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 Chapter 4
 The premonition that Loren felt earlier soon became a reality .
 It wasn't exactly from the watch itself though .
 After parking the carriage on the side of the road, tying up the horses, and eating dinner made from provisions, everyone went to their tents to rest except for Loren, who sat next to the fire keeping watch .
 After a while, he started hearing voices leaking from one of the tents . He froze and it took him a second to comprehend what he was hearing .
 The voices were coming from the tent that Sarfe was supposed to be sleeping in .
 Two obscene female voices came out of the tent that was shaking on its own .
 Loren wasn't the type of person who enjoyed eavesdropping, but he was easily able to guess what was going on inside that tent .
 "C'mon, you're in the middle of a field…"
 He didn't have the stomach to go and say something, and all he could do is sit by the fire and tried to let the situation sink in .
 At the same time, he realized how awkward it would be to go and ask to change shifts .
 He couldn't deny the possibility that they would go on until morning, but another thing on his mind was that there was no water nearby .
 No one in their right mind would think about starting something indecent in this sort of place . The thought of them using up their precious water supply to clean up crossed his mind .
 It was very likely that inside of Sarfe's tent was going to be smelly and moist .
 By morning the smell would mostly be gone, but it was going to remain at the time to change shifts . Loren didn't want to stick his head into that tent .
 "Couldn't he have waited for a different time?"
 Even worse, he could hear two female voices .
 It meant that out of the three of the girls in Sarfe's party, two of them were in that relationship with him .
 Although he could make out two voices, he hadn't spent enough time with them to know exactly who they were .
 He was sure that the thief girl was one of them, and his drowsiness was kept away by thinking stupid thoughts like who the second girl was .
 Loren looked down into the fire, thinking that it wasn't all that bad .
 If someone were to ask if he could sleep, he would answer that he probably couldn't .
 Back when he was a mercenary, there would always be someone else keeping watch with him .
 Right now, there was no one .
 Sarfe and the girls didn't count .
 He hadn't spent enough time with them, and he was going to leave after finishing their current quest anyway .
 His heart was restless at the fact that it was the first time ever that he spent time alone with no friends by his side .
 He smiled bitterly as he recalled the night before .
 He spent it in a large room of a cheap inn with strangers, but couldn't get any deep, sound sleep . He repeatedly woke up until the sun started to rise .
 It led to him to go to the meeting early without being able to get rid of his fatigue .
 Loren threw a dry branch in the fire as he thought about his health .
 Sleep deprivation and weakening stamina .
 Both would eventually slow down his movements and decision making .
 It wasn't to a critical point, but it didn't change the fact that Loren's body required rest .
 However, he couldn't bring himself to rest .
 He had been avoiding the thoughts of what happened to his comrades in the last battle, and a frown appeared on Loren's face as the loneliness of keeping watch alone brought back those memories .
 If they were alive, there was a chance to meet them again, but the battle was so gruesome that the possibility was very small .
 "Well, I can still hope that someone made it out just like I did…"
 "Is there anything wrong?"
 Although he uttered those words out loud, he didn't expect anyone to be near to hear them . Surprised, he stood up and reached for his sword .
 "I apologize if I startled you, I didn't mean to do that . "
 The girl in front of him wearing the clothes of a priest, panicking and waving her hands in front of her was Lapis, who should've been sleeping in her tent .
 Realizing that it was not an enemy, Loren stopped reaching for his weapon . But he didn't expect one of the party members, who were supposed to be asleep, to speak to him and gave Lapis a quizzical look, wondering why she did .
 "Well ummmm…the tent next to me…you know…"
 Lapis guessed that Loren was silent because he wanted her to explain why she came out of her tent, and started explaining with an awkward tone .
 As soon as Loren heard the first few words, he immediately understood what she was talking about and let down his guard .
 In other words, it meant Lapis wasn't taking part of what was happening inside that tent .
 Although Sarfe's tent was made with thick cloth that could keep out cold, it wasn't enough to keep noise from seeping out of it .
 Had she had slept until morning, she wouldn't have known about this, but to her luck, she woke up in the middle of the night .
 Although she was a priest that grew up in a secluded environment, she could easily guess what was going on inside that tent, and falling back to sleep listening to those voices was extremely difficult .
 "Um, I can't go back to sleep anymore…and­…"
 "Yeah, I get what you mean . Unfortunate…"
 Loren replied to Lapis with an exhausted tone and in return she gave him an awkward smile, then, for some reason, sat down next to him .
