Bastards Ascension: A Playground of Gods Novel

Kieran Marcoth is no chosen hero—just a boy born into misfortune, neither blessed nor damned. When divine wrath devastated the world, leaving cities in ruins and families gone, the gods granted humanity Talents as a means of survival. On the day Kieran awaits his own Talent, he discovers something unexpected: a hidden SSS-ranked ability with a mysterious catch. Instead of celebration, he faces ridicule and betrayal. Instructors sneer, classmates mock, and bullying escalates until violence nearly kills him. Bleeding and humiliated, a system message arrives: he has been selected as a God Candidate, tasked with defeating others to become the next god of the ruined world. Kieran feels no triumph, only cold determination. He doesn't seek power or glory, but vengeance against those who destroyed him. His journey begins not as a hero or monster, but as a broken boy with nothing left to lose. The question remains: will the world shatter him again, or will he rise as the god who remakes it?