Duke_Asmodeus

"Arise, Shadowmancer—defy the gods, wield the shadows of your shattered past, or be consumed by the void."

I’ve died twice. Once as the prince of Avalon. Once as a soldier on Earth.

Both times, I lost everything.

But now, I’ve returned—a week before the world collapses. Before Earth merges with Avalon’s Fall, an online game that tears the fabric of reality, unleashing monsters and beasts into the real world, creating an apocalypse where survival demands power… or death.

This time, I won’t be weak. I severed ties with the woman I failed to protect. I abandoned the person I was, hoping she might survive without me.

But the world has other plans.

In one month, the Devil will descend—the monstrous swordsman who has taken everything from me in every past life.

This time, I hold the power of the SSSR-Rank Shadowmancer. I will command the shadows, bend them to my will. I will rise because I’m no longer the man who let fear dictate my fate.

Yet nothing is perfect…

The game branded me an NPC—not a player, but a pawn trapped in a system that controls my every move, limiting my growth, freedom, and humanity.

Am I even real to you, Solaria?

The goddess Solaria controls my fate. I don’t understand her motives, but I know she’s pulling the strings. Worse, Sena won’t stay away, bringing hope I can’t allow myself to accept…

I don’t know why I was reborn, or if I’ll ever be truly free.

But with my wits, my Shadows, and a power I was never meant to wield…

I will defy the system and carve my own path.

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Reborn Regress Return: I Am the Heir of Shadows!

The watch glistened with silver crystals within the black metal. It was beautiful and expensive, and it had been created with precision to be perfectly accurate. As it ticked away, each second passing by in an eternal cycle, Julian stared at the hands of the clock, his heart beating faster than it had ever beaten before.

A luxury brand watch… A Zenith collection masterpiece.

But also a watch with memories for Julian.

Or rather, specifically towards black watches, one made of magitek, given to him as a gift from Eleanor, bought and made on his fifteenth birthday and the day of her death.

A gift that Sena bought for him, and something she placed on his wrist the night before the Devil took her life, and destroyed the last bunker in their city.

"Julian?" Sena's worried voice echoed, causing the hand holding the watch to tremble, before Julian gazed up to look at her and the world twisted… distorting.

A Memorable Gift