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Prologue

Title: "Ashes of Earth, Flame of Another World"

When the world ended, it wasn't with fire or ice, but with silence. A sudden, all-consuming void swept across Earth, erasing life in a heartbeat. No time to run. No prayers answered. No one spared—except him.

Kai Nakamura had been a nobody in life: a quiet gamer, a forgotten soul in a decaying world. But death didn't take him—it delivered him. In a blinding flash, he awoke beneath twin moons in a forest that breathed magic and whispered danger. Trees towered like gods, and the air buzzed with power. Elves with emerald eyes watched from the shadows. Monsters howled in distant valleys. This was no paradise.

It was survival.

In this new world—Atheria—the rules were brutal. Strength was everything, weakness meant death. With no family, no guidance, and no map, Kai discovered he had one thing: a gift. A rare, evolving ability born from Earth's apocalypse and shaped by his will—a power that grows stronger the closer he comes to death.

Kai learns quickly. From dueling feral orcs in cursed caves to mastering ancient elven runes, he pushes beyond his limits, forging bonds and making enemies. A dark prophecy looms: a "world-walker" will rise and either save Atheria or destroy it.

With every monster he slays and every magic he masters, Kai carves a path not just to survive—but to dominate. In this strange land of gods and beasts, he vows to become the strongest. Not just for power… but for revenge, answers, and perhaps redemption.

Earth is gone.

Now, he must rise.

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