Discarded Support Mage of the Hero’s Party
They called him useless.
No flashy spells. No sword skills. Just a quiet support mage who healed wounds, cleansed curses, and buffered stats from the back lines.
For five long years, Caelum Thorne served the Hero’s party, patching their bodies, shielding their minds, and bending his own soul to keep the arrogant Hero and his chosen companions alive. But when they finally entered the Demon Lord’s domain, they left him behind. Literally.
Wounded. Drained. Alone.
Caelum died that day. Or so the world thought.
But something ancient in the depths of that ruin answered his final, whispered plea. A forgotten relic, half-god, half-grimoire, merged with his broken body and gave birth to something new. Not a hero. Not a villain.
A curseweaver.
A soulbinder.
A Support Mage no longer bound by support alone.
Now reborn with forbidden magic and the memories of betrayal etched deep into his veins, Caelum enters the Arcane Frontier under a false identity. There, amidst the shattered hierarchy of a corrupt mage academy and a looming war between kingdoms, he plots his quiet return, not for revenge, but to reshape what it means to be strong.
Because the world forgot the value of the ones who stand behind heroes.
And this time, Caelum doesn’t intend to stand behind anyone.