The Dragon Successor

Liam Blaze was born weak in a world that worships strength.

Bullied for his "useless" self-healing ability, looked down upon by everyone except his family, and warned to stay away from the girl he secretly loves, Liam has long accepted that he will never amount to anything.

Until the day a Zone collapses in the middle of the city.

Thrown into a desperate fight for survival, Liam makes a choice that costs him everything, he throws himself in front of a D-Rank Hobgoblin to save a little girl he barely knows. Broken, bleeding, and moments from death, Liam is pulled into an ancient dragon's prison by a cataclysmic roar that shakes the entire city.

There, he meets the Overlord of the Immortal Flame, an ancient, imprisoned dragon whose core was stolen and whose power has been sealed for over a millennium.

In exchange for a chance at true strength, Liam must survive the dragon’s deadly trial and prove his resolve to a being who finds him both amusing and pathetic.

But freedom comes at a price. The one who imprisoned the Immortal Flame has now turned his sights on Earth.

With a guillotine hanging over his world, can Liam grow strong enough to stop it before it falls?