Chef in the Apocalypse - Chapter 24: Shield

Xiao Lou was killed in an accident and reborn in the Card World.

Mages, swordsmen, gods, demons, and prophecies. The Heavenly Games is a tournament where myth and man meet, a purgatory where the dead arrive to fight for their one true wish. Amongst the reborn are Dasha Pang and Kazi Hossain; one a professor from the west whose cold-hearted intelligence has surpass the gods; one a traveller from the east who has come to appreciate humanity. A villain and a hero. The boy born unwanted and the guided one. A martial artist and a mage. Gods amongst men.Expect battles of epic proportions, stories ripped straight from mythology, interactions between gods of various pantheons, and duels humanity has debated for centuries.Expect the Strongest Among The Heavens.***+ Dual Protagonists. Overpowered geniuses. One MC that is villainous and manipulative. The second MC that is heroic and kind.+ Detailed power system that includes Western Magic & Chinese Cultivation/Martial Arts (Xianxia)+ LitRPG, dungeon crawling, fantasy guilds, and more! + Abrahamic religions, Hinduism, Indigenous (Americas & Australia), Greek, Norse, Egyptian, and Japanese mythology

{Ding! You've seduced the Ice queen}{Reward: you've earned 10× her net worth: $20M}{Multiple orgasm!}{Extra reward: $10M}As if losing everything wasn’t enough—his job, his pride, and his life, all stolen in a single day. First came betrayal. Then came Truck-Kun.Caleb Monrrow thought it was the end.Until he woke up in another world.Now reborn as the bastard son of a ruthless business tycoon, Caleb enters a life where his name is ignored, his worth dismissed, and his powerful siblings want him erased.He has one mission:Rise above them all and claim the legacy that should’ve never been his.But then…{Ding!}[10X Rebate System Activated]Seduce and conquer all female Cardholders. Receive 10X their wealth.“Getting rich while having fun? Sounds like the perfect deal.”Or so he thought.What the system didn’t say was that every Cardholder is linked to Group X—a shadowy organization that controls wealth, media, and power from the shadows.Each cardholder is powerful, seductive… and hunted.Rival Cardholders, deadly assassins, and secret alliances threaten to unravel everything.And now Caleb is in the middle of it all—with his life, heart, and future on the line.“Wait… the system never mentioned this!”In a game of lust, betrayal, and survival, Caleb must seduce, outsmart, and endure—because in this world, love is a weapon... and wealth is war.

*Celeb: short for celebrity.A dull body, a timid and kind personality.The fat princess who was ostracized, Rubetria Diollus.“Oh my, the princess is at the dessert shop every time I see her. She eats so many sweets, enough to make one’s cheeks burst, no wonder she gets fat.”Princess Lillia, the ‘swan princess’ of the family, was always surrounded by friends, and Rubetria, the ‘ugly duckling’ who was bullied by them, was a loner.“Hey, you idiot. Our princess is angry. Eat it, quickly.”“Puhaha…!”“Oh my god! She really ate that!”Rubetria was tired of the bullying.Then one day, she said,‘I want to live a wonderful life like that woman for just one day.’180 degrees change.