Location: Outskirts of Solara City – Gas Station Ruins
A man stepped out of the shadows.
Tall. Silent. Face hidden behind a matte black mask shaped like a dragon's snarl.
No ID. No name. Just a single phrase scrawled on a torn jacket:
"Don't ask who I am. Ask who I'll become."
He walked into the back of an abandoned gas station.
Dust. Silence. Dead neon.
And the system reawakened.
System Check-In: Location — Forgotten Ground
Check-In Successful
Base-level site confirmed
Reward: $87 (Blood-Heat Signature Transfer)
Bonus Trigger: Phantom Protocol (Hidden Identity Mode)
– Masked identity secured
– All activity now routed through underground AI firewall
Title Gained: "Ghost with No Grave"
Narration — Damon's Internal Vow
Start with nothing.
Break every law the world wrote for me.
Build a throne beneath their feet.
I was Damon Black.
Now I'm the storm they forgot was coming.
The First Move — Street Work
He started small:
Moving low-end weapons for an aging fixer in South Solara.
Bodyguard work at illegal auctions.
High-stakes poker running security while learning every name and face that mattered.
He took no cut.
No deal.
Only check-ins.
And they paid off.
Seven Days In – Check-In Summary
– Location: Underground Arms Run (Tier 1)
– Reward: $2,700
– Bonus Skill: "Underworld Whisper"
→ Enables you to hear coded truths in casual conversations
– Mask Recognition: Gained nickname: "Dragonshade"
– Net Worth: $4,805 (Untraceable Crypto)
ARCHAIOS murmured through his neural link:
"Progress: Minimal in number, maximal in momentum.
You are no longer part of the empire.
You are now the root fire beneath it."
Final Scene — Alley Deal Gone Wrong
Two cartel thugs tried to run a scam on a gun drop.
They never made it past the first lie.
Damon disarmed one with a flick of the wrist.
Snapped the other's femur.
Left them breathing — barely — with a message carved into the steel case:
"The masked one doesn't talk.
He takes."
Word spread in South Solara that night.
A new player had arrived.
No name.
No past.
But death in his silence.