"They called him a failure. They called him a heretic. In the end, he was the only one left to watch the world burn." Kaelen Thorne died as the last of the Spellblades, standing atop the scorched ruins of Aethelgard. He watched the woman he loved fall, the empire crumble, and an Abyssal Lord tear the sky asunder. He was a God-Slayer with no gods left to kill and no world left to save. Until the world reset. Pulled through the fabric of time by a cold, indifferent entity, Kaelen wakes up seven years in the past. He is back in his young, unscarred body-a "D-Tier" initiate facing the very Inquisitors who will eventually betray the world to demons. To the Church, he is an incompetent nobody. To the high-born students, he's a pawn. They couldn't be more wrong. Kaelen still carries the scars on his soul. He remembers the location of every lost artifact, the recipes for forbidden alchemical draughts, and the secret weaknesses of the monsters yet to be born. Most importantly, he knows exactly who the traitors are. The throne is sundered. The gods are coming. But this time, the needle knows where it's going-and Kaelen Thorne isn't just playing the game. He's rewriting the rules. What to expect: Competent MC: No "clueless hero" tropes. Kaelen is a veteran warrior in a student's body. Deep World-Building: A mix of "technomagic," political intrigue, and dark fantasy. Tactical Progression: Every move is calculated. Every betrayal is anticipated. High Stakes: A race against time to prevent a literal apocalypse