By day, he’s the owner of a snack bar in front of a girls’ high school.... more>>

By night, he’s a hunter roaming the continent of Fantasia.

A secret gate to another world opens in his tiny room. <<less

While others graduate into unemployment, Chen Jinyue graduates into bankruptcy. After waking up one morning, she inherits a debt of ten million. Her younger brother absconds with all the cash and flees abroad. To evade high-interest loan sharks, her grandfather hands her a batch of fake antiques and spreads the word far and wide… ... more>>

But not all the fake antiques are truly fake. By a stroke of luck, they unlock the door to a spacetime exchange for her. A downtrodden imperial prince from the freezing, starving borderlands steps through that door into her factory. Seeing her unsold cotton coats, his eyes light up, and he immediately hauls in several chests of genuine antiques: "I’ll take them all!"

The chief of a primitive tribe spots her advanced production tools and reverently offers a thousand-year-old wild ginseng with thick, gnarled roots. A second-generation rich kid from a future world stumbles upon her factory, his face full of shock. He gifts her countless advanced self-defense gadgets and then carts off the fresh fruits and vegetables she’d just picked from the fields.

…

Back and forth it goes, and far from shutting down, her bankrupt little factory sees a flood of orders. Chen Jinyue has no choice but to expand—to the provincial capital, then the national capital, and eventually nationwide. As for snobbish relatives and bizarre suitors? They can get lost as far as possible!

With her business booming and romantic prospects blossoming, the haughty yet endearing big shot who’s been protecting her all along can’t sit still anymore. "Miss Chen," he says, "I have a project about the rest of our lives I’d like to discuss with you." <<less

A world where enormous gates coexist in an eerie balance with humanity.... more>>

Heeseo, an ordinary individual, suddenly awakens as an Esper and is falsely accused of mu*der.

“A—no, at the very least, they’re S-class, or even higher.”

As a result, Heeseo is forcibly recruited into the Esper Management Headquarters, only to become a ticking time bomb, isolated due to an unmeasurable rank. However, fate intervenes when Heeseo crosses paths with Seo Yigyeom, a rumored S-class guide.

“Should I take off the leash around your neck?”

In a situation that feels like being pushed off a cliff, Heeseo ends up joining forces with Seo Yigyeom, the only one willing to extend a hand, as they work together to achieve their respective goals.

“Why do you always go to extremes, Guide-nim?”

“It’s just how I was born.”

Though Seo Yigyeom is mostly cold and indifferent, moments of unexpected kindness leave Heeseo utterly shaken.

“Why are you being nice to me?”

“Because of how you act.”

“Guide, you’re too difficult to understand.”

“And you, Kim Heeseo, are far too easy.”

As the boundaries between them gradually crumble and they grow closer, a catastrophic event unfolds.

The long-sealed Origin Gate in the sky opens, releasing an apocalyptic flood of alien creatures into the world… <<less

“Again! Again?! I’m seriously going to lose it.”... more>>

An elite A-rank hunter and team leader of a major guild.

But no matter how desperately he clings to life, he always ends up back in the spring of his twenty-fifth year. Over and over again.

After far too many regressions, F-rank hunter Kim Doyoon finally accepts the truth staring him in the face.

This world is stuck on repeat.

And—

This regression isn’t even for me.

He's just a speck, caught in the current of something far bigger.

Now awakened to his 19th regression, Doyoon sets out to uncover the truth behind this chaotic loop—only to be approached out of the blue by S-rank hunter Yoo Seung-jae, who offers him a hand... and a spot on his team.

Everything’s lining up a little too perfectly, and yet—

Why does every fiber of his being scream that something is off?

* * *

“I came to pick you up.”

“...Why?”

“Because I said I would.”

Yoo Seung-jae looked straight at me, beaming like the damn sun itself. That kind of smile—blinding, sincere, like it was meant only for me.

And I—

Bang!

Shit.

I slammed the door in his face out of sheer panic. <<less

Espers are guaranteed sufficient guiding in exchange for serving the state.
Except for runaway espers.... more>>

Runaway espers, due to their unstable metrics, are like ticking time bombs that could go on a rampage again at any moment.

