Whispers in the Fog

The rain in Erdem always carries the smell of coal ash, just like the city is accustomed to disappearances and deaths. Newsboy Adrian's life completely collapsed on a rainy night when his parents died tragically in mysterious ways. The cold black crystal in the pool of blood, "Midnight, Shadow Follow, Drink" written in his father's twisted handwriting, dragged him into the mysterious world of the three pillars of the Secret Keeper, the Kirigakure Society and the Forgotten Sect. After drinking the shadow servant potion, his shadow began to have self-awareness; stepping into the underground ruins, the ruins of ancient civilizations and the whispers of the fragments of the outer gods followed closely. The notes left by his father contain shocking secrets. The traces of the eighth outer god fragment "Heart of Shadow Abyss" implicates the traitors within the Keeper and the curse of the ancestors that has not awakened for thousands of years. From a weak shadow servant who evades pursuit, to a shadow hunter who controls the shadows, Adrian struggles on the edge of losing control and moves forward amid betrayal and sacrifice. He wants to find out the truth behind his father's death, rescue his trapped mother, and even prevent the doomsday coming from the alien gods. But the shadow is never only in the dark - when his own shadow becomes the biggest threat, when the person he trusts most hides a fatal lie, Adrian finally understands: in the darkness of Erdem, there is a fear older than death, and only by facing the abyss can he keep the glimmer of light called "hope". "Shadows are not scary. What is scary is forgetting that you come from the light." This revenge and protection that begins on a rainy night will eventually reveal the ultimate secret of the world.