Chapter 3
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"Do… Do-hyuk!"
Jimin screamed as loud as she can, but Do-hyuk gave no response. Not because he ignored her, but because he had to turn around to grab a 'certain thing' from his desk. Do-hyuk was able to face Jimin after he got the object on his hands. He tried speaking up, but it was already too late. Even if they were to speak, nothing would have changed.
Spark.
A burst of light flared bright, and Do-hyuk disappeared from the room.
"A… Ah…" Jimin lost the calm demeanor she had been showing Do-hyuk up until now, and covered her mouth with her bare hands. "I couldn't' protect him, prot…"
She thought she could have another chance in life. She believed she could be by Do-hyuk's side as an ally instead of a burden. She was so lost, she couldn't keep her confusion from herself. The development of the situation that is going on now is in contradiction with the future which she knew.
After moments of wallowing in her own self-loathing, Jimin raised her head. "… he cannot die." He was Yoo Do-hyuk. He was the man who stood at the top of the world before time had reversed. . "He will survive, no matter what."
There must be something that she can do other than crying 'like an idiot'. She needed to train harder to give more strength to Do-hyuk, who will live through this and stand by her side again. With a determined expression, Jimin clenched her lips shut. Then, she focused her attention towards the angel's voice which rang from within her head.
…
The burning burst of light ceased, Do-hyuk felt the chilling air before he opened his eyes."…Ah…" A small ache puncture through his head. Do-hyuk was 'relocated' outside of his room. It wasn't difficult figuring out where he was. It was a busy street which Do-hyuk visited countless times in the past. However, it has been a month since he last visited this area.
One of the black towers stood right in the middle of the road. The said tower stood 20 meters away from Do-hyuk, looking down at his puny size. The six-winged angel, whom Do-hyuk saw from a far within the confines of his room, hovered over the tower.
He was at least 7-8 meters tall. The angel watched Do-hyuk's every movement. In fact, he wasn't the only one the winged giant is watching.
"What?!"
"What is happening…?"
It wasn't only Do-hyuk who was 'relocated' to the street near the black tower. Even from Do-hyuk's perspective, hundreds of people were bustling around figuring out what had happened to them. Right as he was gazing through the strangers' faces, Do-hyuk used the 'object he grabbed from his room'. It was a disposable dust mask. Most of the people he knew owned one of these for a while due to the severe fine dust. Do-hyuk was no different. He would be able to hide his face with this. 'Everyone on the street…' has taken someone else's life. If what Jimin said is true, a person was born with only one Nature, and anyone can obtain a second one after murdering someone.
The voice which echoed from within his head announced he will isolate all who owns two Natures. That means everyone here must have killed at least one person.
"But I haven't killed anyone." An obvious fact that Do-hyuk knows better than anyone else.
Then why…
A frivolous laugh resounded through the air. Do-hyuk raised his head towards the sky. Numerous angels draped in lights appeared three to four meters above the air and began looking down the crowd.
"Are these the heinous creatures?"
"They all have innocent faces."
The figures possessed the form of an angels but something seemed off about them. First of all, their sizes were different from the enormous angel floating from the above tower, they were a bit larger than humans but not gigantic. They had one wing on their back instead of a pair, and the features of their faces as well as their limbs looked unbalanced as if they weren't a completed figure.
The creatures were spread a few meters away from each other while they talked loud among one another.
"You better listened to what the almighty angel had told you carefully. Consider yourselves lucky you inbreds! Your kind received the grace of the Lord Casita and earned a chance to evolve to higher beings."
Unlike the voice he heard from his room, the voice wasn't coming from his head but through their mouths. Even the way they talk was far different from the soft one he heard earlier, theirs sounded cheap and distasteful.
"From now on, your world will collide with other realms for all eternity to train you stronger than your own kind. Death alone awaits those who can't adapt fast enough." After those words, the single winged angels halted to a pause. They looked at each other in dismay.
"They're not freaking out."
"I can't even see fear in their eyes."
They were right. In a 'normal' situation, humans would be petrified in their own fear and wouldn't function properly no matter what the angels said. But this is not normal situation. They were surprised not because of what they said but because of the sudden relocation. As soon as the angels appeared in the air, everyone calmed down and stared at the angels.
It was as if they knew this will stop something bad happening to them.
"There should've been a few of them going crazy now…"
"Right, it is fun to destroy them to serve as an example."
The angels shrugged in disappointment.
"Oh well."
"Here, get this."
Newer words appeared before Do-hyuk's eyes.
<<Coin Purse Created>>
<<500 Coin Deposited>>
<<Use the Word: 'Wallet' for Access>>
"This is the war fund gifted to you by Casita."
"Your weak ass bodies have already been trained to the max, so you can't get any stronger by regular means. You can only buy abilities…"
However, the angels' blabbering mouths were shut once again. No one was listening to what they were saying.
"Wallet"
"Wallet"
Everyone was yelling out the word to access their wallets and purchasing abilities already.
"What are hell is happening?" The angels haven't even finished explaining, but everyone decided right away which abilities to purchase and began spending the coins.
"They are understanding this too fast."
"Are they smarter than we think?"
