“Heroes are born to offer hope.
But I will prove one thing:
Hope is the most exquisite form of cruelty.”
— Lucian Veylor
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The morning sky was serene.
But peace had become a lie.
Reality had cracked. The world still smiled—
blind to the fact that its foundation was rotting from within.
And the System?
The System was watching.
[GLOBAL SYSTEM ALERT]
Anomaly Classification: Supreme
Path of Villain is Overriding Core Fate Routes
Initiating Balance Protocol...
[HERO SYSTEM – ACTIVATED]
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By a desolate riverbank, Lucian rinsed cold blood from his fingertips.
The body of a village guard—curious, foolish, now silent—lay slumped nearby.
Before the blood even dried, a new interface tore into his sight.
[HERO SPAWN DETECTED]
• Name: Kael Arvenhart
• Status: Reincarnator – True Hero Path
• Location: Sanctaria – Holy Capital
• Awakening Time: 3 Days from Now
Lucian’s crimson eyes scanned the text.
No emotion. No surprise.
Only a whisper like winter frost:
“Three days to grow?
That’s already far too generous.”
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Three days.
Not to build a kingdom.
Not to assemble troops.
But to do what mattered most:
Refine the System.
[STATUS – LUCIAN VEYLOR]
• Level: 12
• Class: Dominion-Type Villain
• Active Skills:
— Threadbreak Lv.2
— Soul Drain Lv.1
— Mind Echo Lv.1
• Passive:
— Presence of Dread (Civilians instinctively avoid eye contact)
• Items:
— Shadow Signet (Uncommon)
— Soul-Glyph Ring (Rare)
• Path Points: 3
[SPECIALIZATION PATH UNLOCKED – CHOOSE 1]
– Puppetmaster: Manipulate targets through residual Fate Threads
– Black Strategist: +50% Tactical Accuracy, System Intel Access
– Soul Tyrant: Override enemy systems, enable Class Hack Protocols
Lucian didn’t blink.
Didn’t hesitate.
“Soul Tyrant.”
Because if systems could clash...
Then I will corrupt them, rewrite them, and chain them to my will.
[PASSIVE UNLOCKED – SOUL TYRANT]
• System Hack Enabled
• Cooldown: 72 Hours
• Authority: Partial Override, Class Interference, Protocol Breach
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Meanwhile...
In the sanctified halls of Sanctaria, light streamed down in golden rays.
Upon a radiant altar, a young man awoke.
White energy cocooned his figure. His skin glimmered—
as though molded from raw hope itself.
Kael Arvenhart slowly rose from the Altar of Rebirth.
“This world is in danger…
I must protect it.”
The words were noble.
But to those who had seen beyond the curtain of fate—
they rang hollow, like lines read from a doomed script.
From the altar’s own shadows, a whisper crawled out—
smooth, venomous, utterly calm.
“Welcome to a world already twisted by my hand, Kael.”
“I wonder—will your righteousness survive a broken system?”
“Or will I crush your hope…
Before you even learn my name?”
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Lucian Veylor wasn’t chasing power.
He was redefining it.
He didn’t aim to win.
He intended to make even victory taste like ash for those who stood against him.
And it all began with one decision:
Eliminate the hero—before the world dares to call him one.
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TO BE CONTINUED...