Shin Joo-hyun, who went on a rampage immediately upon manifestation and spent 11 years being used by the Association like a dog, lived a life far removed from guiding despite being an esper.

In front of him appears Cha In-ho, a famous actor who manifested late at the age of 26 as a guide.

And he has come to be matched with a runaway esper.

“From now on, I will be your matching guide, Joo-hyun. Please take care of me.”

But this guide, for some reason, keeps acting like he knows Joo-hyun...
“I am the only person who knows Joo-hyun.
And you are the only one who knows me.”

Will Shin Joo-hyun be able to uncover Cha In-ho’s true identity? <<less

Erable Vermilion (23 years old) often found her life rolling toward the lesser of two evils.... more>>

A life filled with frequent mental victories of "at least it's better than the worst!"

“You look like someone who knows me, don’t you?”

In her 9th year of being trapped in a book, she had vowed to never get involved with the protagonist, but…

At the very moment when a path home finally opened for her:

“Young lady, would you like to enlist in the army?”

She got caught by the protagonist.

A person whose number of victims was so vast that administrative records were needed to keep track.

The very source of the despairing ending, the one who even used their lover as a plaything for the division.

And, on top of that, completely devoid of remorse, a perfect moral-less figure.

Getting a job is definitely better than getting killed.

“I’ll work hard!”

For a stateless person from another world, survival was always the main issue. <<less

I returned from the martial world, but the world had changed a lot.... more>>

Since it turned out this way, I’m thinking of selling my martial arts skills. <<less

"As long as I can keep my purity, it’s fine."... more>>

Jin Hyoseop, an S-Class guide, is among the top 1% talent sought after by every guild. He joins 'Onaip,' a guild infamous for its extreme laziness, with the assurance that they only require contact guiding and nothing beyond that. However, contrary to his expectations that simple contact guiding would suffice, no matter how much guiding he does, it feels like trying to fill a bottomless pit...

"...What on earth is going on?" <<less

The S-Class guilds, High Tower and Ghost Eye, are notorious archrivals, having battled for years in the Alliance’s dungeon crystal ore market.... more>>

High Tower’s little young master, Lance, is a black lotus—calculating and ruthless beneath a harmless, sickly exterior.

Ghost Eye’s eldest young master, Zhan Pingchuan, is a classic “white cut black”—outwardly lazy and nonchalant, inwardly sharp and unfathomable.

Both conceal their identities to enroll in Star University, only to be assigned as roommates. Their pheromone compatibility? 100%. They share a kiss on day one.

Lance’s father: “Use your break to go undercover next door. Know your enemy, know yourself, and you’ll never lose.”

Zhan’s father: “Hide your identity, head across the hall, and get the lay of the land.”

After a night of tasting the marrow and knowing the flavor, Zhan Pingchuan strokes Lance’s delicate back and messages HR: “My wife, Lance, comes from a humble background and is frail. Take care of him, don’t let him suffer.”

The next morning, Lance tucks Zhan Pingchuan in and calls his sister: “My boyfriend, Zhan Pingchuan, is strong but sloppy. Give him a top salary so he has money to date me.”

Soon, the two great guilds are set to negotiate. Rumor has it, the heirs will attend.

Hundreds of media outlets wait with bated breath.

On the fateful day, the two heirs meet at the negotiation table. Tension crackles, war is about to erupt.

After a long silence, Lance moves.

Face icy, about to sit, when Zhan Pingchuan suddenly commands, “Don’t move!”

Zhan’s father: My son has a powerful aura!

Zhan Pingchuan strides over, unbuttons his bespoke suit worth over 100,000 credits, and tosses it—under Lance’s chair.

Zhan Pingchuan: “You’re just going to sit on such a hard chair without checking?”

Lance: “……”

Both fathers: “?”

#Two scheming bigshots acting passionately for each other#

【Black Lotus Shou × White Cut Black Gong】

Linked work completed: “The Sickly Beauty Gives Up Struggling [Rebirth] ”

Theme: Everyone is born with their own worth. <<less

Misa Tsukamori, who had just graduated from university, found herself suddenly unemployed when the company that had offered her a job went bankrupt. With her future as a NEET now set in stone, she was wracking her brain, desperate to cut living expenses and survive.... more>>

In the end, she decided to live a semi-self-sufficient life in a shared house—an old countryside home inherited from her grandparents—alongside three drinking buddies who had also lost their jobs.

