Before everything changed, the world was ordinary.
Cities thrived under the glow of advanced technology. Nations were bound together by vast digital networks. Humanity stood at the peak of innovation—confident, powerful, and certain that nothing remained beyond their understanding.
They were wrong.
Then, one day…
Reality broke.
A phenomenon later known as The Awakening spread across the world without warning.
Some humans gained the ability to wield mana—an unknown energy that defied science. Others were not as fortunate.
Animals twisted into monstrous forms. Creatures of nightmare emerged from the familiar. And the very laws of reality began to fracture.
Then came the portals.
They were called Fractures—tears in space that connected the world to something far beyond comprehension. From them poured horrors unlike anything humanity had ever faced.
Some were small… fast… and deadly.
Others were colossal beings capable of erasing entire cities in moments.
Humanity was not prepared.
Within a single year, civilization collapsed.
Nearly a quarter of the global population perished. Governments fell. Communication networks crumbled. The systems that once held the world together vanished overnight.
The age of technology ended.
And the Monster Era began.
Eldoria – The Last Light
Amid the ruin, a few strongholds remained.
One of them was Eldoria—a sanctuary of over a million people, and one of humanity's last bastions of survival.
At its heart stood the Aegis Dome, a massive mana barrier that enveloped the entire city. It shimmered like an invisible sky, repelling dimensional intrusions and keeping the horrors of the outside world at bay.
Inside the dome, life continued—fragile, but alive.
Order still existed.
Hope still remained.
But beyond its protection…
Everything changed.
The Outskirts
At the very edge of Eldoria lay the Outskirts—a place where the Aegis Dome's power weakened.
The barrier flickered here.
Cracks formed.
And sometimes… monsters slipped through.
This was where the forgotten lived.
The poor. The desperate. The ones too weak—or too unlucky—to rise within the safety of the inner city.
This was where he was born.
The Deadlands
Beyond the Outskirts stretched a desolate nightmare known as the Deadlands.
A ruined expanse where no laws remained.
Where cities had fallen into dust.
Where monsters roamed freely, hunting without restraint.
And where death… was the only certainty.
The Beginning of Change
In a world abandoned by order…
In a place where survival meant everything…
A boy from the Outskirts made a choice.
Not just to survive—
…but to change his fate.
And the fate of everyone he cared about.