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THE MARK OF CONVERGENCE

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When the sky tore open and dimensions collided, Ji-hu lost everything. In sixty seconds, the world ended. Roads became alien landscapes. Monsters poured through reality's broken seams. Ji-hu's parents died. His fourteen-year-old sister Hana saved him from drowning. And in the chaos, he killed something with his bare hands—an act that would haunt him for years. In the aftermath, the survivors changed. Some awakened with powers tied to what they endured during that first minute. Fire for those who burned. Water for those who drowned. Strength for those who refused to die. Hana awakened the next day, became a prodigy, rose to S-rank—the highest tier of hunters who now fight to reclaim a broken world. Ji-hu awakened three years later. Too late. Too weak. D-rank, the lowest rung, with unstable dual affinities that sputter and fail when he needs them most. Taken in by Yuna, a shopkeeper with her own losses and a small dojo she's trying to turn into a guild, Ji-hu begins the long climb from nothing. But something is different about him. His growth doesn't match his rank. His power grows twice as fast as it should. And deep inside, a mark he doesn't understand is changing everything. As Ji-hu fights alongside Yuna—clearing small zones, gathering artifacts, building something from nothing—he begins to close the gap between himself and the sister he could never protect. But the world is changing again. Bigger threats are coming. And the rift in the sky is still there, waiting, unreachable. Somewhere on the other side, something is watching. And it's not done with Earth yet. --- A story about family, loss, and the slow climb from nothing. About the gap between who we are and who we need to become. And about the marks we carry—visible and hidden—that shape our fate.
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