A Mastermind? No, I'm just the Live-In Son-in-Law - Chapter 156: The Trigger

“So... well... I died as it seems?Then I woke up as a character from an online science fiction game...And the craziest thing was that I was in my personal spaceship...Aside from that, I have this weird gaming system bugging me with missions and stuff...So... finally, something interesting happened in my life at last.At least now, I am unbound by anything and can do as I wish.”- Acturus Al-Yesod Crawford“In the grim darkness of the endless space, there is only one sole constant that has ruled the space since immemorial, that dictated the life and death, the order and chaos of every single living being.Power.This is the story of one of the most controversial people in the history of the Known Universe, Arcturus Al-Yesod Crawford, the Star Mercenary, Bounty Hunter, Trader and many other titles...”- Prologue Chronicles of the Known Universe: Chapter Star Citizen, Star Date: Unknown***Tags: Aliens, Androids, Army, Army Building, Automatons, Assassins, Artificial Intelligence, Cosmic Wars, Fleet Battles, Futuristic Setting, Male Protagonist, Mercenaries, Monsters, Outer Space, Nobles, Late Romance, Slow Romance, Money Grubber, Supernatural Powers, Psychic Powers, System, Game Elements, Strategic Battles, Strong to Stronger, Transported into a Game World, Wars, Evolution, Genetic Modifications, Industrialization, Military, Politics, Poor to Rich, Strength-Based Social Hierarchy, Time Skip

CONTENT WARNING:/This novel contains mature themes, explicit sexual content, strong language, and adult situations. Reader discretion is advised./---She ran from the devil who raised her…And married the one who wore a crown.After her parents’ tragic death, Lydia Andreyevna’s life became a nightmare. Stripped of her name, inheritance, and freedom by her uncle—Lord Alexander—she was treated like property and promised to a Count four times her age.Desperate to escape, she fled into the cold night… and straight into blood.A stranger. Wounded. Beautiful. Terrifying.She should’ve left him.But she didn’t.She touched him once—and fate branded her forever.Her uncle caught her the next morning. Her escape failed. But when she begged Queen Olga for protection, the Queen offered her a deadly bargain:Marry the masked Grand Duke of Zolotaria.The king’s hunting dog. The butcher of the East. The devil in a crown.The man feared by kings.The heir to the throne.The same man she once saved.Ivan Romanov.They say he bathes in blood. That he kills without blinking. That he conquered kingdoms with a smile behind a mask. That no one sees his face—and lives.Some call him the devil. Others call him Death’s favorite son.But behind the mask is the same man she found dying in the dark.The same voice that haunted her dreams.The same hands she once held.Now, he’s her husband.Her jailer.Her obsession.She doesn’t know if she’s his prisoner, or his weakness.Cold and untouchable, Ivan doesn’t share his bed. Doesn’t share his secrets. But she sees it—the hunger in his eyes. The pain in his silence. The way he looks at her like she’s the only thing keeping his demons at bay.She should fear him.She should hate him.But the moment she dares to take off his mask… it’s already too late.Because Ivan wants her—her fire, her body, her heart.And in his world, what he wants, he keeps.Even if it means burning down the kingdom.She thought she was running from hell.She ended up in his bed.And the most dangerous thing of all?She doesn’t want to leave.

[MATURE EXPLICIT CONTENT 18+] [SMUTS] [NO NTR]In his previous life, Ethan Cross was the very definition of misfortune.No talent, no money, no romance, and what's worse that he's still a virgin with just a painfully average life drowned in bad luck and escapism through gacha games that never gave him a single SSR.Until then... he died in a stupid way.Reincarnated into a vast fantasy world of swords, magic, monsters, and kingdoms, Ethan awakens as Lucian Luxfall, a young man marked by a mysterious, god-defying system.[SSS Gacha System Activated.][Unique Restriction Confirmed: Only “Bikini-Type Warriors” can be summoned.]At first, Lucian thinks it's a cruel joke.But when his very first pull summons a legendary SSS-rank warrior, comes a devastatingly beautiful woman clad in nothing but enchanted battle-bikini armor, capable of wiping out monsters that seasoned adventurers fear.Seeing that Lucian realizes one thing that the system is broken.Each gacha pull grants him warriors of unimaginable power: queens, demon generals, saintesses, assassins, dragonkin, and goddesses-all bound to him by the system, all absurdly strong, and all wearing scandalously impractical yet magically enhanced bikinis.In a world where power determines everything, Lucian climbs from a nameless nobody to a walking catastrophe.“Why are all my SSS units like this?!”[Because this is your fate.]With luck that defies logic, a system that grows more absurd with every pull, and a harem of elite warriors who could destroy nations, Lucian Luxfall embarks on an adventure filled with battles, comedy, desire, and escalating madness.This is the story of a man who conquered the world...not with a sword, not with magic...but with gacha luck taken to its absolute limit.---------NO NTR! NO YURI! AND LARGE HAREM WITH A LOT OF SMUT!MC is not stupid, dense, or anything you find that makes you bored easily. (he was a sigma)Tags:R-18 | Mature | Adult | Smut | Large Harem | Ecchi | Hentai | NSFW | Blowjob |Anal | Sex | Threesome | Foursome | Moresome | Hardcore | Feet | Thicc | Milf | Virgin | Choking | Out doors | Nymph| Bdsm | Fetish | Action | Handsome MC | Overpowered and Smart MC | Comedy | and many more...Discord: https://discord.gg/fD38nPykq7

«Abbot Xinzi, by decree of the Celestial Grandmaster, hunt down the protagonists, snatch their women and destroy their destiny!»

In a world where demons walk among men and mystical beasts run amok, Xinzi, outer disciple of the White Immortal sect, must compete against his peerless senior brother to become the Sword Fairy’s dual cultivation partner. Failure isn’t an option.

But when the truth of his mysterious past resurfaces, and his identity clashes with the succeeding protagonists, will our monk hold on to the last embers of his humanity or sink…into utter depravity?

Follow Xinzi as he subdues the succeeding protagonists, corrupts their beauties, and bestows green hats on the path to attain Sainthood and establish a Paradise of Faith in Debauchery.