The System Reincarnator: From Zero to Shadow King

The cold steel pierced my heart.

I gasped, blood gurgling in my throat as I looked into the eyes of the guy I had once called brother. His sneer imprinted itself on my fading vision.

"You were always a mistake, Zayn," he said. "The world doesn't need trash like you."

The alley was peaceful save for the trickle of blood and the gentle patter of rain. I collapsed to my knees, the weight of betrayal greater than the dagger in my chest.

A beggar. A worm. A nothing.

That is what they called me.

That was how I died.

But death had different intentions.

[Shadow System Binding: Complete.]

[Hello, Reincarnator.]

A cold, mechanical voice resonated in the abyss, yet it seemed alive.

I opened my eyes.

I wasn't in the alley any more.

I was in my old room.

Ten years before I died.

My heart pounded. I dashed towards the damaged mirror on the wall. My mirror revealed a teenage kid with strong dark eyes and a slight shadow around his arm, rather than the broken man I had become.

[New mission: Survive.]

[Reward: Shadow Skill - Consumption.]

I smirked.They thought they killed me.They thought I'd stay dead.

They forgot…

"A shadow never dies."