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.

Two Dragoon scouts sat quietly by a mana beacon, their weapons resting beside them. The wind was cold, laced with night mist.


"What if the rumors are true?" one asked.


"That someone really came back from a broken dungeon?"


The other laughed, biting into a ration bar.


"No one comes back from a collapse, especially not with power like they say."


The first scout turned his head—too late.


A blade of pure shadow slipped through his chest without sound. The second barely had time to gasp before the darkness consumed him.


Kael stepped from the shadows, cloak fluttering. His eyes glowed a soft, dangerous violet.


[Noise Level: Minimal – No Alert Triggered]


With a single press of his hand, his system pulsed:


Dragoon Communication Disrupted – 6 Hours


Myrla moved across the rooftops like a dancer. Every step was calculated. Every breath, precise.


She had seen the smoke signal from the disrupted beacon.


She pressed a crystal to her lips and whispered:


> "He's hitting the perimeter. That's not vengeance. That's a strategy."


📍 Crimson Fang Guild – Observation Tower


"She's good," said a voice from behind a masked operative. "But he's better."


A projection of Kael moved across the table.


"He's dismantling the Dragoon's infrastructure node by node," the guildmaster said, eyes alight.


Beneath Juren, Kael accessed a mana control chamber hidden in the city's old infrastructure.


The screens showed Dragoon patrol routes, encrypted missions, payment trails—contracts for assassinations, cover-ups, and false dungeon reports.


Mission Updated: Deliver to Public Channel


Reward: System Favor + Faction Uprising


She woke in a cold sweat again. Her crystal stone pulsed with heat.


📍 Dragoon Guild – Commander's Office


"Who gave him access to the underground?"


Guild towers across Juren flickered. Screens shut off. Systems glitched.


And across the sky, a message projected in dark mana:


"YOU BURIED ME IN SHADOWS. I BECAME ONE."


📍 Final Scene – Rooftop, Thunder Above


Kael stood at the edge of a high spire as lightning struck behind him.


Myrla watched him from afar. She didn't know whether to feel fear, or hope.


Kael clenched his fist, his shadow expanding like wings.


📌 Next: Chapter 9 – The Silent Rebellion


Chapter 8 - Hunter of Shadows