Hermit Wizard - Chapter 96

The Apocalypse is in full swing. Defiled - powerful creatures corrupted by the Great Collision - prowled the lands in search of prey. Unfortunately for them, the human race had long since retreated behind the secure walls of the Sanctuary of Everlast. During one of his regular excursions outside the Sanctuary, Alden is separated from Celeste. - his childhood friend and crush. In that moment, he came to regret never summoning the courage to confess. Somehow managing to survive thanks to some trickery, Alden awakens as a mage. Instead of receiving a normal power, he gains the ability to decay. What’s more, during his ascension, he received a vision from his future self advising him not to trust the Asterons - celestial beings who had saved his race from inescapable doom. Normally... such a revelation wouldn’t faze Alden. However, there was only one major problem with the declaration, though. Celeste was bound with an Asteron. And not just any normal Asteron... She had made a pact with one of the Divine Sovereigns.

You were taken to another world by a ghost ship.

You are uneasy.

There are ravings in your ears, accompanied by weird bgm, you sing and dance rap in pain.

You pick up a magic lamp, and after making a wish, it says it’s just a lamp.

You are impoverished, and you swear by your personality that you made a deal with the devil, and in the end the devil was sold by you.

You are walking on the road, and you meet a down-and-out princess who is begging for a child with a lot of money, and you yell “Mom~” in the street out of the principle of helping others

In the middle of the night, you flipped through the pages of “Ten Thousand and One Nights” in your hand, and your excitement became stronger and stronger…

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She walked down the aisle for love.She walked into the fire for loyalty.Then she vanished — burned, broken, and buried by betrayal.Ally Miller gave up her crown for Nick Carter — trading wealth and power for a man who promised forever.But forever ended the moment he brought home another woman… pregnant with his child.And Ally? She was already carrying his.Heart crushed. Name erased.Left in the storm with nothing but a suitcase and a secret…She thought she'd hit rock bottom.Until a screech of tires stole her last reason to live — and shattered her face beyond recognition.To the world, she was gone.Dead. Forgotten.But Ally Miller didn’t die that morning .She was reborn.Seven years later, she returns as Samantha Bradley — stunning, ruthless, untouchable.A self-made billionaire with a killer wardrobe, a colder heart, and a name forged in power.He doesn’t recognize her.But she remembers everything.This time, she’s not here to cry.She’s here to ruin him.To expose secrets, tear down empires, and take back the life they stole.And she’ll do it wearing red heels — because nothing screams revenge like a woman who walks with purpose… and no mercy.

The Halfling says: curiosity is power.The Dwarf says: unity is power.The Elf says: Magic is power.The Gnome says: creation is power.The Beastman says: slaughter is power.Humans say: authority is power.The Dragon always says: knowledge is power.The Gods once said: faith is power.Lynch stands on the terrace of the All-Knowing Tower, overlooking the Anriel Continent, and gently says:“I”, am power.