Corvin Blackmoor was a man carved by war and betrayal.
From the blood soaked deserts of Afghanistan to the shadowed corridors of British Intelligence, he served and watched ideals crumble into lies.
Patriotism. Honor. Loyalty.
He buried them all long before a Quds Force assassin silenced his final breath.

But death was only the beginning.

Dragged from the ruins of a dying world, Corvin awakens in Valtheris. A savage world ruled by magic, where gods are myths, and survival is written in blood.
He is no longer human.
He is the last of the Dark Parasytes, an extinct race once so feared that every kingdom, every empire, and every mage order hunted them to extinction.

Armed with Shadow Siphon, the power to replicate the strengths of others, Corvin stands alone at the bottom of an alien food chain.
Weaker than a wild beast, with enemies and predators lurking in every forest, every court, every throne.

Weakness is temporary, patience is eternal.

In a world fractured by ancient wars, between noble Elves, scheming Demons, ruthless Humans, primal Feralis and Aetherborn Corvin will climb.
He will feast. He will conquer.

And in the shadows of Valtheris, the last predator will rise.
No gods. No masters.
Only the cold ambition of a man who has nothing left to believe in… but power itself.

Archmagus Seliorna Elyndrel was no stranger to duels. As the head instructor of Lightning Magic at the Starlight Arcanum, she was the pinnacle of martial spellcraft in her discipline. Through the decades, she had faced countless prodigies and seasoned masters, even Aetherborn aligned with Lightning, and she had defeated nearly all of them. She knew the sound of storms, the scent of ozone before the strike, the taste of mana burning across the tongue. She knew the storm better than anyone or so she had believed. Yet standing before Planarch Corvin Blackmoor in the runed arena, she felt something unfamiliar: unease. It wasn't his rank that rattled her. No, this duel was not about Archmagus or Planarch, not about High Elf or Synod. This was Lightning against Lightning, storm against storm. A trial of will, mastery, and command of the tempest.


Chapter 87 - Humbling Storm and A New Variable