Tvtropes Last Man Standing

BLURB "Sign the papers, Ethan. You were never enough for her anyway." She sat across from him in a prison visiting room with a settlement offer and a sealed expression, told him he was holding her back, and slid the divorce papers forward without flinching. He signed them. He refused her money. He asked only for the pendant his mother left him and walked away without a word. What Vivian Shen did not know was that her useless, disgraced ex-husband was not a criminal. He was a Five-Star General, buried inside a cover so airtight that loving her was not enough reason to break it. What she did not know was that the charming, polished man now standing beside her had already selected her as his next target. And what neither of them knew was that the only person who could stop it was the man she had just thrown away.

For Noah Davies, it was the end of him. Working twice than he should for his girlfriend only for her to dump him for his boss. At the last minute, a man found him and told him he was not useless after all. He was Cedric, the real heir to Il fuoco empire.

In a world where magic is bought with memories, Varek Soren trades the last warm thing he owns, the sound of his dead father's voice but the System hands him a blind, mewling creature everyone calls worthless. The crowd laughs, his fiancée turns away with cold eyes, and Varek believes his life is finally finished and over. He does not yet know that his death has not even started. Varek is not the failure the world sees. He is the last living vessel of Azrath-Kai, a Mythic Void Leech so dangerous the old gods sealed it inside his bloodline centuries ago. His father did not die in some random battle as he was told but he was killed by the lightbringer… Aurelius, the most beloved hero in the realm butchered Aldric Soren to keep the beast from ever waking and the woman Varek loves so much has known the truth all along. On the night after his deepest shame and disgrace, Vespera Ashford comes to him with warm food and gentle words, he still trusts her, he still believes she was forced to break their engagement, so he ate the food without questioning her or her sincerity not knowing that the food was drugged. He wakes strapped to a cold table with Vespera holding the surgical instruments, her new lover holding the lantern, and Aurelius the Lightbringer standing over him with a soft smile as he peels Varek's memories away layer by layer to rip the sealed beast from his living body. Varek dies in absolute agony, betrayed by the woman he gave everything to and butchered by the hero the whole world worships. Then he wakes up on the morning of the Summoning Day, two weeks before his murder, with the Regression Gift burning in his blood.

William woke up twenty years younger with every painful memory burning inside his mind. His wife Lydia had stolen his company, his best friend Benjamin had stolen his wife, and together they had stolen twenty years of his life. But fate made one critical mistake giving William a second chance. Now he remembers everything. Every betrayal. Every secret. Every move they are planning before they even make it. Lydia thought she buried him. Benjamin thought he won. They had no idea the man they destroyed was now standing right behind them. *****They built his grave. He built their downfall.*****

"At your darkest hour, when all seems lost and there is no hope of light. When you feel the darkness pressing in on you from every side, when you find yourself standing on the precipice of oblivion, A Hero will descend from the Moon. His glittering silver face will cast a bright light upon your path. Avoid him, but it will be impossible. You will thrive hard to run... that's when the beast in you will Awake, and you'll meet the real you". People say she's Beautiful when she smiles, but unfortunately, life isn't funny to her in any way. Poor Freya. At the age of Nine, she lost her parents in a day, making her live a life of torture with her Uncle. She was tossed out of the house at midnight into the ferocious rain after being beaten, stripped, scratched with whips, and tormented without cause by her uncle's wife. Bracing her difficulties and keeping her mother's last words in her heart. In an iconic scenario, she met a Wolf whom they both had two things in common. Rejected and Devastated. They face their terrible fates together, walking together till she becomes his Human Luna. Impossible?

Jackson Ryder, a useless miser, betrayed by his wife, beaten and left for death. Just when he was desperate to end it all, he met an old man who told him his identity and restored his standing as the Grand Master of the Ryder-Wil Empire! Despite the money and power he now possessed, Jackson's instinct kept warning him of danger... He uncovered truths about his parent's death dangerously opposite what he was told. Jackson became suspicious. Who were his real enemies?? The people who hated him openly? His closest confidants? Or the very person that handed him the legacy? >>>>>>>> Hello, readers️ Update days are Mondays to Saturday's. Thanks!

Carl Williams spent three years standing quietly beside Emily Barnes, supporting her through sleepless nights, financial chaos, and the fight to save her family’s company. He never asked for recognition, only love. The day Barnes Corporation went public, the day that should have sealed their future, Emily shattered everything. Calling him ordinary, she ended their engagement and chose power, status, and a man who looked better beside her in the spotlight. Carl walked away without begging, without anger, and without regret. What Emily didn’t know was that she had just discarded the man who built empires from shadows. As old alliances crumble and new titans rise, the truth emerges—Carl Williams was never ordinary. And when the world finally learns who he truly is, Emily Barnes will realize too late that she didn’t upgrade… She lost everything.

"What the fuck! Who are you?! You're the one standing at the end of the street, right? Who are you!!" "Howl." The man named Bast Howl was a guardian deity sent to protect animals on earth. Anna is a detective who investigates an unnatural death case. But in the midst of her investigation, Anna is attacked by a mysterious human figure, causing Anna to be injured. Anna is attacked by a mysterious human figure, causing Anna to get hurt. Suddenly another mysterious man came just before a sharp knife pierced his heart. Howl was sent to find out the traitor who fled to earth and echoed into a human figure who killed many humans and animals on earth. Howl and Anna share the same mission, until they decide to work together. But when the two live together, feelings of love arise between each other. This absurd love story makes them unable to be honest about their feelings. Can they solve that mysterious case? Can they be together?

Brought to another world with the fate of an ordinary human, by chance Ye Chen began the path of cultivation. But born with five element roots, he was destined to be mediocre. But who knew? For within his soul resided the seed of Chaos Dao, a primordial power that should have remained buried. When its existence was revealed, it wasn't just the cultivation world that hunted him. Even those standing at the peak of Dao trembled in fear. Allies will fall. Sacrifices will be demanded. And with each step toward the summit, the price to be paid grows heavier. From the five elements the world forgot, from the blood that adorns his path, something will rise that even the heavens dare not face. This is the story of an ordinary man who refuses to give up, no matter how much he must sacrifice.

"Adam, look at yourself. You’re fat, you’re broke, and you’re a nobody. Staying with you is a waste of my youth." ​With those cold words, Adam Carter’s world shattered. He watched as his girlfriend of three years climbed into a luxurious car, leaving him standing in the rain. But the nightmare didn't end there. That same night, an accident took his life. ​ [Ding!] [Initializing the Supreme God of Wealth system...] [Initial Reward: $1,000,000,000,000!] Gone is the overweight student who was treated like a doormat. In his place is a man with a body carved by the gods and a bank balance that could buy entire cities. To the woman who dumped him for a rich playboy: You’re not even worth my pocket change.