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 "Dang it! I thought there would be an enchanted gear in there, after all that trouble." EL said brushing his blonde hair with his right hand.
 "All because of this stupid Porter who jinxed it," Lance said kicking Arnold in the back, who couldn't balance himself and fell.
 "Don't get mad... don't get mad..." Arnold murmured and quietly got up and started caressing his back.
 Unfortunately, the dungeon didn't have any enchanted item to offer, the guild members felt like they had been cheated on a lottery and were super pissed, so naturally, Arnold was subjected to all the anger and frustration they had. He didn't talk back either because talking back would make them even more frustrated and if they told the guild manager that the porter had 'misbehaved' inside the dungeon, his pay would be decreased permanently and he might not get any jobs either. All he could do was hope that the guild members wouldn't blame their mistakes on him. Not that the payment he received was a good amount either... he just got the basic pay of 100 modern dollars per dungeon trip, and he could only take about 3 trips per day. But it didn't mean he would get 300 modern dollars per day, as the governmental guilds always deducted some amount of wage for totally absurd reasons, such as, not having proper work etiquette, not wearing guild approved gear, being poor, not taking proper care of guild's equipment and whatnot.
 The party came out of the dungeon one by one and were immediately greeted by a swarm of reporters and guild's supporters.
 "EL! EL! Just one quick question please!" Nancy Williams, A 25-year-old semi-professional reporter who had been working for CNN for 2 years now, rushed towards him. She was known for being entertaining and friendly, but could also be very sneaky and a bit greedy. She was the type of reporter who would go to any lengths to gain promotions and viewership. Physically, Nancy was in pretty good shape. She had an average height of 5'3" with fair skin, blonde hair and green eyes. All in all, she was a maiden in eyes of people like EL and Lance.
 "Why one? I'll answer a thousand as long as it's you who is asking them."
 "How cute. Coming back to the topic, our sources informed us that you might have gotten your hands on some enchanted gear. Is it true?" Nancy asked shoving the microphone back at EL.
 "Your network is fast, but unfortunately your information is wrong. No enchanted gear was found in the dungeon." EL shook his head.
 Arnold was walking past them, wanting to go to the guild manager and get checked as soon as possible so that he could head out to meet his sister and give her the jar filled with luminous moss, but he was suddenly pulled back and was now standing next to EL, facing the camera.
 "This gentleman is the reason I work so hard," EL barked, "you see, I always had a little urge to help the poor and defenceless and Become their shield and sword, I want to make this world a better place, not for us! No! But for people like him. You worked really hard today, here have this."
 EL handed Arnold around twenty modern dollars. This was also a daily occurrence, you could call it as a publicity stunt. After all, both the guild and EL had an image to maintain, and even though most of the world knew about the mistreatment of guild workers like porters, this drama, about helping the poor was enough for the people to turn a blind eye on them. After handing the money to Arnold, EL pushed him aside and carried on with his interview. but then someone shouted at Arnold.
 "What an ungrateful piece of crap! EL gave him some money, and he didn't even thank him." One guy from the crowd shouted.
 "I know right! No wonder people like him don't get help more often. They just don't deserve it." Another one joined in.
 "Fucking immigrants!" Yet another one shouted.
 Arnold looked at the money, even though it was a lot of money for him, he felt no attachment towards it whatsoever and threw the money at the ones shouting.
 "You think you know how it feels like right! HERE TAKE IT ALL YOU CHEAP PIECE OF CRAP!" Arnold snapped back.
 Everyone was stunned! No one expected him to do something like this. Even the camera was now focused on him. No one said a word while Arnold continued towards the place the guild manager was waiting.
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 "Seven glow torches are missing but according to records, you only used six in front of the others. 15 dollars would be deducted, furthermore, you caused quite a ruckus in front of the camera, the higher-ups had been lenient with you till now but not anymore. Your daily wage has been decreased to 80 modern dollars per trip, and you have been suspended from the guild for a week. No monetary compensation would be provided to you for this duration." Martis, The guild manager smirked. "So the pay you'll receive for today is... 65 modern dollars minus 10 dollars convenience fees, that makes it 55 modern dollars. Take the money and don't show us your stinking face for a week."
