Underdog Rise

Rhys died on Terra Prime, only to wake in a room, face to face with the Arbiter of the Trial System. Chosen. Marked. Offered power beyond anything mortals should touch. Before he can question it, the Arbiter’s smile shifts. His class is forced. His future is locked. And an alert flashes: 《Warning: Your Terra Prime body is dead. Chosen safety life spent. One life remaining.》 Thrown into the Trials with a dying body, a predatory System, and a class built for assassination over glory, Rhys quickly learns the truth: The Arbiter doesn’t pick heroes. He picks weapons. In a cosmic game where the System lies, the Trials kill, and every “Chosen” is a disposable pawn, Rhys has only two choices: Obey the Arbiter… or become powerful enough to break him. Rhys’s Mark begins stacking hidden bonuses—letting him steal power meant for the Overlords themselves. In a world where mortals are cattle, he becomes the glitch the system can’t predict. To escape the Trials, he must outplay the Dominion, topple the Overlords, and rewrite the contract that enslaved Terra Prime. But to break the game, he has to become exactly what they fear: The ninth Overlord. The one who answers to no one. A dark progression fantasy filled with deadly Trials, evolving skills, hidden conspiracies, and a protagonist who refuses to stay a pawn. Because some Chosen rise to greatness But only one becomes the Overlord.

Caden Kelly was an ordinary university student struggling with debt, an exhausting part-time job, and a mundane life—until one fateful night when he received a mysterious System Activation. Suddenly, he could see stats, unlock abilities, and receive quests. But unlike conventional systems, his came with an unexpected perk: The Bonding System—a unique ability that allowed him to grow stronger through relationships with women. With this newfound power, Caden is thrust into a world of hidden sects, ancient legacies, and dark conspiracies. As he navigates his way through increasing power struggles, he begins to uncover a shocking truth: the system wasn't just a gift—it was a curse with a purpose.

An abandoned son of 7yrs who was left at the gates of a Judo store was given a stern warning by his father, "Even if you were to die the next day and you miss your practice, I will personally come to the gates of hell to give you a spanking". He fought to survive, scraping off the streets of society and when it seemed like his life would finally turn around with graduation around the corner, Gramps, the old gateman in college who dotes on him like a son is killed by a rich heir who consistently bullies him and thinks he can get away with everything, including killing Gramps. The Guerrio family reaches out to him to join the selection of the new boss of the family as a contestant of which he agrees. Rising in wealth and fame with the help of the family, Sebastian is out for revenge on Leonard who killed Gramps and crumbling his family empire from top 1 in Country A. What happens when the top 1 most powerful mafia family in Country A goes against the top 1 most powerful family in the corporate world of Country A? Read to find out more. *** If you want to read a face-slapping novel where the MC rises through hard work despite being an heir to an empire, passes through a series of uncommon Mafia trials and experiences bits of romance in his otherwise bleak life, then give this book a read. You're in for a ride. ...

Adrian Johnson, who has been married to his wife for years, planned on surprising her after she closed a big business deal. What happens when he catches her making out with a stranger in her car and she immediately serves him a divorce?

In the land called Aros, an eastern continent, there lives five Kingdoms. Five great nations containing warriors who have learned to channel the heavenly energy called Chi. From the Kingdom of Namunda, lead by King Nobunaga, emerged a young boy that could not channel Chi, but was instead blessed with an even greater legendary power named the "Black Dahlia". Now that this legendary power has been confirmed to exist, it has gained interest amongst the five great nations leaders. As a result, the five kingdoms are on the verge of a great war. *I DO NOT OWN THE COVER USED FOR THIS NOVEL, NOR DO I INTEND TO CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF IT. IT WAS DRAWN BY - CKNIGHTART ON TUMBLR.*

"Who is Mr. Maximilanno in Avrilla city?" This was the question every business owner and affluent person in Avrilla city asked. Mr. Maximilanno seemed to be the sole owner of the entire city and everyone wanted to curry favour with him as much as everyone despised Ric, a lowlife ex- convict. ******** Ric is the live-in Son in-law of the Steffanina family, he answers Ric Mariano but his documents carry Ric Maximilanno after his mother and him are kicked out of the Mariano Mansion in Westmoreland county fifteen years ago. Ric serves a jail term for his wife's father's sake in a bid to make her love him better but she leaves him in Jail, when he's released he discovers his wife is remarried. Hurt and broken he attacks the groom, he is beaten up and left to die but someone saves him. He wakes up to a new knowledge.  He is the Dragon heir. Ric continues to hide his identity under his mother's last name Mariano while everyone in the city searches to find and please Mr. Maximilanno. His disguise would enable him to take revenge on all those who looked down on him and know those who are true to him. He marries again but this time not for love but for more power and dominance. His signature is needed to approve the next Mayor of the city; the same position his ex-father in-law is campaigning for. If his ex-wife checks her divorce certificate she would know the truth, if his jailers check the conviction details they would know and if his new wife checks her marriage contract she would know. Find out if anyone would be that detailed to check and discover who the only man with the Maximilanno last name in Avrilla city is.

Tyrone is left heartbroken when his soon to be bride ditches him for riches, devastated, he drinks himself to a stupor but then hopes surge for him when he discovers that he is the long lost son of the most wealthiest man in the country, Tyrone will go on to inherit his father's wealth and become the most powerful man in the country, but just when life starts to go well for Throne, his own biological brother begins to plot his own downfall, and his ex girlfriend now seeks for Tyrone's forgiveness after the humiliation she has caused him.

Alex is just a regular delivery guy trying to get by, until a wild night lands him in an arranged marriage with Nkiru, a rich girl whose family treats him like dirt. But Alex has a secret he is actually Hercules, the secret heir to a massive global empire and a powerful underworld syndicate. Armed with a one-million-dollar cheque and loyal billionaire friends like Alfred, Alex sets out to climb the corporate ladder, shock his snobby in-laws, and take back his rightful throne.

Dion Brown was an orphan adopted by a widow, Olga Brown. He has lived at his rich in-laws' mansion since he married Georgina, the Beiber’s youngest heir of the family since Ben Beiber anointed him to marry after he saved his life. When Ben passed away, his wife, Vilma Beiber took control of everything including treating Dion unfairly. Because Dion is penniless, the family wants him to leave Georgina for him to marry a rich heir, Ronaldo Winlows, in order for their business to go up on the verge of bankruptcy. Dion and Georgina stuck together but when he heard Olga’s been into an accident and needed money for her surgery, he didn ‘t hesitate himself to ask Vilma to lend him, but Vilma just laughed and humiliated him. In order for her to loan him the money, she wanted him to divorce Georgina, but Dion didn’t dare to. Dion’s fortune happened when his foster mom’s bills were being paid by a stranger who was his rich grandfather’s butler. He hesitated to accept his inheritance and live the way it is he was with the Beiber, but when the Beibers set up and put him in prison in accusing him of trying to kill or murder Lady Vilma, his grandfather with his butler came and helped him. This time, Dion accepted his inheritance and starts his vengeance with the family who humiliated and embarrassed him.

After being chased away by his family clan, Robert Jackson suffered endlessly for five years at the hands of his wife Roxanne Murillo and his mother in law Fortune smiled on him when his abandoned oil fields strikes gold. Robert rises to be the world's newest trillionaire, and sets his sights on taking his rightful place amongst the elites. What will Robert use his new wealth, and affluence to do?. Find out in this gripping story of betrayal, greed, and transformation.