When Beauty Meets Beast

Falling to a dark conspiracy, the entire Smith family was brutally massacred, and their grand manor set ablaze. Amid the fiery chaos, the jewel of West Arcadia City leapt into the inferno to save a boy, sacrificing her beauty and nearly her life in the process. A decade later, Orion Smith had trained under the faceless alchemist, mastering the Dragon Mantra and wielding the fearsome power of the dragon’s inferno. Worshiped as the Supreme Dragon General, he had built the legendary Iron Phoenix Legion, led them through countless campaigns and conquests, and forged an empire. However, hiding his true identity, the young conqueror returned with two goals: To repay the woman who saved him. To avenge his family’s murder. But Orion soon discovered that his family’s killers weren’t just ordinary men. They were the city’s pillars—four powerful families that had formed a powerful mafia organization. At their head stood a leader who was rich, powerful, and psychotic, wielding dark alchemist powers that might rival his own, along with a very personal tie to him.

In the midst of his busy life as a hard worker stuck in a tiring routine, Adam, a 40 year old man, finds escape in the world of online gaming that he loves. For Adam, gaming is the only way to escape the stresses of the real world and find true joy. However, one day, after prolonged exhaustion and stress, Adam died. When he opened his eyes, he found himself no longer in the real world, but in his favorite game, "Realm of Arcadia". Not only that, but he also realized that he was trapped in the body of his own character that he had created in the game. Adam must learn to navigate his new life in this gaming world, facing challenges he previously only faced through a computer screen. On this journey, he meets various fantastic characters and creatures, and discovers that the game world is much more real than he ever imagined. Meanwhile, Adam also realizes that life in the game has consequences that are just as real as in the real world. He must choose between returning to his old life or going on an epic adventure in the game that might lead him to a deeper understanding of the true meaning of life and happiness. With challenges, adventures, and unexpected encounters, Adam embarks on a journey that changes him fundamentally, taking readers on a story that combines the magic of the fantasy world with the wisdom of the real world.

A love story of a young couple meeting in an ancient time where dragons became extinct after the slaughtering of serpents. Igashu who was a member of a clan, who can forge healing bases decided to wander back to their old village where they used to dwell. He was asked by a critic of their clan to eliminate all the serpents remaining and in return, she will make him one of the powerful physicians inside their tribe. Epala who shapeshifted herself to a human form meets the person who seeks them dead and concludes to win his heart and eliminate him herself. (COVER PHOTO NOT MINE)

“Babe, what are you doing with him?” He raised a brow with a voice filled with contempt, his eyes raging in anger. “What does it look like?” She snorted in disgust. “Do you have the right to even ask me such a question? Just look at you.” She couldn’t help but laugh with a very loud voice and Carter followed suit. “You are looking worse than a dog and you expect me to stick with you?” She clicked her tongue, mocking his pitiful state. “Seriously? Babe, after everything I have done for you?” Logan stared at his girlfriend in disbelief. The woman he had fallen for had changed overnight and doesn’t have any regard for him again. “Don’t call me babe! If you ain’t ashamed, I’m ashamed for you!” She spat at his face in annoyance. ~~~ Logan couldn’t believe his eyes and ears. He had endured disrespect and belittlement from others, but he never expected it from the person he loved the most, Eleanor. He had sacrificed his savings to support her education and take care of her every need. He had neglected himself, believing that as long as Eleanor was happy and comfortable, he would be too. But now, he discovered that she had been two-timing him, using him as a mere pastime. She publicly insulted and humiliated him. However, everything changes when Logan stumbles upon a power system. A system that promises him beauty, wealth, and fame in a short span of time. With this newfound power in his hands, what will Logan do? Will he seek revenge? Will he rise above his past and create a new future? The choices he makes will shape his destiny and reveal the true extent of his strength.

