Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius - Chapter 257 - 236: Sincerity Is Always the Ultimate Trump Card

Paju, the city of hope, peace and madness.And the tale of a mage trapped in a bizarre world.“In his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.”

A thousand years have passed since the Variants first appeared from the Rifts. God answered the prayers of the human race and gave them a chance to fight back.He bestowed special marks called crests upon twelve who were worthy, granting them unfathomable power to fend off the wave of attacks.Well… that's what the church wants us to think.Man, being man, found a way. And in the present day, large numbers of the population have crests, and those that don't are treated as second-rate.This was the case with Marcus, who spent most of his life doing odd jobs—until one of those jobs led to his demise.At the hands of whom??The son of a major crest-bearing house.Marcus is reincarnated into the body of his killer and soon finds that despite being from a major house, the boy did not have a crest.At least, not one that was bestowed upon him by God.

Levian's life was supposed to be over.His awakening at the ceremony had failed seven times, and he had been left without powers. A man without powers was useless in war and a disgrace to their family.However, Levian's luck was greater than he could ever imagine.That same night, he found an awakening stone on his bed. One that looked different from any other he had seen before.Levian did not hesitate to try an eighth time.[Legendary Weapons Talent, awakened!][Weapon Fusion Talent, Awakened!][Mythical Weapon Potential!]With this, his life changes for the better.However, his awakening brings about other troubles and secrets that he had no clue of.Ones that threaten not only him, but the entire world itself.[THE ENTITIES ARE COMING!]Follow Levian on his journey towards legendary weapons mastery.