IntrovertedLass

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Seiya was born into a family of legends. A lineage of power. A dynasty of paragons.

He was none of these things.

Weak. Unwanted. A disgrace.

But destiny had no interest in their expectations. It had plans of its own.

Dragged into a hell beyond reason, Seiya suffered—not for days, not for years, but for what felt like eternity. Torture became his only companion. Pain, his only teacher. And in that suffering, something inside him woke up.

Not an awakening like the others. Not a gift. Not a blessing.

A truth. A force that didn’t belong to this world, or any other.

Now, he returns. Not to prove himself. Not to earn his place.

But to burn everything down.

Armed with the Staff of Chaos and the Sword of Severance, Seiya walks a path carved from vengeance and revelation. The world that cast him aside will either bow before him…

Or become ash beneath his feet.

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Read the Prologue next for better understanding of the world settings.

Rise of the Rejected Deity from Chaos

The demon followed Seiya swiftly at an impeccable speed as Seiya sprinted his way straight ahead.

He neither saw nor heard the demon's heartbeat as he followed right behind him. Only the faintest sound of his bare feet brushing against the ground reached his ears.

However, Seiya could hear the rhythm of the villagers' hearts pulsating through the air, steering his path, and knowing not to go that way.

As he raced through the village, questions swirled in his mind — why hadn't he realized this sooner? Why hadn't he understood?

From the moment Seiya stood in front of the demon currently chasing him…no, from the moment he had stepped foot into the village—he had sensed the faint, distant pulses of heartbeats, different from the demons' and villagers'—their low pulses barely drifting into his ear from afar.

The 10th Demon | Kiriza [6]