Shadow Slave

Jackson Kenrich discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by a mysterious man. But to save her, he must die first. After being resurrected, he awakens in a strange, unfamiliar world where a game-like system appears before him. With quests piling up and challenges growing deadlier, Jackson realizes he’s trapped inside a game. To free the woman he loves, he must win—and collect every piece of the Kane Collection.

Betrayed by those closest to him, he lost everything—his career, his love, and his pride. Yet fate grants him a second chance: a mysterious system that gives him the power to exact revenge and rebuild his life. With every mission completed, he edges closer to the pinnacle of wealth and power. But amidst his ambition, unexpected feelings stir for the woman who once betrayed him. Will he choose the path of perfect vengeance—or open his heart to the love he thought was lost forever?

He gave her everything. For three years, Rowan stood by her side when the world abandoned her. He sacrificed his time, his wealth, and nearly destroyed his own empire just to heal her broken legs. The day she finally stood again she threw him away. Mocked. Humiliated. Replaced by the man who once abandoned her. To them, he was nothing more than a useless husband. But what they didn’t know… was that the “useless man” they discarded… owns the very empire they were begging to climb. As hidden identities unravel and buried truths come to light, regret comes too late. Because once he walks away there’s no turning back. And this time, he’s not saving anyone.

After the disappointing first day of high school, Oscar fell into some weird cave. What he found in the cave changed his life forever. He discovered the mana! With the discovery of mana, everything around him changed. While he was learning magic, he noticed that the world around him isn't as simple as it seems. From an immature and inexperienced high school boy, he will rise to become a legendary figure in history books. He will face the darkness of humanity and the enemies who are beyond humans. This is the new version of my previous story which has the same name. The story will be slow-paced. There isn't much action in the first chapters. Everything in this story is fictional. The names of the people and institutions were made up by me.

The age of harmony is long dead. In the current era, cultivators have turned the natural world into a slaughterhouse, harvesting the essence of beasts to fuel their own immortality. Beast taming is not just forbidden, it is a capital crime punishable by public execution. Asher is a nameless slave working in the high altitude meat processing plants, where the rarest creatures are butchered daily. He has spent his life in silence, until he unearths a rusted, pulsating relic deep within a forbidden mine shaft. The moment his skin touches the artifact, the world stops. He hears them. Every caged creature, every dying spirit in the facility, is screaming. But they are not screaming in agony. They are waiting for him. Asher discovers that he is the last of an extinct lineage capable of forming soul bonds. As he begins to unite the broken remnants of beastkind, he realizes that the hunters are not the only ones with a thirst for power. An ancient darkness is stirring, and if Asher cannot stop the cycle of hate between men and monsters, the entire world will be silenced forever.

Alexander Sterling is a pauper who found himself forced into an arranged union with the daughter of the business tycoon whom his father owes. He was turned into an errand boy and was made to understand that his life doesn't belong to him anymore. He became a shadow of himself until luck decided to shine on him. What happens when Alex stumbles upon a man who changed his life for good? Will he get back at the Kingstons for all they put him and his family through?

People treated Ethan like trash right up until he figured out how to steal the power of the gods. Three years. That’s how long Ethan Vance slogged through life as a bottom-tier scavenger, scraping by selling monster cores so his gorgeous girlfriend could stay in her fancy academy. But when she finally awakened as a Tier-2 Frost Mage, she didn’t thank him. She dumped him. Worse she and her new rich boyfriend trapped Ethan beneath the rubble of a collapsing Tier-5 dungeon and walked away, leaving him for the monsters. Everyone wrote him off for dead. But Ethan didn’t die. Instead, the universe glitched in his favor, and he woke up with the God-Level Extraction System. [BEEP! Extracted from Overlord Shadow Demon: +500 Strength. Skill unlocked: Shadow Step!] Now, while the world mourns the nobody scavenger, Ethan claws his way out of the abyss. He’s not just picking through the scraps anymore he’s stealing powers, bloodlines, and secrets from monsters and the best hunters out there. To his scheming ex and the arrogant elite running this city: go ahead, keep hiding your strength. Ethan’s on his way, and he’s taking everything you’ve got.

In the ruthless Solar Kingdom, where gods rule with iron fists and betrayal flows like blood, Lian is a broken slave marked by a dark curse—the mysterious Blood Key branded on his chest, a symbol of an ancient pact with a forgotten god of hunger. Beaten, burned, and forgotten, Lian’s life changes forever when he embraces a cursed power that grows stronger with every soul he devours. Now, walking the thin line between man and monster, he rises from the shadows as the elusive Black Ghost—a force of vengeance and rebellion. But the kingdom trembles under the cruelty of Prince Kairo, whose own dark transformation threatens to ignite war. As hunted whispers spread and the royal court launches a relentless pursuit, Lian must navigate deadly betrayals, forbidden powers, and a love that could either save his fading humanity or consume it entirely. Amidst swirling conspiracies and ancient secrets, one truth remains: only the Blood Key can break the seal binding their fate—and the princess who holds it may be both salvation and destruction. Blood will rise. Kingdoms will fall. And in the shadows, a god’s hunger awakens.

Scott was born a slave. For seventeen years he had suffered hunger, beatings and humiliation at the hands of the Kingdom of Azra. The only thing that kept him alive was his sick mother. Then came the Beast Summoning… A ceremony meant for nobles only. But when a God-Tier Beast appeared before the entire kingdom, something impossible happened. The creature everyone feared looked at Scott... and begged him not to contract it. In a single moment, the weakest slave in Azra became the most wanted person in the kingdom. Kings want him dead. Powerful summoners want his beast. And something ancient has awakened inside his body. A mysterious Dragon Mark. A mark that should not exist. A mark feared even by God-Tier Beasts. Scott's search for the truth behind his mysterious power leads him to discover that his existence may be related to an ancient bloodline that can change the fate of the whole world. But before he can uncover the truth, Scott must survive the people who want him dead and take revenge on everyone who destroyed his life. Why was the God-Tier Beast afraid of him? And what is Scott's true identity? Read to Discover more….

Logan Mercer signed the divorce papers without a fight. His wife Vivian Chase stood over him, her lip curled with disgust, her voice cutting through the penthouse like a blade. "You're nothing, Logan. You always were. A useless, pathetic leech who rode my coattails and called it a marriage. Enjoy whatever gutter you crawled out of." For twelve years, he had lived in her shadow. Ate her food. Attended her events. Endured every insult her family threw at him with quiet patience and a clenched jaw. Her mother called him a parasite. Her friends compared him to a cockroach. Her new boyfriend laughed in his face and called him a broke loser not worth the oxygen he breathed. "You're not even qualified to clean the toilets in a place like this." "A bloated, useless tick clinging to the belly of a dying dog." "Some people are born with connections and some people are born taking buses. That's just how the world works." Nobody knew the truth. Nobody knew that the faceless, reclusive chairman behind Imperial Group, the largest conglomerate in the city worth billions, was the same man they had been spitting on for years. The partnership Vivian celebrated? He approved it himself. The CEO who bowed to him in public? His subordinate. The underground kingpin who terrorized the city? The same man who once begged Logan for mercy on his knees. Now the divorce is signed. The mask is coming off. And every person who called him worthless is about to discover what it feels like to stand in the shadow of the man they threw away.