During a preliminary visit to her grandparents’ run-down estate, they found an unfamiliar upright door standing inside the old earthen storehouse.

Beyond the door lay a strange, faintly glowing cave. As it turned out… they had stumbled into a dungeon!?

Can they survive a poor lifestyle thanks to the dungeon?

Using magic to live in comfort.

With their leveled-up bodies, they’re ready for hard labor! And how can they earn money with dungeon drop items?

A story about four men and women sharing an old traditional house—more appetite than romance, with absolutely zero love drama. <<less

[Sweet and refreshing, the group’s favorite, ab*ser of s*umbags]
When Si Fuqing opened her eyes, not only was she robbed of her luck, but everyone also told her to get out of the entertainment industry.... more>>

To live her new life, she just wants to lie down like a salted fish. Who knows there are always people who want to fight her without any real skills. Can it go on like this?

Si Fuqing squeezed her wrist and moved.

Later, the internet is crazily cursing her for overestimating her capabilities and sticking to Yu Yao, starting a rumor about her inappropriate private life, and—

International Diva: I can stand here today, thanks to Qingqing

Top No.1 male streamer: Stay away from my sister @Yu Yao

Even the officials of the International Games: Congratulations to Si Fuqing for winning the 13th individual gold medal, waiting for your retirement.

Yu Yao initially disdained Si Fuqing, but when he learned the truth later, he repented and knelt down to beg her to take another look. He could only post a clarification on Weibo: @Si Fuqing, Hello ninth aunt.

On that day, the whole network was down.

According to history books, Emperor Yin became famous at a young age. He was perfect, powerful, and loved the world. However, he died of illness at the age of 27, and his life was short. He had no wife, no concubines, no children, and no grandchildren. He was the hero of many people.

No one knew, he opened his eyes again, and came 1500 years later. This time, he saw the prosperous Daxia that he had imagined.

Not long after Emperor Yin’s identity was exposed, Si Fuqing learned that her idol was by her side, she admired him so much, and only wanted to—

Si Fuqing: Work hard!

Emperor Yin: Give your heart to me.

Si Fuqing: ???

I’m determined to work hard and you want me?

Almighty Goddess of Beauty × Resolute Noble Emperor

From being cursed by anti-fans on the internet to a top celebrity, easily 1v1 with the male lead. <<less

At a young age, I was caught up in a Gate incident and barely made it out alive. ... more>>

They called me a "miracle child," Jung Jehee.

But that so-called "miracle" meant nothing—I had only barely survived.

I lost my sight, my ability to move freely, and was even diagnosed as terminally ill.

Trapped in a hospital room, all I could do was wait for the day I would die...

Then, in a moment of life-or-death crisis, I awakened as Korea's first-ever S-rank.

After a long, long hospital stay, my new life as an S-rank began.

It should have been something to celebrate.

So why is it that my childhood friend, Im Taehwan, who had been so devoted to me throughout my years of illness, is acting so strange?

"Jehee... don’t tell me... you can see through me?"

Even after learning about my awakening, he seemed oddly unsettled.

"After you're discharged, I was thinking... how about living with me?"

He insisted on living together for some reason.

"Once you're out, why don’t we go study abroad? Anywhere is fine."

Out of nowhere, he started suggesting we move overseas together.

For thirteen years, he took care of me every single day. He should be free to live his own life now.

For the sake of my kind but stubborn friend, I tried my best to gain independence from him.

But then—

"Ah, that? It’s called a re-awakening."

"Seems like I got a little stronger."

To make matters worse, my childhood friend followed right behind me—awakening as the second-ever S-rank in Korea.

Just days after I became the first.

"How did Taehwan end up awakening as an S-rank like me...?"

Is S-rank something contagious?

This is getting seriously weird.

* * *

"Jung Jehee. Do you really not want to live with me?"

"You’re in danger just by being with me. You’re only a B-rank and don’t even have combat abilities. At best, you’re just a normal person with slightly better stamina and strength."

Could Taehwan, who has a non-combat ability, really protect me?

He stayed silent, as if he couldn’t argue with what I said.

"No, it’s just that..."

