
by Jacob Davidhizar
This story will remain incomplete in its current form. I’m taking classes to be a better author and I intend to entirely rewrite this book. Stay tuned! He was summoned from Earth to save a world that was never his For forty years, Elias Vale fought for the Empire of Caerenthis as its immortal hero — slaying demon kings, sealing ruptures, and becoming the only man in history to ever reach Level 100. To the world, he was a legend. To the Empire, he was a weapon. By the time the final war ended, Elias had sacrificed everything that made him human. His freedom. His future. His name. Then he died. Surrounded by nobles already discussing what came after him, Elias realized a terrible truth: He had saved the world countless times…but he had never once lived for himself. When he opens his eyes again, he awakens deep within a forest on the very same world — alive, young, and somehow returned to Level 1. With most of the world’s great threats already defeated in his previous life, Elias wants only one thing this time around: Peace. No more wars.No more prophecies.No more being the Empire’s Hero. He settles near a quiet village nestled between two trade towns and begins building the simple life he once dreamed about — good food, hard work, warm nights, and people who know him only as a quiet traveler named Elias. But peace is fragile. Monsters still roam the wilds.Bandits prey on the weak.Ancient powers stir beneath the surface of the world.And no matter how far Elias runs from his past… danger always seems to find him. Now the former strongest man in history must decide whether he can protect the life he’s finally begun to love without becoming the Hero once again. Especially when the people closest to him begin noticing impossible things:The reflexes.The combat instincts.The swordsmanship.The signature techniques of a dead legend. The Hero is supposed to be gone. So why does this quiet innkeeper fight exactly like him?
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