by Knightly_Ink
People ask the wrong question.They look at the ruins—at the gods who fell too late and the thrones that collapsed under their own weight—and ask: How did you get here? Wrong question.The right one is simpler. What were you before all of this? Adrian Wilbert. A failed noble. He spoke at three months, cast fire at one year, was expelled from the arcane academy at five—and has never prayed since.Inside him sleeps a "Fragment of the Old Creator." His power: Adaptation—evolve every time you fail. Learn any spell the moment you see it. And an ocean of infinite mana that you cannot fully control. He only wanted an ordinary life.To read novels. To be left alone. But the world volunteered to break him first. A dark syndicate that trades in human flesh.A secret coalition of monsters, already moving their pieces.The girl he loved chose someone else.And his father—was murdered before his eyes. Grief-stricken, abandoned, he did what the broken always do.He kept moving.But losing is part of his power.Every time he fell...he came back different. Before he knew it, he had become strong.Too strong.— And then he gained Madness. "I alone am worthy to rule this world." The gods are watching.They should be. ***This story is available on Wattpad, Webnovel, Honeyfeed and Royal Road.
