"Either you’re the luckiest bastard I’ve ever seen, or there’s something very unusual about you.”

Elias, a sardonic alchemist with a penchant for salvaging power from the aftermath of war, finds himself on a battlefield unlike any other—one steeped in sinister magic and haunted by unrelenting death. Guided by his eerie lantern, he discovers an unlikely survivor: a battered warrior harboring a mysterious force within. Intrigued and opportunistic, Elias drags the man from the brink of death, sensing that his strange resilience and the magic entwined in his very being might lead to answers—or trouble. Bound by curiosity and his own self-interest, Elias is thrust into a dangerous unraveling of dark secrets, forbidden power, and an alliance that could shape the remnants of this ruined world. For Elias, profit and peril often go hand in hand, but this time, he may have stumbled upon something far beyond his calculations.