Five years ago, humanity’s strongest Tower Climber was betrayed at the peak of his conquest.Rael Arden, known only by his codename Phantom, was the silent genius who cleared impossible floors, crushed monsters with forbidden magic, and shaped the rules of Tower exploration. No one had ever seen his real face—yet his legend was feared across the world.But at the Tower’s summit, the teammates he carried to glory stabbed him in the back. For power. For godhood. For fear of what he might become.They thought he died.They were wrong.Reincarnated in secret, Rael awakens in a modern world that’s on the edge of collapse. Dungeons bleed into cities. Monsters evolve. The Tower is no longer just a gate—it’s infecting the world. And the very ones who betrayed him now rule from the shadows, hiding behind titles, guilds, and lies.But Rael isn’t alone. His soul split across hidden clone bodies, each designed to infiltrate, gather information, and prepare for war. As each clone reawakens, his power grows—and so does his rage.With him are three women tied to his fate:Selene, the shadow rogue who never betrayed him.Lyra, a curious researcher drawn to the legend of the Phantom.Aeris, the sword saint who still mourns his death… and may not be as loyal to the enemy as she seems.Now, Rael hunts the seven betrayers who destroyed his past.One by one, they will fall.But revenge is just the beginning.Because deep within the Tower, something else is waking—an ancient force that even Rael feared. And this time, the world may not survive unless the Phantom reigns again.

At the High Temple of Elaria, Lyra collapsed to her knees mid-ritual. A blinding light had pierced her vision—a voice calling her name through the divine veil.


A voice layered in countless echoes. Cold. Familiar. Undeniable.


Elsewhere, inside the Guild Assembly Hall, a council of top-ranked Hunters watched a grainy recording on loop. A shadowed figure wielding a crimson-bladed phantom sword, cutting down a Reaper-class entity in one strike.


"I'm requesting a formal investigation," she declared. "This man used Rael Valtair's exclusive technique."


One guild master scoffed. "Rael is dead. And even if someone inherited the skill—"


"No one could replicate that move. Not without his soul."


Then Selene dropped the last bomb: "And the tower's AI system just flagged Floor 61 with a Level Omega anomaly. The same signature that appeared the day Rael died."


Meanwhile, in a hidden chamber beneath the ruins of the forgotten Sanctum, the real Rael opened his eyes fully for the first time in decades.


The clones had gathered relics. The system had awakened. His memories were complete. And his body, reforged by both divine and cursed mana, pulsed with terrifying potential.


"Selene suspects. Aeris knows. Lyra remembers."


He raised a hand, and the black air shimmered—his control over space magic bending the room itself.


"Let them. They were the only ones who never truly abandoned me."


He looked to the tower's peak—the domain of the traitorous gods.


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