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

The container closed and then opened, opened and then closed.


Only when clearly aware of what was held inside, and having personally sealed the container, could it truly be considered one's own.


"I ridiculed the Monkey-faced Eagle for being misled by prophecy. It turns out I am the same..."


The reason why Russell had "Awakened" to the Spiritual Energy of "God's container" was precisely because of his innate desire for his core to be constrained and controlled.


That dusk nature, akin to a madman, was not his heart.


——This superhuman essence, combined with the frail, insignificant, and foolish mortal will that suppressed it, together formed the complete Russell!


Even Russell himself was not aware of what exactly it was that he had instinctively constrained;


And when he became aware of this essence, he released it recklessly.


Chapter 67 The Wheel of the Head, The Fire of the Face