Prologue – The War That Should Not Be

The world had already ended once.

The sky no longer held the soft hues of dawn or dusk, only a bleeding scar of red and black. The ground was cracked, ruined by wars that no one remembered. Once-great cities stood as hollowed-out husks, their skeletal remains stretching toward the heavens in a final, silent prayer.

Yet, in the heart of this forsaken world, something unnatural stirred.

The Abyssal Grail had chosen its champions.

It was not like the Grails of legend, forged by ancient mages and bound by the rules of the Holy Church. This Grail was something else entirely—something that should not exist. It had not granted wishes in ages past, nor had it watched over noble warriors. Instead, it had formed from despair, destruction, and the remnants of a reality consumed by war.

And now, the time had come.

The war would begin. The champions would rise. And when it was over, the world itself would be rewritten.

But this time, there was something different.

This time... the war was not meant to be won.