Where Death Is Not the End... but the Cursed Beginning

In the floating city of "The Ship," where the dark waters of the canals wash away our sins, Dandon was a boy who thought death was the worst thing he could face... until he did.

After being stabbed to death defending the weak, Dandon awakens in a strange body, unrecognizable to his loved ones. Is his return to life a blessing or a curse?

He joins the "Ghost Organization," a group of people who have returned from the dead with mysterious powers and dark secrets. Each death they experience grants them greater power, but at the cost of losing a part of their humanity.

Between hunting down "Empty Ones"—those bodies that have returned without souls—and searching for answers to the reason for his return, Dandon discovers that the path to immortality is paved with blood and madness. Will he succeed in reclaiming his family, which changes with each death? Or will he be sucked into a spiral of power and revenge?

Dan and Liam left the cemetery. Silence punctuated their steps until Liam suddenly broke it:


Dan froze, his saliva dried, then muttered:


I mean those who died. I'll rephrase the question: "Why did you kill them?"


 I don't understand what you're talking about. I'm not a murderer.


Liam sighed, as if he already knew the answer:


So tell me... why did I come back to life even though I didn't want to? I have the right to know.


Even a child doesn't want to be born, yet they are born anyway. That's called fate... and yours is written in the blood of the "First Dead."


I don't understand... explain more. My head aches from the many twists and turns my life has suddenly taken.


Liam said, peering into the darkness ahead:


You came back to life because of your blood, the blood of the First Dead. A man who lived a long time ago, no one knows how he became like this, but what is known is that with every death... you come back stronger.


Yes... I've become more resilient. I felt it.


That's just the first ability. There are fourteen. Ability Zero is the last, but it's unknown and no one has attained it... but what is known is that the ability before it is immortality.


So... if I die fourteen times, I'll become immortal?


Liam smiled coldly as he opened the door of a nightclub:


It's not that easy. The pain increases with every death, and you might just return with a body devoid of soul or mind. Throwing yourself to death without knowing the outcome... do you dare?


And what are you doing here? In a nightclub restroom?


Liam smiled and gestured for him to enter:


He entered the restroom and placed his hand on a hidden spot in the wall. A secret door opened, revealing a dark elevator. They entered together, and the door closed, plunging them into unknown depths.


When the elevator stopped, another city appeared before Dan... the world of the dead, the world of ghosts, or the world of people resurrected from the dead.


Chapter 7 - Abilities