In the towering halls of the Skydrid estate, legacy is carved in iron and blood. Born into a family where strength is sacred and failure unspoken, Jacob Skydrid was once a bright, ambitious heir — until ambition shattered him. Two years ago, Jacob dared what no scholar, no sorcerer, no king had succeeded in: the creation of the Immortality Rune. He failed. And in the failure, lives were lost, reputations broken, bonds severed. Now, Jacob lives in quiet exile within his own home, his only companions the dusty weight of books and the lingering ghosts of guilt. His nights are haunted by dreams he cannot remember, and his days consumed by a desperate, obsessive hunger for knowledge — the only thing that numbs the ache of what he has done. But the world beyond his bedroom door refuses to let him wither away. Under his father's iron rule, Jacob must not only pursue sorcery but forge his body into a weapon fit to uphold the Skydrid name. Under the gaze of his siblings — some pitying, some resentful — Jacob must prove himself worthy of the bloodline he nearly tainted. And in the quiet corners of the world, whispers stir: the runes of death, eternity, and invincibility — runes that could reshape existence itself — may yet be within reach. As duty clashes with regret, as knowledge battles guilt, Jacob will be forced to ask himself: Is immortality a salvation — or a curse? And how many more lives will be broken before he finds his answer?
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