Within him festers a void, and with every drop of blood his sword drinks, that void only hungers more. From a child to a monster hunter, Zellrid never hesitated to choose between the lesser or greater evil until the day he was cursed by Azathot himself, becoming the vessel for an eldritch horror. Desperate to rid himself of the curse, Zellrid journeys across the continent, seeking a way to banish the monster within. Along the way, he encounters many allies and enemies, ultimately taking a god-slayer as his companion in this dark mission. Yet as Zellrid approaches the final piece of the puzzle, a chilling realization dawns: the void within him is not merely a curse ….