In a world where magic is forbidden and ancient clans rule with iron laws, the weak are discarded like insects.
Zayn was one of them: a street beggar who was despised by society, deceived by the only person he ever trusted, and stabbed to death in an abandoned alley.
However, death was not the end.
[Shadow System Binding is Complete.]
[Hi, Reincarnator.]
Zayn awakens ten years in the past, within his younger self, with a strange system attached to his soul. One that thrives on gloom. One that becomes stronger with each kill. One that murmurs truths that the world has tried to conceal.
With forbidden powers and memories of betrayal seared in his mind, Zayn refuses to be a pawn again. This time, he will hunt in the shadows, expose the ancient clans' lies, and rise above the laws that once crushed him.
"They said I was worthless..." Now I'm the shadow they fear."
Zayn's rise to prominence raises the question of whether he can control the darkness or succumb to it.