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THE LAST BEARER

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Year 3054. The magical seal that for five thousand years contained the Kartnod — a family linked to magical technology — has been broken. Magic has returned to the world, and with it, a war humanity had long forgotten. “A five-thousand-year war was built upon a fragmented truth, and each generation inherited an incomplete version of it.” Noah ÓBroin, considered the weakest of his lineage, fled from his destiny. However, the Mark has chosen him. The essence of the First Bearer begins to awaken within him, fragmenting his mind with memories that are not entirely his… or perhaps they are. His guardian, Eleonor, is the only constant amid the collapse. Forced to protect him since childhood, their relationship is marked by distrust, resentment, and a responsibility neither of them chose. Meanwhile, the Eagle faction — infiltrated within the guardian families — begins to move pieces across the world. Their leader, Valerius, has orchestrated the fall of guardian family bases in several countries while seeking to release the sealed Kartnod in the Mirror Dimension. With the five guardian families mobilizing into an unprecedented global war, Noah must confront the truth behind the Mark and decide what he truly is when the consciousness of the First Bearer fully awakens.
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Beauty and the Thief [BL]

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