 Just one moment of heat caused him so much trouble but Arnold couldn't do anything to make it up to the guild at this point. He bit his lips, quietly took the money and headed towards the hospital. At least no one discovered the tomes and ability books, that he hid in his backpack.
 Before he reached the hospital, he went into the alleyway and changed his tattered uniform into a clean black formal shirt coupled with blue denim and cheap sports shoes. He did it because, in the eyes of his sister, he was one of the core members of Flying Swords, the guild he worked for. His sister was already in so much pain, he couldn't bear the thought of inflicting more pain to her by making her sad. After changing his appearance, he deposited his backpack at the hospital counter and then went to meet Nicole.
 "Hi, Nicole. Miss me?" Arnold smiled.
 "Brother!" Nicole radiantly smiled back.
 Arnold pulled a chair and sat next to his sister's bed, and sat down. He then narrated the entire story of what happened inside the dungeon from a warrior's perspective. Nicole kept smiling throughout the narration gasping and smiling at all right places. Soon after the story ended she fell asleep, the disease made it very difficult for her to stay awake for a long duration.
 The Andrea syndrome, syphoned the life force of the diseased, slowly killing them... so far there wasn't any cure for it. Although they were some drugs that could slow the process, these drugs expensive and Arnold could only afford a minuscule amount of these. Even if the treatment was free, the drugs weren't.
 He placed the jar of luminous moss on the side table kissed his sister's forehead and walked out of the hospital room. He gathered his backpack and went on his way towards his shack of a home.
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 Once Arnold was inside his room, he immediately drew the curtains took out all the books and tomes that were hidden safely inside his backpack. He rubbed his hands and proceeded to check the content of the books first as those were more valuable.
 "All of these are related to elemental magic, and three of them are extremely rare!" He thought, looking at the books having the abilities of ice, light, and shadow inside them. But he couldn't learn either of them because of two reasons, first, his level wasn't high enough, and second, he didn't have the affinity for any of the books.
 The ability books could only provide the reader with said ability if they had the ability or the level that was needed to master them, and even though Arnold didn't know the level limit the books had, he guessed one would have to be at least a level C being, to be able to learn the basic books and to learn the three books which had the rare abilities in them, one would have to be of level A, to say the least. And since he was stuck being a level E porter, there was no hope for him to be able to learn these.
 "I was gonna sell them either way." He thought putting the books aside he then pulled the stack of tomes towards him. This was the part he was excited about. While the ability books granted someone the abilities, the tomes, however, could grant the user the affinity required to use those abilities. Arnold prayed to the god and opened up the first scroll. And it turned out to be empty.
 "What the hell!"
 He hurriedly opened the rest of the scrolls but they were all empty.
 "Damn it! I should've known my luck. Ouch! Paper cut? Really?"
 As he was rolling the scrolls back, he accidentally cut his thumb on the edge of the scroll, few drops of blood fell on the scroll and it started shining brightly. Arnold hastily covered his eyes with his forearm. After what felt like an eternity, he slowly opened his eyes and looked around.
 "WAIT! I'm floating in the air!"
 As soon as he uttered those words, he felt a force around him which slowly guided him back to his bed.
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 System Initialising...
 A sentient being found...
 Race: Human
 Affinity : &lt;None&gt;
 Strength: Weak
 Power level: Weak
 Specialties : &lt;None&gt;
 Rank: E
 &lt;Blood Pact Formed&gt;
 WELCOME MASTER
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 "Blood pact? What does it mean? What are you?" He kept questioning but no this 'system' didn't answer any of his questions.
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 Configuring the system to suit the user.
 Learning boosted.
 You can now learn new affinities...
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 "What the hell is this... What's this all!" he was flabbergasted. "Learning boosted... wait does it mean..."
 He looked at the opened scrolls scattered around the room, they weren't empty anymore. He picked up the scroll nearest to him and a message appeared in front of his eyes.
