In the year 2350, Earth changed forever. Portals tore open across the skies, unleashing monstrosities no human had ever faced. But with the monsters came awakening – humans gained power, ranks, and a status screen that defined their place in the new world.

Two centuries later, power no longer belonged to politicians, but to the awakened.

Damian Valcor, a bored 15-year-old, only cared about passing the entrance exam for an academy. But on the eve of the results, his life was overturned when he awakened the memories of his past life.

A past life where he was not an ordinary man…
But a ruthless mafia boss.

To his shock, the world he now lived in was nearly identical to a novel he had once come across in his previous life.

Although he remembered the world, he didn’t remember any of the characters of that novel.

But he was sure of one thing. Damian Valcor was not one of the main characters.

He was just a random Extra.

With underworld cunning, ruthless ambition, and the knowledge of what lies in the future for this world, Damian must make sure to protect his loved ones, the loved ones he never had in his past life.

He will make sure to snuff out the existence of any being who dared to endanger them.

But for that… He needs to rise as the one pulling the strings. 

And to do that, he needed… Power.

"Power isn’t granted, it’s taken – and I’ve had a lifetime of practice."
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Minutes later, another student went down. It was a commoner girl.


A creature had grabbed her right arm, was actively consuming it, teeth grinding through flesh and bone, eating her alive while she screamed.


But instead of begging for help, instead of pleading for rescue, she looked at the students nearby.


Her voice carried command rather than fear.


Students backed away immediately, understanding what was about to happen.


'Damian Valcor… Are you watching this?! How dare you say we don't have the guts?!'


She smiled, savage and triumphant despite the pain, despite knowing she had seconds left.


Her core detonation took eleven creatures with her, clearing a section of the battlefield, buying precious seconds for her teammates.


Damian heard the explosions, felt the shockwaves even while butchering creatures by the dozen.


'So they're really blowing themselves up.'


Chapter 271 - Manipulator