Riku Hayashi never thought his life would amount to anything. Stuck in the grind of dead-end jobs and empty nights, he felt like a background character in his own story—until the night he threw himself in front of a speeding truck to save a child.

That should’ve been the end.

Instead, Riku wakes in a world that feels pulled straight from a myth: kingdoms on the verge of collapse, gods who have abandoned their people, and whispers of something ancient stirring beneath the earth. Reborn as Aeltharion, he discovers a terrifying truth—he carries within him a power vast enough to shape the fate of nations… or to reduce them all to ash.

Now hunted by zealots, distrusted by allies, and haunted by the cryptic voice that gave him this second chance, Aeltharion must walk a razor’s edge between savior and catastrophe. Every battle pushes him closer to unraveling the curse bound to his soul—and to a destiny he never asked for.

In a world where strength can make you a god but one wrong choice can end everything, Aeltharion must decide: Will he finally live with purpose, or will his second life burn away like the first?

Ashes Eternity