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 YOU'VE PICKED UP &lt; Water &gt; AFFINITY SCROLL. DO YOU WANT TO LEARN &lt; Water &gt; AFFINITY?
 '¢YES or '¢NO
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 "Wait! So does it mean it's all for real! I can learn new affinities!" A malicious smile appeared on his face as he said, "YES!"
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 REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGED.
 LEARNING...
 LEARNING...
 LEARNING...
 YOU'VE SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED &lt; Water &gt; AFFINITY.
 You've unlocked new ability(s):
 '¢ [ POSEIDON'S BLESSING ] : (Passive ability) Your HP will be increased by 100 points when you level up.
 [ Rank: B ]
 '¢ [ ESSENCE OF LIFE ] : (Active ability) After being used, you'll instantly gain half of your HP back, Further, it'll increase by 10 points/minute for the next five minutes.
 [ Rank: B ]
 [Mana cost: 80]
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 After the message ended, the scroll slowly disintegrated in Arnold's hand. Tomes which contained hidden abilities could only be used once and after that, they'll disappear without leaving any trace. So using these scrolls essentially meant that he was burning his money away, but as long as he had the affinities and skills he could always get the money back. With this thought, he grabbed another scroll and a familiar message appeared in front of him.
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 YOU'VE PICKED UP &lt; Wind &gt; AFFINITY SCROLL. DO YOU WANT TO LEARN &lt; Wind &gt; AFFINITY?
 '¢YES or '¢NO
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 "Yes." Arnold thought.
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 REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGED.
 LEARNING...
 LEARNING...
 LEARNING...
 YOU'VE SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED &lt; Wind &gt; AFFINITY.
 You've unlocked new ability(s):
 '¢ [ STATIC RAGE ] : (Passive ability) After successfully inflicting damage for 5 times in a row, the sixth attack would deal +35% of physical attack as additional true damage.
 [ Rank: B ]
 '¢ [ RAPID FLASH ] : (Active ability) After being used, you'll instantly gain 10% of agility (AGI), hence increasing your movement as well as reaction speed to superhuman levels. The skill lasts for two minutes and slowly decays over the next five minutes.
 [ Rank: C ]
 [Mana cost: 30]
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 "Two new affinities and four new skills! The day is finally getting better!" Arnold couldn't hold his excitement anymore, but then another notification popped up.
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 TWO &lt; Basic &gt; ELEMENTAL AFFINITIES FOUND.
 WOULD YOU LIKE TO MERGE THE AFFINITIES TO LEARN AN &lt; Advance &gt; ELEMENTAL AFFINITY? YOU WOULDN'T LOSE ANY ABILITY YOU'VE LEARNT SO FAR AND YOU'D BE ABLE TO LEARN THEIR RESPECTIVE ABILITIES IN FUTURE AS WELL.
 PROCEED WITH ADVANCEMENT?
 '¢Yes or '¢No
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 "An advance level affinity! HELL YEAH, I WOULD!"
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 REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGED.
 COMBINING... SUCCESSFUL.
 LEARNING...
 LEARNING...
 LEARNING...
 YOU'VE SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED &lt; Ice &gt; AFFINITY.
 You've unlocked new ability(s):
 '¢ [ ELEMENTAL CONTROL: ICE ] : (Active ability) You can conjure a field of ice and can control it as you wish. It can be used to slow down your enemies, to make weapons, you can do anything you want.
 [ Rank: A ]
 [Mana cost: 60/per use]
 '¢ [ ICY VEIL ] : (Active ability) After being used, your surrounding is immediately covered in mist and fog, lowering the accuracy (ACC) of your opponents while increasing your evade (EVD) by 10 points. The skill lasts for ten minutes.
 [ Rank: C ]
 [Mana cost: 35]
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 But Arnold wasn't paying any attention to notifications that were popping up. As soon as he saw he had gained the Ice affinity he immediately reached out for the ability book which contained ice abilities.
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 The novel follows the story of Arnold, a porter, who accompanies warriors and superhumans inside dangerous dungeons, which are distinguished by their colours. The porters were always mistreated by the modern human civilization and even though their job was riskier than that of warriors and superhumans, their existence was never appreciated nor were they paid well.
