MTL - Marine’s Thunder God of One Piece - Chapter 39 Departure, target Huadu!

The super cowardly me installed Super Coward Mode, and the terrifying extraterrestrials started to look cute.“Eating the flesh of an extraterrestrial deity? You’re not human! Ew!”“Even withstanding mental manipulation? What kind of monster are you!”“Enslaving an extraterrestrial deity? You must be out of your mind.”…And then, the reactions around me became strange.

Suddenly exposed on all the top news websites and social media platforms globally, 'Return Order's Notes' leads to a revolutionary virtual reality game.Game Name: 'Dark Sand'Game Type: Oriental fantasy historical theme, featuring a certain degree of soulslike difficulty and roguelike gameplay in a role-playing game.Requirements for recruiting beta players: Good mindset, quick reactions, strong stress resilience, a certain amount of historical knowledge, excellent physical condition.The most crucial requirement: superb acting skills, preferably at an Oscar-winner level!Special Reward: Among the beta players, the one with the most excellent simulated completion performance can undergo the ultimate trial and, after a perfect recording, have it presented to the public in film form, fulfilling your dream of becoming an Oscar winner!Players are complaining, they have never seen a game with such high entry barriers!What they don't know is that their every action in the game will truly affect both history and reality.

On the 15th of March 2139, the world mourns the passing of Darius Stone, billionaire broker, and philanthropist.

Yet while his family and friends put his body to rest, Darius wakes up to find himself reborn into a younger body in a different world.

A strange voice informs him that his soul has been transported into the magic-filled world of Faust on the behest of a mysterious Goddess called Vena, for the sole purpose of entertaining her through his struggles.

In this world where any dream can be achieved with enough effort, he sets out to become a Supreme, an existence above Mortals and even Gods!

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Warning: This novel features a villainous protagonist. If you have enjoyed Warlock of the Magus World, then you should be able to tolerate Darius Stone’s actions and choices throughout the novel in terms of Morality.

Note: This story is slow-paced in order to allow for better world-building and development. If you’re looking for a fast-paced action story, this might not be for you.

When the sky shattered and dungeons fell upon the world, humanity awakened Hunters to fight the monsters within.Ethan Vale did not awaken.Mocked as useless and treated like baggage, he survives by working as a dungeon porter — until the day his team abandons him inside a collapsing boss chamber.Facing death, Ethan encounters the impossible.Not a mindless monster…But a chained Frost Dragon Queen.Instead of killing him, she offers a pact.Free me… and I will become your bride.With the activation of the Dungeon Brides System, Ethan gains the power to inherit the bloodlines, abilities, and evolution paths of every dungeon boss who chooses him.But bosses were never meant to love humans.Guilds fear him. Nations watch him. Hunters hunt him.And as more ancient queens awaken from their prisons, one truth becomes undeniable:The man who marries the bosses will either rule the world… or destroy it.