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He was studying for a chemistry test. Then he was thrown into a war.
Kevin Ho is an anxious, pacifist high school student whose only escape is fantasy novels. But when a fatal car accident tears him from his world, he awakens in the midst of a brutal siege-a world where warriors channel the power of Qi and survival is measured in blood.
Marked as an outsider and useless in a society that values only martial strength, Kevin's only advantage is a mysterious system known as the Mandate, which allows him to see patterns in the chaos. Forced to become the strategist for a desperate fortress, he must use his wits to outmaneuver an overwhelming enemy, earning the wary respect of the fortress's deadly champion, a young woman named Xiao Li.
But the Mandate is a double-edged sword, its power fueled by his own mind and spirit. To survive, Kevin must abandon his pacifist ideals and navigate a world of political intrigue, brutal combat, and a slow-burning connection that defies the boundaries of their two worlds. The path to victory will scar him, and the path back home is a distant, seemingly impossible dream.
Can a pacifist survive in a world built on violence? And if he wins the war, will there be anything left of him to save?