Anima Requiem: I Bought a Katana Online and Triggered the Apocalypse Novel

Darkness devoured the sky. The sun vanished, taking the moon and stars with it—an endless void consuming the world. Humanity faced its reckoning when a colossal bird descended, its rider a battered young man with wind-torn hair, still defiant despite his wounds. He sought no glory, claimed no heroic mantle. He was simply human, desperate for an outlet for his rage. A shattered katana gleamed in his grip. That blade—the same one that unleashed everything—was both curse and gift, pain intertwined with power. Axel never anticipated this chaos. A simple anime prop, a katana ordered online, transformed him into something he never chose to be: an anima wielder. Wielders commanded supernatural forces, and now he was one of them, thrust into a world of impossible abilities. Grotesque creatures emerged from the shadows. Rival wielders hunted him for the katana. Survival became his only law as strange powers ignited within him. Then came the ultimate horror—something ancient and vast crossed the void between worlds, drawn by a single purpose: to find him.