‘How cliché. I’ve read countless novels where the Hero is betrayed by their companions… but was I wrong to trust those who fought beside me for nearly six decades?’
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Betrayal.
A word many live in fear of.
A word some never expect… until it happens.
A word that completely shatters one’s view of life.
Just like any other heroic tale, Simon was the Hero of Earth, the one who defeated the Demon King and was about to end the war between races with his companions.
Yet, in the end, he was betrayed by his own companions for reasons he never understood.
Instead of finding death, Simon found rebirth.
To his horror, he reincarnated as the very race he had devoted his entire life to exterminating… a race he despised, feared, and was disgusted by.
Reborn as a demon infant within one of the most impoverished demon tribes, Simon found himself at the very bottom of a world he once sought to destroy.
Fortunately, he was not entirely abandoned.
His unique Seven Star Blessing, bestowed by his patron God, followed him through reincarnation. Armed with this Blessing and the Demonic Magic of his new race, Simon now harbors an ambition greater than ever before… to rise higher than he ever did as the Hero of Earth.
To become a God.
But the path forward is far from simple.
Betrayals from those he would never expect.
Endless trials and tribulations.
And the lingering question of identity…
Should he cling to his past as a human hero, or embrace his nature as a demon to survive?
Can Simon abandon his hatred and live among demons?
Will he erase his past entirely and fully embrace his demonic nature?
Will his thirst for revenge drag him deeper into darkness…
Or will he rise above it?
In the end… Will he be devoured… or will he devour all?

For a moment, she didn't speak. She seemed to be choosing where to begin.


"You already know the lower heart ranks," she said. "Flickering, Burning, Infernal, Forged, Abyssal, and Cataclysm. Lesser Demons, Fiends, Archfiends, Greater Demons, Demon Lords, and Demon Kings."


"Those are the realms of mortals," Lilith continued. "Strong mortals, but mortals nonetheless. Demi-gods stand level with the Demon Kings. And most beings in this age believe that the Demon Kings and demi-gods stand somewhere near the top of the world."


"They don't. They stand at the bottom of the stairway."


"Above the Demon Kings, there are realms. Each has a name, and each has a title. The gods and the other races call them by one title. We Daemons call them by another." She raised a single finger. "And every one of them has four sub-grades, just like the ones you know. Minor, Prime, Superior, and Supreme."


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