close enough luke

Three years ago, he ran rampant in Africa, undeniably the King of Soldier Kings. Three years later, he returned to the city, carless, houseless, and constantly in trouble. Applying to be a security guard at a company, switching from the battlefield to the office, he's low key, clever, with depth. Even security guards can have their moment in the spring. Every time someone asked him, why are you always the unlucky one? Basil Jaak would shyly say, it's just because I'm too obviously handsome! ...

New thrilling book A legendary soldier returns to the city, helplessly forced into marriage by a beautiful CEO.

He is a great fighter in real life, but he is mistakenly assigned a "Mage" job class in a virtual reality game! He is someone who uses power to conquer power, so he makes the most out of the mistake and transforms into a fierce Mage, versed in close combat, in the blink of an eye! By perfectly combining strength and spells, he uncovers a new path of gaming! Fireball? Chain Lightning? Frost Mirror… Wait just a minute; I’ve come to practice kung fu! Spells have nothing to do with me! What’s that? I’m a Mage? Oh, right! I am a Mage indeed. But… Are you certain I’m one? Alright… Feel the might of my saber! My sword! My hidden weapons! What? You’re saying I’m no Mage now? Let me prove it to you if you don’t believe me! But even if you believe me, I will still show you just how unstoppable a Mage who knows kung fu can be!

To break off her engagement with her cheating fiancé, Ivy Sherwood, who is pretending to be ugly, seduces her fiancé's uncle. After a night of indulgence, Ivy Sherwood tosses down two hundred bucks and remarks, "The service last night was pretty good." Just as she's about to make her escape, she's pulled into the man's embrace: "Isn't it your turn to serve me now?" Quentin Blackwood is a forbidding figure in The Veridian Circle. Someone claims to have seen him pinning a woman against a wall and kissing her fiercely, but everyone else vehemently shakes their heads: "Impossible! Who could possibly catch Master Blackwood's eye?" Others say the woman was suspected to be Ivy Sherwood, and the crowd scoffs: "That's even more impossible! Master Blackwood doesn't even spare a glance for stunning beauties, how could he possibly fall for an ugly woman?" That is, until someone sees the distinguished man kneeling to put a shoe on for Ivy Sherwood, all just to coax a kiss from her. Upon seeing Ivy Sherwood's true appearance, the scumbag fiancé has a sudden realization and wants to beg for forgiveness, only to be kicked out of the house by the other man, who then flashes a marriage certificate: "Call her Auntie."

Renee Kane is reborn back to before the Game's closed beta began. One week later, the apocalypse will arrive, and all of humanity will be forced to board endless trains and survive in various extreme environments. Renee Kane in her past life endured a father who cheated on her mother, a hypocritical stepmother and a malicious younger brother. That family drained the inheritance from Renee Kane's mother to get into a first-class carriage, yet turned around and threw her into hell. After she barely survived the initial stages, they used Renee Kane's name to make enemies everywhere, pushing her into a desperate situation step by step. This time, Renee Kane will no longer trust anyone. The first thing she does after being reborn is to first snatch her brother's closed beta spot, then exchange her mother's entire inheritance for game currency, and hoard like crazy! Upon entering the game, she first deals with that family, then obtains the S Level Skill Card: Annihilation! [Annihilation: The most complete form of disappearance is to be replaced! After activating the Skill, players who die by your hand can have their identities usurped by you.] Renee Kane, relying on her endless supplies and numerous alt-identities, becomes a one-woman army, growing bigger and stronger. It's not until later that everyone discovers in horror that the wealthiest merchant, the most genius Manufacturing Master, the most reclusive mercenary, and the player with the most god-tier luck... All the big names, turned out to all be Renee Kane's alt accounts! But Renee Kane's goal has never changed: she wants to survive until the day the train reaches the final station! As for those who stand in her way... Renee Kane, eating a grand meal and drinking red wine in a first-class carriage, gives a slight smile: "Then I can only invite you to go die."

Heloise, the Brook family's adopted daughter, was merely a pitiable tool they used to shield their biological daughter, Coral, from harm. She suffered abuse in the Brook household from a young age and was eventually discarded and left to fend for herself in the harsh and hellish slums of BlueWolf Mountain, teeming with mentally ill, disabled, and sinister individuals. Then one day, Reginald Wordsworth, the enigmatic and domineering CEO of the PHOENIXFELL Empire's first conglomerate, Reginald Wordsworth chose her, and brought her out of the slums. Her fate took a dramatic turn as she embarked on a quest for revenge. She pretended to be a mental patient and engaged in a battle of wits with Reginald, unraveling the mysteries surrounding the enigmatic head of the first financial conglomerate. At the same time, Reginald also discovered that she was not an ordinary person. ******** she had ever been penniless, but Reginald, the big cheese, was irresistibly drawn to her and highly pampered her. ******** "Heloise, an abandoned baby, a dirt poor!" Someone said before he saw Heloise signing dozens of real estate agreements, while dozing off. " Heloise, has no backing. Why is she so arrogant?" Someone said, and then he saw Phoenixfell's first conglomerate's tycoon Reginald Wordsworth publicly announced his marriage to Heloise. "Heloise, I know, she couldn't give birth a long time ago!" Another person said, and then he was beaten by Wordsworth's little young master, "Mommy can't give birth, so where did I come from?"

