22 parts Complete MatureDeep within the sacred Zambales mountains lies a kingdom not of stone and steel, but of ancient trees and whispered magic. It is the ancestral home of the Aeta, a people whose covenant with the land is absolute, and whose protector is their prince: Benito Bala. He is the heir to the chieftainship, a young leader whose veins flow with the power of the mountain itself, granting him dominion over the living world. He is the Serpent King.
But when a ruthless foreign mining corporation, GEO-CORP, carves its way into their territory, the kingdom's peace is shattered. Armed with the brutal efficiency of a private army and the treacherous complicity of corrupt local officials, they see the mountain not as a sacred entity, but as a prize to be gutted.
After his father, the chieftain, is assassinated in a cold-blooded act of corporate terrorism, Benito is thrust into power. Consumed by grief and a burning rage, the young prince must now become a king and a warrior. He unleashes the full, terrifying force of his birthright, turning the jungle itself into an army. The mountain's champion, once a guardian of peace, becomes a specter of vengeance - hunting the invaders in his domain.
As he wages a one-man war against a high-tech military force, Benito must battle not only the serpents in the concrete jungle but the demons within himself. To save his people, he must learn to control the primal wrath of the mountain's spirit before it consumes him, and become the leader his father always knew he could be.
[Biyayaverse Book 2]