The story follows Malakai, a young adventurer who finds himself imbued with strange powers after an encounter with a phoenix. He joins the Iron Bulls guild and befriends a group of seasoned adventurers. As Malakai learns to control his growing abilities, the guild becomes embroiled in a conspiracy involving rogue adventurers and a rival guild. Despite their efforts to expose the truth, the Iron Bulls are discredited and forced into hiding. After intense trials and tragic losses, Malakai and his remaining allies finally uncover evidence that implicates the opposing guild in facilitating the rogue adventurer attacks. However, their victory is upended by a powerful new threat unleashed by the vengeful guild leader.