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Freddy Stern, a twenty-one-year-old cashier, has lived a plain, albeit harsh life. Having been orphaned—twice—he's spent the last ten years working and staying out of trouble. His only aspiration is to save enough money to become an archhuman. His dream gets the jump on him when he barely survives a near-death encounter and finds himself in possession of 1% Lifesteal, a bizarre talent with numerous contradictions and just as many uses.

With his time in Faralethal’s mines coming to an end, Freddy is finally free to tackle the world. With the spoils of his unlikely victory, he expects to take the world of delving by storm. Unfortunately for him, things are never that easy. Big city life is harsh for those without backing. There are many who have been born into power, and many who are willing to do anything to get ahead. In the grand scheme of things, an independent two-star is still prey.

The dark place of sinister powers has its secrets. Between the rapidly multiplying population of monsters, demons slithering in the shadows, the Great God greedily guarding a world-shattering revelation, a mysterious dweller of the Nightmare Realm, and Neave and his companions, interests will collide, and war will be waged. Can they leave the realm prepared for the calamity waiting outside? More importantly, with an unknown manipulator lurking in the shadows and the insanity permeating the realm of nightmares.

Finding himself on the run from the law, Freddy will need a safe place to hide. His target? A borderline lawless subordinate territory of the Empire; a land of cruelty, vigilantism, and mountains of ice—the Northern Belt. Despite having acted in self-defense, Freddy knows that, should the law catch up with him, he stands no chance of being declared innocent. If he wants to remain free—or even alive—he needs to find somewhere he can hide long enough to bury the trail. His first choice ends up being the infamous, crime-ridden area of the Northern Belt.

Demons scheme in the shadows. A myth golem wreaks havoc across the continent. Trouble is brewing in the Yixine empire. All of these cataclysms are eclipsed by an apocalypse greater than them all—Neave's arrival at the capital. Torn between rehabilitating the profoundly sick cultivator society and wiping the slate clean, Neave gathers power on his journey to find the right solution. He grows suspicious of even his own thoughts, however, and it soon becomes clear that it won't be easy.

Despite being a young master of the Zearthorn sect, Neave is not a cultivator. And if he can have his way, he never will be. Years of daily beatings, bullying, and abuse haven’t been enough to make him change his mind, and the ultimatum from his father won’t be either. Forced to choose between an arranged marriage and a path of cultivation, Neave makes a third choice. In a desperate, last-ditch attempt, he enters a secret vault and encounters a treasure. A book he should have never touched.

In einer Welt voller zahlloser Feinde wird Freddys einzigartige Kraft ihm das Überleben sichern. Freddy Stern, ein einundzwanzigjähriger Kassierer, hat ein schlichtes, wenn auch hartes Leben geführt. Zweimal verwaist, hat er die letzten zehn Jahre hart gearbeitet und jeden Ärger vermieden. Sein einziger Traum: genug Geld sparen, um Erzmensch zu werden.

Frei, mächtig und im Besitz des Speicherrings eines verstorbenen Lords–was ihm jetzt noch fehlt, ist eine neue Identität, um seine Laufbahn als Erzmensch-Erkunder zu beginnen. Da seine Zeit in Faralethals Minen endet, steht Freddy nun endlich die Welt offen. Mit der Beute seiner überraschenden Siege im Gepäck plant er, die Erkunder-Szene im Sturm zu erobern. Doch das Leben in der großen Stadt ist hart für jene ohne Rückhalt. Viele werden in Macht hineingeboren – und noch mehr sind bereit, alles zu tun, um sich einen Vorteil zu verschaffen.