 "Is it ok if I stay here with you until I get sleepy again…or…until they settle down?"
 As she was already sitting down, Loren just nodded his head, unable to say no .
 Since they were in the middle of a field, it wasn't as if there were other places to settle down around them .
 It was convenient for him to have someone else with him since it was a way to keep the drowsiness away, and if she were to go someplace else and something happened to her, it would be his responsibility for not keeping a good watch .
 "Are they always like that? Being an adventurer isn't the safest thing to do, and I understand that not being sure you're going to survive the next day might take it to that direction, but still…"
 "As much as I would like to say they aren't, this happens quite often, actually . Would it be too sarcastic to say that I'm glad that they are healthy?"
 Loren wasn't expecting that kind of reply from Lapis .
 As a mercenary, Loren never had the chance to have a personal conversation with a priest .
 As one who killed and fought battles for a living, a priest who served god was in a completely different world . Loren's image of a priest was an old man with a difficult expression, who you had to pay an enormous amount of money to hire .
 The priest girl next to him, who was sighing and spouting vulgar sarcasm, was way different than what Loren expected, and was surprised that priests like her existed .
 "Is it too much to ask them to choose the place and time to do those kinds of thing? Well, most gods' teachings say to give birth and multiply, so in that perspective, I guess they aren't doing the wrong thing though . "
 "Speaking of gods, how much are there? What god are you serving again?"
 Digging into personal matters was a hated by mercenaries .
 Mercenaries all have a memory or two that they don't want others to know about, which is why Loren was careful not to do so .
 But it was still a long way from sunrise, and he got the feeling that Lapis, who seemed to be friendly and talkative, wouldn't mind him asking . Plus, it seemed that Lapis didn't want the conversation to stop either .
 "I serve Kuhklu, the god of knowledge . Also, you should count gods by saying 'how many', not 'how much' . I don't mind it, but some priests are picky about it so you should be careful . "
 "Thanks for the heads up . I've been a mercenary my whole life so I don't know a lot about these kinds of things . "
 "I forgot about that . Why did you choose to become an adventurer?"
 A small frown appeared on Loren's face, but he felt that it would be unfair of him to not answer her question when she had answered his . After a brief silence, Loren finally replied .
 "The group I was with doesn't exist anymore . "
 "Oh…I'm sorry for asking about it . "
 "It's fine . It's something that happens all the time . "
 Although there are quite a few groups that claim they're invincible, most of them don't live up to that expectation .
 Most mercenary groups have victories and losses, give and receive casualties, and expand or decrease in numbers .
 But sometimes an unlucky group would suffer a large casualty that it can't recover from .
 That time it was just that it was Loren's group that ended up with the short end of the stick .
 "I wish I could've found a different group to join, but I was pretty much broke arriving in the city, and strength was pretty much the only thing I had to work with to earn money . "
 "I see…Loren, was it? You do look pretty strong . "
 Lapis' gaze fell on the great sword next to Loren .
 It was an extremely rugged sword that Loren had been using for a very long time .
 It didn't have any sort of decoration or ornament on it and its huge blade was long enough to reach Loren's chest . The grip was built for holding the sword with two hands and had a cloth wrapped around it, and was very heavy, as its appearance suggested .
 It took Loren a few years to be able to wield it to his satisfaction, and with continuous repairing and reforging, he had used it until now .
 "Isn't the blade as thick as my waist?"
 Loren wasn't sure if she was implying that the blade was thick or that her waist was thin, so he raised the sword with his left hand to compare them .
 The materials used to make the sword, blade, grip and all, was pure metal .
 Lapis' eyes widened, seeing Loren lifting such a heavy object easily with one hand .
 "You're able to hold it with one hand…that's incredible . "
 "It's made to be held with both hands, but I've trained with it enough to be able to use it with either hand . "
 Loren stood up and thrust the sword into the ground .
 "Want to compare?"
 "Okay, let's see . "
 Loren meant it as a joke, but Lapis, who didn't have much else to do, stood up and pressed her back against the blade .
 "What do you think? My waist is thinner, right?"
 Loren looked at the blade, then at Lapis' waist .
 There wasn't any part of her waist that was visible past the blade's width .
 It meant that like she said, Lapis' waist was indeed thinner that the blade .
 When he turned his gaze slightly lower, he saw that her butt was peeking out of the edge . But he couldn't say that it was fat, because it was natural for girls her age .
 'W…What do you think? I…I'm thin, right? Uh, a…am I not?"
