Arc 2: Ashes of Aetherion
"They died in one world to be reborn in another—but they didn't come to be saved. They came to end everything."
Silas Creed and Naomi Kisaragi—once mortal enemies, now bound by a ritual that tore their souls from the dying Earth—awaken as children in a world of gods and magic. Aetherion is the first of twenty-five realms created by an ancient being known only as The Creator, each ruled by a different divine force.
The rules are cruel but simple:
The first to complete the Ritual earns the right to conquer all worlds, dethrone every god, and—if they survive—return to the moment before everything broke.
Naomi wants that chance.
To undo her world.
To rewrite time.
Silas wants something else.
To end the gods.
To burn everything sacred and laugh in the ashes.
Ten years pass in silence and simmering hatred. What begins as a shared exile becomes a grim partnership. Their bond grows—not out of love, but necessity, blood, and the knowledge that no one else understands what they've become.
Now, the first Trial descends.
Veyros, the God of Light, demands their submission.
Instead, Silas smiles—and Naomi draws her blades.
The war for the multiverse begins not with an army, but with two monsters in the bodies of children.
Enemies of gods.
Tools of a ritual that should never exist.
And as each world falls, so too does the line between justice and annihilation.
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Read after finishing Arc 1