Second Sin
We teach all children of the period of Salvation. The day that Gods came from the sky. They called themselves Thrones and made us believe they came in peace. Instead, they enslaved us, slaughtered us, and turned the Earth into their own personal plantation.
Then, just as quickly as they came, they returned to the stars, never to be seen again. But they left us with a parting gift. Pockets of augmented reality that became networks of information between distant planets, the Virtual-Verse.
Now the passing eras are marked by the number of times humans have risen from extinction. It is the 25th Earth After Salvation (AS) and humans have formed the United Empires of Earth. Yet, our pasts still enslave us, only able to fight by borrowing the strength of the very beings that destroyed us. Blessings have allowed us to use unimaginable power but at a hefty cost.
Zero has seen it all, crime, corruption and poverty. His punishment, marked by the barcode on his neck, is to roam the galaxies forever banished from the VirtualVerse and other technological advances.
Now he is on a journey of selfishness and betrayal as he fights to become the richest being alive, ‘The Immortal God of Greed’.
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