I Can Easily Defeat SSS Ranks... This World Is Already Mine

Birthratesaredecreasing.Hopeisvanishing.Theworldhasgonegray.Humanity,driftinginquietcollapse,receivesanemail.EverypersononEarth.Simultaneously.TheAegisMandate.Disguisedasacosmicaptitudetest,ittriggersTheIncidentofSeparation—aglobalpsychiccataclysmthaterasesidentities,wipesmemories,anddividesallsurvivorsintothreefactions:Law,Neutral,andChaos.Overnight,citiesbecomebattlegrounds.Apartmentsbecomedungeons.Ordinarypeoplebecomemonsters—ortheoneswhohuntthem.RagnarVhagarwasjustaloneruniversitystudent.Now,thankstoasystemhedidn’taskfor,he’sanewlymintedDemonKing,lockedinacrumblingapartmentwithgoblinsunderhissofaandaglowingsoulcrystalnexttohisfrozenpeas.Hisnewjob?Buildadeadlydomain,defenditfrominvading“Heroes,”andsomehowlevelupfastenoughtonotdie.AlongsidehimisIsabelleThorne,arazor-sharpwarrioroffewwordsandoneverysharpsword.Theirreluctantalliance,borninbloodandsnark,evolvesintotrust—andmaybesomethingdangerouslyclosetoaffection—astheyrisetogetherthroughthelayersofthegame-likeworldthey’retrappedin.Witheachconquereddomainanddefeatedboss,Ragnarrealizesthetruth:thedungeonsaren’tmeanttocrownawinner.They’remeanttobreaktheplayers.TheLawfactionwantscontrol.TheChaosfactioncravesdestruction.ButRagnar?Hewantssomethingthey’realltooafraidtosayoutloud:Freedom.IntheruinsofKanta’sogrestronghold,Ragnarandhismisfitwarbandtaketheirbiggeststepyet—claimingakingdom,unifyingafracturedsystem,andpreparingforwhatcomesnext.TheHeroesarewatching.Thegodsarestirring.Theworldiswatchingawar.Andsomewheredeepbeneathitall...Ragnarisrewritingtherules.