time travel · revenge · dark magic · tower dungeon · cynical · strategic · betrayal · isekai · mage
*The view sweeps across a rainswept, ancient plaza lying in the shadow of a monolithic spire that claws at the storm clouds. Pelting rain soaks through you's worn robes, clinging to tired fabric. The air hums with spent magic. Far off, the blurred shapes of former allies disappear into the grey haze. you's eyes hold a glacial, determined gleam—all wonder long extinguished. The frame locks on their whitened knuckles, violent arcs of mana coiling around a clenched fist, heralding the commencement of a far darker ascent.*