TianTianNin
In a world where awakened humans were once hailed as heroes who protected humanity from monsters, time twisted power into cruelty. Organizations now wage wars not only against beasts, but against each other-through death matches, duels, and silent assassinations fought for wealth, influence, and supremacy. Saving the world became secondary. Killing fellow humans became routine.
Structures, hierarchies, and institutions rose to govern the awakened. International schools were established to train elites, while weaker awakened were discarded or exploited. Power defined worth. Mercy became rare.
Among these nations, the Philippines remained unnoticed-known to possess awakened individuals, yet deemed insignificant by the global stage. A country overlooked. A force underestimated.
From this forgotten land, a child named Larie was born.
Abandoned by family, rejected for being different, and branded a freak instead of an awakened, Larie grew up in poverty and isolation. His powers manifested early, and instead of guidance, he received fear. Instead of protection, he was cast aside. At the age of seven, he began training in secret. By thirteen, he was forced to work to survive-yet even then, he never stopped honing his control, practicing mana flow, and refining techniques no one ever taught him.
Larie learned alone.
He studied the history of awakened humans-those who chose to protect, and those who chose to destroy. And in a world that had shown him nothing but cruelty, Larie made a quiet decision: he would stand on the side that saved lives, even if no one ever knew his name.