《Blade of Lies: The Dragon’s Gamble》

Synopsis “What do you think of this farce?” On a desolate battlefield littered with corpses and drenched in blood, the legendary Red Dragon did not breathe fire. Instead, with a weary indifference, it looked down at the insignificant human before it—Neo Lyons. Betrayed by his kin and trampled by the elite, Neo was forced into a desperate madness. He staked his very soul on a wager of "humanity" with the ancient monarch of the skies. [A Malicious Contract: The Countdown of a Soul] Neo gained the power of the Ancient Dragon, but it came with a price: the "Heart-Devouring Dragon-Mark" etched into his skin—a pulsing web of black and red. The dragon did not depart; it became a parasite within his heart. Every time Neo witnesses the ugliness of the human spirit, the mark crawls upward. The day the dragon’s head reaches his heart is the day his soul is devoured. [Evolution and Sacrifice: The Destroyer’s Remnant] The broken blade in his hand is no longer mere scrap metal. It has become an unstable, blackened remnant, channeled from a magic far too potent for a mortal frame to bear. Wrapped in a magma-red glow that pulses like a heartbeat, this blade—the "Lie-Breaker"—will evolve and warp with every malice Neo encounters. In a continent twisted by greed and power, Neo begins a lonely exile, carrying the dormant will of a dragon that could awaken at any moment. Will he sever the darkness before the mark reaches his heart? Or will this gamble prove, once and for all, that humanity is beyond saving?