Starting from Zero - Book 2 - Chapter 16 – Selling Charcoal to Get Rich!

They called him the Shame of the Clan but before that, Vale Athrimir was born a prodigy, one of the rising stars expected to lead the next generation of the Clan. But on the day of his manifestation, he was awarded the Forbidden Mark Order, a power feared and loathed throughout the realm.In an instant, his world collapsed, his friends turned their backs, his father disowned him, and he was cast into prison. After three years of starvation and torment, he was thrown into the Borderlands, a labor camp where the forsaken dig rocks until they die.But Vale refused to break.With nothing but his rage and ambition, he clawed his way free and began to build. Starting with outcasts and exiles, he forged the foundations of something the world had never seen, an empire that would span nations, topple kingdoms, and unite the fractured lands under the Eternal Skies.The Forbidden Mark Order carried a terrible secret, and with an Ancient's Inheritance in his grasp, Vale discovered he possessed power beyond measure. Now, he would transform from prisoner to emperor, from outcast to conqueror.From the ashes of betrayal, the Universal Empire would rise.

The world was once at war with 10 alternate worlds. This was known as the Concept War and our world won 60 years ago. All of this was concealed so no normal people are aware of this fact in the current time.

After the death of his grandfather, the high-school student Sayama Mikoto is suddenly summoned by the giant corporation IAI. He learns this world is headed for destruction due to the acceleration of the Minus Concepts. To prevent this, negotiations must be undertaken with the survivors of the other parallel worlds so their 10 concepts can be released.

And so Sayama is caught up in the final battle to clean up after the Concept War which left behind so much enmity.

It’s me, Ren, and this is my story: the story of an ordinary man from Earth, reincarnated into the world of a modern fantasy novel, full of humans possessing magical powers, demonic beasts, corporate empires… and, of course, sexy beauties waiting to be conquered.But I wasn’t just another extra, dropped into some random fantasy setting, I was born as the sole heir to a family with assets worth hundreds of billions.More importantly, I had a system of my own: the Lustbound Codex.It was a system designed to help me corrupt even the purest soul, unlock new abilities through sex, earn Lust Points from the sins of lust and the conquest of beauties, and then upgrade myself with those Lust Points.Step by step, I would walk this lustful path to omnipotence.So come.Join me on this journey where, armed with a wicked mind and this perverse, lust-driven system, I would rise to the top, not only through battle and politics, but also through pure, unrestrained, boundless lust.From voluptuous goddesses to cold CEO MILFs, from highborn heroines to naive, innocent girls, I would conquer them all, one by one.And my first target?Naturally, it had to be my best friend’s mother!I’d been eyeing that hot MILF for years, and her perfect hourglass figure had already been burned into my memory.She was the ideal woman to take my virginity.So tonight…“I’m going to have sex with my best friend’s mother.”=====================[Content Warnings & Notes:]* All Characters are 18+* No NTR(The MC only steals other men’s women; his girls are never taken from him.)

Two Zatarian youths embark on a cross-dimensional journey to uncover their true identities, encountering both allies and formidable adversaries along the way.They must collaborate to decipher the significance of the symbol imprinted on them, but a faction known as the Nitharians seeks to eliminate them before they can uncover the truth. Naburo, the leader of the Nitharians, has dispatched his most trusted son and his team to guarantee the success of this mission.Will Naburo's son and his team prevail before the Zatarians discover their true selves?