The LitRPG series ‘He Who Fights With Monsters’ does this in a later book and it’s a really good story arc.
a vague spoiler, but hiding it just in case:
One of the characters meets a deity named Hero, who can supercharge a person after they have committed to dying to protect others, but the supercharge ensures that they do die even after the threat is eliminated.
The LitRPG series ‘He Who Fights With Monsters’ does this in a later book and it’s a really good story arc.
a vague spoiler, but hiding it just in case:
One of the characters meets a deity named Hero, who can supercharge a person after they have committed to dying to protect others, but the supercharge ensures that they do die even after the threat is eliminated.