The Summoner's Aris

Aris died as a starving scavenger in the "Grey World" of a nuclear winter, but he was reborn into a magic-drenched realm with the Monarch's Deck-an obsidian grimoire that treats the world as a resource to be harvested. Haunted by his past, Aris vowed never to be hungry or alone again. He claimed the Ashen Peaks and raised the Sovereignty, a sanctuary built on the First Commandment: The life of a citizen is the soul of the King. To Aris, a humble refugee is worth more than a thousand nobles.

When the corrupt Holy Crusade tried to crush his "heresy," they accidentally summoned an S-Rank Behemoth that erased their own capital. In response, Aris unleashed his S-Rank guardians-Fenris, Sylphas, and Prime-in their terrifying True Forms, unmaking the monster and shattering the global status quo.

Now, with his obsidian kingdom 95% complete, Aris has summoned the world's monarchs to witness his Crowning Ceremony. While kings and emperors wait in the mountain chill, Aris has already begun enforcing his new order: after a Jade Captain tried to enslave a local merchant, he was swiftly broken and imprisoned. In this new era, the age of "Heroes" is dead; the reign of the Sovereign has begun.