a  calamity once shook the earth and made it seem like extinction of all was certain however amidst the ashes of destruction the earth sudden awakened a latent power which seeped out from its core, transforming the earth and it's inhabitants and granting humans miraculous powers called ABILITIES which were powered by the energy which humans had evolved to harness. plants and animals on the other hand continuously evolved into terrifying beasts with slight semblance to their weaker predecessors. Now, over 3000 years later a mysterious young boy surrounded by strange circumstances,a past shrouded in mystery , and an unusual aura surrounding him finds himself with a mysterious system and in the prestigious  sentinel military academy now with a new unknown ally in the form of the system Zen is on a mission for so much more than he knows. will he succeed? especially with literal and figurative ghosts from his past coming back to haunt them and pieces of their mysterious past coming to haunt him?
( wait did i say "them" and "their"? oops spoilers!)



[important message]
okay so the novel starts out a bit slow with little to no action scenes and more about providing info on the world and the MC
Also,truth is i was confused about what to put as a warning notice or whether to put one at all because although the novel might contain some salty language there's really nothing too extreme. also I'd like to guarantee that there are no smut scenes. there might be some times when it almost happens or it did and I might not just go into it in detail or skip it altogether. plus there might be some times with extreme gore and torture both physical and psychological (mostly psychological) especially considering I want who as far as you know is the MC and most characters surrounding him to be as heartless as possible , and I want it to be clear that the MC is by no means a good person and won't hesitate to do some morally questionable stuff to achieve his goals,although not without reason. one last thing is that at first it might seem like I'm trying to make him powerful from the start for no reason but it's mostly due to specific circumstances. okay bye!

[Obtained soul: Ancient forest serpent] 


Theia exclaimed excitedly as the image of a snake slowly formed in the castle.


Zen tilted his head and put away the star. He'd consumed hundreds if not thousands of cores at this point. He supposed it had to happen at some point, even with his mutation.


Opening the seldom used souls tab, he noticed the name of the ancient forest serpent had joined the previous two. Compared to getting Lilith and Freya,it was quite anticlimactic 


He tapped it to check what it was about 


[Earth attribute affinity: mid third rank]


[Forest attribute affinity: mid third rank]


Was it because it was so much weaker than Freya and Lilith?


Chapter 253 - Overkill