Lanaeus

They say guilt makes monsters of men. But what if the monster was always there—waiting for permission? The Sanctuary burned. Kain returned to find his friends gone, Mira dead, and the Red Sun's forces claiming his territory. One month ago, he had power. He had people worth protecting. He had...

The Citadel of Ascension. A place for humanity's survivors to grow stronger before facing the Nexus Trials. Or so Kain thought....

Once an S-Rank hunter, Kain is reborn at the start of the apocalypse... as an F-Rank. With the System's arrival 100 years ago, Earth was transformed into a deadly progression realm. Countless wars were waged, millions of lives were lost, and chaos descended. By the time Kain was born, humanity...