Prologue

I was trash.

"Ridiculous, how can there be beggars as shameless as that kid?"

''What do you want, mutt. I don't even have scraps, so get lost."

"Oh? Want some food? Beg for it then, little boy."

From men to women, they all despise me as they look at my appearance.

"Mommy, is that a monster?"

"Don't look at him, son. You shouldn't get anywhere near him."

I am what's known as a Pathless.

"I'm sorry, but your son doesn't appear to have any aptitude for a Path."

"So useless! Why did I even give birth to you!?"

"Son, you should leave. We can't… we won't provide you anything if you stay, so it's best you go out into life early."

I was nine when my own parents disowned me.

"Heh, look, it's the loser trash of the class."

"Ohoho! Guys, it's the Pathless little shit. What should we do to him?"

"We're sorry, but the school can't help you with anything."

My life has been nothing but ridicule and embarrassment. Hope was not in sight, only the darkness of Death that approached each day.

"Heh, no one's gonna care, so why not test our Spells on him? I need live practice if I want to be selected for the Tower anyways."

"Bruh, c'mon, that's such a good idea! Why didn't you think of that before, leader?"

"Haha, well, now I just did."

And my meager life, my unknown existence was reduced to a burnt mess dying in an alleyway.

"...Why?"

My own voice, I don't even know if I have one to begin with.

"Why is my life… such a waste…?"

I cursed my existence. I curse my helplessness, my inability to act and defend even my own life. And now, for that inability, I'm near death's door.

"........I don't want to die."

Everyone has such a desire, more so when they're young. But that desire, that wish, it isn't going to come true just because I said it outloud.

"....Can anyone, save me?"

Of course, such a weak plea in an empty alleyway might as well become like the wind.

However, it didn't become like the wind.

[You wish to live?]

".....Yes. Please."

[A Summon Request has been issued]

A calling to the most qualified of Humanity. An invitation to become a Legend, and to be recorded in some place called the Hall of Fame. It is a calling coming from a 'tower' in another World. Some place designed by something, someone known as Absolute Death.

[Would you like to abandon your life?]

"......Yes. Please."

[Assigning you a Meeting]

[Welcome to the Tower, dear Challenger]