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Alex wakes inside the Tower with nothing but the clothes on his back and a system interface offering him the deal of a lifetime. The Universal Exchange System can sell him almost anything. Weapons? Yes. Healing? Of course. Knowledge, skills, power, escape routes, survival tools, and answers to questions he probably should not be asking? All available. And the price? Simple. Earn points. Sell materials. Trade monster corpses, treasures, labor, risk, pain, blood, or anything else the system finds valuable. At first, it sounds like a win-win. Alex gets what he needs to survive, and the system gets its payment. A win-win. Or so he thinks. Because he quickly learned the system was not some generous golden finger sent to bless his new life. It was a merchant. A greedy one. If the bastard could charge him for breathing, Alex was fairly sure it would. Because when Alex did not have enough points, the system still had an answer. Debt. And that was the trap. The system always found something he could sell, something he could risk, something he could owe, just enough to keep him alive and drag him one step closer to a debt no sane person would ignore. To climb, Alex will have to trade, hunt, scheme, bargain, and bleed his way through floor after floor, relying on the system’s help as much as his own caution and cunning. He is not a hero. He is not chosen. He is not here to save anyone. He is just a practical man trying very hard not to die. Alex can buy almost anything from the system. But inside the Tower of Hope, that blessing might become his greatest curse. ---------------- Limited-Time Launch Bonus — Ten Days Only Since the novel will appear on the Fresh Stories page, I’m adding bonus chapters for early support. Power Stone Goals: 50 Power Stones = 2 bonus chapters 100 Power Stones = 4 bonus chapters 150 Power Stones = 7 bonus chapters (In Total) Review Goals: 5 honest reviews = 2 bonus chapters 10 honest reviews = 4 bonus chapters 15 honest reviews = 7 bonus chapters (In Total) Reviews can be positive, critical, or mixed. I only ask that they be honest. I want this novel to grow, and real feedback helps me improve the story while also helping new readers decide whether to give it a chance. This offer is only for the following ten days. Every bit of early support helps, and I’ll do my best to reward it with extra chapters. ---- And if you somehow complete both goals fully, then fine… you guys can raid my chapter stash, make me poor, and I’ll still be smiling while posting them.

22nd Century. An era hailed as the Age of Advancement and Peace. And for the better half of the century, it was an era where humanity lived side by side with alien races, their united empire ever expanding and flourishing. But the peace that everyone thought would last forever was taken by the very people who swore to keep it. The entire galaxy was plunged into war, a conflict fueled by the insatiable greed of those at the top, hidden behind the age-old lie that the enemy wished to destroy them. Vlad Igor was just another nameless soldier in the galactic war, a conflict that stripped him of everything he held dear, first his peace and then his family. When he thought the senseless war was over, their rulers betrayed him once more, taking away his hope. Vlad died, and as Darkness engulfed his senses, he thought he could finally rest, but fate had other plans for him. Sent back in time, Vlad found himself in the beginning of when everything began, when the first embers of the great war were just beginning to ignite, shaping the future that took everything from him. Vlad could now enter the world of Ascension and, with his knowledge and experience, amass power and influence that could possibly prevent the war. But can Vlad, a lone man, stand against the Titans who rule hundreds of stars, command billions, and will stop at nothing, pay any price, to keep their grip on power?