 Loren's lack of an answer started to cause Lapis to panic .
 She must have interpreted Loren's silence as a sign of kindness, and started to feel uneasy .
 "Yeah, you're thin . My sword is way thicker . "
 "Y…yes, of course . There's no way I wouldn't be . "
 Your butt isn't, though .
 Although the thought occurred in his mind, he refrained from saying it out loud . Meanwhile Lapis puffed out her chest and went on with a relieved tone, trying to sound like she wasn't worried at all .
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 After the soldiers’ mercenary group where he used to work had been utterly destroyed, Loren, who survived the disaster, decided to walk the adventurer’s path as a way to make a living. However, for Loren who had no acquaintances and nothing but an empty pocket on him, receiving a single quest seemed like a faraway aim. So, as he was contemplating about what he should do next, another adventurer called out to him.
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 "Spider-Verse", "Harry Potter" 
 The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Friends, Love Apartments, Idiots, Sex and the City, Broke Sisters, Charlie's Diaries, Silicon Valley, Suits, The Anatomy, Shameless, and Family Fun , Two and a Half Men, monster series, fairy tale series, Marvel series, dc series... 
 A series of great salvations in the world of American TV series, different lives, different excitement.
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 “At the end of the song the man is drunk, so much like the tears by Poyang River. Ten thousand miles of easterly winds; the country is broken, the mountains and rivers reflect only red.” 
 ~A line from Shorthand Tablature of Magnolia Blossoms by Zhu Dunru
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 At sixteen years of age, You Miao lives a life of luxury. Yet with rapid changes in family circumstances, the once little young master now only has his deceased mother’s barren estate and a loyal Quanrong slave left. The dilemma and distress of starting everything from scratch becomes the greatest trial of his life.
 As the imperial state exam approaches, You Miao enters the capital for his tests. However, all of a sudden the tribes of the north invade, causing a diaspora to the south. The Hans flee to the south in great numbers with the uprising of war everywhere. The country is at the cusp of ruin and homes are lost…
 Along with his band of sworn brothers, You Miao finally returns to Jiangnan in the midst of displacement, and using all of his strength, he supports this broken, half sliced nation.
 The good days don’t last long, and the imperial court now in the south faces both internal and external enemies. The court is in turmoil, the government officials in dissension, but as tides rise and fall, the most beautiful moonlight of the great desert is yet to come.
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 An unknown disciple from a small sect battling against the strongest in the cultivation world! The long journey working at cultivation, the realization of destiny, and the chance to reach the apex of the world. 
 Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. Zuo Mo is a zombie faced low level cultivator in a minor sect of a little world. Ever since he was picked up by the sect leader two years ago, he has no memories of his earlier life except a recurring nightmare. Navigating the rigid class structure and intricacies of the cultivation world, as one of the lowest possible of the lowest class, Zuo Mo’s dream is to earn money, and lots of it, through being a spiritual plant farmer. A chance occurrence reveals that someone powerful had changed Zuo’s features and erased his mind. The money grubbing zombie decides to set out on a journey of cultivation to find out answers. Fate colludes with chance, the drums of war are beating, the ghost of his past is coming…
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 Leylin is transported from an advanced technological era into a medieval world— except there’s magic. Equipped with only his quick wits and an A.I. chip fused to his soul, he sets out to become the most powerful magus the world has ever known. In a land divided into the Light and Dark Magi, the weak can either be cattle or disposable slaves. Only the strong can determine their lives, and only they have the luxury for virtue. Yet strength is only a tool for Leylin, like any other. His goal, in the end, is his own.
 Translator’s desc:
 What happens when a scientist from a futuristic world reincarnates in a World of Magic and Knights?
 An awesome MC — that’s what happens!
 A scientist’s goal is to explore the secrets of the universe, and this is exactly what Leylin sets out to do when he is reincarnated. Dark, cold and calculating, he makes use of all his resources as he sets off on his adventures to meet his goal.
 Face? Who needs that… Hmmm… that guy seems too powerful for me to take on now… I better keep a low profile for now.
 You want me to help you? Sure… but what benefit can I get out of it? Nothing? Bye.
 Hmmm… that guy looks like he might cause me problems in the future. Should I let him off for now and let him grow into someone that can threaten me….. Nahhh. *kill*
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 “Ding, I picked up the broken samurai sword and obtained the supremely fast sword Yunya.” 
 “Ding, I picked up the Kaido Reward Order, and got armed and domineering.” 
