When the sky splits open and every pantheon in existence descends, humanity discovers a truth they were never meant to know:
The gods never left.
They were watching... waiting... judging.
During a catastrophic divine assembly, the oldest of all gods-Marshall, the Red Dragon of Domination-declares a new age:
The Trials of the Pantheon.
In an instant, the world changes.
Dungeons erupt from the earth like awakened beasts.
Angels, spirits, and mythical creatures walk openly through cities.
And millions of people suddenly awaken glowing blue windows known as status screens-granting powers once thought impossible.
But humanity isn't alone.
Elves, dwarves, beast-kin, orcs, and forgotten tribes also awaken the System...
and they, too, are chosen.
While world governments panic, three young friends in Washington-Rubble, Everest, and Tuck-discover their own classes: Swordsman, Ice Mage, and Knight.
But Tuck receives something far greater:
A divine blessing from Ares, the God of War.
Meanwhile in the heavens, ancient gods bicker, strategize, and interfere.
Chase, the White Tiger God of War and Hurricanes, tries to keep order.
Skye, the radiant Goddess of Wisdom, urges unity.
Zuma hungers for chaos.
Claw, Boomer, and Rocky watch from the shadows.
And Marshall... secretly moves toward a plan of his own.
Now the world stands on the edge of rebirth or annihilation.
Guilds will rise.
Monsters will break free.
Heroes will awaken.
And the Pantheon will decide who is worthy... and who becomes entertainment.
In a world turned into a divine battlefield, one truth echoes above all:
When gods turn reality into their game, mortals either play... or perish.
[ BOOK 1 OF AZITERA: YTHER'S QUEEN ]
Consumed by avarice, the four human kingdoms-the Infernal Empire, the Kingdom of Caelum, the Kingdom of Treterra, and the Nayale Archipelago-betrayed their covenant with Yther of Azitera, the race blessed by deities, who protected humans for untold centuries. They slaughtered and defiled the beings that once protected them from storm, famine, poverty, and pestilence without mercy.
Betrayed by the humans they protected, the Ytherians were enslaved. Their four queens were caged, chained, and imprisoned to serve as nutrients to the human kingdoms. The once prominent Ytherians were reduced to nothing but servants.
As the four kingdoms of the human race prospered for many years since their betrayal, one news staggered them, causing them to tremble in fear and rally their armies to protect and defend their domain: Sollel-the Mistress of Flame, one of Yther's queens-had escaped her prison. Her flames will raze hell, ready to burn the souls of her betrayers.
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