"You only said your house feels empty to reassure my mom, didn’t you? The truth is, you like being alone—that’s why you never joined a guild. I know how hard it is for solo artifact creators to survive. And yet, you insist on staying independent."

"No, it’s true that I like being alone. But... you..."

"I’m a bit special?"

"...Uh... well... no, I mean..."

"So? What exactly do you mean?"

"...You are... a little special... I guess...?"

Avoiding my gaze, he mumbled under his breath, "We’re friends, after all..."

For someone so big, he still acts just like he did when we were kids.

He won’t meet my eyes, yet he won’t let go of me either. <<less

It seems like I’ve become something similar to an elf.

After transmigrating, I found myself as Go Yeonwoo, a side villain who mu*dered the protagonist, Woo Jiyoo, only to be brutally killed by a group of S-Class Espers.... more>>

To make matters worse, the moment I transmigrated was right after killing Woo Jiyoo.

But unlike the original story, Go Yeonwoo awakens as an S-Class Guide.

The Espers, upon sensing Go Yeonwoo’s guiding energy, start acting differently from the original.

“This bastard, let’s take him and use him as our personal sl*t. Just killing him would be too easy a punishment.”

“We’ll make him regret killing Woo Jiyoo. I’ll have him begging for death by the end.”

The S-Class Espers fake Go Yeonwoo’s death and imprison him in a secret place, forcing him to guide them.

However, with his already twisted tastes, Go Yeonwoo finds the Espers’ obsessive behavior suffocatingly delightful.

He even pretends to resist, encouraging them to treat him even more recklessly.

But then…

“Hey, are you seriously stopping after eating just this much? Are you planning to starve yourself to death?”

“Get lost, Kang Taewon. Because of you, my sl*t can’t eat properly. I’ll feed him myself. Open wide, Yeonwoo.”

“Yeonwoo, is there something you want to say to me? You were jealous enough to kill Jiyoo over it, weren’t you? If you tell me now, I’ll listen. Go ahead.”

“You’re letting me hold you up? Does that mean you’re giving me permission now?” <<less

65 years ago, the Gate Era began.... more>>

With the emergence of Espers and Guides, individuals with extraordinary abilities, society rapidly transformed.

Amidst this chaotic shift, Siho, who lost his family and developed a severe hatred towards Espers, lives a difficult and broken life, both physically and mentally.

Then, one fateful day, Siho finds himself trapped inside a Gate at the crossroads of a choice.

His destiny takes an inevitable turn when he encounters Kang Jae-yoon, who entered the Gate seeking death.

“The true precursor to rampage is when the eyes turn red.”

“Like your eyes right now?”

At the moment of death, Siho, who awakens as a Guide, is violently assaulted by Jae-yoon, who has gone rampage.

In exchange for enduring this merciless beating, he is granted a new life.

Due to the law, Siho is forcibly bound as Jae-yoon’s Pair Guide, and soon, three of this other Espers approach him.

In a tangled web of relationships formed by choice or fate, the emotions of these five individuals become increasingly intertwined.

And as their fragile everyday lives begin to unravel, a new threat to humanity emerges– the Black Gate.

———————————

※This work contains intense violence, profanity, and non-consensual relations. Please take this into consideration when reading this work. <<less

As Haebom walked along the campsite trail, reading his novel, he quite literally stepped into its world. ... more>>

And right in front of the sub male protagonist—who was about to meet his death, no less!

On top of that, he was now an S-rank Guide?

It was already absurd enough that he had fallen into the world of a novel, but awakening as an S-rank Guide?

Though momentarily flustered, Haebom quickly made up his mind—he would become the partner of Wonho, the sub male protagonist he had pitied throughout the entire story.

Of course, only until he found a way back.

But… was the sub male protagonist always this prickly?

Like a wary cat that refused to be touched, Wonho kept running away from him, dodging him at every turn.

Determined, Haebom gave chase—only to make a drunken mistake in the end…! <<less

B-rank hunter Yoon Pa-ran has a buff skill that she keeps secret from others.

I became the dedicated guide for cursed espers.... more>>

One cursed with insomnia.

One cursed with permanent phantom pain.

One cursed with mana overdrive.

And with my ability, I can alleviate their pain.

