Clipping Through Fate

Korshan Drast’s doom was sealed the day a mysterious courier delivered a blood-soaked parcel containing his own execution order - dated exactly three years in the future. The shock reawakens his suppressed memories of a past life as the top speedrunner of a notoriously punishing RPG. He realizes he is trapped as a mid-game villain destined to die. Worse, his mana channels are permanently calcified, leaving him utterly defenseless against his enemies' magic. But spells are useless against a man who knows how to break reality's physics. By weaponizing dodge-roll invincibility frames, out-of-bounds clipping, and sequence-breaking trigger zones, Korshan begins a cold, calculated campaign of revenge. His first step? Stealing the mythical geode meant for the game’s rightful heroine, Iscara, which hatches into a primordial dread-wyrm. Yet, as Iscara misinterprets his ruthless efficiency for brooding heroism and falls madly in love with him - sparking a bittersweet, unspoken bond he refuses to indulge - Korshan's perfectly glitched run hits a snag. A haughty elven princess is suddenly clinging to him, the game's code is actively adapting to his exploits, and his most trusted mentor is hiding a sinister agenda. Can a man who cannot cast a single spell outsmart a system designed to kill him?