The Chronos Taxman
In Neu-Terra, your existence is merely a number in the ledger of the Kronos Corporation. Thanks to the Chronos Engine, living time has been transformed into the ultimate commodity. The elite revel in immortality, extending their lives with limitless time credits. While down below, the poor must pay the Kronos Tax, surrendering pieces of their future just to see another sunrise.
If you fail to pay, they will send Kael Valerius.
Kael, dubbed "The Reaper," is the finest Kronos Taxman. He is a man without morals, without mercy. He hunts down Defaulters—fathers, mothers, children, anyone—and with his energy-charged blade, he forcibly harvests their remaining life time. Every second he steals from his victims is a second he sells back to the system, all for a single purpose: to buy more time for his dying sister, the only person he cares about in this dystopian hell.
Kael possesses the power of Chronostasis, allowing him to freeze his enemies in an instant without a sound, making him an unstoppable, lethal ghost. However, each harvest not only augments his power but also erodes his humanity.
When a mission leads him to an unexpected target—a former Corporate engineer who claims to have a way to dismantle the Kronos Tax forever—Kael is faced with a brutal choice. Will he remain the system's attack dog, guaranteeing his sister's survival with the blood of countless innocents? Or will he betray the very hierarchy that grants him power and his sister a chance to live, all to tear down the rotten foundations of this world, even if it means death for them both?