‘How cliché. I’ve read countless novels where the Hero is betrayed by their companions… but was I wrong to trust those who fought beside me for nearly six decades?’
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Betrayal.
A word many live in fear of.
A word some never expect… until it happens.
A word that completely shatters one’s view of life.
Just like any other heroic tale, Simon was the Hero of Earth, the one who defeated the Demon King and was about to end the war between races with his companions.
Yet, in the end, he was betrayed by his own companions for reasons he never understood.
Instead of finding death, Simon found rebirth.
To his horror, he reincarnated as the very race he had devoted his entire life to exterminating… a race he despised, feared, and was disgusted by.
Reborn as a demon infant within one of the most impoverished demon tribes, Simon found himself at the very bottom of a world he once sought to destroy.
Fortunately, he was not entirely abandoned.
His unique Seven Star Blessing, bestowed by his patron God, followed him through reincarnation. Armed with this Blessing and the Demonic Magic of his new race, Simon now harbors an ambition greater than ever before… to rise higher than he ever did as the Hero of Earth.
To become a God.
But the path forward is far from simple.
Betrayals from those he would never expect.
Endless trials and tribulations.
And the lingering question of identity…
Should he cling to his past as a human hero, or embrace his nature as a demon to survive?
Can Simon abandon his hatred and live among demons?
Or will he erase his past entirely and fully embrace his demonic nature?
Will his thirst for revenge drag him deeper into darkness…
Or will he rise above it?
In the end… Will he be devoured… or will he devour all?

The sounds of the whip hitting flesh and flesh tearing apart echoed in the corridors and cells of the prison of the Shadowgrave Clan.


In the beginning, this particular sound was always followed by screams of pain and mutterings of "I'm not with it. I'm not with it."


But now, there were no more words or screams that followed this sickening sound. It was just quiet whimpers that only those with the sharpest of ears could hear.


Once in a while, the voice of the demented and mad Game Master Pellin would echo loudly in the prison.


"You still don't want to play?! I'm having so much fun!"


The prisoners who already knew that Simon was just a kid all closed their eyes and wished that death had pity over the boy and took him away from the mad pig.


They were not in his cell. They could not see what was going on. But they could vividly imagine the scene of what was going on in Simon's cell.


Chapter 47 - 47: A Life of Pain (2)