Fifty years ago, the sky cracked open.
Portals appeared all over the world, spewing out unknown monsters. In just a few days, cities turned into war zones.
Flying creatures set buildings on fire. Crawling ones devoured everything in their path.
Absolute chaos.
Children ran through the rubble, terrified. Families fled screaming. Soldiers fell, powerless against the unknown.
"This is the end of the world…" murmured an old man, holding his broken rifle tight against him.
And just when humanity seemed to hit rock bottom, a miracle happened.
A crystalline sound rang out.
Translucent windows appeared before the eyes of certain survivors:
[SYSTEM ACTIVATED]
[CLASS ASSIGNED]
[SKILL ACQUIRED]
Just like in a video game.
But this time, it was real.
It was the awakening.
All over the world, humans began to fight back.
Players.
Powers.
A chance to survive.
Among them, ten figures stood out.
They faced impossible-level dungeons alone, defeated gigantic beasts, and became symbols of hope.
They were called the Ten Kings.
Each one founded a clan.
Each one passed on their power, their name, their legacy.
Their descendants became the Ten Great Families.
Over time, players gathered: groups, alliances, guilds.
Nations created associations to supervise them, to prevent the world from falling into anarchy.
But at the top of all this, the influence of the Ten Great Families remained absolute.
The portals, however, continued to open.
A new era began.
The era of portals.
The era of dungeons.
The era of guilds.
The era of players.
Yet, a rumor grew in the shadows.
Someone… somewhere… was different.
Not a king.
Not a savior.
A boy.
Born into a great bloodline.
But abandoned like trash.
Without legacy. Without power. Without a future.
And yet…
This boy was about to shake the established order.
Not to save the world.
But to rebuild it in his own way.
Even if, to do so…
he had to become worse than all the monsters combined.
A single message appeared before him:
[NEW USER DETECTED
LOADING DEMONIC SYSTEM…
WELCOME, CANDIDATE FOR THE THRONE.]
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[NOTE: THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE CALLED "PLAYERS" DUE TO THE APPEARANCE OF SYSTEM INTERFACES AND ACTIVE SKILLS, VERY SIMILAR TO VIDEO GAME FEATURES.]