He wakes up alone. In ruins. In silence.
Niko opens his eyes in a crumbling hospital with no memory of who he is or what happened to the world. His body has aged, the sky is stained grey, and the earth is crawling with nightmares.
When a monster—a Nullborn, a twisted remnant of a failed human soul—attacks him, instinct takes over. He kills it. Something inside him awakens.
— SOUL’S REFLECTION —
[Nullborn Has Been Dispatched]
Type: Stray Null – Grade Eta (Η)
Essentia Acquired: “Mercy in Panic”
Grade: Yod (י)
Type: Reflective – Instinctual Fracture
Note: “Strength born of mercy turns brittle in doubt.”
Essentia Count: 1 / ∞
Now, hunted by creatures and people alike, Niko sets out to uncover the truth:
What happened to the world?
Who was he before it fell?
In a world where survivors awaken strange powers called Essentia,
his… doesn’t quite follow the rules.