Veyne came from the life of sewer rats.
The world saw him as a failure. He called it belief. Others called it stupidity. Either way, it was the only thing he had left.
Even at rock bottom, Veyne never stopped believing in himself.
Betrayed by his lover and brother, treated as a burden, and forced to slave endlessly in the game to chase his dream—he endured it all.
Though late, his obsession was finally rewarded with an opportunity. But the sewer rat in him was too weak to hold onto it. He had fought the world and lost.
Actions have consequences. And when he failed in the game, those consequences caught up to him, leading to his death.
But the universe wasn’t done with him yet.
Given a second chance, he returned to a time when the game had already been out for two years. This time, he rushed to obtain the Template Wilder class—the very class that led to his downfall.
One of the game’s rarest hidden classes, the Wilder class, allowed him to switch into different forms based on the monster templates he possessed. An overpowered ability—but it came with a fatal catch.
A hidden template forced him into the form of an ancient baby creature, one so cursed that players, monsters, and even NPCs would hunt him down. If he died in that form, his character would be permanently deleted.
In his past life, he underestimated the class’s dangers. And the world tore him apart for it.
This time, it wouldn’t be just hollow belief.
This time, he’s not here to survive—he’s here to dominate.
No emotional ties.
 No second chances.
 The entire game is his enemy, and he will crush anyone who stands in his way.
He failed once. He suffered. He died. He was erased.
Not this time.
This is the beginning of his legend. The era of Veyne Draven.

After the satisfying breakfast, Veyne walked back to his room.


He had been out of the game for almost 14 hours. Wasting no more time, he lay on his bed and placed the headset on his head.


As he tapped the power button on the top of the headset, the familiar green light scanned his eyes, and in the next moment, the user messages appeared before him.


[User registration confirmed. Logging in...]


[Welcome to the world of Apex Ascension.]


Everything started to become dark around him, like all his senses were going numb one by one.


Soon, everything around him blacked out.


The next second, a bright light hit his face. He was back before his template lab.


[The lab is shifting out of the ideal time.]


Not long after, Weyril teleported next to him and bowed. "Good to see you, boss."


Forsyx smiled at him and asked, "So what is the lab's current status?"


Chapter 76 - The way of killer