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Jiha is living a relatively quiet life, gathering resources after raids and selling potions from his general store as a worker-class hunter. Little did he know, taking a nap on top of an ancient text would completely change his life. He is transported to a magical forest, where he gathers rare ingredients to create never-before-seen potions and meets mythical creatures that help him on his adventures. Soon, he starts to build up his abilities to become a skilled alchemist, and high-level hunters start to see him in a different light. How will Jiha make use of his newly acquired skills?

"The witch that gobbles up her husbands." As the royal family fell and a republic was established, former princess Elysia gained a new nickname among the people, because all of the four husbands she had been married to died within a year after they tied the knot. During the funeral of her fourth husband, Elysia learns that her husbands were murdered by her older brother Patz and her mother so that they could use the late husbands' inheritance. To right her family's wrongs, Elysia secretly heads to Kauvara, a region well-known for being dangerous... This series contains strong themes regarding abuse that may not be suitable for all readers. Viewer discretion is advised.

Regret is the bane of old men. When aging Alliance Lord Hajin Cheon of the Grand Martial Alliance reflects on his immense legacy, he finds that he recalls little of his deeds or even the lives of his closest advisors. Stricken by a mysterious ailment, Hajin suddenly passes away only to wake up in the body of Ridan Byeok, heir to the Byeok Clan of swordsmen. The only problem is, Ridan is a well-known wastrel, the polar opposite of the virtuous and stern Hajin. Righting the wrongs of his predecessor, Hajin begins to uncover the truth behind his death…

Sanghyeon Kim has the talent and the drive to become a K-pop star—but one thing keeps holding him back: a false school bullying accusation. After countless rejections, his dream feels more distant than ever. But when the head director of a major entertainment company hands him a mysterious bath bomb that transforms him into his past-life self, he's suddenly staring at an unbelievably beautiful... woman? Sanghyeon's second shot at fame is about to begin—in the most unexpected way!

Zed, a former MMA champion, wakes up in the body of a scrawny prisoner in a fantasy world. Reborn as a member of the once-feared Arahan family, he’s trapped inside a brutal magical internment camp. With no spells at his disposal, Zed trains his body to become a living weapon. He escapes the prison with his only ally Riu, a sharp-witted inmate. Now hunted by both a ruthless warden and a noble house, Zed must fight his way to freedom only with his fists. Can a man with no magic change the rules of a world built on it?

After unexpectedly becoming the non-biological mother of her nephew Jiho at a young age, Naeun builds a quiet life as a kindergarten teacher. But everything changes when Gang-u, the uncle of Minho, a child with selective mutism, offers her a high-paying live-in tutor job after discovering the boy only speaks around her. As they care for the children together, their unusual living arrangement slowly grows into something more than co-parenting.

Once a notorious master of the deviant sects, Nyeonbi Cheon pays a hefty price for her romance with a man of a virtuous sect, Won Gae of the True-spirited Sword. As her lover poisons her to death with a dragonsbane fruit, Nyeonbi perishes with more questions than answers. When she wakes up, however, she finds herself in a different sort of peril, as she reincarnates in the body of Noble Lady Soyeo Cheon, a concubine of the imperial palace. As Soyeo, Nyeonbi must rely on her knowledge from her past life to navigate both intrigue and romance in the palace!

Althea -- heiress to the Loviatar crime syndicate -- has been playing a cat and mouse game with the duke and head Jupiter agent Damien Reed for years. The phantom thief has stolen art, gems, secrets and gotten away without a trace. But the one thing she can't get away from is her father's control. So she has no choice but to accept when he offers up this impossible bargain: impersonate Damien's fianceé, take down Jupiter from the inside, and kill Damien in exchange for her freedom. All Althea needs to do is not get caught or fall in love with the duke in the process.

A consuming fire, a dead king, and a family in ruin. Ten years after witnessing her mother’s murder, a vengeful maiden returns to the palace as a deadly assassin. But her revenge plot shatters when she discovers an unlikely truth that makes her blade waver. Caught between the eyes of silver and violet, the barbed rose must decide... follow the treacherous path of vengeance or uncover the secrets that bind her fate to the kingdom’s fragile crown.

Yoojin is an F-ranker overshadowed by his little brother, an S-ranker. All he does is get in his brother’s way, causing trouble wherever he goes. When a seemingly routine dungeon raid goes wrong and costs Yoojin his brother’s life, Yoojin decides to use the wish granted by clearing the dungeon to reset his timeline. The plan was to lead a quiet life from now on… but now it turns out he can help other people become S-rankers?! Maybe this is Yoojin’s chance at building his own entourage of powerful metahumans… but it may be easier said than done.

DJ just wants a simple life with his friends, until a chance run-in with a witch named Superfish leaves him accidentally bonded to a powerful witch’s core. Now a walking target for any malicious creature, DJ finds himself under Superfish’s reluctant protection as they search for a cure before it's too late… assuming the two can get along to make it to the other side.

Ever feel like the legal system's punishment just isn't enough? Taepil Kim knows that feeling better than anyone. Ever since he was slapped with ten years in prison for retaliating against two burglars who killed his wife and left his son in a coma, he stopped having faith in the kind of justice the judicial system could bring. But one day, he’s given the opportunity to become a Punisher-- a government-authorized vigilante who acts according to the Code of Hammurabi. The bad guys better watch out now, because Taepil is determined to give them a taste of their own medicine…