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Zenith Online: Rebirth of the Strongest Player

Death is sometimes not the end, and the zenith is empty. Legends rise and fall. Myths are born. Faced with death after a dismal fall from grace where glory, renown, and prominence were once found, Kieran's second chance is fueled by vengeance. It burns like a ruinous flame and drives Kieran's quest for power within and without. Though not an ingrate, he remains curious about why he returned to the past instead of dying. He has nothing but questions, but his death puts the beginning of his story into perspective, showing him that Zenith Online... is the beginning of the end — the end of the current Age. The zenith is empty and calls for someone to claim its throne, but to answer that call means to bear the consequences. Everything — especially choice — has a cost. Challenges lay in wait. The road to supremacy is wound in suffering, and to know the truth is to know madness. And so, the Maddened awakens...

ApexPen · Games
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Treacherous Gambit

An air of increasing perversity and treachery loomed around Devil's Touch, fluctuating wildly with each syllable of his sentence. Most would perhaps choose to step away from the table at this time.

If they could.

The words of Devil's Touch carried a strange, almost hypnotic ambiance to them, inciting… forcing the players to want more. He preyed upon that addictive euphoria winning produced. 

And the only way to draw this feeling out was to have them believe they were winning. Ironically, though, the dealer's proposal wasn't spurred by feigned losses. Kieran had begun to amass genuine winnings, warranting the call of a treacherous gambit.

A genuine decryption of the dealer's cunning trickery was ensuing.

Devil's Touch knew it and hated that he did. But he sensed a prideful, competitive fashion in how Kieran carried himself: a willing slave to challenge, a follower of thrill and triumph.