The Godless Age [A God-Slaying Progression Fantasy]

The Order made Orin Kaelen one of the deadliest assassins in the world. It taught him patience, precision, and how to survive where other men vanished. All seemed smooth in his life until he committed the one sin the Order refused to forgive. Now his name travels through the hidden channels of the underworld attached to a promise of gold, and every assassin who hears it understands the same thing: kill Orin Kaelen, and be rewarded handsomely. Hunted by the very organization that raised him, Orin is already running out of luck when he meets a woman named Tavira Cloudfern. She claims to be Zyphara, the former goddess of protection, reduced to a mortal body by a punishment crueler than any kingdom’s law. She wants a servant, a covenant, and a killer at her side. In return, she offers Orin something he has never possessed before: magic, otherworldly power, and a chance to survive the storm closing in around him. He accepts and discovers truths no fiction would dare invent. The gods and goddesses the world worships committed a grave sin and were punished for it by the higher power that gave them life. They were forced into human flesh, stripped of immortality, and made vulnerable to both one another and mortals. To reclaim their lost divinity, they must kill one another and consume the life force left behind. Theirs is a savage war fought in secret across the mortal world, where only the cleverest, strongest, and cruelest of them will survive, while the rest perish forever. But there are rules even to this terrible punishment, and the greatest among them is that no god may slay another directly. They must act through mortals, through servants and chosen blades. That is why Zyphara has made Orin her blade. In an age stripped of gods, one assassin becomes the weapon of a fallen goddess. The Godless Age is a god-slaying progression fantasy without LitRPG, set in a medieval-inspired secondary world that is not rigidly confined to any single medieval period. Expect immersive prose, cinematic action, and a story that takes its time to build properly without feeling either rushed or slow. Also expect a blend of third-person limited and third-person omniscient narration, each placed where it best serves the story. And last but not least, expect magic that is neither scarce nor overdone. The prose in this story is intentionally rich, descriptive, and at times flowery, so a few chapters should be enough to tell whether the style is for you. Posting schedule: The story will launch with 8 chapters upfront, followed by daily updates for the next 14 days. Afterward, it will move to its normal schedule of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday releases. Every chapter exceeds 3,000 words.