I Got Cast as a Nobody in a Dating Sim, but Somehow Became the God of Destruction

[Western fantasy plot + adventure and exploration + unclear romantic pairing + female-centered + no saintly heroine + slow-burn growth]

The first high-freedom exploration otome game in the galaxy, with no fixed romance targets, was released. Ling Wei spent a whole night completing its open-ended storylines. Yet after all that effort, the loyalty stat of the noble knight who guarded her faithfully remained at zero. Ling Wei suspected he was a statue come to life, with no heart. The angel Lutherfield, who assigned quests at the shrine, also had an affection level of zero. As Ling Wei tirelessly ground through quests, she could practically hear her heart breaking. The merfolk NPCs were all designed as potential romance targets and even came with their own background music, yet there wasn’t even an interaction option, let alone a romance meter.

The good news: The full-dive otome game became a real-life experience.

The bad news: The story was based on well-known history.

Ling Wei had planned to keep her head down and play the part of an ordinary passerby. Little did she know that someone would give up their very essence to keep the world alive, while someone else would bury their obsession for ages so she could remember the past. Through a twist of fate, she shook the foundations of the magical realm and stirred up a world rife with lies and desire. Step by step, she turned the outcome of a wager against fate on its head. The paths before her crisscrossed, yet all led to one thing: freeing her from her conditioning so she could reclaim her rage and power.

PS: This is a new writer’s first novel. It only uses an otome game setup. If you have to label it, then I guess it’s an original female-lead world faction story (I just learned that term). I’m not part of any fandom circles, and I don’t understand a lot of the terminology. If you want to argue, you’re right either way~ Sometimes there’ll be some dry humor and terrible jokes, haha.