he cobbled streets of Noctera echoed with hooves and hushed deals. Stone buildings loomed on both sides, their jagged edges crowned with moss and iron balconies. The sky above was pale—gray, as if the sun had forgotten how to shine here.
In the shadows of this place, a child moved.
He wasn't tall. He wasn't loud. He didn't smile. But he watched—always watching—with crimson eyes that saw far too much for someone so small. His black hair fell across his face like a curtain, but those eyes still burned through, his tattered clothe that make him look like a begger .
His name was Kev.
He didn't belong in the light.
Not anymore.
His neighbors called him cursed. Or worse—forgotten. But Kev never answered them. He simply existed in the cracks of Noctera, like the dust behind the stones, like a secret never told.
His mother had vanished after giving birth to a girl he barely remembered.
His father and stepbrother? Gone.
Left for a softer world, a richer woman.
He had never heard from them again.
At six years old, most children in Noctera dreamed of becoming warriors or mages. Kev… dreamed of nothing.
Until the day the mark appeared.
He was sitting alone behind the old stable, knees drawn to his chest, his right hand burned saw it.
A faint, circular pattern glowing beneath his skin, pulsing like a heartbeat.
> [SYSTEM RECOGNIZED: USER "KEV"]
> [PATH SELECTION INITIATED]
> [AVAILABLE PATHS DISPLAYED BASED ON COMPATIBILITY]
He blinked as five ancient symbols spun before him. He couldn't read them—but something… pulled.
>[WARRIOR PATH]
> [MAGNUS PATH]
> [ADVENTURERS PATH]
> [HUNTERS PATH]
Once one is chosen by the system they are greeted with a path the path they take will differ on which type of energy they will use and how they will grow those energy.
As a child who used to have dreams he knew what the path represented with the ADVENTURER being the deadliest but to him he had no choice he just wanted to die for a six year old who does not have any thing no family no money just staying in the street of noctera one of the 4 cities of Northern nation Norcton .
The boy with a death wish picked the adventurers path the adventurers path .
> [PATH SELECTED: ADVENTURER]
> [WARNING: RACE : ?????]
> [FORCED REALM RELOCATION INITIATED]
> [REALM: UNREGISTERED]
His world shattered. Light bled through stone. The street collapsed beneath him like paper, and Kev fell—not just down, but away.
He didn't scream.
He only stared, wide-eyed, into the the system on his right hand palm has he was wondering what the meaning of the race ??? in the world means But just brushed it saying"It must likely a bug".
When Kev awoke, he was no longer in Noctera.
The air was colder here. Heavy. Every breath tasted like smoke and metal. The sky overhead… wasn't a sky at all, but a yawning void that looked green. Floating mountains drifted in the distance, crackling with violet arcs of energy. Rivers of shadow bled down their sides, pooling into black lakes that shimmered without light.
He stood on obsidian sand.
Alone.
Then, the he felt a shock on his write hand and then looked .
> [YOU HAVE ENTERED: THE SIXTH ABYSSAL REALM]
No explanation. No warning. Just that.
As a 6 years old boy that only knew suffering it was a way to die.
And then… they appeared.
Shadows.
Not just flickers or tricks of the eye—but figures. they were like a million of them, rising from the ground, shaping themselves like broken people, without faces. More and more came, stretching across the endless black plain, until he was surrounded.
And then… the voices.
"THE BOY WHO FELL TOO EARLY."
"A SOUL TOO YOUNG FOR THIS PLACE."
"FLESH, MIND, AND SPIRIT — OURS."
They closed in.
Kev fell to his knees, clutching his head. The pressure—unbearable. Thoughts weren't his anymore. They pressed into him, languages that clawed against his sanity.
Has he was dying his insticnt that to be like them and then he remebered has everyone in his family left.the anger in him was so hot that even the shadow like spirit could feel it.
He thought that he was the one that suffer so why must he be the one to pay .
"WHOA WHAT FRESH ANGER "
It was the first time he had heard duch a language but he surprisingly understood what they were saying like he knew all along. Has they contined to talk it was to much voice for him because it was like a million people were talking at the same time.
Then he opened his mouth and said.
"…Let's make a deal."
The voices froze.
"…A DEAL?"
He stood slowly, his red eyes unwavering.
"Then he said it is pretty obvious that u guys do not want to be hear that means u were sealed here then i will save u guys one way or the order if u will train me " After a short pause then the kev continued saying that he has chose the adventurers path which means he would get stronger has far has he explore realms "
It was pretty obvious that the shadow like creatures didnt understand a word he was saying but they belive him because of the looke he had on his face.
"WHAT A LOVELY LOOK "they said
"I'll survive. I'll learn. I'll become something… that even this abyss fears. In return, you don't break me."
Silence.
then he said again "I know u re trapped here and u want freedom I will give u , I am an wanderer .
After long endless silence .
Then, together—
"ACCEPTED."
> [CONTRACT FORMED: KEV — BEARER OF THE SIXTH ABYSS]
8 Years passed. Since for an adventurer they re only meant to spead time about 7 to 15 years in another realm and after that they will be teleported to another unexplored realm.
He had grown.
He no longer walked. He hunted. He no longer feared. He commanded. He spoke the tongue of shadows, walked across broken void-bridges, and touched secrets buried before time itself.
One by one, he trapped the shadows—not outside, but within.
Inside his own cells, using something ancient.
Although he had not even explored up to 3 percent of the realm due to his speed for the past 8 years but he had grown strong now he could feel it. Then he tought to himself while walking up a cliff that the realm he was in was crazy realm
Only about 3 percent was explored and he was that strong since wanderers get stronger due to percentage of realm explored and importance of the realm.
A skill… that was his unique skills.
According to the teaching he had all living thing has a skills for each one of us .
And when he finally stood atop the tallest cliff, with millions of shadow like creatures in his cells, the system returned.
> [NAME: KEV]
> [TITLE: BEARER OF THE SIXTH ABYSS]
> [RACE: ???]
> [UNIQUE SKILL: CELL MANIPULATION (Rare)?]
> [SKILLS: SHADOW MOVEMENT (Extraordinary), SHADOW EYE (Magic)]
> [LEVEL: PEAK SOLDIER] > [ARTIFACT COMPATIBILITY: SHADOWBOUND]
Has he was returning he new he brought something dangerous out but he didnt care.