Cursed Relic Collector

Magic flows through relics, traded by the gods in exchange for rare offerings—a system forever beyond Dain’s reach as a lowly trinket merchant. But when cultists attempt to sacrifice him on an altar, his desperation births a reckless plan: build his own altar and seize the power to hunt them down. His defiance awakens something worse. The altar calls to a forgotten god, one who deals only in cursed relics. Now Dain scours the wilds, slaughtering magic beasts to barter their remains for increasingly twisted artifacts. Each cursed relic grants him strength—and drags him deeper into the schemes of enemies who wield divine power like a birthright. To survive, he must outwit gods and unravel ancient plots, even as the relics’ corruption coils tighter around his soul. The hunt has begun, but the price of vengeance may be his humanity.