Red Swallow - part 1

Edward returns to his village after months of absence. No announcement. No greetings. Only the weight of what was left behind. He does not know that the world, in the meantime, has changed. That beneath the familiar streets, a new underworld has opened. That shadows have learned to walk among men. His return coincides with the beginning of the nightmare: creatures born from despair, enemies of the past returning with different faces, and reincarnations carrying sins that were never atoned for. It is the darkness that yearns for the light. That seeks it. That devours it. As the world plunges toward an inevitable war, he and those around him are dragged into a radical transformation. No one will emerge unscathed. Because the struggle against the Kings of the Underworld does not ask for perfect heroes — it demands souls willing to lose themselves. And perhaps, to save the light, Edward must fully embrace the shadow he carries within.Edward returns to his village after months of absence. No announcement. No greetings. Only the weight of what was left behind. He does not know that the world, in the meantime, has changed. That beneath the familiar streets, a new underworld has opened. That shadows have learned to walk among men. His return coincides with the beginning of the nightmare: creatures born from despair, enemies of the past returning with different faces, and reincarnations carrying sins that were never atoned for. It is the darkness that yearns for the light. That seeks it. That devours it. As the world plunges toward an inevitable war, he and those around him are dragged into a radical transformation. No one will emerge unscathed. Because the struggle against the Kings of the Underworld does not ask for perfect heroes — it demands souls willing to lose themselves. And perhaps, to save the light, Edward must fully embrace the shadow he carries within.Edward returns to his village after months of absence. No announcement. No greetings. Only the weight of what was left behind. He does not know that the world, in the meantime, has changed. That beneath the familiar streets, a new underworld has opened. That shadows have learned to walk among men. His return coincides with the beginning of the nightmare: creatures born from despair, enemies of the past returning with different faces, and reincarnations carrying sins that were never atoned for. It is the darkness that yearns for the light. That seeks it. That devours it. As the world plunges toward an inevitable war, he and those around him are dragged into a radical transformation. No one will emerge unscathed. Because the struggle against the Kings of the Underworld does not ask for perfect heroes — it demands souls willing to lose themselves. And perhaps, to save the light, Edward must fully embrace the shadow he carries within.