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Gilded Rot: Leveling With Runes in a Dying World

In the Kingdom of Aurelias, gold does not rust—it rots. Long ago, the Sun Gods blessed this land with 'Eternal Light'. Now, that light has turned into a tumor that infects everything. Grand palaces are filled with gold-armored knights who have lost their minds, and the wilderness is overgrown with beautiful flowers rooting atop dragon carcasses. Kaelen awakens in this ruined world, not as a chosen hero, but as a 'Grave Walker'—the lowest class tasked with dragging corpses into incineration pits. Without memories, without weapons, and armed only with a rusty shovel. The only thing distinguishing him from the corpses he drags is the blood-red text floating in his retina: [SYSTEM INITIALIZED] [Current Humanity: 15/100] [Harvest Runes to Stave off the Hollow.] This System offers him a chance at survival. By killing monsters and absorbing 'Runes'—their soul remnants—Kaelen can grow stronger. However, in the world of Aurelias, power is not a free gift. Every time Kaelen increases his Strength attribute, his muscles tear and reshape painfully. Every point in Intelligence brings him maddening whispers from Outer Gods seeking to take over his body. Guided by the head of a mute nun hanging at his waist, Kaelen must climb from the deepest sewers of Aurelias to the Summit Throne shrouded in golden mist. He has no intention of saving this world. He only wants to know why he was sent to this beautiful hell—and if the 'God' who created this System is laughing at his suffering. When sanity is currency, how much are you willing to pay to become a God?
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