by Mazaru Abatman 777
In a fractured multiverse held together by faith-made-real (Usog magic), Miguel Azral — once just a bullied autistic Filipino teenager — rises as the Aswang King, successor to the legendary Beatle Saint King. Thousands of years of betrayal, war, and genocide have left the Ten Worlds scarred. The Aswangs, an autistic warrior race, were harvested into magical fuel. Morningstar Prime’s betrayal erased redemptions and ignited endless conflict. Now, in 2025 Earth-152, Miguel fights as a hooded vigilante in black armor, protecting the oppressed even when his own people call him “pakialamero” and film his beatings. When Doom Leopard — a variant of his childhood bully, now President of the Philippines — publicly humiliates him in SM Baguio, burns his ordinary home, leaks his private journals, and unleashes genocide on the fictional country of Philistan, Miguel is arrested, tortured, and broken in a dungeon beneath Malacañang Palace. His allies are murdered. His family vanishes. The world brands him a monster. But Miguel refuses to stay down. With broken bones and stolen hope, he rises again — not as a martyr, but as a symbol. Backed by his wife Anna (Queen of Hell), his children, and ordinary people raising flashlights like stars, he confronts Doom Leopard in a final battle that will decide whether fear or kindness shapes the multiverse. A story of neurodivergent defiance, postcolonial rage, family love, and the brutal cost of believing in people who hate you. Forgiveness is not weakness. Hope bleeds — but it never dies. This is a massive soft reboot of Bleeding Ego all in all, and has HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD!!! You have been warned!!! PREVIOUS: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/150276/bleeding-ego-book-5-race-for-the-saint-king NEXT: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/156230/bleeding-egos-gamerworlds
