Nythrallis

Every player knows Princess Vaelora is supposed to die in the opening quest.

Axiom is the only one who keeps trying to save her.

Forty-seven attempts.

Forty-seven failures.

For a veteran beta player known for winning impossible fights, his obsession with a beginner-level quest makes no sense. There is no experience left to earn, no reward worth claiming, and no secret ending waiting to be unlocked.

But Axiom does not return for any of those things.

He returns for Vaelora.

The warrior princess has the same face as the girl he lost.

The same voice.

The same eyes.

But Vaelora is only an NPC-a sharp-tongued princess created to defend her kingdom, surrender the Crownheart Crystal, and die.

At least, she was.

When a hidden update known as the Living Patch breaks the quest's script, Vaelora survives for the first time.

Then she begins to remember.

Every battle.

Every death.

And the mysterious player who never stopped coming back for her.

Now, the princess who was never meant to live has become Nythrallis Online's most dangerous secret. Strange memories surface inside corrupted dungeons. Non-player characters begin questioning the world around them. And somewhere beyond the game, someone is watching Axiom's every move.

As Axiom and Vaelora search for the truth, the line between human and artificial memory begins to disappear.

She was programmed to die.

He was supposed to move on.

She was never supposed to remember him.

And he was never supposed to fall for someone the world insists is not real.

Now Nythrallis must find a way to erase their mistake-

before Axiom teaches her how to fight back.