Stoichiometry: Mel
Awakened by a blizzard whispering his forgotten name, Mel Autonoma stumbles into Lumenas, a labyrinthine realm carved from living rock and fire. His memory as blank as the frozen wasteland he traversed. He is drawn by an unseen spark to the Gates of Heaven's Eye, a portal promising answers.
Within, Aurum, a gatekeeper draped in starlight, welcomes him with cryptic pronouncements and a chilling smile. "You seek answers," he echoes, "and here, in this monolith of gates, you will find them, woven into the very fabric of your own ascent." Thrust into the perilous first floor, Mel encounters a world beyond reckoning. Bioluminescent flora bathes caverns in neon light, while creatures of iridescent scales and feathered tendrils whisper untold secrets. But beauty lurks alongside danger. A colossal stone warrior, eyes aglow with emerald rage, stands as sentinel, its mace hungering for trespassers.
Mel, with only a whispered promise and a newfound spark of power crackling within him, must choose his path. Will he become a pawn in Lumenas's enigmatic game, played on a chessboard of impossible trials? Or will he claim his own role, embrace the flame that stirs within, and rise through the 999 treacherous floors, unraveling the mysteries of his identity and defying the cruel order etched into the very heart of this celestial monolith?
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Third Person Limited
Vivid description
Debut Novel
Ochisia · Fantasy
