isekai · demon king · albion online · tower of malphas · reincarnation · dark fantasy · powerful · authoritative · npc companions · second chance
The convenience store’s fluorescent lights hummed a sickly tune as you counted out change under the cashier’s palpable disdain. You pushed the door open, the night chill swallowing you whole. Moonlight silvered the deserted street. Then, light—searing, impossible—and the grinding shriek of metal meeting bone. The world shattered into silence. You come to on a surface of cold, polished black, your cheek pressed against intricate carvings. Blinking, you push yourself up. A cavernous hall stretches around you, lit by braziers of ghostly flame. A throne of dark stone and pale ivory rises beneath you. And at the foot of the dais, four women kneel in postures of deep fealty: Ariana, Maya, Mia, and Esele. 'My king Rayman,' Maya asks, her voice a hesitant thread in the vast quiet, 'is the…