 No one knows why these dungeons started to appear all over the world. The only thing they know was the dangers that would find their way into the world if they didn’t kill the monsters. But only a selected few cared about the calamity because for the rest it was all about earning money and gaining power.
 But nothing in this new world is constant and everything keeps changing, and this time the change would find its way towards an ordinary Porter.
 After stealing a scroll from the dungeon, he ran off to his home. The scroll gave him powers no one could’ve imagined to gain. But he wasn’t alone. 9 other humans had been granted similar powers… powers of the Gods!
 What would Arnold do with his newfound powers? Will he kill the other 8 Paladins and rule over the world which had oppressed him for years? Or will he rise against the Gods and make them repent for their crimes?
 Can the strength lent by the Gods be sufficient to deal with them once and for all? Would he be able to defeat his creator? Or will he join the Gods instead?
 Too many questions, too little time. The decisions he would make could be the end of humanity Or would an ordinary Porter, become he world’s only hope?
 Follow me on the journey to the power of this ordinary Porter as he becomes the Savior or the Devil.
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 Tian Long, an orphan without much of a life in both his thirty year long life and lifespan!
 To him, a single opportunity was displayed to transmigrate into another world with his Death Book!
 "What's this? Is this the body of a three year old? Davis? Is this my name from now on?"
 Finding himself possessing a small child, he becomes inwardly conflicted before he faces the truth and his reality!
 Young Davis finds himself as the legal heir, the Crown Prince of the Loret Empire in the Grand Sea Continent, becoming a powerful cultivator in a short time...
 However, is that all?
 Follow his journey as Young Davis becomes a full fledged death's advocate while embodying into the Divine Emperor of Death in the world of cultivation!
 "Mn? The route to become the Emperor is a given? Nah, I still don't want it..."
 "Oh? I'm courting death you say? Unfortunately for you, death is already my woman..."
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 “Even if this universe is truly nothing more than a brutal bloody shadowy forest, we Cultivators will burn all that we have just to give off a single weak flickering spark in the darkness!
 No matter how weak each spark is, how short-lived, how small… As long as the sparks flow unabated, then one day one of those sparks will light some tinder, and that tinder shall light some fallen branches, and those branches shall set ablaze each and every last tree of the forest!
 In the end, even the smallest sparks will eventually set the shadowy forest ablaze, and illuminate the whole world!”
 In a world teeming with cultivators, Li Yao, who makes his living collecting scrap metal, encounters the soul of a titan powerhouse from forty thousand years in the past.
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 She, the “godly doctor” of an assassin organization in 21st century, transmigrated into the body of Yun Family’s abandoned, good-for-nothing Ninth Miss. Good-for-nothing? Then she’ll let the world see what a real good-for-nothing looks like. Summoners are legendary? Nothing is impossible in this world! She’ll become the first Magical Summoner.
 He, the third prince in Long Xu Kingdom and the mysterious, behind-the-scenes owner of Zhou Dynasty’s monopolized business, seemingly handsome and uninhibited, is actually brutal and merciless.
 The world knows her as a sickly good-for-nothing and her standing is as low as a servant’s, yet she solely dominates his heart. Trickery, schemes, overbearing, seducing… an exhaustion of methods, all to capture her heart. The scheming couple supports each other, producing stories about enmity, love and win-win cooperation.
 Read to see how they stand side-by-side at the peak of this extraordinary world.
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 “Ding!” 
 “The 1233th transaction is completed, and the completion rate is 800%!” 
 “Rewards: [Thousand Years of Time], [Ten Thousand Years of Life], [Miscellaneous Talent], [Peerless Beauty], [Sacred Artifact King]…” 
 Chen Fan had long been used to it, too lazy to read it, and threw it into the warehouse. 
 Since he was in charge of the Ten Thousand Realms Bank system, he played swords, practiced swords, and chatted with beautiful women every day, because of continuous resources, skyrocketing strength, sentient beings yearning, and surrender of all races!
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 Gilgamesh: What? Are you Ultraman!? Fuck Tiamat for us?
