by Mizuno Kagekiyo
In a world where prosperity is bought with madness, how much blood is a soul worth?" In the Kingdom of Noxis, power is derived from Kishō—a chaotic energy harvested from the very essence of human emotion. But for the people of Noxis, this power comes with a price: The Urge. It is a biological hunger, a flickering shadow in the mind that turns men into monsters, leaving them drooling for a violence they cannot explain. Kai Akatsuki, the prince of the Warfare Province, was born to see it all. Gifted with the Shogan, he can see the anatomical flow of energy, witnessing the rot of the "Urge" before it even takes hold. But when a shadow war with a mysterious cult ends in his brutal assassination, the prince is lost. What returns from the Pool of Malevolence is not a savior. Reborn as Akuryū, the "Evil Dragon," Kai now wields the Law of Perfection—a power that demands everything return to its absolute, original state. Alongside his sister Seina, who holds the terrifying Law of Synthesis, he must navigate a world of "Lavish Parasites" and ancient Gods known as the Veilbound.