 “Ding, I picked up the devil fruit’s stubble core, and gained control of lightning without sequelae.” 
 ………… 
 It’s impossible to beat the Tianlongren to find the big secret treasure. It has nothing to do with me. I just want to pick up trash and maintain my life. 
 This way, I threaten the Four Emperors to throw trash and force the Three Generals to make trash. The porter looks at the scared Denon 
 “Actually, I have nothing malicious, I just want to pick up some rubbish.” 
 Follow Nighteye and be the clean king of One Piece world together!
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 Qin Xiaotian transmigrated into the body of a five year old orphan of another world, in the Nine States Continent. 
 After obtaining the Invincible Devouring System, he can devour and learn anything. With his teeth, that are harder than everything, there’s nothing that he can’t consume. With the help of the system, he learned how to cultivate by breathing and how to train his body after biting stone with his cheats. 
 Having such cheats, Qin Xiaotian tries to dominate the universe and become the invincible… brat.
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 What are you going to do when you pass through another world?
 Yalin(MC): Perhaps, many of those seniors who passed through another world would like to use violence to solve their problems, but I like to control the fate of a country with economics and races with faith, I use benefits to instigate others so that I profit, and even making them take risk for me without them even knowing. In each country the highest is the king and behind the king is a string that is attach to my hand, for I am their puppeteer.
 Yalin(MC): Certainly the credit does not only belong to me, I must give my thanks to the great knights and their leader Zero(Code Geass). The supreme master of blood, the moon princess(Tsukihime), the black and white princess, and also my ‘good friend’ called by his title the ‘God’s left eye’, president of the neutral autonomous city. Finally I must give thanks to my loyal and competent subordinates!
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 The world regained consciousness.
 It was surprised to find ‘little animals’ doing a lot of ‘unauthorised’ things on its body.
 At midnight, in the year of 2018, a voice appeared in the minds of all citizens: “Hello, parasites.”
 A reaper gong, who doesn’t like to talk and strikes once to hit ten VS a fake white lotus and river god shou, who pits to kill.
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 This novel is also known as I Am Really Not The Son of Providence
 Qingyue Fairy: I once traveled three thousand miles with my brother to the west, and won the golden sun and moon in the Kunlun secret realm!
 Linglong Emperor Ji: I once accompanied my brother to the East Sea Emperor’s Burial Valley and accepted the inheritance of Emperor Dan!
 After the Undead Phoenix: Ha ha, a group of chicks! Do you know how he got his indelible body?
 …
 Through the Xiuxian Realm, Shen Tian found that he could see the luck and chance of other people around him.
 With the idea of rubbing the protagonist’s protagonist halo, Shen Tian began to make friends with those lucky children.
 …
 Later, everyone gradually discovered: No matter who it is, as long as you experience it with Shen Tian, you will inevitably encounter great opportunities, without exception!
 Since that day, Shen Tian has become the most popular mascot in Xiuxian Realm.
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 It was possibly history’s most pathetic passing through. 
 ——Lin Wei transmigrated from modern times to another world, but his existing self had turned into a summon beast! 
 His life would usually be in a bizarre summon beast world, then suddenly summoned by his beautiful woman master to go fight. 
 In order to restore his human body and pick up his beautiful woman master, he upgrades himself with great effort!
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 Zhangsun Zijun and Yi Xichen are the protagonists of the novel “Record of Nine Thousand Vicissitudes.” One is solid and reserved; the other is free-spirited and uninhibited. As fellow disciples under the same master who grew up together, the two have a deep friendship that was strengthened by their numerous life and death adventures together.
 However, in a popular yaoi fanfiction, the personalities of these two characters is completely OOC. Zhangsun Zijun turned into an insanely jealous, insatiable s*x addict madly in love with his wife Yi Xichen. Yi Xichen turned into a sweet, delicate little angel. Their daily life was full of kinky bedroom activities…
 Suddenly, the Zhangsun Zijun character from the fanfiction was transported into the world of the original novel.
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 Arcane energy weaves the world, and the ninja world is no exception. 
 The Book of Medivh from Azeroth contains knowledge of two worlds. 
 For mages, knowledge = power. 
 Enemy country? war? Tailed beast? Otsutsuki? 
 In front of the Master, tremble! 
 Time, for me to control; space, let me roam. 
 Parallel time and space, self rise, regret unfortunately, self end. 
 In the name of the new guardian— 
 Master, open a cross-border portal! 
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 The boutique “Pirates of Light Swordsman” has been finished, character guarantee~
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