Tome of Troubled Times - Chapter 18: The Winter Solstice

Cut through the road of life and death with one knife, and Hanren slaughtered all those who had hearts!

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I don’t want to be a knife, I want to be a knife bearer.

I don’t want to be a pawn, I want to be a chess player.

an ordinary person.

But he wants to live out himself in this world.

The unknown road ahead is slim, and the future is unknown; just walking step by step, before you know it, it is already a journey, and there is no world.

The thorny road, the red dust is far away; the clever move, the step is high;

Flatten the sea, turn over the rivers and lakes; clear the blue sky, hold the sword of heaven.

- Description from novelbuddy

[Ding! Resurrection of the Dead can be used on this target.][Ding! Extraction of the Dead can be used on this target.]…Betrayed and surrounded by thousands, Kael decided to comply by extracting his ‘strongest skill’ in order to cause chaos and drag more people to hell with him.However, when Kael extracted his skill, he awakened an unknown power that made him feel that he had complete control over everyone's life and death.A mysterious old man sensed Kael’s awakening and intervened, turning his fate upside down. Nevertheless, everything came with a cost…When Kael opened his eyes again, time itself had been rewound with his family still alive and the world still at peace… at least for now.But the peace is short-lived.The line between reality and virtuality shatters when [Worldbreaker Online], the world’s most popular VRMMORPG, descends into reality, unleashing dungeons and monsters upon the earth.With one month before chaos devours everything, Kael must prepare to face the apocalypse once again.As the Immortality Lord, Kael can resurrect the dead, extract their skills, and command them as his own. Yet his true challenge lies beyond the dungeons because across worlds, galaxies, and the universe wage endless war.In order to uncover the mystery behind his power and the old man’s true intent as well as repaying his kindness, Kale decided to become strong as soon as possible.[Ding! Re-Awakening the host’s class.][Ding! An error has been detected.][Ding! Finding a solution…][Ding! Congratulations to the host, you have awakened the Immortality Lord Class (???)]What you need to know:*OP and Smart MC? Yes! (But this one has more comedy, making the MC look silly once in a while). Read the free chapters and you’ll know how OP the MC is.*Progressive Fantasy with Realistic Pacing, as in the story features both fast and slow progression but leaning more toward fast pace.*Action! If you love reading a detailed fight, then you would definitely be in love with this novel since the fight scene would be explained in as much detail as I could.

Exile Ren?

The start is hell mode?

Fortunately, there are crossing benefits, and it is still a stitched monster sandbox game system!

Liver Emperor Ren? Hamster Ryan? Isn’t this basic operation?

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Step 1: Inherit a creepy old mansion.Step 2: Unlock a cursed system that makes girls fall dangerously in love with you… just by saying “hi.”Step 3: Learn that if you don’t reject them within 10 texts, something terrible happens.My name’s Ren.And apparently, I’m the “Catalyst for Affection-Based Catastrophes.”(Yeah. That’s literally what it said.)My peaceful new life? Over.Now I’m stuck in a house full of magically unstable girls:A sword-swinging elf.A fire mage with zero personal boundaries.A strict class rep who faints if I so much as look at her.And a witch who cursed the bathroom mirror to spy on me.They’re beautiful.They’re powerful.They’re dangerously obsessed.And if I mess this up, someone’s going to get hurt—maybe me.Reject them too late? Game over.Fall for one of them? Even worse.This isn’t a dating sim.It’s survival of the cutest.Welcome to my life. It's not just a harem. It's a hostage situation.