Ethan Kael, a cynical and calculating author, had built an empire of stories by mining human emotion and twisting it into profit. His magnum opus, "Scholars of the Abyss," was a grim, high-tech fantasy set in Veritas Academy—a school veiled in prestige, but founded atop cursed dungeons pulsing with otherworldly horrors. In his world, knowledge was weaponized, secrets were currency, and death came wrapped in data and bone.
When Ethan woke up, staring at the ornate obsidian ceiling of Dorm C-44, he laughed—until the cold chill of unfamiliarity settled into his spine. He was inside his own novel.
But not as the genius hacker, or the cursed hero, or even the charming villain. He was Leor Gray: a forgettable extra with no backstory, no stats, no special abilities. Just a student with a stack of overdue tuition and a warped sense of morality.