Demon Contract: Soul on a Timer

Han Jiho was dying. Stage four cancer, three months to live, no awakened ability, no money for mana-therapy. Then a demon appeared at his hospital bedside and offered a deal: ten years of perfect health and S-rank power in exchange for his soul at the end of the contract. Jiho signed. Now he's the most powerful hunter in Korea with an expiration date stamped on his existence. Every demon-granted ability costs 'soul fragments' — pieces of his humanity that erode with each use. The more power he uses, the faster his soul deteriorates. Use too much, and he won't last the ten years. Use too little, and he can't protect the people he sold his soul to save. But the demon who made the deal has a hidden agenda, and Jiho is starting to suspect that the contract has fine print written in a language humans were never meant to read. The world is grim, morally complex, and unforgiving. Power comes at a cost, and the line between hero and villain blurs with every chapter. This is fantasy with teeth — expect mature themes, difficult choices, and consequences that linger.