Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom - Chapter 457: Ruben’s schemes

Once a mortal from Earth, Liora was reborn on the banks of the River of Oblivion — as a Devil.Just when she was worried about her future, a System awakened within her, granting her the power to grow stronger by devouring souls.From that moment onward, the rise of the Devil Empress began.Countless years later, her name echoed through the universe, accompanied by many titles.Devil Empress. Mother of Despair. Daughter of Calamity. Queen of Ruin. The Endbringer. The Primordial Sin.TAGS: Overpowered, Yuri, R18, Slight Romance, System, Dark, Villain, Devil, Action, Adventure, Reincarnation, World Hopping

Norton Sage has always had a dream, which is to become a wealthy landlord with a large estate, allowing many people to depend on him for their livelihood, to hire a few secretaries, employ a bunch of henchmen.Relying on the 'North Star Divine Fist' cheat provided by his transmigration, he thinks it won't be a problem.It's just that luck hasn't been on his side...Attempting to become the King of Farming, he harvested nothing.Trying to become the Fishing King, he ended up empty-handed every day.Bodyguard King, Bounty King, Mercenaries King...None of them worked!So, he can only go and become the Pirate King!

#Cannon Fodder, Second Chance, Male lead fall in love first, Bloodline Awakening, Possessive ML, Weak to Strong FL, Business World#In a world with a clear hierarchy between powerful Awakened bloodlines and weak humans, Severine Vale never believed in miracles.That is, until a sudden series of dreamlike memories forces her to awaken to a truth she was never meant to know:She is living inside a novel.Her Awakened dorm-mate, Alina Hart, is the protagonist.Meanwhile, Damien Rhodes, the cold young master of a Wolf bloodline, is the male lead—one whose love story with Alina begins through a twisted cycle of “I bully you because I hate you” and ends with “I bully you because I love you.”And Severine?She’s nothing more than cannon fodder—a side character who dies five years later under the male lead’s 'revenge'.Determined to change her fate, Severine avoids the original plot at all costs—only to discover that even the smallest flutter of her actions sends the entire story spiraling off course.The main characters begin knocking on her door one by one.Worst of all, fate pushes her into a moment that never existed in the novel.On the night she tries to escape humiliation, Severine barges into a forbidden room… and straight into the territory of a Monster—Killian Rhett King, a villain so ruthless that even Damien fears him.Severine only wanted to stay far from the story.But how is she supposed to escape when Killian’s presence in her supposedly peaceful life keeps growing… and growing?

Hikaru Nozomi, an ordinary university student, gets recruited by the Order of the Elements after awakening the Element of Light. And his mission? To find the other 9 Elements.