Isabella Monte is distraught when her family loses everything. Determined not to lose her parents, she swore on her father's hospital bed to get back all they had lost. However her father told her that it was futile as their suffering was caused by Angelo Flores, the wealthiest bachelor in Panama. Angelo would stop at nothing to completely get rid of the Monte's as he blames them for the death of his parents and sister. While at the hospital with her father, Isabella is visited by none other than Angelo and a deal is placed before her. "Marry me and I will let your family go." Against her father's will, Isabella agrees to Angelo's demands. Her hatred for him is stronger than ever as she vows to make him pay for her family's suffering. But, what happens when Isabella finds herself falling for the enemy? WARNING: MATURE CONTENT

The Gospel according to Luke is the first part of a two-volume work that continues the biblical history of God’s dealings with humanity found in the Old Testament, showing how God’s promises to Israel have been fulfilled in Jesus and how the salvation promised to Israel and accomplished by Jesus has been extended to the Gentiles. The stated purpose of the two volumes is to provide Theophilus and others like him with certainty—assurance—about earlier instruction they have received. To accomplish his purpose, Luke shows that the preaching and teaching of the representatives of the early church are grounded in the preaching and teaching of Jesus, who during his historical ministry prepared his specially chosen followers and commissioned them to be witnesses to his resurrection and to all else that he did. This continuity between the historical ministry of Jesus and the ministry of the apostles is Luke’s way of guaranteeing the fidelity of the Church’s teaching to the teaching of Jesus. Luke’s story of Jesus and the church is dominated by a historical perspective. This history is first of all salvation history. God’s divine plan for human salvation was accomplished during the period of Jesus, who through the events of his life fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies, and this salvation is now extended to all humanity in the period of the church. This salvation history, moreover, is a part of human history. Luke relates the story of Jesus and the church to events in contemporary Palestinian history for, as Paul says, “this was not done in a corner.” Finally, Luke relates the story of Jesus and the church to contemporaneous church history. Luke is concerned with presenting Christianity as a legitimate form of worship in the Roman world, a religion that is capable of meeting the spiritual needs of a world empire like that of Rome. To this end, Luke depicts the Roman governor Pilate declaring Jesus innocent of any wrongdoing three times. At the same time Luke argues in Acts that Christianity is the logical development and proper fulfillment of Judaism and is therefore deserving of the same toleration and freedom traditionally accorded Judaism by Rome. The prominence given to the period of the church in the story has important consequences for Luke’s interpretation of the teachings of Jesus. By presenting the time of the church as a distinct phase of salvation history, Luke accordingly shifts the early Christian emphasis away from the expectation of an imminent parousia to the day-to-day concerns of the Christian community in the world. He does this in the gospel by regularly emphasizing the words “each day” in the sayings of Jesus. Although Luke still believes the parousia to be a reality that will come unexpectedly, he is more concerned with presenting the words and deeds of Jesus as guides for the conduct of Christian disciples in the interim period between the ascension and the parousia and with presenting Jesus himself as the model of Christian life and piety. Throughout the gospel, Luke calls upon the Christian disciple to identify with the master Jesus, who is caring and tender toward the poor and lowly, the outcast, the sinner, and the afflicted, toward all those who recognize their dependence on God, but who is severe toward the proud and self-righteous, and particularly toward those who place their material wealth before the service of God and his people. No gospel writer is more concerned than Luke with the mercy and compassion of Jesus. No gospel writer is more concerned with the role of the Spirit in the life of Jesus and the Christian disciple, with the importance of prayer, or with Jesus’ concern for women. While Jesus calls all humanity to repent, he is particularly demanding of those who would be his disciples. Of them he demands absolute and total detachment from family and material possessions. To all who respond in faith and repentance to the word Jesus preaches, he brings salvation and peace and life.

Arthur finds himself being reincarnated into an erotic, fantasy game called [Oriana] and not to mention, he had reincarnated into a thick femboy called Willow?! How is he going to navigate through the gore, the lores and more importantly, evade the erotic content of the game where 90% of the characters want to fuck him to death? Guess he'll have to big brain this shit. [DROPPED] [GOING THROUGH REWRITE]

"Don't kiss me..." "Be good, baby. Don't move..." What started as a ten-day arrangement ended in betrayal—he broke their agreement and refused to let her go. Against all odds, he used every means to keep her by his side. Desperate, she demanded, "What will it take for you to let me go?" His answer was simple, yet life-changing: "Marry me." Forced into a flash marriage, Gu Lili unexpectedly finds herself not only bound to a powerful man, but cherished beyond imagination. He dotes on her with overwhelming affection, making her the envy of all. Once mocked and cast aside by her ex-fiancé's family, Gu Lili now shines with unmatched brilliance. With her husband's unwavering support, she slaps back at hypocrites, crushes schemers, and silences every arrogant voice in her path. From a pawn in someone else's game to the queen on her own board, Gu Lili rises step by step—clever, confident, and unstoppable. A whirlwind tale of love, revenge, and ultimate empowerment.