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Modern Kings I

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“To be a king is to rule oneself, shaping an inner kingdom through discipline and virtue. Yet some lack this foundation. They crown themselves Shadow Kings, tyrants of their own minds corrupting their inner world until it spills outward, leaving ruin in their wake.” In shadowed veils where realities converge, four men named Soren, Damien, Renji, and Jiwon journey across fractured planes of existence, from realms of whispered fantasy to fractured epochs of forgotten pasts and veiled futures yet unborn. They rise, claiming abilities that crown them with godlike edges, exceptional advantages forged in the crucible of crossing realms. Yet in that ascent, they surrender their most precious thing their humanity. Watch as they swell into inner tyrants, slowly morphing into dangerous creatures, stepping forth into the realm of a shadowed throne. There, they grow more ruthless, more unstable, their once-human forms twisting under the weight of power. For their humanity was merely a shaky foundation, trembling and waiting to crumble beneath the right amount of pressure. {P.S: Not a kingdom-building simulator novel}
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