered his entire world. But pain forged him into something far more dangerous. Disappearing from the public eye, Aiden re-emerged years later, not as a student, but as a kingpin. Armed with intelligence sharper than any blade and a heart hardened by loss, he built a criminal empire with one purpose: revenge. In the end, only one truth will remain: “the outcast will inherit the ashes."

He was one of the many millions of salary earners on earth. Confined to his job with an hectic schedule all day round with no time to attend to his own wellbeing. Finally it happened, the only way out for him to escape the bondage of being a salary earner. On his way to meet a business personnel, he was meet with stormy seas as his boat filps over and he ends up drowning to death. Questions ravaging through his mind as it dawned on him that he was going to die due to being overworked. Or at least that is what was supposed to happen. When he opened his eyes, he was meet with a bloody scene of a woman lying dead on the floor with a sword embedded in her stomach. The next occurrence was a splitting headache that had him on his knees and his voice going at the top of his lungs. After he had recovered, the memories of where he was and what had happened had all been installed into him. His goal, simple. To take revenge on behalf of the fallen queen and her kingdom. His object of revenge.... The Emperor who rules over the Conrad Empire and also the most powerful being in the continent.

Menphis Jackman was a meager wage worker, humbly enduring and compromising for mere money, renowned for his uselessness. He was both penniless and heavily indebted, only to be oppressed and looked down upon by others. But then one day, a large skull appeared in the town, with zombies everywhere, danger and death ominously surrounding him, and suddenly the harsh sound of machinery echoed in Menphis’s mind. It was no different from the RPG system he had once known. It gave him strength, abilities, and resources, a lot of resources, very, very many resources. To the point where he had to think: ‘How to destroy my resources?’

An encounter with death changes the course of Remian's life. With death literally floating over his shoulder, he set out for the Frontier... Discord: https://discord.gg/yg5jNCxw

In his past life, Tharos was the strongest God of War. The kind who killed dragons with his bare hands and crushed entire armies alone but his own pantheon feared his strength, so they murdered him. Now he is reborn as a mortal… with no memory of his past, until the day his village is destroyed, and the rage inside him wakes up. Tharos begins to remember pieces of the truth, the gods who stabbed him in the back, the wars he once led, and the power sleeping inside him. His rise is brutal. His path is bloody. Every realm he steps into trembles. Every woman who meets him wants him or wants to kill him. Every god who hears his name starts to panic. Because Tharos isn’t coming for forgiveness. He’s coming for revenge. The God of War has been reborn and this time, he’s not fighting for the gods. He’s fighting to end them.

Donald Carter never expected to see a colleague turn into a zombie and bite another co-worker on the first day of his first job. What he also didn't expect was stepping on an exposed cable and getting electrocuted trying to escape the zombies and obtaining lightning powers along with a system. With these new found powers and system, he was determined to survive the apocalypse no matter what. Mega Writing Prompt #003/MWP#003