Consort of a Thousand Faces - Chapter 23.2 - astonishment

The literature of this other world was atrocious.So, I plagiarized.Don Quixote, Anna Karenina, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Metamorphosis… I thought that unraveling the literature of the original world would advance the literature of this other world.“Those who dream and those who do not, who really is the mad one?”“To live or to die, that is the question.”“No matter how fatal the mistake, it is different from a sin.”But then, people began to immerse themselves too deeply in the novels I plagiarized.Can’t a novel just be seen as a novel…?

[Sexual Content and lemons warning]This novel has smut but is not smut focused.It has Plot and story, developing relationships. Though it may feel a bit slow in the beginning it will pace up soon.No NTR.18+-----------------------------With her sitting on me, I could feel her thighs, so soft and I didn't want her off of me but this was not the time for that.“I wouldn't betray you like this Jennifer, you know this” I said, shifting my gaze from her thighs to her eyes.“You were with Renn all along.” She said as she drew a blade to my neck. “You can't tell me you don't have a hand in this”At that moment, there was nothing I could say to please the beast who had me in chokehold. I just laid there and prayed for a miracle.—-------------------------In a world where every player controls five versatile avatars, Contrario Williams is cursed with just one avatar.Mocked, outclassed, and labelled “One-slot player,” Contrario enters Irish Valley, a faction known for chewing up the weak. But when his last avatar, named Stray, really bonds with him, everything begins to change. What starts as a desperate struggle to survive quickly grows into a chaotic rise through ranked raids, underground brawls, and deadly bounty missions.With 290 days until a tournament that will shake the game world, Contrario is thrown into brutal training simulations, tangled love interests, and savage battles with elite bounty hunters and mercenaries like the infamous Kyra and Axel. Killer twins who fight for who can pay them the most, and who just might hold the key to Contrario's haunted past.But in a world built on stats, politics, and power, what happens when the most underestimated player becomes the most unpredictable? How would Contrario handle opening up to people who later betray him?And how far will Contrario go to prove that one slot is all he needs?

Raine, who has arrived in a world of fantasy, unexpectedly discovers that his Golden Finger is not a proficiency panel but a Golden Finger that allows him to kill monsters and collect monster bloodlines.【Name: Raine】【Classes: Farmer】【Blessed Bloodline: Ordinary goblin bloodline】【Bloodline Talent: High-speed Reproduction Lv2...Dexterity Lv1...】【Power: 5】【Agility: 5 (+1)】【Constitution: 5】【Intelligence: 7】【Perception: 5】【Charm: 5】So, when he looks at those powerful or mutated monsters, many times he does not have the usual fear or dread of adventurers, but rather full of anticipation and hope...

Connor Drails has always been a nobody—until the day he unleashes powers he never knew he had. Now, he's drafted into the YMPA, a secret academy where teenage mages train as spies to fight dark forces threatening the world.But the real danger isn’t just the brutal training or twisted classmates—it's the MSTO, a shadowy organization with a deadly branch called the TSA, and they want Connor for something terrifying.Between missions, betrayals, and a forbidden crush on the untouchable September, Connor must decide who to trust before he loses everything—even his soul.