Introduction: “The System calls him Corrupted. The shadows call him King”When a glitched dungeon devours his guild, gutter-born hunter Kaine has one choice: die screaming in the blood-fogged ruins or pledge his soul to the Hollow King—a primordial entity even the System labels “Unauthorized.” Now branded Corrupted, Kaine wields forbidden magic that devours enemies and gnaws at his sanity. Every use of [Soulrend Claws] blackens his veins; every [Eclipse Step] fractures his mind. The Hollow King’s voice thrums in his skull, a relentless drumbeat urging him to embrace the shadows—and slaughter anyone in his path.”...