Gilded Ashes: When Shadows Reign - Chapter 323: First Words

It is said that humans only reveal 5% of their DNA. The person you perceive yourself to be and the person others judge you for is determined by this 5%. No one can know what is in the hidden 95%.

Just like how everyone adored heroes in their childhood, a certain young man adored those powers hidden in shadows. After hiding his strength and living the mediocre life of a mob character by day while undergoing frenzied training by night, he finally reincarnates into a different world and gains ultimate power. The young man who is only playing at being a power in the shadows, his misunderstanding subordinates, and a giant organization in the shadows that gets trampled…. This is the story of a young boy who had adored powers in shadows possibly eventually reigning over the world of shadows in another world.

This is a time of great powers: The vast Persia, Sparta that is founded by force, Athens with its trade and business, Thebes the rising star, The ambitious Macedonia, The twin heroes of the Western Mediterranean, The rising Rome and so on.

This is an era of brilliant stars: Agesilaus II – the last king of Sparta, Epaminondas – the Rising General of Thebes, Philip II – the founder of Macedonian hegemon, Dionysius – the tyrant of Syracuse, Camillus – the Roman dictator and savior…

This is an era of contention among a hundred schools of thought: Plato – the great philosopher, Antisthenes – founder of cynicism, Pythagoras – school of number, Democritus – the encyclopedia scholar, Hippocrates – the father of western medicine, Aristophanes – the great dramatist…

What will the hero bring to the world when he comes to this age as a humble mercenary through rebirth?

- Description from Novelupdates

Died while saving his dear friend and cursing the arrogant general, Leo gets reincarnated into a world ravaged by magical beasts.Here, strength speaks for everything, and the weak are killed at the whims of the strong. Leo awakens as the lowest-tier Beast Master. Just as he was thinking he would again end up under the command of some stupid general who was the reason for his death last time, he received a gift from a mysterious entity.[Primordial Beast Dominion system]Now, surrounded by people who see him as a weakling, his journey to grow the strongest has begun.Where everyone is beating their head to make their beast grow and unlock their potential, Leo uses the system to break his limiter and grow fast and surprisingly strong.With dual talent, a broken system and a yandere sister, he embarks on the journey to rise at the top of the food chain.