In a world where monsters pour through dimensional rifts and hunters are humanity’s last hope, Kael was just another weak scavenger—until the dungeon that should’ve killed him... gave him power.

Left for dead. Betrayed by his own guild. Revived by a System born from the shadows.

Now, Kael doesn’t hunt monsters. He controls them.

With undead guardians at his command and a growing army of souls, Kael will climb through the ranks, infiltrate the corrupt guilds, and face the secret overlords ruling the portals—those known only as the System Lords.

They thought he was dead.
They were right… but something else came back.

📍 Underground Passage – Near Sector 9


The sewers beneath Juren reeked of rot and mana residue, but they offered something the surface no longer could—secrecy.


Kael knelt beside a rusted gate, marking runes with his finger. Behind him, the Shadow Guardian hovered like smoke, and Silent Blade scouted ahead.


The Dragoon Guild's sealed archive had a secondary entry—a forgotten route buried in the foundations of the city.


But Kael wasn't the only one moving in the dark tonight.


Myrla pressed her hand to the alley wall, feeling the faint trace of residual mana. It was cold and sharp—Kael's new energy. She closed her eyes and followed.


"He's alive," she whispered again. "But different."


A cloaked figure stepped from behind a vendor stall.


Myrla's hand went to her blade instantly.


"Be careful chasing phantoms, silver-hair. You might not like what you find."


Myrla frowned. The underground was stirring. Others knew Kael had returned.


📍 Dragoon Guild – Inner Circle Room


High above the city, Elrik stood before the council orb.


"We received word from one of our spies. The Shadow Wielder has killed Varon. No witnesses."


> [Operation "Scorched Crown" – Reactivated]


📍 Kael – Inside the Archive Sub-Level


The door opened with a hiss of ancient mana.


Shelves of forbidden records lined the walls. Names of erased hunters. Blacklists. Internal corruption orders. And… one glowing file:


> "The system isn't broken," he murmured. "It's being controlled."


"You're not alone in this war, Kael Virek."


A rival guild watched the Dragoon chaos with amusement.


"Let them burn," said the guildmaster, sipping wine. "The Shadow Wielder will either destroy them… or join us."


Kael emerged back into the moonlight, his hands shaking.


The truth burned in his chest like fire.


They were controlling the system itself.


> [Mission Updated: Expose the Inner Circle]


Bonus: Class Unlock – Executor of the Abyss (Tier SS)


📌 Next: Chapter 8 – Hunter of Shadows


Chapter 7 - A Storm Beneath the Guilds