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The Hero Who Wasn't

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The gods are gone. The world is rebuilt on lies. In a kingdom that worships a false savior, a quiet academy student named Ralph awakens a fragment of a forgotten soul — that of a hero erased from history. As divine cults rise and corrupted Systems spread their influence, Ralph begins to uncover a lost truth: that real magic isn't granted... it's understood. Guided by a mysterious spirit girl and haunted by memories that aren’t entirely his own, Ralph must walk the forbidden path of Aether — a power purer than mana and feared by gods themselves. But when truth and betrayal are both written in your soul… How do you know who you really are? A fantasy tale of broken legacies, silent power, and the boy the world forgot.
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Chapter 1 - Prologue: Echoes of the Broken World

There was a time when gods walked the earth.

They ruled in flame and law, built temples in the shape of stars, and made mortals kneel for miracles. When the Demon King rose from the abyss, it was not the gods who saved the world, but three mortals.

One vanished.One died.One ascended.

Or so the stories go.

The temples now honor a single name: Delmos. The man who survived the final battle. The hero who brought peace. The chosen of the Light.

And yet… statues crack. Songs falter. The truth lies beneath.

In a distant province, a boy named Ralph dreams of a burning palace, a dying spell, and a woman weeping beneath broken stained glass. He wakes with cold sweat and no memory of who she is—or why her name makes his chest ache.

He is no one. A quiet student. A commoner among nobles at a magic academy. And yet… when he closes his eyes, he sees runes he's never studied. He speaks words he's never learned.

Elsewhere, in the hollow crypts of faith, a cult prepares to spread a new truth: that the System will bring peace. That Delmos lives. That the world must kneel to be saved.

And far beyond all of them, something stirs.Something ancient. Something watching.A god that devours gods.A star that was never born—Nythariel, the Hollow Star.

The world believes its heroes triumphed.But the true hero was shattered, buried, and forgotten.And now, he awakens.

Not as a god.Not as a savior.

But as a boy with no name,and a soul that remembers everything the world wants to forget.