A Background Character's Path to Power - Chapter 118: I suppose I’ll be the fool holding the flame

... us] and [Inventory]—but I ignored them, my focus locked onto the cryptic message of the hidden scenario instead.

My fingers tapped restlessly against the desk as I reread the title and the description:

"A Bloom Beneath the Ashes - A Light in the Abyss."

"Even in the bleakest void, a single act of defiance can spark a pulse—a fragile hope to a soul long forgotten..."

The words etched themselves into my mind, digging in deeper the more I read.

A light in the ...