Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters - Chapter 1137 - 628: The Year of Discord_2

Alexander Chen's life ended in the most horrific way imaginable—betrayed by someone he loved and harvested like spare parts while still conscious. But death wasn't the end. In a flash of impossible light, he awakens in the body of Kael Ashford, heir to one of the most powerful dukedoms in the kingdom of Valoris.This new world revolves around supernatural abilities discovered through an Awakening Ceremony at nineteen, where powers are measured from the weakest F-class to the legendary SS-class. The Classification Stone, an ancient artifact, reveals and categorizes every citizen's potential.As Alex navigates his new identity, he discovers he possesses mysterious abilities that hint at power beyond the kingdom's understanding. With infinite magical energy and strength that defies measurement, he's either incredibly powerful or incredibly broken—and he has no idea which.Haunted by memories of betrayal and murder, Alex refuses to be anyone's victim again. In a world where strength determines survival and political intrigue lurks behind every smile, he must protect himself from those who would use or eliminate what they cannot understand.In a realm where power is everything, what happens when someone awakens with the power to rewrite the rules themselves?

I...AM...MOB CHARACTER!!!Sigh~My name is Samael, I was an office sla- I mean a worker who worked 9 to 5. It was a daily routine of monotony until one fateful day when I went home only to find my best friend with my girlfriend. Betrayal was the first thing I felt, followed by rage.And after taking ‘care’ of them, My surroundings changed…Looking at my reflection in a mirror, I noticed my appearance had changed. Gone was the face of the disgruntled office worker; instead, “SAMAEL ASHWOOD!!!” a character from a novel I used to read. But this wasn't just any character; I had become him—the sacrificial best friend of the protagonist who was betrayed and died in just the first two chapters.PROTAGONIST DIED!?[Heavenly Destiny System Initializing...][...]

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️THIS NOVEL PARTICIPATED IN WSA 2025!---Nero Vaelheim. A name etched in history as that of a fleeting antagonist, a mere stepping stone for the heroes.But what if the pawn refused to be sacrificed?When a devoted reader is reborn in the body of this doomed villain, he has only one goal: to break the script, rewrite his fate… and bend this world to his own rules.After all, why settle for being an obstacle when you can become the ultimate threat?

Following the death of his popular online persona, seventeen-year-old Suzuki Mato decides it's time to retire from professional VR gaming. However, his plans are abruptly cut short when he's kidnapped from his high school and forced to be a guinea pig for Genaco Gaming, the world's largest esports and entertainment company. Armed with nothing but his wit and a new online persona, he's thrown headfirst into the virtual reality of “Live No Evil,” a VRMMORPG littered with overpowered bosses, secretive NPCs, and backstabbing gods. His mission? Find a way to conquer this new world and get back at the company that took over his life, all while avoiding 'Parallel' -- a condition that would make it impossible to separate his real and virtual personalities. Because in a world obsessed with VR gaming, Parallel means death, and Suzuki just doesn't have time for that...