Not praying for ten strings

In a world dominated by seven super-corporations, the Longevity Species that always occupied the pinnacle of power didn't allow for the enactment of written laws. The Floating Islands of prisons delimited by lines on the map, where resources would inevitably run out in the future...
People yearned for the birth of a true "Hero," yet they cynically awaited the fall of a Hero from grace.
As long as one was hailed by the media as a Hero, even murder could be forgiven, and every word they said would be adored. Even high and mighty Elves dared not provoke the edge of a Hero.
But if a Hero of the past committed even a minor offense, the moment their image crumbled, the forgiven sins would flare up like an inextinguishable furnace, and the stars of yesterday would instantly become unforgivable criminals...
"—Come become a Hero, Russell."
The most vicious criminal in the world thrust a knife into the boy's hand, whispering a low enticement.
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Solo female lead, Beast Ears, Spiritual Energy, Mechanical Angels, and other elements. Cyber-fantasy. Please refrain if not to your liking.

Tower of Overturn

Upon hearing the term, a slight shock passed through Russell's heart.


Not long ago, he had just heard this term from his mentor Sally Ruth.


An entity capable of bringing about the end of the world is known as "Dusk."


The quite mysterious Elf Director, Russell's graduate mentor, and the suspected mastermind behind sending Russell to this world... She described this term in such a manner.


Dusk would siphon all the essence from the world and emerge from the shell of a world that had already been destroyed. Its very existence signifies the imminent destruction of the world.


And mentor Sally Ruth claimed that Russell was that Dusk——the transformation of his originally pale and empty spiritual energy into a dusk yellow color after his awakening was proof.


The initial Russell, when using the spiritual energy of God's container, merely "played and imitated." The light he held in his hand was just some remnants spilling from the seal.


Chapter 58: The Binary Dusk Seed