The Hidden Apex: Vengeance of the Omega Waste

Ethan, the second son of the Northern Marquisate, spent eighteen years playing the fool—mocked by his entire clan as an "Omega waste" who couldn't even shift into wolf form. His malicious stepmother poisoned him daily with aconite, his pure-blood Alpha brother humiliated him endlessly, and even the proud princess he was forced to marry drew her blade on him. But no one in the world knew that this seemingly dissolute playboy was actually the legendary ranger "Silver Shadow," who made the entire continent tremble—and that within him flowed the only "Ancient Silver Wolf" bloodline in three thousand years. When the Blood Moon Trial descended, a rampaging giant beast crushed every Alpha in the clan and demanded the princess as its "mate," the entire court trembled in terror. Ethan rose lazily, crushing a thousand-pound steel weapon with one hand amidst the crowd's mockery, and tore the four-meter mutant beast apart barehanded. As the silver thunder shattered the dungeon and ancient Moon God runes lit up the night sky, his stepmother suffered a toxic backlash, and the Grand Elder was reduced to ashes by a single punch. The once-cold princess wept and begged him not to leave, but Ethan, surrounded by kneeling warriors, walked into the wilderness alone as a wolf. "Want to atone now? Sorry—I'm not taking it."