After experiencing my power, the espers tried to exploit it, and in the end, unable to resist the temptation of 1.2 billion won, I became their diligent worker ant.

Pretending it’s all part of the guiding process, I keep the truth of my powers hidden.

Though it was a bit uncomfortable when the impurities expelled themselves like coughing up blood after absorbing their curses, as it didn’t involve any real pain, I continued to fulfil my duties diligently.

But after the espers saw me coughing blood, they completely misunderstood the situation, and now they regret making me work so hard.

“I don’t want to see you in pain because of me, Idam.”

“Hyung, I hate seeing you struggle. It hurts me more.”

“If I could save you by giving my life, I would….”

That wasn’t my intention, though? <<less

I've been reincarnated in my novels, and I've been working hard since I was a baby to change the tr*shy ending.

She came back from the unknown gate wearing only a black dress with a black parasol. A first-generation hunter, Cha Eunha, went missing 30 years ago.... more>>

In the early 2000s, they had been locked within a mysterious gate.

For someone to escape, one must stay behind…

“It’s because you have more reasons to stay alive for than me.”

Eunha sacrificed herself for her colleague Yijun, killed monsters to survive and met a man who found her when there were no monsters left to kill.

“You’re the boss.”

Shin Siwoo, the first S-Class hunter that she’s ever heard of.

When Eunha had managed to get out of the strange gate,

“Thirty years…have passed?”

The world had changed so much.

Besides, Baek Yijun, an old colleague that she had met after a long time,

“You know what. I hate the fact that people like you are hunters.”

—was not the person Eunha had remembered. <<less

Jiang Fan had transmigrated to a world where everyone could awaken a planet.... more>>

The larger the planet, the higher the origin energy, and the stronger the civilization.

There were people who made theirs with qi to create a martial arts civilization. Everyone on the planet was a martial arts practitioner.

There were people who made theirs with magic power to create a magical civilization. Everyone on the planet was a mage.

There were people who made their spiritual energy to create an immortal civilization. Everyone on the planet was an immortal cultivator.

Everyone was trying their best to construct all sorts of extraordinary planets.

Jiang Fan, on the other hand, used his memories from his previous life to create a technological civilization!

“Your Star Destroyer directly pierced through the opponent’s planet, and the opponent lowered their head.”

“Your two-way foil turned the opponent’s immortal cultivation planet into a piece of paper. You scared them silly!” <<less

Lee Seongjun had ascended to the position of a Demon God, a position that had once made even the celestial realm tremble in fear, and he had grasped everything.... more>>

The awe of countless people, enough gold and jewels to last a lifetime, and absolute power that could redraw the map of the continent with a single word.

‘But it’s all a lie.’

They only pretended to be in awe, offered sacrifices, and bowed their heads to protect their own interests and privileges.

There was no one who stood by him unconditionally, without expecting anything in return, like his family had.

‘It seems like I have everything, but in the end, I have nothing.’

Therefore, he would return.

To Earth, which he had longed for so long, to the arms of his precious family.

He would correct his past incompetent and foolish actions and find true happiness. <<less

A man returns home after millennia of endless struggle,... more>>

Only to find that the sanctuary he yearned for has vanished.

"What an interesting world it’s become."

In a land transformed into a lawless zone rife with crime after a great upheaval,

Lee Seojun, the Demon God, dreams of a quiet life with his family.

An omnipotent being who can shift mountains with a single gesture

And slice the heavens with a second—

If you value your life, never disturb his peace! <<less

On the day of his younger brother’s college entrance ceremony, Jeong-woo gets caught up in a gate incident and falls into another world.... more>>

After many trials and tribulations, he finally returns home longing to reunite with his brother, only to find that Earth has already been destroyed.

A city in ruins, zombies and monsters, even humans with supernatural abilities fighting amongst themselves!

It’s truly a world no different from hell.

“This is supposed to be the end of the world? This is more like heaven!”

However, in the eyes of someone who has returned from the real hell, the destroyed Earth looked quite beautiful. <<less

The ruined world was mistaken for a virtual reality game.... more>>

Game Critic: 100/100 (based on 187 reviews)

User Score: 100/100 (Overwhelmingly Positive)

And people are going crazy over it. <<less