In the parking lot of Ifewood University, students were trickling in and out of the Mozambique hostel for female students.  James Keenan, a charismatic postgraduate student of business known as a "Campus Bad Boy," was infamous through his undergraduate days as a con man, sly, and a member of the university cult, The Eagles.  His piercing eyes rove up and down the road as he tries to select his pick for the night. The Eagles were throwing a party on the outskirts of town tonight.  Most students had returned home as school was officially on summer break.  James sat in Shane's car with Gabriel, Austin, and Shane, all members of the same cult, smoking, and each man nursing his own thoughts about the party tonight. Beatrice Kenan was coming back from the library, dressed in a simple yellow tank top, blue jeans, and denim canvas. Her bag was strapped to her shoulder, and her mind was in turmoil. She wondered, How on earth could she fail the simplest of her courses? Professor Bam must definitely be a certified bastard to have failed her. How is she ever going to pass this course without succumbing to his threats and advances? Just as she thought of picking up her phone from her bag to call her friend Yvonne, she came into James's vision. Who is she?  Definitely the one.  As far as James was concerned, the night was set for the Eagles. None of them could have imagined what destiny planned for the future, as love, betrayal, and deception set the pace in this love triangle.

Bill Davish is considered trash by his wife and mother-in-law because he always fails to get a job. He is kicked out of the house and has to accept the fact that Miranda, his wife, has another man. While down, Bill accidentally meets Joana and gets a big favor from his childhood friend. Bill soon gets his life back, then with his extraordinary abilities, he is able to get a success. Plus, his true identity is also finally revealed and makes Miranda so sorry for dumping him. How is Bill's struggle to find his true self like?

At a young age, he lives alone as a beggar, bearing the sadness that his parents died in a plane crash and leave him alone. Living under the bridge as a beggar, somehow he was able to maintain his life until he pick up a purse full of unfamiliar cards. His life changes all of sudden after he brought the purse to the lost and found because the grandma was there and lost her purse. The grandma didn't hesitate to make him her grandson. He accepts her offer and lives with his grandma. After many years he become successful and was left alone and he decided to visit the grave of his parents, but bad luck is in his fate, the truck hit him and died at the same time. Blaming himself for doing an extreme sin. While falling into infinite darkness he hears a voice and that is a system they called. At first, he couldn't believe that he was already dead. He just accept what the system explained to him. Reincarnating in a world where magic is possible using pollen. Pollen is like a mana that is needed to use a powerful skill. After the reincarnation. After interruption while traveling, the system decides to force reincarnation. But there is pay, he appeared in the most dangerous forest where wild beast roams every time. Fortunately, the five goblins brought him to their village. His life starts facing dangerous, threats, and his journey becomes a paradise.

Dying is just data. Revenge is a 10-second delay. In a world ruled by powerful Hunter Guilds and the strict laws of the Hunter Association, Jaxen Vane was nothing more than an E-Rank laborer—disposable bait for corporate meat-grinders. Born with zero combat skills and a comatose sister to support, his only goal was survival. Until the day a routine dungeon raid turned into a deadly corporate cover-up. Trapped by mutated monsters and betrayed by his own vanguard, Jaxen accidentally triggers a late awakening. But his system isn't like the standard blue interfaces everyone else possesses. His is an anomaly—a glitched golden system that loads exactly ten seconds late. Whenever Jaxen suffers a fatal blow, his unique skill, Hindsight Bias, snaps his consciousness back exactly ten seconds into the past. He cannot outrun an A-Rank hunter, and he cannot overpower a C-Rank beast on raw stats alone. But with an endless loop of ten-second do-overs, he can memorize every strike, predict every trap, and turn his own brutal deaths into a flawless strategy board. Forced to hide his world-breaking ability from corrupt guilds, ruthless executives, and a high-ranking investigator who blackmails him into a shadow contract, Jaxen takes up a silver invitation to the National Hunter Academy. Hidden right under everyone's noses, the ultimate underdog begins to silently hoard stat points, master his broken system, and climb the ranks. They think he's just an unpolished gem with a Read button.

Hiroki Kurogane never asked for a second chance at life, especially not one that begins with pain, memory loss, and a strange book. After a strange accident pulls him from modern Tokyo into a world unlike any he's known, Hiroki awakens in a place known as Yumix, in a world of conflicts and hidden supernatural forces. With no clear path and the danger closing in, Hiroki meets with a mysterious white-haired girl in his vision called Ayuri, whose her true motives were concealed behind her golden eyes. Now Hiroki must uncover why he was brought here, and what his presence has awakened in a world that may not be ready for the answers.

What happens if the one transcendent being that truly cares for mortals fell and got a second chance in a world full of magic, danger and possibly even friendships? Does the past determine the future or do we all write our own destiny? Come along for a ride through space and time. Watch Cassandra Pendragon grow from a kingdom-less princess to a force that might change the cosmos.