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1 new chapter every day - Running for WSA 2023 **************************************************** In a world filled with magic, fantastic creatures, gods, and endless mysteries, Vince is a young man with a brilliant mind but no opportunities. As a soldier in a war campaign, he faces an inevitable fate. However, instead of finally discovering the secrets of the afterlife, he awakens in a mysterious and unknown place, where he must navigate the secrets and dangers that lurk in every corner. Vince then needs to use his wits and skills to survive and escape this strange and deadly place. Will he be able to uncover the truth behind this mythical realm, or will he be trapped there forever? In endless darkness, a single word runs through infinity "Open your eyes, marked".

Branded with a mysterious tattoo at age 12, Amaliah was the scorned, unwanted daughter blamed by her noble family for the tragedies that befell them. When her beloved sister vanished, Amaliah was forced to take her sister's place as the engaged bride of Crown Prince Ryleigh, despite his love for the missing sibling. On what should have been Amaliah's wedding day, her long-lost sister returned, only to be murdered shortly after along with Ryleigh. Accused of the killings, Amaliah found herself disgraced, disowned, and her inheritance seized. Her only escape was an arranged marriage to Konstantin, a feared warlord rumored to lead an ancient cult. Trapped in her new husband's foreboding castle, Amaliah learned the cult's shocking secret - her tattoo marked her as the reincarnation of their founder. As more bodies piled around her and those closest betrayed her, Amaliah felt an undeniable, forbidden allure to Konstantin, her greatest adversary. He aimed to use her reincarnated powers for his own nefarious ends. Amaliah was forced to choose between submitting to this dark fate or embracing her destiny - to destroy the cult, the ruthless husband who inexplicably became her lover, and the dismaying future that had haunted her since childhood.

I took the fall for a murder committed by the noble Caleb Grimshaw and spent three agonizing years in a detention center. He swore he'd marry me the day I got out. But on the day of my release, he never showed. I went to his hotel, only to find him with another woman in his arms. "You really thought I'd want a convict?" he sneered. In that moment, I understood. He had long forgotten his promise. I accepted the marriage my family arranged for me. On my wedding day, Caleb and his cronies crashed the event, laughing boisterously. “Lila, are you that desperate to be my mate? How pathetic.” Just then, his uncle—Finnian Grimshaw, the Alpha King—arrived. He draped a shawl over my shoulders and placed the wedding ring on my finger. Caleb panicked.

"Who said I have to follow anything you do in your country, regardless of where I grew up, my blood never changes, my heritage never dies. No more, will the colour of your skin scare our people off, so think however you want, but my word stands." Twenty year old, Nai Megan was born and raised in Washington DC for as long as she can remember, until the death of a mother she had always known, she is yet to discover the kind of roots she came from, and how it will affect her entire life as she knows it.

Ezia always thought she was human. She had a human mother, a human family, and a human life. She expected she would have a future in human society and die as a human from time. But Ezia has a secret - she could talk to foxes. And that is not something that humans can do. When the secret is exposed, she runs for her life. In a world of Men, Spirits and those in between, Ezia will have to find herself a new life, a new home and a new future - or die trying.

Max Clinton is a 19 year old boy who, like any other, had made plans for Friday night. He would go to an escape room with his friends, Ryan and Matthew, and Hugo, his lover. At first, it was just an innocent little game, which was fun at the start. But, as they pieced together more clues and figured out more riddles, they found threatening notes. Then, Max found his friend dead on the floor, neck bent at an awkward angle. Now, the others have to make it out alive, but what awaits them?

Five hundred years ago, Isaac Griffith struck down the Demon King in a battle that cost him his life. When he opens his eyes again, it’s in the body of his own descendant—Edward Griffith, eldest son of a fallen noble house. The world he saved remembers him not as a hero, but as Isaac the Betrayer, while his cowardly comrade, Holy Knight Charles, is celebrated as the saviour of mankind.

Qin Yao opens her eyes and finds herself transmigrated from a post-apocalyptic world into the body of an ancient peasant woman. Her family consists of four stepchildren needing care. A good-for-nothing husband, who has nothing but looks, is causing a ruckus. They live in a thatched hut, without a grain of rice, the family is emaciated like refugees. If that wasn't enough, someone even comes to collect debts! Anger rises in Qin Yao's heart, and she kicks the wretched husband out, "Debt collector, feel free to just beat him to death!" The four stepchildren: !!! With the world quieted, Qin Yao rolls up her sleeves to revive the family. Hunting, carrying bags, fighting bandits, she's an expert in all. But facing the fields, with her back to the sky, and her face to the earth, even a top-tier fighter from the post-apocalyptic world waves her hand: Can't take it! Really can't take it! Qin Yao scratches her head: In the ancient times where agricultural taxes are extremely high, how can I avoid farming? At this moment, the lazy husband who was sent away to die (twisting and crawling) (struggling to stand up) (screaming and roaring): My dear! I think I can be saved!

# 1V1 # NOBLELADY The female general has transmigrated to the future. When she opened her eyes, she saw someone snatching a child. She reached out without much thought, but who would have thought the little girl would hug her and say, “Mom, don’t throw me and Brother away!” Since the female general couldn’t go back, she raised her children and educated them. She beat up scumbags and saved men, and achieved another brilliant life. In the face of outrageous people, she was an ice queen. Grandma, sister-in-law, do any of you deserve my time? Faced with her children, it was like a spring breeze in summer. “Little Xing, you’re so smart! Shi Tou, you’re also a good baby!” In the face of men, she was indifferent. “Leave if you want to. You have legs, right? Go on then, I won’t walk you out.” She was a woman with thousands of faces. Even in another world, she was still the most dazzling one.

【Super Sweet Romance! Direct tough guy × Tender spoiled beauty】The pampered heiress Ye Manman transmigrates into a period novel, becoming an important supporting character whose luck has been stolen and who suffers repeated humiliations from the female lead. From the moment they get married, their destinies begin to diverge drastically. The female lead rises steadily, while the supporting character remains devoted to the male lead, maintaining her purity and refusing to compromise. Eventually, she's impoverished, abducted into the mountains, and becomes mentally unstable. Ye Manman speechless jpg. Counting on her fingers, she lists out all the qualities of her rugged husband: full-time nanny, all-around housekeeper, elite chef, fully automated money machine... The picky and shopping-loving Ye Manman exclaims her love for him. Married! Committed for life! Wouldn't leave him even if beaten! From the day they got married, no one in the village had high hopes. Ye Manman is delicate and soft, unable to carry things on her shoulders or work in the fields, expecting everything to be handed to her. She frequently collects flowers and eats wild fruits. People say the man has married a living ancestor, unable to bear it, predicting the marriage will end soon. However, the more demanding Ye Manman becomes, the more doting the man is, making the entire village incredibly jealous and envious... Their lives only get better, renovating and expanding, doing business to buy a western-style house, even getting into college to become the richest family... The original female lead, supposed to be living a life of luxury in a mansion and driving fancy cars, ends up in tatters, lying on the ground, staring at the sky. "What exactly went wrong? Where is the promised life of wealth and honor?"