The Shadow Pact

Ten years ago, the First Gate opened in New York, unleashing monsters and twelve Supreme Beings who offered contracts to chosen humans. These became the Contract Warriors—humanity’s defenders.



I wasn’t chosen.

I’m Arjun Verma, 21. No powers. No contract. Just a blade, a broken body, and a family to protect. My father died in the outbreak. My mother lies cursed. My siblings still believe in me.

To feed them, I enter Gates, risking everything for scraps.



Until one day… something ancient stirs.

Not one of the Twelve. Something deeper. Forgotten.



The Shadow.



Now I walk a path beyond the system—no longer a pawn, but a threat.



This is the story of the boy the world overlooked…

…and the darkness that will make it remember his name.