Fifty years ago, the Abyss appeared in the world, and the world was never the same. 

From the Abyss emerged Magical Beasts with unimaginable strength and power that sought to prey on humans and destroy the human race.

Yet, alongside the Abyss was a power to awaken a magical occupation that grants its bearers magical abilities, enabling them to fight back.

Now, awakened humans with magical abilities are tasked with venturing deep into the Abyss to destroy it once and for all.

But there is more to the Abyss than humanity knew.

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Thoren Starfall has been plagued by disease since his childhood. 

To save him from the Mana-Eating Worm, his parents took a high-interest loan when he was close to dying. 

When Thoren Starfall recovered from the disease, he awakened the weakest occupation: a Necromancer.

As an Awakener, it is compulsory for him to venture into the Abyss, but with a useless occupation, his fate is already decided. 

Having lost their first daughter to the Abyss, the Starfall family fell into despair. 
Thoren, however, is different. 

While everyone calls his occupation useless, he believes otherwise. 

Hidden beneath his weak occupation lies an Ex-Rank talent, one that even he doesn’t fully understand. 

But first, he must venture into the Abyss and return in less than 14 days to protect his parents from becoming slaves.

While the human towns were consumed by news of the beast attack, the scene deep within the uncharted territory told a different story.


Across a vast grass plain, a terrifying battle raged. The Knight Order's elite squad stood in tight formation, shields interlocked, boots dug deep into the blood-soaked earth.


Their shields held steady, their hearts pounded heavily, and they swung their weapons with all their might.


"HOLD YOUR GROUND!" a voice boomed across the battlefield. "PUSH BACK!"


"NOT ON OUR WATCH WILL WE LET THIS EVILDOER GO!"


At the sound of that voice, the exhausted members of the Knight Order felt their blood surge anew. Their morale soared despite their fatigue.


"THE KNIGHT ORDER!" the knights answered in unison, veins bulging across their foreheads.


"I CAN'T HEAR YOU! I ASKED…WHO ARE WE?"


"WE ARE THE KNIGHT ORDER! THE PROTECTORS OF THE HUMAN RACE!"


Chapter 138 - Making Their Stand.