Killing A Few 'Gods'

Returis was a Constellation that set himself as a God in Iccunia. There he became someone who would handpick hundreds of humans a year to join in a battle royale that would take over 8 months to complete.

During this time, the people would go through the most arduous of tortures, both physical and emotional, and were made to fight against other humans to the point where every encounter led to death.

At the end of the battle royale, the person who had lived until the end would be awarded power by Returis, giving that person something that would set him apart from all the others.

Every year, some people wished to join this battle royale for a chance to get that power, but only a few of those were ever chosen. Most were picked from people who wanted nothing more than to be left alone.