The human world was in chaos, and the world of other races was not much better. The endless emergence of cults and rebel armies gave every race a terrible headache.
Where there was oppression, there was resistance. Extraordinary power provided rulers with military security, but it was also the source of social unrest.
There would always be some lucky soul burdened with a blood feud who, by chance, suddenly encountered a fortuitous opportunity and soared to greatness, embarking on a path of revenge.
Yet this revenge-and-rise-up model was not something the vested interests wanted to see. Even if revenge succeeded, the avenger could only be branded a heretical cultist.
Without question, all these opportunities came with a price set by unseen hands.
Over the past few years, an especially large number of Beastfolk on the Great Plains had encountered such opportunities.
Though they were merely incomplete cultivation methods, along with crash-course potions that forcibly unlocked potential at the cost of life, none of that was a problem for protagonists seeking revenge.
As smuggling flourished, some "protagonist revenge" novels tailored specifically for Beastfolk began spreading across the Great Plains.
Their protagonists all carried blood feuds and fought their way upward step by step. For those with similar experiences, the sense of identification was incredibly strong.
The common theme of such novels was this: advocate decisive killing.
If there was a conflict, kill. Never mind right or wrong, and never mind who the other party was. Kill enough people, and one became the embodiment of justice.
It was as if one could not become a protagonist without slaughter. Otherwise, one could only toil like an ox or horse for life, allowing one's enemies to enslave and torment them.
Before long, these books became banned on the Great Plains. Yet the stories within