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"He's mine!" A woman bangs the walls, silent as she etches his name on the plaster. She looks at her work with satisfaction, then throws it in the trash bin, muttering something about “bitchin’ paint.” "Why!?" she slumps down onto the ground. "This is not healthy, ma'am, you~." "Shut the fuck up!" She grabs a bottle of wine and throws it at the man, almost smashing his head open. The man sighs and walks towards her. "You can't continue on like this." She stares at him blankly, before punching his jaw out. The man groans and staggers. "That was uncalled for," he says between clenched teeth. He looks like he wants to say something else but doesn't. She laughs maniacally. "If I want to get drunk, I'll get drunk! Don't tell me what to do!" He walks towards her and hugs her tightly, trying to make eye contact with her through the tears running down her face. "Stop it," she mumbles. "I'm sorry," he whispers. "It's just hard seeing you like this." She punches him again, but this time he catches her fist in his hand. "Don't touch me!" "I admit it, I'm a simp." he chuckles. "Then stop pretending to be nice to me," she spits. "Please don't fight with me over stupid things that don't matter anymore, because I really care about you. You're my everything. I've lost everything already because of you." "I maybe a simp, but I'm your simp."

They said I was picked because I am handsome. They are not wrong. Lin Ye is 19, handsome, Qi Gathering 7, the pill trash of the outer city. No spirit root, no background, only a cracked furnace from his mother and an 8 year old sister with Ice Soul that will kill her before winter. Until he bleeds on the furnace and awakens Pill Vein, the lost bloodline that can purify any herb, analyze any pill, and turn trash into Spirit Grade. Yue Qinghan is 23, Nascent Soul peak, Frost Vein pure, silver eyes that can appraise all pills, youngest Sect Leader in Northern Frost history. Cold, aloof, and tired of everyone coveting what is hers. When she tastes his so called trash pill and her rampaging Frost Vein calms for the first time in ten years, she throws him a token. "Do Not Touch. My Personal Alchemist." Now he lives in Moon Frost Palace, shares a pill kitchen connected by a jade door he keeps forgetting to lock, has 100 fresh Warm Yang Grass to save his sister, and a Sect Leader who adjusts his shawl in front of the elders and says "what is mine, I protect." In 6 days the Ten Year Frost Secret Realm opens early, forced open by Blazing Sun Sect. Inside is Ice Heart Lotus that can save his sister, and Frost Soul Fruit that can push Yue Qinghan to Soul Formation. She will seal her own cultivation to Golden Core and walk in with him, because she does not like people touching what is hers. Anti sissy. Talent first. Backbone MC. Possessive ice queen who spoils only him. Comedy, alchemy, face slapping, sweet romance.

I went on an ocean fishing boat for 4 years to pay off 300 million won in coin debt, and my account is strange. But that was only the beginning of great fortune. The story of Song Dae-woon, a legendary venture capitalist who is shaking up the global economy. Note:This is a Translation.

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Falsely accused of plotting against Queen Andora, Ogai, a blacksmith with a shadowed past, has no choice but to flee with his son. Now, the exiled warrior must assemble six formidable allies to stop the queen's reign of terror before she plunges the kingdoms into war. Bound by honor but divided by pride, their journey is one of vengeance, betrayal, and ambition—where nothing goes as planned, and the fate of Arcadia hangs in the balance.

The world was once tampered with by the divine, giving off offspring known as Nephilims A few million years after their time on earth, their ancestors became known as Epico, a long lost race capable of using the strengths of those mythical beings lost to time. Having been born as an Epico, Pyre Benitez is thrust into a battle that he never signed up for nor can he escape it. Will he survive or will his story burn to ash, just like all the others...

Tahun 2026. Di balik jalanan dan bangunan bersejarah Kota Picana, kedamaian hanyalah ilusi yang dipertontonkan kepada dunia. Mayoritas penduduknya merupakan warga keturunan dan berdarah campuran (mixed blood). Kelompok yang selama bertahun-tahun hidup di bawah bayang-bayang diskriminasi negara. Namun, di balik citra harmoninya, Picana menjadi pusat perlawanan terhadap pemerintahan yang selama bertahun-tahun melakukan diskriminasi dan penindasan terhadap warga keturunan. Di tengah penindasan itu, organisasi bawah tanah bernama Night Revenge mulai bangkit sebagai simbol perlawanan terhadap rezim yang mengatasnamakan stabilitas demi membenarkan kekerasannya. Di tengah konflik tersebut, Ian, seorang pemuda berdarah campuran, menyaksikan keluarganya hilang dalam operasi militer yang menelan ratusan korban sipil. Malam itu mengubah seluruh hidupnya. Bertekad mencegah tragedi serupa terulang, ia memilih bergabung dengan pasukan pertahanan negara. Ia percaya bahwa musuh terbesar bukanlah negara, melainkan orang-orang yang menyalahgunakan kekuasaan di dalamnya. Namun, semakin tinggi jabatannya, semakin jelas ia melihat bahwa kekerasan, manipulasi, dan kebohongan telah mengakar di tubuh pemerintahan yang ia bela. Ketika sebuah serangan drone besar melanda Picana, seluruh warga baik warga keturunan maupun aparat negara terpaksa mengesampingkan permusuhan demi menyelamatkan nyawa satu sama lain. Untuk sesaat, harapan akan perdamaian seolah menjadi kenyataan. Namun, setelah bencana merenggut ratusan korban jiwa, pemerintah memanfaatkan situasi tersebut untuk memperkuat propaganda bahwa konflik telah berakhir. Kedamaian yang diberitakan media hanyalah ilusi. Di balik layar, operasi penangkapan, penghilangan paksa, dan pembantaian terhadap warga keturunan terus berlangsung secara sistematis. Pemberontakan tidak pernah benar-benar padam, melainkan tumbuh dalam bayang-bayang ketakutan. Sembilan tahun kemudian, Ian telah menjadi perwira menengah yang dihormati. Di balik kariernya yang cemerlang, ia menemukan dokumen rahasia yang mengungkap bahwa perang selama bertahun-tahun bukanlah kegagalan pemerintah, melainkan konflik yang sengaja dipelihara demi mempertahankan kekuasaan.

UPDATES EVERY THREE DAYS UNTIL NOV 15TH (gotta write more lol) Ellie Redd, a lesbian vampire from the early 1900s, is on the prowl for a rich woman to seduce and feed off of. When her target, Lilia Vasilovna, turns out to be a vampire as well, Ellie is thrown into a vampiric underworld she never knew existed. As the two draw closer, Ellie and Lilia must learn to navigate their own lingering issues and the deeply entrenched conflicts within the Red Congregation. VAMPIRIC deals with sensitive subjects such as BDSM and kink, trauma from abuse, mental illness, depression, anxiety, and suicide.

War breaks out between humans and supernatural aliens from the deep dark. After surviving a violent encounter, Ulysses discovers he has gained supernatural powers. He joins Earth's space military force on their crusade against the deep dark in hopes of eradicating them. As Ulysses battles through the stars, he’s drawn into a conflict far more complex than he ever imagined. This is the Epic of The Red.

In the kingdom of Orynthys, 14-year-old Albian Eizhard learns of his family’s ancient duty—to guard a powerful seal that imprisons monsters from an age long past. On the eve of his fifteenth birthday, he discovers the perilous awakening ritual that could either grant him the power to uphold the seal or take his life. But as the seal deep beneath their estate begins to falter, emitting a sinister omen, Albian is thrust into a dangerous mystery. Can he survive the awakening and uncover the truth behind the seal’s failing magic before it’s too late?