Ruthless

Neil Scoenfeld, a 24 year old detective, digs through a confidential case against the permission of the government. He is faced with horror, bitter truths and eye opening twists he never expected to witness. Things weren’t what they seemed to be. People were invincible poisonous snakes he had to avoid at all costs. Or does he? @credit The book cover was from isplash. It is a free image for all. It was made by alisvisuals

In a world where magic and the black market collide, Rico “The Alchemist” Maldino, once the most notorious drug lord in Eldramar, has turned his back on crime — or so he claims. After years of dealing Enchanta, a powerful illegal magical substance, Rico now lives a quiet life teaching meditation, selling herbal potions, and trying to forget his fiery past. But peace doesn’t last long for a man who once ruled the streets with spell-laced fists and flaming rubber ducks. When a new threat rises — a dark organization flooding the realm with a mutated version of Enchanta — Rico is forced out of hiding. Pursued by magical agents, hunted by enemies, and haunted by his past choices, he must use his old tricks, twisted humor, and explosive magic to survive. It's a heart-pounding, action-packed, and hilarious adventure where redemption has a high price — and Rico’s not sure he can afford it.

For three years, he hid his powerful family and built his boss’s career. When she hands his promotion to a well-connected rival, one phone call makes him the man authorized to investigate her. But a dead tycoon and a secret ledger soon draw him into a struggle for the capital—and he’s done pretending his bloodline means nothing.

When he came back, he learned his clan was annihilated, his mother was sexually abducted and brutally killed, his father was slain, even the most beautiful girl in the clan became a sex slave. Lu Zheng, an illegitimate son of the Clan Head, was the only clan member alive who was aware of the clan’s treasure the Scorching Blade Clan was searching for. He found a good Samaritan, who helped him enter the clan’s underground. However, he was betrayed and poisoned. When he believed his life was about to come to an end, a devil appeared in his consciousness. He appeared like an angel as he survived. Not only that, he awakened a system! [Name: Lu Zheng Rank: Novice Internal Technique: Basic Cultivation Technique. External Technique: Azure Tide Sword Art (Incomplete.) Strength: 2 Durability: 1 Speed: 3 Agility: 2 Stamina: 3 Intelligence: 3 Qi: 0 Extra Points: 0.] With the devil inside him and the system, Lu Zheng vowed to take revenge on his clan. And make the Murim World tremble by his name!

he gods were worshiped for centuries, their divine tower a symbol of hope. But when the gods turned silent, the tower sealed itself, leaving mortals to fight and die at its gates for scraps of divine relics. Every year, the empire sends prisoners, warriors, and expendable souls into the tower to claim power or perish. None ever rreturns Kaelen Veyr, once a decorated soldier, is betrayed by his commander and thrown into the tower as punishment for a crime he didn’t commit. Left for dead, Kaelen discovers something no one else has: a fragment of a god, buried deep on the first floor. The god is no savior, but an exile, chained and bitter, whispering promises of freedom and vengeance. With this cursed power, Kaelen begins his ascent. Floor by floor, he’ll conquer monsters, claim relics, and uncover why the gods vanished. But the higher he climbs, the more he learns: the gods were not protectors, they were prisoners. And Kaelen may be climbing straight into their war.

He woke up from a years long coma only to realize his entire life was a lie. Ethan Vance thought he was a hero for jumping in front of a speeding car to save his wife and mother in law. But when his eyes open in a dark hospital room, he hears his wife in the arms of another man right beside his bed. Even worse, the man is the exact driver who ran him down. The crash was never an accident. It was a cold, calculated trap to steal his family fortune and collect a massive insurance payout. They kept him alive as a helpless joke while they spent his money. But just as despair threatens to break him, a strange sound echoes in his head. The system has arrived, and it is time for payback.

When a reality-shattering tear swallows a Chicago subway platform, Raymond Vance awakens in Sector 404, a desolate, starless wasteland dominated by nightly monster waves. Every transmigrated human receives a basic Lord System to construct defensive outposts, but cosmic radiation corrupts Raymond’s system firmware. He gains the unique ability to build reality-bending fortifications and Eldritch weaponry without material resources—but at the direct cost of his own sanity. ​Forced into an active survival loop, Raymond must harvest resources and fresh water during the hostile daylight hours while defending his crumbling shelter against lethal mutant packs at night. Every territory upgrade drains his mental stability, triggering physical hallucinations, auditory torment, and manifestation of cosmic horrors in his peripheral vision. ​The stakes escalate rapidly when an organized army of level-five Ironclad Brutes blocks him into his sector. Rather than rushing his defenses, the brilliant Skull King initiates a strategic siege to starve him out. Trapped between a tightening military perimeter outside and his fraying mind within, Raymond is forced to adapt his system mechanics by sacrificing his own physical vitality and blood to reinforce his defenses. Dropping into critical sanity levels, Raymond must outsmart the giant army, conquer the shifting local terrain, and survive a forced arena teleportation to claim dominion over the entire valley.

After giving up all he had to take on the debts of his wife and her family, Keith was plunged into poverty and nothingness. In no time, these same people turned on him, despised him, and treated him like a piece of trash. Facing the heights of betrayal from the people he loved and sacrificed all for, Keith ended up in jail to the rejoicing of his wife and in-laws. However, to their shock, Keith emerged as the wealthiest man alive. Now, the man was set to get back at them and uphold the legacy of his family.

[ Mission completed successfully ] [ $200,000,000 have been transferred to main account ] [ Mission completed successfully ] [ $1,000,000,000 have been transferred to main account ] [ Unique key to a private Island has been transferred to Inventory ] [ Ancient Relic: Excalibur has been transferred to Inventory ] [ Skill Book: Dark necromancer has been added ] Awesome, isn't it? This became the regular lifestyle of William Ashworth, a poverty-cursed orphan who, following a torturous encounter, awakened the Infinite System, granting him the ability to travel through countless dimensions and realities, complete quests and engage in unique and ancient stories and obtain extraordinary rewards. Was it money? Fame? Treasures? Magic? Or even immortality? With the Infinite System, all these and even more could be achieved, although a deeper mystery quietly beckoned from the shadows!!

Andrew Chappatti is nothing. To the Ciaro family, Boston's most powerful crime dynasty, he's a nameless handyman who fixes electronics and keeps his head down. Married to the don's favorite daughter, Emilia, as a dying wish, he's spent two years as an invisible, unconsummated husband. A joke. A pauper. A nobody. But when the city's most dangerous drug lord, Lesner, crashes Mrs. Ciaro's birthday party and claims Emilia as his bride, Andrew does something no one expects: he stands up and calls her his wife. Humiliated and broken, Andrew runs into the night. That's when the black SUVs arrive. Dragged to a hidden mansion, Andrew discovers the truth his father died to protect: he's not a handyman. He's the heir to the Chappatti Cartel, the most feared criminal empire the world has ever seen. And tonight, a hundred men in red bow to him as their leader. Lesner thinks he's taking Emilia in three days. He doesn't know who he's dealing with. The underrated son-in-law is about to become the most dangerous man in Boston. ---