The Broken Halo

‘Howcliché.I’vereadcountlessnovelswheretheHeroisbetrayedbytheircompanions…butwasIwrongtotrustthosewhofoughtbesidemefornearlysixdecades?’-----Betrayal.Awordmanyliveinfearof.Awordsomeneverexpect…untilithappens.Awordthatcompletelyshattersone’sviewoflife.Justlikeanyotherheroictale,SimonwastheHeroofEarth,theonewhodefeatedtheDemonKingandwasabouttoendthewarbetweenraceswithhiscompanions.Yet,intheend,hewasbetrayedbyhisowncompanionsforreasonsheneverunderstood.Insteadoffindingdeath,Simonfoundrebirth.Tohishorror,hereincarnatedastheveryracehehaddevotedhisentirelifetoexterminating…aracehedespised,feared,andwasdisgustedby.Rebornasademoninfantwithinoneofthemostimpoverisheddemontribes,Simonfoundhimselfattheverybottomofaworldheoncesoughttodestroy.Fortunately,hewasnotentirelyabandoned.HisuniqueSevenStarBlessing,bestowedbyhispatronGod,followedhimthroughreincarnation.ArmedwiththisBlessingandtheDemonicMagicofhisnewrace,Simonnowharborsanambitiongreaterthaneverbefore…torisehigherthanheeverdidastheHeroofEarth.TobecomeaGod.Butthepathforwardisfarfromsimple.Betrayalsfromthosehewouldneverexpect.Endlesstrialsandtribulations.Andthelingeringquestionofidentity…Shouldheclingtohispastasahumanhero,orembracehisnatureasademontosurvive?CanSimonabandonhishatredandliveamongdemons?Orwillheerasehispastentirelyandfullyembracehisdemonicnature?Willhisthirstforrevengedraghimdeeperintodarkness…Orwillheriseaboveit?Intheend…Willhebedevoured…orwillhedevourall?