What happens when your karma is perfectly balanced?

"A-Anyways, enough chit-chat! Time to evaluate your karma!"

It felt like someone was reaching a hand into my very soul and firmly grasped it, basically it felt like pins and needles on my very existence. The deity really wanted to get a feel of my soul by the way they were touching it. Finally, after a while, the feeling subsided and the deity's hand stopped touching my soul.

"This can't be..." the deity exclaimed breathlessly. "There's just no way..."

My stupid ass floated like around waiting for my evaluation while the death god murmured to itself in disbelief. You know how I said the death god's voice felt all-encompassing? Yeah, even his whispers felt like mini pins and needles on my soul.

After a while of schizophrenic-level whispers, I started getting worried. I wasn't THAT bad in life, right? I mean, I'd say I was a pretty chill dude. I tried not to cause trouble, and always paid my respects. Or maybe the death god was awestruck by my brave sacrifice to save my sister, that or he's laughing his ass off.

Finally, I had the balls to ask what was wrong. "Anything wrong over there...?"

A brief silence followed before the deity spoke again. "It seems like you are what we- I CALL- a special existence..."

Special existence? What's so special about me, is my karma too low or too high?

The deity took a deep breath. "...actually, it's perfectly balanced...and I mean PERFECTLY! It's as if you were static your whole life!"

That felt like both a compliment and a slap to the face at the same time.

17-year old Ezra Martin lived a pretty quiet life: a best friend, a bratty little sister, and a whole lot of homework. However, while coming home from school, Martin dies saving his loved ones from a fire. But alas, in the afterlife, he discovers he has something unnatural: a perfect balance of karma. Not able to go to neither Heaven nor Hel, he is instead reincarnated into a whole new world entirely.

In this new world, becoming the strongest is everything. Kingdoms are at each other's throat, races look down on one another, and the strong rule like gods. As an anomaly, Martin will need to adapt and figure out ways to become stronger while performing a delicate balancing act with his own karma. Every decision he takes is important and will have a significant impact on not just the world, but himself as well. There will be sacrifices, losses, and defeat. But there will triumph, victories, and celebration. Martin cares not for becoming the strongest for domination, he simply wants to protect what he cares about. He has one goal, and one goal only:

To build the perfect civilization.

What to expect: - A heavy focus on politics, kingdom-building, and strategy. - While the MC is powerful, he is not ridiculously OP. Expect long-drawn out battles that play into the strategy theme, but also expect moments of true strength. - Heavy worldbuilding and lots and lots of lore. This world is extremely detailed with lots of events that tie into each other. - A very very large cast of characters. This is a big world, so there will be a ton of characters. Everyone has a part to play, though, so don't expect a character to show up and never be seen again!

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