I, the Blacksmith NPC, Control the Fourth Calamity

Karl was just an NPC blacksmith in a starting village—until he wasn't. Awakening self-awareness before the game's shutdown, he escaped deletion and slipped into the real Atheria continent with his memories intact and a cheat system at his fingertips. Now tens of thousands of immortal "players" are descending on this living world, treating it as their new playground. To everyone else, these respawning lunatics are the dreaded Fourth Calamity. To Karl? They're the perfect workforce. Every weapon he forges carries echoes of divine wars and void trajectories. That beginner's sword? Fragment of a f…