Twenty years after an abduction, a homeless man wins $2 billion and finds his family.
#199 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
The Scorned Fat Castaway Claims It All
Her magic is supreme, yet Linette is cast aside until a fatal arena duel awakens her true power.
NetShort · 45 episodes · about 2.8 h
FreeEp 1–11on NetShort
Locked34of 45 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Linette gets shunned and pushed aside after unabsorbed mana wrecks her looks. Saint Maya's elite trials leave her humiliated, and an arena duel nearly kills her. The killing blow awakens her real power, and she rises as a stunning, invincible archmage. Now she plans to make everyone who hurt her pay and to rescue the realm from disaster.
Fantasy & magicRevenge & paybackunderdog power-upvengeful fury
Who will like it: viewers who liked a scorned heroine whose hidden power erupts in an arena and sends enemies scrambling.
Main characters
- Linette: scorned heroine with supreme magic
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 11 free. Grey: 34 locked. About 2.8 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 45
- Free
- 11
- Locked
- 34
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 45 | 11 | 34 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 45 episodes is longer than 72% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 11 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 24% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, ar_AE
- App tags
- Karma Payback, One Night Stand, Underdog Rise
- NetShort
- 2.1K likes, 2.7K followers
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Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.