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I picked up the silver badge from the dirt, my fingers tightening around the cold metal until my knuckles turned white.In our world, the Imperial Capital sat at the top of the faction hierarchy, far above the outer wild lands and labor sectors. The ruling clans of the capital maintained their absolute grip on power through the Shadow Slave Auction. It was an underground market where captured rogue hunters, rare core users, and political prisoners were sold with magic slave collars locked around their necks. Lord Malakor had not just taken Amina to hide her. He was going to sell her into permanent slavery at the capital to recover the money he lost when we blew up his vault.Amina was the smartest person I had ever met, but even her sharp mind could not break a high-tier slave contract once the seal was placed on her neck.

Last Updated : 2026-08-09

The Deep Rift

The acidic poison hit my gray metal skin, smoking and burning like hot oil as it tried to melt through my Iron Skin.Pain shot across my face and shoulders, but I forced my eyes to stay open. In the deep dungeons beneath Sector 4, monsters were not born naturally. They were created when ancient magic leaks mutated normal animals over decades, turning their claws, scales, and venom into deadly elemental weapons. The Elder Council kept these underground rifts hidden from the public, harvesting the high-rank cores for their private inner-city war-engines while keeping the labor sectors poor and weak.Amina had spent years reading the stolen Council logs, and she had warned me about these deeper rift beasts. She always told me that every high-rank monster had a weak spot where its core energy flowed. If you couldn't beat its armor with raw force, you had to find th

Last Updated : 2026-08-10

The Broken Seal

The spearhead stuck through my right shoulder, pinning my body flat against the stone wall while black destruction magic gathered six inches from my eyes.I looked into the guardian's twitching face, hearing that desperate human voice break through his erased mind. In the inner sectors, the Elder Council maintained total control by turning high-tier rogue hunters into mindless slaves. They used dark magic collars to burn away a person's free will, leaving only a weapon to guard their illegal ruins. Amina had read about these enslaved guardians in Malakor's secret ledgers. She had warned me that a controlled soul was always fighting its own leash from the inside, waiting for a single chance to die instead of serving the noble clans.I didn't try to pull the spear out of my bleeding flesh.Instead, I reached up with m

Last Updated : 2026-08-11

The Traitor's Return

Tariq pulled the trigger of his magic crossbow, sending three glowing purple bolts straight at my chest. In our world, the rich lords of the inner city believed their silver and family names gave them the right to take whatever they wanted. They bought illegal weapons, paid off guards, and hunted down extraction users to steal their cores. Tariq had spent his whole life watching his father use money to erase crimes, so he naturally thought a lower-sector worker would fall apart the moment a noble pointed a weapon at him. He had no idea how much stronger my body had become. I did not dodge or run away. I raised my left hand and called on my skill. Iron Skin.

Last Updated : 2026-08-12

The Iron Gate of the Auction

Malakor's red picture faded into thin air, but the image of that burning iron brand stayed right in front of my eyes. Twelve hours. That was all the time left before the auction house opened its doors and sold Amina piece by piece to the highest noble bidder.I did not stand there losing my mind. I turned around, gripped my shadow-iron greatsword with both hands, and stepped straight into the swirling blue light of the portal.The world twisted in a flash of bright light and heavy pressure. Cold air rushed past my face, and the hot smell of lava vanished in an instant, replaced by the damp stench of dirty water and old stone.SPLASH!My boots hit waist-deep dirty water, sending dark waves echoing down a long drainage tunnel.

Last Updated : 2026-08-13

The Alliance in the Dark

"Jade?" I said, lowering my heavy sword a few inches as I stared at her face in the dim sewer light. In our world, platform editors like Jade and Fanny from NovelSnack did not just sit behind desks reviewing web novel contracts and plot outlines. They operated as high-level intelligence brokers inside the capital's underworld, trading secrets, tracking noble family movements, and helping talented core users slip past the Elder Council's net. Jade had spent years playing a dangerous game of manipulation and information trade, using her status to protect writers and fighters who wanted to tear down the corrupt noble houses from within. She wiped a drop of water from her leather cloak and looked at me with a sharp, serious expression. "You almost missed your window, Kofi," Jade

Last Updated : 2026-08-14

The Hammer and the Sword

Lord Malakor swung his massive golden war-hammer straight through the stone wall, sending heavy blocks crashing down right beside Amina's cell door.In our world, high nobles never fought their own battles if they could pay others to do it for them. They sat behind thick palace walls, drank expensive wine, and let poor hunters die in the rifts. But Malakor was different. He was a ruthless S-rank fighter who enjoyed crushing lower-sector people with his own hands. He believed his family's gold and ancient bloodline made him a god among men, and he had come to the auction vaults personally to make sure I died before I could free Amina.I did not take a step back. I gripped my shadow-iron greatsword with both hands and stood my ground in front of the broken wall."You took your sweet time getting here, Kofi," Malakor s

Last Updated : 2026-08-15

Blood in the Vault

Dozens of elite auction enforcers crowded the narrow stone hallway, their steel swords and glowing fire spears blocking every single way out.In our world, the noble families controlled every inch of the capital's underground market by flooding the tunnels with paid muscle. They never cared about laws or fair fights. They only cared about protecting their stolen wealth and keeping lower-sector workers trapped in the dirt. Malakor stood behind his line of guards, clutching his bleeding chest and pointing right at us with a face full of pure hatred."Kill them both!" Malakor ordered, his voice shaking with pain. "Cut off their heads and feed them to the sewer rats!"Before the guards could charge forward, Amina took a fast step ahead of me.She did not look scared or confu

Last Updated : 2026-08-16

The Shadow Council

A bolt of white lightning shot out from the broken wall, crashing into the stone floor right between Amina and me.In our world, the Elder Council ruled every single sector from the shadows, making sure no lower-sector worker ever gained enough power to threaten their seats. They used laws, blood contracts, and elite enforcers to keep the entire city under their thumb. The masked man standing in the dust was not just a simple guard. He was an executive enforcer of the Council, sent to protect the high noble families and crush any rebellion before it could grow.I gripped the handle of my shadow-iron greatsword and planted my boots firmly on the stone floor."Move out of the way," I said, pointing the tip of my sword straight at the masked man. "Malakor pays for what he did."

Last Updated : 2026-08-17

The Soul Trap

Red fire burned around our feet, and the stone floor grew hotter by the second as the soul extraction runes sucked the air straight out of the vault.In our world, the Elder Council never left loose ends. When a high noble family failed to secure its illegal assets, the capital's tribunal simply wiped out the entire room using ancient soul-drain magic. Julian knew we had the master keys and the evidence of the slave auctions, so he chose to burn the whole vault down rather than let us walk out alive. The red runes flared bright, eating into our core energy and making our muscles lock up tight.Amina did not panic or look away from the burning circle.Even with the system windows flashing red warnings of death, her mind stayed completely sharp. She knew that magical extraction traps required a central power source to

Last Updated : 2026-08-18

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