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​"If this world wants me to die as a betrayed hero, then I choose to live as the villain who holds the reins." ​Alen (17) is the definition of a loner. At school, he is a "ghost" haunting the back of the classroom. At home, he is the absolute sovereign of his monitor, obsessed with Elysium Heart, a Story-RPG notorious for its brutal difficulty and soul-crushing melancholy. ​Everything changes during the game’s latest "patch update." In a flash, Alen is pulled through the screen and thrust into the world he knows too well, inhabiting the body of his favorite character. ​However, Alen knows the lore better than anyone: he is currently standing on a timeline where his death is scripted to happen in the very first chapter. Facing a rigged destiny, he makes a radical choice. Instead of joining the "Heroes" to fulfill a tragic fate, he aligns himself with the most feared organization in the game: The Iron Shroud. ​As one of the Harbingers, Alen joins a group whose sole ideology is to topple the existing world order. While they operate under the guise of "diplomacy," the Iron Shroud employs overwhelming military might and ruthless cunning to achieve their ends. They are the catalysts of a violent revolution against the gods and the laws of the world, driven by absolute loyalty to "The Empress" and a vision of a new world, created by any means necessary. ​Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of game mechanics, hidden items, and the dark secrets of every NPC, Alen must outsmart fate itself to survive. But he soon realizes a terrifying truth: in this world, there is no Restart button. If he falls here, there are no checkpoints, only permanent erasure.
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