Glory to The Returning King

Chapter 1

At the city of Luchenstad, Kolva.A young man in tattered clothes and a worn-out knapsack walked alone down the street. His pace was steady and firm, his face coated in dust and dirt.Yet his eyes shone with the intensity of a king's. His back was straight, and he walked with purpose, as if he were destined to rule the world one day.Luchenstad's towering skyscrapers finally came into view."It's been eight years!" he muttered to himself. "Caleb… Richard… I bet none of you ever expected me to survive."He clenched his fists.It was a cold and stormy night on his tenth birthday. It should have been a day filled with joy and celebration, as it had always been.But instead, he lost everything—his family, his prestige, and his Animus Circuit, the vital system that enabled mastery over martial arts at a superhuman level.And his own father had been the one to destroy it.Reinhard had once looked up to his father as a role model and a goal to surpass. Yet, on that fateful day, the s...