SUMMONED AS A DEFECTIVE Level 1 Sage, Ren Tanaka hides a terrifying truth. His "magic" is Voidheart—the power to wield concepts from the primordial void. It defies all laws, unnerves his newfound party, and marks him as a heretic to the gods' Celestial Inquisition. To protect his first friends—su...

Summoned as a Hero, Kazuki is branded "defective" with F-rank magic. Yet, a god's error granted him the Elder Codex—authority over reality's True Names. Isolated and scorned, he hides overwhelming power while his classmates bask in glory. But when ancient shadows rise, his silent commands unravel...

After a life of abuse ends in suicide, Kazuki is reborn in a magical world with god-like power and a hollow heart. He becomes the "Hollow Demon," a merciless force of destruction, until he meets Elara, a Saintess who tends a sunlit glade in a corrupt forest. Unafraid of his power, she sees only h...