“Kang Yuna, you’ll feel what it’s like to burn.”

After tragically losing his mother in a fire, Kim Suho vows vengeance against the royal family, particularly Kang Yuna, whom he holds responsible. Desperate to escape the palace and its suffocating grip, as the royals ruthlessly suppress the truth, he struggles to break free from their control. In the midst of his turmoil, he crosses paths with Kim Hawoon, the formidable commander of the royal army. Recognizing Suho’s potential, Hawoon takes him under his wing, adopting and training him to harness his strength.

“I will be your saviour. Let me train you… let me mould your magic in it’s full potential.”

Fifteen years later, Suho resurfaces, now a skilled warrior, and assumes the role of Kang Yuna’s royal guard, his enemy, oblivious to his true identity. Not only that, to work beside her, he had to compete in the event Sword Raid. But as he plots his revenge, he uncovers the rotten core of the royal family, a reality far darker and more twisted than he ever imagined.

“Whatever you’re after, you will never succeed.” 

“Whether, I succeed or not, it shouldn’t concern Her Highness.”

Will vengeance consume him, or will the truth force him to reconsider his path? Can Suho face the consequences of his power?

“It’s killing everyone. My magic… it’s killing them.”

“It’s your fate… your existence… your very being to spread death. It’s what you really are, Suho.”

Not only that, the great evil that’s on rise, Suho have to prepare himself to fight against it. To prepare for the battle that’s his very own doing. To prepare for the battle where he will lose his everything, his loved ones, his aim and the his own self.

To prepare for the battle, that his sword had lead him to.

The sharp crack of flesh colliding with flesh rang through the Alter Reality like a snapped branch echoing across a canyon.


"AAAAAAH—STOP—STOP—IT'S BENDING THE WRONG WAY!"


"I'm not bending it the wrong way," Suho growled, breath steady despite the chaos. "That's your arm's natural limit. I'm just… exploring it."


The Alter Reality dimension shimmered faintly around them, an artificial world layered atop existence like transparent glass. It resembled a vast training ground, lush green fields stretching endlessly, framed by towering trees whose bark shimmered faintly with mana inscriptions. The sky overhead was an endless gradient of soft blue with drifting geometric clouds, proof that this place was constructed, not natural.


Unfortunately, at this moment, the peaceful illusion was ruined.


Chapter 39 - First step