Nico returns to his birthplace after five years in exile, stripped of divine strength and dressed in filthy rags. The very citizens he once shielded from slaughter now jeer at him in the streets, convinced their former champion has turned into a spineless drifter. Only Selena still treats him with quiet kindness.
When a savage barbarian horde breaches the fortress walls, panic consumes the defenseless settlement. To keep Selena alive, Nico must swallow public humiliation and unleash the forbidden combat techniques that cost him his standing on Olympus. He risks exposing his sealed identity to save people who despise him.
