Arthur was a weak and cowardly boy who lacked the power to protect anyone—a truth brutally demonstrated when his parents were massacred while defending him during a Gate outbreak. As the sole survivor, Arthur spent weeks believing his life was over. When intense chest pains began, he assumed he'd been infected with corruption by the void creature that killed his parents and was merely waiting for death.
What Arthur didn't expect was that these sensations actually signaled his Realm Core forming. In two months' time, he would be forcefully transported to the next realm and awaken new powers, becoming one of the world-renowned "Chosen" who protect humanity from Gate outbreaks. Now Arthur must rise through the heights of power, climbing each of the seven realms in hopes of saving his world... or does he?

Arthur did not sleep that night. The combination of his restless nerves and his designated turn keeping watch meant that he barely even allowed his eyes to close for more than a few seconds at a time throughout the endless darkness. Each moment stretched like an eternity, filled with the constant awareness of that growing malevolence within his skull and the hypervigilant attention to every shadow and sound that might herald approaching danger.


Chapter 193 - Almost There