In a place filled with desperation, filth, and deception, survival remains the singular goal for all those who call the slums home. 

The game was to outlive everyone else, to see who could collect the most scraps and live to see the next day, where a slight shift in stakes was the determining factor between life and death. 

Rune is no exception to this grim game, but his stakes are higher; he is playing for two. With his sister and himself to care for, keeping hunger at bay for even one person is a struggle, and adding another makes it nearly impossible—a precarious tightrope he often teeters on. 

Each day, Rune barely manages to evade death, but what happens when the rules of the game shift, when a whole other world of mana, authority, and society suddenly exists?

When myths transform into reality, and the legends of the ancients are no longer mere whispers in children's tales? 

What unfolds when a long-dormant threat creeps into the hearts of all who live?

Chapter 22 - Liar