The Impurity's Ascension

congrats to the admissions officer coming here from my application (Kenneth W., Arizona)
I wrote this 260,000 word webnovel over the span of almost three years as a passion project of mine. Click to expand description ---->

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The apocalypse was here, reaping billions of lives across the world. The details of its creation, whether by machine, man, or nature, were forgotten amid the chaos. Humanity never returned to what it was, instead evolving to withstand their new reality. The strongest of this harsh era began to consolidate their strength again, creating pockets of sprawling civilization amid the wastelands.

Only one civilization remained at the end of it all: a dense mound of urban sprawl known only as the City.
It was the last bastion of civilization, and it was a living hell.

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In this world, a boy without memories found himself in an alleyway stained with rot. Unfamiliar sights and sensations assaulted him. Smoke stung his nose. The stench of blood crawled on his skin.

He saw his future ahead, a path of cunning and brutality:
Three expressionless porcelain masks.
An empty smile, glassy doll eyes.
Millions of eyes sewn into the night, dazzling galaxies.

So many stars lit the sky, blinding his view. These were the obstacles he had to surpass, to tear from their thrones.

And so began the Impurity's Ascension.