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Not everyone dream of reincarnating into a fantasy world, some people work hard and live a life of fantasies in real world. Eric Grace at the age of 22 he was a millionaire with 2 successful businesses printed money for him day and night. He had everything money, power and harem but his luck has ran out and he was abducted by angels and thrown into the fantasy world with a useless system which only knows how to torture his host. Gods has used him as sacrifice to divert the attention of demon king from the real hero and his life was about to end on the 1st day of his reincarnation but a nemesis of gods saved him from certain doom which introduced himself as ‘Merlin system’. Join Eric Grace on his adventure and revenge pilgrimage as he slays everyone who has destroyed his peaceful life and used him as pawn and witness the birth of celestial overlord. ~ From DemonKingAK ******************************************* PS: The main races on which the story will focus will be Demon, Human and Gods but aside from them there will be subsidiary races such as Elves, Dwarves, Angels etc. The story will mostly focus on journey of Eric and Merlin (The system) containing lots of fan service, humor, action and adventure. Please leave a review if you like the book or if you have any suggestion. Disclaimer: Please Note that the novel cover is not owned by Author. Credit goes to respective Artist. A/N: If you wish to support author please visit ko-fi.com/akpov. connect with author @ https://discord.gg/s6mT2AHbGc

When celebrated investigative journalist Ethan Carter checks into the eerie and isolated Blackwood Grand Hotel, he expects a quiet retreat—but fate has other plans. One stormy night, a bloodcurdling gunshot rings out from the infamous Room 306, and wealthy businessman Victor Langley is found dead in what appears to be a suicide. But Ethan’s instincts tell him something is wrong. The crime scene doesn’t add up—there’s no gunpowder residue, no exit wound, and the weapon rests in the wrong hand. As he digs deeper, Ethan uncovers a web of lies hidden within the hotel’s shadowy halls, where every guest has a secret and the past refuses to stay buried. The deeper he goes, the more dangerous the truth becomes—and someone is watching his every move. With the help of a reluctant housekeeper and a curious bellhop, Ethan races to piece together the puzzle before the killer strikes again. As the tension builds, the Blackwood Grand transforms from a lavish hideaway into a claustrophobic trap, and Room 306 becomes the centre of a chilling conspiracy.

In the state of Nebraska, the city of Strawberry has one of the oldest Irish families in the nation. The Flanagan family dominates all the dark businesses in the city. However, on the surface, they are a respectable family which has a large amount of business. The current head of the family, Brian Flanagan is ready to retire, so he plans to leave the family business to his son Killian Flanagan who has ambitions to spread his family name across the country. But before he must consolidate his strength in the state, for this he will have to marry the daughter of the current governor in order to have a solid base to help with his future plans. The only problem is that the governor’s daughter hates him because she thinks that he is to blame for the death of one of his close friends, so he will have to find a way to fulfill his goals before his father gave him the power. However, on a rescue mission, things go wrong, so he suffers an accident, but it is because of that he gains the power to travel between parallel universes, so he decides to use his new abilities to get the power he so desires.

Everett, a passionate gamer, finds himself trapped in his own game, now a deadly reality. Surrounded by fierce monsters and chaos, he must face tough challenges and navigate betrayal. Teaming up with unlikely allies, including a potential enemy seeking revenge, Everett’s every decision could mean the difference between life and death. Can Everett survive and save the world, or will he be defeated by his own creation?

Erick Blight is a virgin and a firm believer that love is a scam after dating two women who turned out to already have men waiting at home. When a coworker slips him the card of a mysterious "Doctor", who claims she can fix his luck, he expects therapy. He does not expect to be told to draw a blood circle on his living room floor. The ritual doesn't fix anything. It summons a succubus — beautiful, otherworldly, and utterly convinced that serving him is the only thing standing between her and a fate worse than death. He has to figure out what to do with her, while his life complicates with each day he keeps her in his apartment.

Simeon is just trying to survive the rough streets of Neo-Chicago as an ordinary nobody. But one rainy night, he gets cornered in a dark alley by the city's most dangerous gang leader, who runs him through with a silver blade. Instead of dying, Simeon wakes up with blazing black fire in his hands and discovers his entire life has been one massive lie. Everyone he trusts is hiding a deadly secret, and Simeon isn't a nobody, he is the missing king. To stay alive, he has to outsmart enemies who look like friends, survive endless mind-bending twists, and figure out who he really is before the city burns to the ground.

"Every single newcomer job applicant disappeared in about a week without exception." A 25 year old part time worker, lured by the hourly wages, decides to take a job at a convenience store with a story in the middle of a notorious suicide spot... after working at night he finally realized that the shop had many mystical and difficult to explain events that made him have to unravel the mystery in the shop.

Henry Daniel was the live-in-son-in-law whom everyone in Graham's family taunts. However, when his real identity was unveiled to him, Henry decided to keep it a secret, but vowed to make all those who humiliated him crawl at his feet, crying for mercy!

After a strange disease broke out on the once peaceful earth, turning anyone who got infected into a vicious creature. The remsining 0.01 percent of earth's population were forced to flee and live on a whole new planet where they got to fight beast in order to remain safe. A boy named Kadori who lost everything during the apocalypse promised himself to get stronger and vanquish every single creature and beast, then return earth to her former glory. NOTE: This book consists of System, level up, cultivation, alchemy, mystery, and all. And also, chapters are released every single day.

For years, Kellan swallowed his pride to live under his wife's family roof, mocked and dismissed, treated like nothing. He told himself it was worth it because he loved Vivian. Then she proved him wrong in the cruelest way possible. She kisses another man right in front of him. Insults him in front of everyone who ever looked down on him. Stands by laughing as her lover throws money in his face like he's a beggar. Kellan says nothing. He simply walks away. What none of them know is that the "worthless son-in-law" they've spent years humiliating is actually the missing heir to a fortune that could swallow their family whole, and he's done hiding. One by one, everything Vivian's family built starts to crumble. And when a woman who wants nothing from him but the truth walks into his life, Vivian realizes the husband she destroyed might be the one man she'll never get back. He was never as weak as they thought. Now they're about to find out just how strong he really is.