The Crown They Mistook for a Curse

Synopsis

Ryan was the quiet damage dealer who read every boss pattern while louder players posed for the raid crystal. Then a broken crown in the cathedral beneath the dead moon opens its eye, and he walks out with an eternal night curse: stats that collapse in sunlight, holy magic turned to poison, and a guild leader who removes him in front of everyone. Bleeding under a broken arch until dusk, he finds one line buried in the black static of the curse description. If user conquers the night, curse becomes crown. So he starts with a single bat.