The Son of Solaris

[Book Cover is a Fan Art of 9s in NieR:Automata made by Zeilyan on Deviantart] *ᵗʰᶦˢ ᶦˢ ᵒⁿˡʸ ᵃ ᵗᵉᵐᵖᵒʳᵃʳʸ ᵇᵒᵒᵏ ᶜᵒᵛᵉʳ*



Helios is a planet that consists of individual circular islands that is filled with Elan Vital(mana). A thousand years ago, there was a discovery on one of its islands. There was a decay that absorbs everything into darkness and nothingness. This was called the Plague of Noctis.





They discovered a way to contain the Plague of Noctis, they made barrier that released a continuous supply of flames. It kept the plague at bay.





A thousand years later, the Plague of Noctis seeped through the barrier and rendered it useless.





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A few years later a malnourished boy who lives in the Bocht, a dead zone, lost his parents on his 14th Birthday; he watched his father burn in front of his eyes.





Unfortunately, he also lost his sight and was bleeding to death. In a turn of events, he met an old man that saved him from dying and granted him a mysterious system. Their meeting might be fate or the work of God. No one knows.