As the adage goes, once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather.

Ximen Evrin was the living example of that fact.

After his mother died, his life went downhill. His father married a woman that would do everything to keep him excluded from the family and the wealth his father accumulated.

Under her machinations, he was sent to be an assistant in the world's strongest research center.

Bullying was the norm and he remained powerless.

Then, an explosion happened.

When he opened his eyes again, he had been transported to Geiva, a new world that was eerily similar to the video game he plays in his spare time.

In this world, power had the say in everything. Being weak was a sin.

Ximen thought he would still be the useless nobody he was in his previous life but a chime changed everything.

[Ding! Starting gene optimization. Targeted genes: The Nightmare Fiend.]