Slice Of Life

"You think a loser like you could ever have me?" Selena sneered, flipping her hair as she clung to Derek’s arm. Jason's heart pounded in his chest. He had done everything for Selena—her homework, her errands, even covered for her when she skipped class. And now, she was throwing it all in his face, laughing at him in front of the entire campus. "You’re pathetic, Jason. You’ll never be good enough for someone like Selena," Derek added, smirking. That night, drowning in anger and humiliation, Jason scrolled through his phone, only to see a strange app appear on his screen. "The Game of Kings"—he hadn’t downloaded it, but it was there, glowing like a beacon. Curious, he tapped it. A message popped up: "Enter your name to begin. Rise or fall—it’s your choice." Jason hesitated, then typed his name. The screen flashed. "Level 1 complete. Claim your reward: $2,000,000 or continue playing?" His breath caught. Two million grand? Was this a dream? His bank app confirmed it—his balance had skyrocketed overnight. Now, with wealth and power at his fingertips, Jason isn’t just playing to win. He’s playing to change his fate. Will he use the game to take down Derek and make Selena regret ever betraying him? Or will he realize that the true game is much bigger than revenge?

Draven Ashworth, the fifth son of a legendary general, expectations are high, but the testing crystal remains cold under his touch. "No elemental affinity detected," the examiner announces. Cast out as the "hollow prince," discovers his grandfather's dark secret—a pendant that absorbs the memories of the dead. Now every fallen hero's knowledge flows through him. Their sword skills. Their magic. Their final moments. The family disappointment isn't powerless after all. He's something far more dangerous. He is peerless.

The world has gained access to superhuman abilities from supernatural species across the globe. From the ghouls of the caves to the goliaths of the mountains, the majority of people have special abilities. These special abilities have caused a global race for power and powerful bloodlines. Many marriages are based on class and power, not on love. Tanji Bjornulfsson is a half-blood werewolf that seems to have gained no powers from his lycanthropic side. In a world where humans are treated as blood bags for the vampires and not as people, Tanji gets treated exactly as such. However, his strong will is answered by a mysterious force.

A careless engineering student meets an unfortunate end when struck by lightning while playing a game. Upon awakening, he discovers that he has been transformed into the “waste” heir of a wealthy family. What’s more, this isn’t Earth but another world. In this world, people practice martial arts and magic, and various professions are available. In this “survival of the fittest” world, how will he manage to survive? Don’t worry, because he has… a Shinobi System.

Alex is mortally wounded and left for dead by his bullying schoolmates at an abandoned, ancient historic site. With the help of an amulet handed down by his parents, he gains supernatural powers from a forgotten, powerful deity. Now, Alex must harness his newfound superhuman abilities to navigate the treacherous paths laid by his adversaries and protect the people from violent criminal organizations. However, an evil and potent force seeking revenge is being assembled by the Dark Force Master—one that threatens the very existence of humanity. Can Alex stand against the combined forces of darkness alone while seeking more knowledge to enhance his powers?

I was born during the pandemic and it was not over for the past twenty-five years. Oceans were drained. Trees and flowers were no longer existing. Having water was harder each day that many people chose to die instead of surviving. I envy those people who could afford water— the rich ones and the most privileged people around the world. Poor people liked me were not allowed to get water more than what was intended for us. In other words, it was a system that dividing the rich people with limitless water sources and the poor people with limited water sources. It was a system that we needed to obey or else we might lose the life we were struggling to survive. I wanted to surrender but there was only thing that hindered me from dying— Cardinals of Auresia. It was an online game that I wished was real. There, I could build my own kingdom with my own system. I thought that sanity left me for it seemed real to me. Not until I found out that it was the solution for the suffering of the world.

Why can't everyone be rich and live a normal life? Where all wants can be acquired. A global question that keeps eluding most people's grasp. Unfortunately the reality is that, it is not possible because that's the circle of life. How then can you be among this elite? Where wealth keeps on calling and you answer. Keep abreast as this book (NUMEN OF WEALTH) unravels this mystery.

[What was your sin?] "I tried saving them." [What would you gain from doing that?] "I just wanted to remove this scar." [But that scar was never gained from not saving them.] "I know. I just wanted to see if it worked or not." [And the result was?] "The one I saved killed me." The discussion between Desire and Delight took place as he sipped the tea. [What will you do now?] "The stage has been set, and the doors will be opening soon. I also need to do my part." [And what was your part?] "One Last Chance." The room was in silence as Delight looked at Desire and asked, [A sinner or a saint?] "Depends on the way of the viewer."

Families forge our most beautiful chains, and Devon Tomson’s chains are nearly broken. Turned out from his family and isolated from his friends, Devon is on the verge of homelessness. But when he meets a castaway prince, together they forge a continent-spanning bond of friendship that upsets the balance of power across two contents. It will take all their wits and courage to survive the manipulations of the powerful and the selfish, with the lives and futures of millions unknowingly hanging in the balance.

What is a mystery? Is it an axiom representing what is not perceptible and understandable? Is it the unfathomable, incomprehensible no matter how people try to make it specious? No, it isn't that. The definition of mystery is only what people can conceive, a specious fact with loopholes. People believe what they believe to be true and sadly, it has plunged them to the endless gore of ignorance. Mysteries aren't what we don't understand or what we can't comprehend. Mysteries aren't what remain hidden, taciturn to the ever yearning ears of people. Mysteries aren't the supernatural laws which can't be explained or fathomed. No, the definition of 'mysteries' is beyond that. Mysteries are what can't be reached no matter how we try to reach them. It isn't what can't be comprehended. Rather, it's what can't be reached. They are endless gores, immersed into the abyssal chasm of infinities. Mysteries are a state of endlessness and boundlessness, incomprehensible and unfathomable. Yes, that's what mysteries are. Cyclopean and grosteque phantasm is what a mystery should be called. A mystery transcends the feebleness and lumbering states of concepts, going on and on for eternity. Hence, a mystery is the same as infinity and infinity the same as a mystery. A mystery is infinite and infinity is mysterious—both are like a symphony, intertwined with each other making them chalcenterous and existing in oneness. To understand a mystery, you need to be boundless and infinite, transcending all possible concepts and impossible concepts, all possible 'non-concepts' and all impossible 'non-concepts'. Mysteries are beyond conception as well as non-conception. They are mysteries, boundless and infinite! They are stacked upon each other in a terracing manner, shrouded in the prodigious paradigm of infinity, going on and on till infinity!