At eighteen, Shen Xun awakened to his ability: the lycoris flower. The last flower of spring, gone once it blooms.
His father said it was an ill omen. Later, his father died. His brothers died. His comrades died. One SSS-rank Awakened after another fell at the end of the road.
He led those who remained and kept moving forward. Even if they couldn’t win, they still had to fight. If they didn’t fight, how could they know they couldn’t win?
Some betrayed them. Some died in battle. Some blew up their beast cores to cover the retreat. Some stayed in love with someone for a lifetime without ever saying a word.
In the end, all six made it out alive. But the ones who came out alive were not six people.
He was the one sent to the end of the road, and the one who brought everyone back.
