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The Price Of Paradise Keeps Rising

Princez_7916
In a world where the Gods have rewritten the laws of life and death, eternal peace is no longer earned through virtue—it must be bought. Crystals, the only currency of salvation, are the difference between paradise and eternal torment. Without them, even the innocent are doomed. Nine years ago, Jordan’s world shattered. He watched the helpless burn under divine judgment and nearly suffered the same fate himself. Since that day, he has lived with a terrifying truth: in this world, survival isn’t enough—only those who can pay will be saved. Now, with his sister dying from a rare post-apocalyptic illness, time is running out. When a single opportunity appears—a dangerous job promising more crystals than he could ever dream of—Jordan has no choice but to take it. But in a world ruled by monsters, human greed, and unforgiving Gods, failure doesn’t just mean death… It means damnation. How far will he go to defy fate and claim paradise for the ones he loves?
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The Extra: Subject 082

Rio only wanted to see how the story ended. Instead, he woke up inside it. Not as the protagonist, not even as a supporting character—but as someone who barely existed in the narrative. An extra with no importance, no future, and no place in the story’s direction. At least, that’s how it was supposed to be. Now in the body of Rio Valen, a disgraced noble exiled from his own house, he finds himself in a region the original story barely touched—one driven as much by advanced technology as it is by arcane power. And buried beneath it, something far worse. The facility he wakes up in shouldn’t exist. The experiments conducted there shouldn’t have succeeded. And whatever was placed inside him was never meant to survive. As fragments of memory return—both his own and the life he inherited—Rio begins to understand the situation he’s in. The world still follows its original course. The key figures are still moving toward the same future. But his existence doesn’t fit anywhere within it. Even so, people begin to notice him. Not because of who he is—but because of something they can’t quite explain. A presence. A flaw. Or something far more dangerous. Some approach out of curiosity. Others, for reasons he doesn’t understand. And a few, simply because staying away isn’t an option. With no role to follow and no clear path ahead, Rio is left with a simple choice: Stay invisible and survive. Or step into a story that was never meant to include him. Because in a world that already has its main character— an extra that shouldn’t exist might be the only thing that can change it. **The cover used is temperoray, I hold no credits towards the art**
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