The Sovereign’s Paradox - 1

-------------AFTER 7 YEARS--------------

The Game of Rulers wasn't just a tournament.

It was a war.

A battlefield where only the strongest, the most cunning, and the most relentless could claim the ultimate prize the right to rule energy itself.

For centuries, the tournament had been a proving ground for the elites of Greater Earth. Warriors, mages, and supernatural beings from every corner of the world received invitations to test their might against the best.

But this year, something was different.

The tournament committee had compiled a blacklist—a list of fighters deemed too dangerous, too unpredictable to be allowed entry.

And at the very top of that list was a single name.

Echo, Lord of the Dead.