Born to Save

Soter, the Savior who had sealed the Abyss a century ago, awoke from ancient ruins. To fulfill loyal Gregor’s final wish, she intervened and saved three young children suffering in a slave camp, bestowing upon them respectively the sacred blessings of strength, wisdom, and alchemy. Under Soter’s tutelage and protection while she concealed her identity, the three became the Empire’s foremost gladiator, chief orator, and youngest master alchemist. When the three came of age, they were deceived by their fake noble parents with ulterior motives, a hypocritical fiancée, and a malicious best friend. They ignored Soter’s warnings, disdained her commoner status, and arrogantly severed their adoptive relationship with her. The instant the contract was dissolved, Soter withdrew all her blessings, and the three immediately turned back into worthless wretches. After losing their powers, the three suffered backlash: Elian was kidnapped by his fake parents and died miserably on an altar as a sacrifice to lift his family’s Abyssal curse; Kyle was tortured by his fiancée and reduced to slavery; and Lucian was framed by his best friend, imprisoned, and made a scapegoat. Meanwhile, Soter revealed her true identity as the Savior to the kingdom’s high nobles and, at a pilgrimage ceremony, bestowed upon the loyal the “Soul Candle,” which could preserve youth forever. After learning the truth, Kyle and Lucian tried to beg Soter for mercy, but she coldly refused. In despair, Lucian allied with Abyssal cultists, attempting to release and summon the sealed Abyss Lord to kill Soter. However, upon awakening, the Abyss Lord immediately recognized the Savior who had once sealed him, was so terrified that he knelt and begged for mercy on the spot, and was ultimately effortlessly and completely erased by Soter. After the crisis was resolved, Soter declined the kingdom’s nobles’ entreaties to build a temple for her, mounted Pegasus, and headed to the Northern Kingdom to quell a new disaster.