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Endless Extraction in a Game-Like World

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the world was on the brink of absolute collapse. Then, the Origin Network descended, bringing the Origin Ascension Domain with it and with it brought the apocalypse of monsters. Suddenly, people were moving faster than lightning and jumping high enough to high five the clouds. They became known as Players. In today's society, Players dictate everything. Your entire worth is tied to your mana affinity and the Origin Talent you awaken upon your first time entering the Domain. Enter Caelus Kross. He is a transmigrator stuck at the absolute bottom of the barrel with an E-Rank mana affinity and a seriously terrible reputation. He was once known as the pathetic lap dog of a woman who treated his heart like a dirty welcome mat. Honestly, settling down as a magical construction worker seemed like his peak career path. However, the universe had a much stranger plan. Everything changed on the day he awakened. He did not get a glowing sword or a fancy fireball. He got a talent that allowed him to extract literally anything. [Ding!] [You have successfully extracted the S-Rank talent: Star King] [Ding!] [You have successfully extracted the SS-Rank Talent: Space-Time Rupture God] [Ding!] [You have successfully extracted an S-Rank Mana Affinity Physique] [Ding!] [You have successfully extracted the Battle God's combat experience] [Ding!] [You have successfully extracted an SSS-Rank bloodline] Armed with the Endless Extraction talent, Caelus will right what is wrong, crush his old reputation, and uncover the hidden secrets of the Origin Ascension Domain. Tags: #GameWorld, #TalentAwakening, #Fastpaced, #OverpoweredMC, #WeakToStrong, #NonHumanMC, #ProGamer, #TownBuilding, #Vampire, #FaceSlapping, #Grinding, #Leaderboard, #FastPacedGrowth, #SkillSteal, #SkillFusion
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The Last Tithe

Magic has always demanded a price. In the empire’s capital, that price is controlled—measured, distributed, and enforced through a system known as the Tithe. Every spell draws from the many, siphoning strength, memory, and years of life from the population to fuel the few who are permitted to wield power. Most never notice what they’ve lost. Serin Vale is one of the people who makes sure of that. An elite auditor of the Tithe, Serin’s role is simple: track irregularities, contain unauthorized magic, and preserve the balance that keeps the system from collapsing. Detached, precise, and unwavering, she believe the cost of magic—however brutal—is necessary. Until the system stops behaving. When a rogue caster begins performing magic without paying the Tithe, the consequences ripple through the city in horrifying ways. People collapse without cause. Families are drained dry in an instant. Others survive—but emptied of something essential, left conscious and hollow. The cost is no longer shared. It is chosen. As Serin hunts the source, she encounter Cael Ardyn—a man who has learned how to bend the rules of the Tithe instead of breaking them. Where the system scatters suffering, Cael refines it. Where it hides the cost, he makes it visible. And where it spreads pain across the many, he forces it into the few. But Cael isn’t the only anomaly. With every encounter, Serin begins to experience the Tithe firsthand—not as an observer, but as a conduit. Pain, memory, and life itself start passing through her, revealing a truth buried beneath the system she spent her life protecting: The Tithe does not simply distribute cost. It requires something—someone—to hold it together. But who decides where the price is paid.
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