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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

Before Sylas's regression, Dietrich had been a mechanical, unyielding figure—someone who saw absolute loyalty to the Imperial family as his sole purpose. And now, that very same Dietrich had betrayed the Crown Prince and smuggled the Emperor out of the capital.

"Where did the butterfly effect start?" Sylas wondered.

Whatever the case, this development spelled the end for the Crown Prince. Dietrich, once the greatest talent at Maximilian's disposal, had turned his back. That left Maximilian with only Rozier, a diplomat ill-suited to crises that rendered diplomacy irrelevant.

In other words, the Crown Prince no longer had the strength or allies to overturn the situation. Suppressing a smirk, Sylas fell into thought.

"The Emperor... he's certainly a trump card. But his personality is the problem."

Sylas doubted that the Emperor would grasp the reality of the situation and cooperate willingly.

Chapter 375 Zichard Fear