Within a world where a celestial System determines all worth, strength is survival—weakness means erasure. Edward Ross embodied that weakness. Marked "Rankless" and despised by immortals and mortals alike, he possessed nothing but his sacrifice. When he gave his life to shield a stranger, he believed his story had ended. It hadn't. A terrible awakening consumed him instead. [The Hades Core has claimed your soul.] [A new path emerges.] [Class: Soul Devourer] [Innate Talent: Consume] Existence demands predation. He hunts. He consumes monster souls. Each devouring pulls him toward oblivion, threatening to transform him into something inhuman. Pursued by the zealous Inquisition and abandoned by former allies, he retreats into darkness. Only one thread binds him to his diminishing humanity—the girl whose life he purchased with his own. The Rankless became legend. The world now bows before him.