A Light That Shouldn't Exist
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A ten-year-old boy is forced to leave a world already shattered by catastrophe-only to find himself in another where things become even worse.
Threatened by those who hold the people he loves most, he struggles to escape a nightmare that seems endless. But when he finally breaks free, he awakens in a place beyond imagination-a new world filled with wonder, danger, and the faint hope of redemption.
Now, he must rise from the ashes, grow stronger, and carve his path through chaos...
All to save the ones he couldn't protect before.
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