“Crazy guy! That’s my Elk!”
I let my guard down. A new gate appeared and I was taking a proof shot.
I wondered if the situation is going to be advantageous by killing the monster’s horse, but that stole someone else’s ride?
It was even difficult to approach because he kept throwing vicious axes.
“If he dies, I have to starve for a while”.
Jian struggled to find a gap somehow.
“Huh?”
At that moment, thin three swords flew from somewhere and penetrated the monster. And unexpectedly, the blade of the sword froze and exploded as it is.
The sword became a fine ice crystal and flew away.
‘I can’t believe that devastating attack is so beautiful.’
Glittering particles fell dancing in contact with the sunlight.
Receiving some particles in my body, a man appeared.
“Who are you?”
As soon as their eyes met, Jian forgot to breathe.
The man who had brilliant silver hair gave off a mysterious atmosphere.
His eyes were fine and had silver and abundant eyelashes, a tall nose, and moderately thick lips were as beautiful that is bewitching.
In particular, I kept looking at his eyes which seemed to have melted the gold.
However, despite his perfect complexion, he felt somewhat empty.
That was the element that completed the man’s atmosphere.
“You’re handsome.”
That was the first meeting between Monster S-class Hunter Yoo Ji-an and Duke Ciel von Rosenberg from the book.
The gate was first opened 10 years ago.
“Our Jian, when did you grow up to wear a school uniform? You’re already all grown up, huh?”
“Let me live alone since I’m all grown up then”.
“Oh, my. I’ll take that back. You’ve grown up but you’re still a child.”
“Tsk.”
Jian, who was about to enter middle school, came out to match her mother’s school uniform.
‘There are a lot of people!’
Like a busy weekend street, every single panel was filled with people. If you’re distracted for a moment, your shoulders will bump into each other.
As with everyone, Jian clearly remembered that day.
For breakfast, she ate half-boiled eggs, wore jeans that she always wore, and pressed her curly hair tightly with a curling iron.
She had planned to eat shabu-shabu for lunch.
The reason why this part is not clear is that… she couldn’t do it.
“Mom? There must be a fire over there.”
“There’s going to be a traffic jam. So let’s hurry up.”
When I saw the smoke-filled sky, I thought it would be nothing. It’s going to be a simple fire accident.
“F*ck. The internet is fluctuating right now.”
“I told you not to use that word.”
“Argh! Against violence!”
Her mom lightly hit Jian’s head. The game screen is still loading.
Until the game connection bounced off, Jian was just annoyed.
“Argh!”
It was already late when the scream was captured.
“What’s that?”
Bigger bugs were flying in the sky than humans. Beam shot from bright red eyes and penetrated people’s bodies.
“Gasp!”
A robust man fell like a vegetable. Everyone was frozen, but the bugs came down and gobbled up the man.
“Dad!”
“Runaway!”
The people there ran at the same time as if they had promised. The crowd quickly runaway.
“Jian, faster! Run to the car!”
“Gasp…”
Even if I ran and ran, the car was far and the bugs were close. The sky was filled with bugs.
“Ugh!”
At that moment, my mother tripped over a stone. I couldn’t even stand up properly to see if my feet were sprained.
“I’ll carry you on my back. Get on my back.”
“Yoo Jian, are you crazy? Both of us will die. Aren’t you going? Huh?”
“I can’t go alone!”
“It’s okay. You’re the only one who’s okay, so go ahead. Do you see the car right over there? Hurry up!”
Mom put the car key in Jian’s hand. When she tried to force herself to carry her on her back, her mother waved her hand and kicked her out.
“Gasp!”
A red light shot right in front of me, but I managed to avoid it. Perhaps that wasn’t right, the bug came down to attack directly.
“I… I can do it!”
Jian charged with a pointed stone.
Swat!
As the bug spread its wings, a strong wind blew. Jian was thrown away just like that. Blood flowed from her mouth as if she had hurt her stomach.
“Screech…”
The bug approached Jian with a strange sound. The distance gradually narrowed.
“I can’t even deal with this thing. I’m going to die like this.”
A terrible sense of helplessness wrapped around Jian. As soon as I gave up and closed my eyes.
“How dare you touch her!”
“M-mom?”
“Are your ears closed? Hey, I’m your opponent! Look here!”
“Mom!”
With her cry, the bug turned around once again. Her mom shouted louder and louder to gather all the bugs around her.
So that Jian can escape safely and get in the car.
“S-sigh.”
Jian, who managed to get into the car, was covered with blankets. It wasn’t easy because her hands were shaking.
Jian was frightened by the sound of her beating heart because her hearing became too sensitive.
It seemed that the monster would find her immediately after hearing her pants.
“Please.”
Jian held his uneven breath and held on, swallowing her tears inwardly. I just hope everything goes by.
And how long has it been?
“Any survivors?”
“Anyone here?”
A voice, not a scream, was heard somewhere.
“Hey, here! There’s a person here!”
Jian suddenly opened the door. For Jian, who seemed to choke on with stabbing pain and cruel silence, his voice was like her lifeline.
“Are you alone?”
“Yes.”
An armed soldier approached Jian. He briefly scanned the interior of the car where Jian was.
“You’re the only survivor.”
She didn’t want to believe it. She wanted to deny it.
However, the terrible sight coming into view was the evidence. Human remains rolled around the street. Now she couldn’t even recognize their shape.
She wondered if her mom is there.
Jian tried hard to look away. She is afraid of discovering someone she is familiar with in the remains.
“Hurry up and go. You never know when a monster will appear again.”
Jian, who had no energy to talk, just nodded. As she took a step forward, her body collapsed as if she had relaxed.
“Are you hurt? Hey! Hurry up and bring a stretcher!”
Soldiers loaded her on a stretcher. Probably because of the natural upward direction, a tower that seemed to pierce the sky came in. It was a very hideous dark red tower.
“That’s…
“The space was torn apart and monsters poured out, right? As soon as it was about to calm down, that tower appeared.”
“Stop chatting!”
“Yeah!”
The soldier immediately shut up due to the command of his superior.
Jian looked through the tower. It was the first dungeon.
When the gate, a passage that connects to another world, opens, monsters rush in, and a “dungeon” appeared.
The dungeon cannot be destroyed even with state-of-the-art weapons, and it disappeared only after killing the Boss Monster in the deepest part.
After the gate was opened, people randomly ‘awakened’. Using that power as a weapon, they attacked the dungeon and fought against monsters.
A week later, these became part of common sense.
That’s how the world has changed.
The day’s work was covered in a line on the news that “The gate had opened one day.”
There were so many tragedies and it was an era when immediate survival was threatened.
And 10 years have passed.