Lee Se-hoon, the blacksmith of humanity’s final resistance squad, fought demons to the bitter end. He did not swing a sword. He did not cast spells. He forged the weapons that others used to kill. Every blade, every armor, every tool of survival came from his hands.
The battle ended in mutual annihilation. Humanity died. The demons died. The world itself was destroyed, reduced to ash and silence.
Faced with that futile conclusion, Se-hoon took his own life.
Then he opened his eyes.
“What the hell is this?”
He was back in his candidate days at Babel, the hero-training institution. Young again. Weak again. Surrounded by the same people who would die alongside him in the future. The same demons still lurking in the shadows. The same apocalypse still waiting.
Given a second chance, Se-hoon resolves to use anything and everything as material if it will lead to victory. Anything. His own body. His own sanity. The lives of those around him. There is no line he will not cross, no cost he will not pay.
He knows how the first timeline ended. He knows that being a good blacksmith is not enough. This time, he will forge more than weapons. He will forge outcomes. He will forge victories. He will forge a future where humanity does not burn.
And anyone who gets in his way is just another material to use.
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