To Be a Power in the Shadows! - Chapter 145

The age of darkness has arrived.

Within the world of Arcadia, there exists an eccentric restaurant. The restaurant causes countless apex Mages to set aside their arrogance and pride, just to feast upon its delicacies. What did you say? You want to abduct the Chef? Could it be that you also want to force him to be your personal Chef? Are you an idiot? You would first have to get through a legion of men and women whose stomachs and bodies were thoroughly satisfied. Not to mention, the restaurant is guarded by a Divine Fox who killed a Mana God Realm Mage with a casual whip of her tail. What, a Divine Fox isn’t strong enough to scare you? Then, how about a group of Yanderes?

[WARNING: MATURE ,SMUT ,R18, DEGENERATE CONTENT]“I'm sorry, the Young Master can't meet you right now. He's currently... attending to his stepsister in her chambers.”“No, I'm afraid he's unavailable today. He's helping the knight captain with some... personal training.”“The Young Master? Oh, he's quite busy at the moment, teaching the maid about the... intricacies of noble etiquette.”Excuses... excuses... The servants had become experts at making them.Reincarnated twice and betrayed in every life, Cale Regulus Midgar thought his luck had finally changed when he woke up as the son of a powerful Duke. But his sixth stepmother had other plans—she locked him underground, using his dragon bloodline to breed monsters for a year.Until a corrupt god offered him a second chance.The price? Eternal nightmares that may or may not come true. The reward? The Supreme Intimacy Bloodline System—a cheat that transforms every seduction into power.Through the Lust Bond, women become permanently obsessed with him, unable to find satisfaction with anyone else. Through Bloodline Absorption, he gains their power, their traits, their very essence. The purer they are, the easier they fall.From his stepsister Emma to the knight Ava, from innocent maids to noble ladies—Cale's harem grows with each conquest. But this isn't a story of redemption. This is a story of a villain climbing from slavery to supremacy, using seduction as his weapon and women as his stepping stones.In a world where cultivation is still in its infancy, where continents hold secrets he doesn't yet understand, Cale will seduce his way to absolute power.One woman. One bloodline. One step closer to godhood.What awaits him?AND YOU -A harem system that rewards seduction above all elseMassive harem with distinct, developed charactersVillain protagonist with no moral compassBloodline absorption creating exponential power growthDark fantasy world with cultivation mechanicsNetori (MC stealing wives/women from others)Explicit R18 content woven into the power progressionA protagonist who embraces his nature as a manipulative seducerHigh-stakes intrigue, betrayal, and survivalWelcome to the ascension of a villain.

In the year 2090, technology has advanced to the point where Simulation Boxes, (Sim Box for short) are common place, allowing for the user to link up their brain's neural network to a full dive Simulation. While initially used for educational purposes, recently a large gaming company, Averon, released a fully fledged immersive MMORPG simulation where users can become anyone they desire, level up, choose their class, and become a hero or a villain. The name of this simulation is The Shattered World Online.

Eli Winters had no interest in playing it. His father, a jobless bum who spent his entire life playing games in the hope of becoming a famous player or streamer, was able to use the release of The Shattered World Online to gain wealth and fame, quickly becoming the number one player and a household name as the game took the world by storm. He immediately abandoned Eli and his mother in favor of being with someone from his guild, despite his mother having worked two jobs to support them and raise Eli by herself. Eli had nothing but spite for his father and the game.

When Eli's best friend convinces him to try out the game, his father's fame begins to interfere, culminating in him being singled out and shunned by his peers, and his father offering to pay for his university tuition in return for Eli hiding their relationship and quitting the game. Instead of complying with his father's wishes, Eli decides to prove to everyone how useless a guy his father is by challenging him that if Eli is able to surpass him in the game world he must delete his account and quit his streaming career. His father accepts the challenge believing his son to be useless at games - but Eli will soon show him just how ambitious a spiteful person can be.