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A powerless janitor in a city ruled by supers plots vengeance against the untouchable heroes who killed his parents—until the city bites back.

Chris wields ice-forged vengeance in a shattered world where mana turns survivors into predators and mercy is a fatal weakness.

A snarky isekai survivor battles eldritch horrors and moral dilemmas as his dark powers grow stronger than his conscience.

A speedrunner turned isekai hero must break the rules of a lethal game world before its apocalypse consumes him for good.

Edmund wields the Aspect of Madness to break Linaria’s cursed dungeon—not for glory, but to destroy it from within.

Randidly Ghosthound battles through a twisted dungeon with no class or guide, forging his own path in a world reshaped by the System.

A corporate drone discovers his true calling as a ruthless hunter when the System reshapes Earth into a deadly game of survival and evolution.

A boy wields pure magic in a System-ruled apocalypse, destined to become the tyrant who bends reality itself—if he survives long enough.

A cunning pirate with the power to speak to beasts sails the endless seas, hunting gods and monsters to claim divinity for himself.

Robin Waybright can trade anything—even memories or skills—in a cutthroat world where commerce decides the fate of nations and rival Heroes vie for power.

Every night, Michael's bedroom becomes a portal to a ruined fantasy world where loot is plentiful—but only if he outwits the monsters guarding it.

A bullet-core in his skull resurrects Yuan as a Gunsoul—a living weapon hunting his killers across a wasteland ruled by nuclear cultivators and weapon-gods.