Chapter 1: System Awakening
Flames raged across the ruined field, smoke twisting into the sky like ghosts screaming into the heavens. The ground was shattered, stained with the blood of beasts and men. At the heart of the battlefield stood the four heroes — humanity’s so-called saviors — locked in battle with the one they called their enemy.
But their enemy was not a demon.
He was a man. A traitor of light. A god in armor.
High Paladin Sanctus — the holy knight blessed by the gods, draped in radiant white and gold, his helmet etched with wings, and his blade alight with divine fire. The very man sent to protect the world had turned on it, declaring humanity unworthy of the gods’ blessings.
And he was slaughtering everyone.
The heroes stood ready.
"Now!" shouted Lyra, the flame mage, her crimson staff blazing with runes. Her long pink hair whipped in the scorching wind, eyes alight with rage.
Kael, the gunslinger, loaded rounds of blessed silver into his twin revolvers. "We only have one shot."
Miya, the sword mage, clenched her blade of thunder, her aura sharp like lightning. "Make it count."
Behind them, quiet and tense, stood Elian— the healer. Silver-haired. Calm-eyed. His hands glowed faintly green.
He didn’t speak.