"Our blood is the same, we just use it differently." -Patrick deWitt The story revolves around a man, who has seen the horrors of war as the life of a mercenary came to an end during the counter-offensive in the southern Chinese provinces. Yet, this all changes after a deity gives him a 2nd chance in life, in return for destroying a reincarnator like him from a rivaling gods who oversee their world. Even the shadows can bleed.