Aurora22

In a world where kingdoms rise and fall, a seasoned player unexpectedly finds himself transmigrated into the very game he once mastered—Caldera. However, his new life as a ruler comes with a crushing twist: severe debuffs and harsh restrictions on his talents make survival nearly impossible. Against overwhelming odds, he fights tooth and nail to carve out a legacy. Despite his brilliance in strategy and marvels in combat, failure becomes his ultimate fate.

But fate offers him another chance.

Reborn at the start of the game, now without the crippling debuffs and armed with all the knowledge, experience, and hard-won lessons of his previous life, he faces the world anew.

This novel is a bit fast-paced compared to current mainstream trends. It will delve into human nature and how far people are willing to go for meager profit. Most characters will be evil, and even the good ones only appear good because the actions they take align with their own interests, rather than being motivated by true goodness.

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Lord of Caldera

The baron's hands trembled as he gripped his blanket tightly. This wasn't acting anymore—he was utterly dumbfounded.

"Where is his body? Take me to it immediately!" he bellowed, already dreading the implications.

The body was not hard to find. John's lifeless form dangled from a rope in the middle of the hallway.

"The maid who came for morning cleaning found it first and fainted on the spot. Soon after, another servant stumbled upon her and the body before raising the alarm…" the butler explained. But his words fell on deaf ears as Baron Harald stared at the scene, his face red with rage, veins bulging as if ready to burst.

"Who dares…" he growled through clenched teeth.

If the culprit had simply killed John and hidden the body, he might have tolerated it. But to boldly display the corpse in the hallway? It was nothing short of a direct mockery of the baron himself.

"What's all this commotion about?" a calm voice interrupted.

Chapter 281