Conscious Descent [ Dungeon, Ability Awakening, Post-Integration, Progressive Fantasy ]

In a world where magical awakening determines your worth, Avince stands as the shameful outlier of his illustrious family. Born to powerful parents—a mother who commands glacial storms and a father who marshals his group of tamed creatures—Avince is the powerless son, the one whose advanced awakening failed at age 13. While his prodigy sister wields a devastating fusion of both parents' gifts, Avince trains in the shadows, desperately trying to prove his worth through sheer grit alone. But fate offers one last chance: the Anomalous Awakening, a rare phenomenon that strikes only a handful of late-bloomers each generation. As his 19th birthday approaches, Avince knows this is his final opportunity to prove his worth. Yet when his awakening day arrives, the power that surges through him is unlike anything recorded in the annals of their history. It's different. Dangerous. And it may hold the key to secrets that were meant to stay buried. As Avince delves deeper into treacherous dungeons, each expedition reveals disturbing truths about the very nature of mana—the mystical force that fuels their world. His unprecedented abilities allowed him to discover certain hidden mysteries ,forcing him to question everything he knows about the world and the true purpose of the dungeons themselves. Now caught between juggling his ability and maintaining his daily life, Avince must master his mysterious gift before it masters him. In a society that measures worth in magical might, he's discovering that the greatest power might lie in the very thing that once made him an outcast—being different. Enter a world  where dungeons hold more than just monsters, and where one young man's quest for belonging could shatter the foundations of everything he thought he knew.