Shadow Extraction
In the gilded city of Aethelgard, a human life is worth mere copper coins, especially for Leo Mercer, an F-Rank porter cursed with Zero Mana. He toils endlessly, carrying impossible....
In the gilded city of Aethelgard, a human life is worth mere copper coins, especially for Leo Mercer, an F-Rank porter cursed with Zero Mana. He toils endlessly, carrying impossible burdens to buy medicine for his ailing mother, her mind shattered by unseen horrors. But when a desperate plea for help leads him into the ancient, treacherous Dread Vault, Leo is betrayed, sacrificed to unseal a legendary dark artifact. As searing flames consume him, a forbidden gateway within his soul rips open, shattering the very laws of life and death. Now, with a spectral crown of liquid shadow blazing above his brow and dark energy coursing through his veins, Leo is no longer just a boy. He is something far more terrifying, a being born from betrayal and shadow, destined to wield power beyond imagination. But what price will this new, dark power demand from the boy who only wanted to save his mother?