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Sanguis de Tenebris (Blood from Darkness)

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Lucien Devaria was just another abandoned child, destined to be forgotten by the world. At the age of 14, he was betrayed by the very people who promised him a **new life** — sacrificed in an ancient **Hero Summoning Ritual**, left broken and crippled in a cursed wasteland. The ritual was meant to call forth a hero to save the world, but instead, it malfunctioned, awakening something far darker. Alone and abandoned, Lucien discovers that the ritual granted him **forbidden power** — a power born from suffering, betrayal, and loss. With each painful step he takes, Lucien’s soul is branded by the **Soulbrands**: ancient marks that give him unimaginable abilities, but at the cost of his humanity, his memories, and his very soul. Now, pretending to be weak and powerless, Lucien plans his revenge against those who betrayed him. But as the **Soulbrands** corrupt him further, he begins to question whether he will **save the world** or **destroy it**. Torn between his thirst for vengeance and the lingering traces of his lost humanity, Lucien must navigate a world on the brink of chaos, filled with monsters, corrupt kings, and gods who care little for the lives of mortals. In a world where trust is a **luxury** and the **light of hope** is fading, Lucien will have to decide whether he will rebuild what’s been broken — or become the **darkness** that consumes everything
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What if money was power? What if capital was magical? What if income was cultivation? What if a young man decided to destroy this unjust world of inequality and build a better one? That was exactly what Cæ (Cash) sought to do amid grief, anger, and hatred when he lost everything in an accident. Having come from nothing in the slums, his only goal had been to live a good life. By the age of twenty-two, he had finally managed to pull himself out of poverty with a decent job and romance. And then he lost everything he had ever built in an accident that left him in a coma for half a year. The world deprived him of the only person he had truly come to love. The predatory healthcare system burdened him with debt. The corrupt justice system deprived him of justice. The financial system robbed him of everything he owned. For the second time in his life, Cæ had been left with nothing. Well, almost nothing. The accident and the ensuing coma had altered his brain and mind, giving him an extraordinary talent for cultivating and mastering magic. He had been blessed with Acquired Savant Syndrome, a medical condition so rare that there were very few instances of it ever having occurred in history. It gave him endless potential and remarkable power. It gave him the power to destroy the world that he hated from the bottom of his heart. It gave him the power to destroy it and build a better one. And that was exactly what Cæ set out to do. --- This is my second novel, albeit my first time trying my hand at Royal Road. This story is centered around my desire to explore a story with a magical system centered around macroeconomics and politics. As the title suggests, this story will be centered around kingdom-building and progression fantasy. Romance is a coin flip. No smut. No harem. No systems. Hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it.
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