Read Webtoon The Soot-Covered Hero ～Saving the World with Dark Heretical Skills～ online in English. Also known as Susu Mamire no Eiyuu: Yami no Itan Skill de Sekai o Sukuu, Hero Covered: Saving the World With Dark Hereditary Skills, and 煤まみれの英雄～闇の異端スキルで世界を救う～.

The world changes when cracks suddenly tear across the sky, releasing strange calamity spirits that possess living beings and turn them into monsters. To fight back, humans chosen by mysterious orbs become Slayers, warriors tied to elemental powers. Among them is Arata, an eleven-year-old boy who receives a black soot orb that belongs to none of the recognized five attributes.

Branded as an outsider from the start, Arata has no choice but to sharpen the strange power everyone else fears or dismisses. What looks like a useless, heretical ability may become the very thing needed to face the growing threat beyond the cracked sky.

This series may appeal to readers who enjoy dark fantasy action, underdog power growth, and supernatural battle stories.