あらすじ

Noah Voss is a zero-rank hunter in a city carved by monster gates and social scars—a man everyone mistakes for worthless. When a desperate job to protect his sister goes wrong, Noah is slapped with impossible debt and the Council’s scorn. Then the Hidden System finds him: an off-grid leveling interface that grants explosive power in exchange for an opaque, personal price. With every kill, Noah grows stronger, but each new rank demands a sacrifice he never agreed to and a memory he can’t afford to lose. As Noah claws his way up from nothing, he draws the attention of Lysander Crowe, the charismatic Grand Chancellor who built the modern hunter order. Lysander wants Noah’s system for reasons that ripple into the deepest secrets of the gates themselves. Noah must decide whether to become the weapon the city needs or the monster the Council fears—while discovering that every earned level peels back pieces of his past, revealing betrayals, family ties, and a conspiracy that could tear the world open. The race to ascend becomes a race to stay human.