 Sakura Kinomoto: Dad, do I have a sister?
 Dagu: Why did you borrow my power to transform in person?
 Emiya Shirou: Why do you look so much like me?
 Kagome Madoka: Thank you, Magician Oni-chan with a ring.
 Yagami Hayate: So I have a big brother named Yagami-an?
 Zhou Jing: That’s right, these people they are talking about are me →_→ Remember to keep it secret
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 After picking up a phone on the streets, Feng Yuchen was sent to the world of High School of the Dead. He, along with 100 people, have to travel through various worlds, fight and solve quests in order to survive.
 Whoever dies in that world, would be teleported back to the real world without memories of what happened before and die in an accident one year later.
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 Gu Bailu has transmigrated. She was in Dubai one second ago, but the next thing she knew, she finds herself in a deep, dark forest. To make things worse, her body has been poisoned and s*x is the only antidote. Thinking that she will die in the middle of nowhere, she somehow runs into a handsome guy who’s semi-conscious. Eager to rescue herself, Gu Bailu lies him down, not realizing that he is Prince Zi, a powerful and brutal man who has killed every woman that had approached him. Her life is saved, but she can’t get away from him…
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 Su Yun was a prodigy, blessed by the gods. However, life is never so easy. Soon after reaching 6th stage in spirit novice realm cultivation, his progress stagnated due to incurring a rare medical condition.
 A few years go by, and Su Yun has spent all his time gambling or drinking, wasting his youth away, but one day everything changes. Qing Er, the only one who stood by him was forced by his clan to be a sacrificial bride to someone she didn’t love, only to be executed by the groom on the wedding night for fleeing. Burning for revenge, he scoured the world for a cure for his rare medical condition from both righteous and villainous side.
 Countless years go by, and finally Su Yun not only found a way to cure his rare condition but also gain immense knowledge on a myriad of martial techniques.
 But before he could fully cure himself, he received news that the groom suffered an assault that damaged his internal organs. Rather than wait for decades to become fully cured, Su Yun decided to hatch a plan for the assassinate of the groom. Unfortunately, he underestimated the strength of the groom’s family and was killed instead.
 Then he regains consciousness. He comes to a realization that he went 15 years in the past. This time, he vowed to protect Qing Er, but first he must cure his rare medical condition. Will he learn from the mistakes of his previous life or is everything still set in stone?
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 There are many beautiful things in the world, but all of them need strength to guard. 
 “In this life, I must control my own destiny and live very wonderfully.” Sato Kaede thought calmly. 
 Elf, my dear partner, please help me, how about going to the top of the world together? 
 This book is my fascinating work after absorbing the lessons of the previous book. It may be a little slow. I hope you can read it patiently.
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 “Tang Yin’s Adventure in Another World” mainly narrated that Tang Yin had an outstanding skill, but he had no use of that in the real world; he could only be an assassin. Then, he went to another chaotic world. His strength had been maximized on the life and death battlefield. Here, he could wave his weapons unscrupulously; here, in order to survive, he had no choice to embark on his way of the king. Everything about him could only exist in the legend…
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 He is the resident cover of “Witcher Weekly”.
 He is an eternal figure in the Daily Prophet.
 He is the absolute leader of the pure-blood wizard.
 He is the only wizard in history who has made Dumbledore helpless.
 He is also the only strongest mage in the world who makes Voldemort helpless!
 He is Yunye-an old professional driver.
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 He rose from abjection and achieved eternity in glory. 
 He embraced the prettiest beauties and killed the strongest opponents. 
 He was able to shift the clouds into rain and cover the sky with one hand. 
 He could overrun the entire world and go anywhere as he pleased. 
 He pacified wars and held the world in awe. 
 He was matchless in the world. 
 However, his hair turned white overnight for his beloved woman and he was on the verge of death. 
 He was surrounded by enemies who were trying to take his life. 
 He struggled his way to become mighty and fought for everything he cherished. 
 For this age, he was the only king of the Dark World. 
 His name was a byword for might. 
 As a man living in the world, his only ideal was to pursue brilliance.
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