The only exception was Do-hyuk.
"Wallet"
He mumbled the word behind his breath and began reading the words laid in front of him carefully.
<<Wallet>>
-Coins owned: 500
-Able to use the coin to increase abilities
-Need 50 coins to increase up to F rank (0~10) abilities.
<<Ability>>
-Muscle Strength: 17 (Grade: E)
-Stamina: 21 (Grade: E)
-Agility: 15 (Grade: E)
-Power: 2 (Grade: F)
-Tolerance: 17 (Grade: E)
-Charm: 14 (Grade: E)
Based on Do-Hyuk's understanding, he would need 200 coins to allocate a point to one of his abilities, besides Power. Do-hyuk couldn't make any changes to his abilities.
'Let's think this through'
It was an obvious choice. Even in simple video games, investing in abilities without any information is same as pointing a gun to your head.
"Well… whatever, let's start this madness." When the single winged angels waved their hand in the air, yellow colored liquids sprayed all over the place. The foul smelling liquid splashed all over the street and drenched everyone.
"This is the extracted pheromones of the goblet."
"Normally, we would separate the sections around the tower to train you, but we created a special confined area for you disgusting creatures!"
Before they were able to finish speaking...
Shuffle-
Do-hyuk heard the sounds of something walking through the tall grass fields created by the vines which appeared in between buildings.
Soon, numerous creatures began to emerge. Their head looked like a hybrid of a dog and a rat. They have the size of about 140 cm tall. Their back were hunched and repulsive hair covered their bodies. They shook their rat-like tail like a fish out of the water. These creatures have twice the number compared to the humans, outnumbering them.
Do-hyuk could understand. The creatures are the goblets that the angels were talking about. And, they are far too dangerous.
"You've never seen a goblet huh? Here, try to survive from them while they are in heat! You can earn coins when you kill them, and if one of you shows an outstanding performance they 'll get a special prize!"
"IF you survive!"
Maybe it was the effect of the pheromones sprayed by the angels for the long and slanted eyes of the goblets were bloodshot red. The hundreds of low growls created an ominous harmony making Do-hyuk tense up.
"…Shit" Do-hyuk half consciously, took a few steps backwards. He ended up accidentally bumping into someone behind him.
"Watch it," With a sharp voice, someone pushed Do-hyuk with their hands. It was a guy around Do-hyuk's age. "Don't come next to me if, or I'll kill you."
"…" Do-hyuk raised both his hands and walked away from the guy. It was Do-hyuk who ran in to him first, but… "Why the f*ck is he lowering his voice like that?"
It wasn't only the guy he bumped into, but everyone was acting the same. The tense atmosphere was understandable but it seemed like everyone was trying to throw their weights around more than necessary. Self-confidence was written all over their expressions.
"All that talk about the special isolation and it was only goblets?"
"…the first achievement will be mine."
Each of them all jabbered the similar things and began to crack their knuckles as if the goblet didn't scared them a bit.
Shriek!!!
With a ripping scream from the other side, the goblets began to charge towards the people. They were running in all fours with their eyes glowing in fiery red and drooling foamy spit. Do-hyuk observed the creatures and everyone bracing themselves to fight their way out with their bare hands.
"These bastards can fight them only with their hands?!" It seemed possible seeing as how confident the people reacted. However…
Tap tap!
Instead of raising his fists, Do-hyuk began running into the building that wasn't overtaken by the vines yet.
'Even so, I don't have any information.'
Besides, his instinct was telling him something, those creatures are dangerous. They can't kill them with their hands alone.
"…What a loser!" They laughed as the people watch Do-hyuk as he ran.
Goblets are one of the weaker monsters. They appear at the beginning of the 'first suffering', but if fearless men with their potential fight with appropriate weapons, it was easy enough for one of them fight three of the creatures at the same time.
Therefore, no one on the street fears the goblets for those who have 'experienced' the future before the return, fighting five of them at the same time should be easy even with their fists.
Shriek!!
Finally, when the distance was narrowed down enough, the goblets jumped to attack. Everyone except for Do-hyuk got ready to fight instead of running away.
"Die!" Their fists fly towards the goblets. However...
Shriek!!!
The result was different from what they had imagined.
"Aaaah!"
"Wha-what the!"
The goblets were fast and fierce, a hundred times stronger than the ones in 'their memories'.
"Hey, hey, hey, you idiots underestimated goblets way too much."
"Do they consider goblets weak in this world? Well, they are weak, but…"
"But we did gave them 250 percent extracted pheromones. The goblets will fight til the end without considering their bodies getting destroyed."
The angels giggled as they watched the devastation on the street.
"Even so, I didn't think they'll try to fight with their bare hands."
"If they had found some kind of weapon to throw around, they could've had some chances."
"I thought they will be smarter since they already had some blood on their hands."
Like they said, the goblets were enhanced by the angels but they were not stronger than normal. However, with that small change alone, the past battle experiences of the humans were rendered useless. Not to mention, the battle patterns of the crazed goblets were far different than what they have been accustomed to, and more than anything, their ignorance strengthened the goblets further.
The relief of knowing the future made them vulnerable without realizing it.
"Ugh"
"Aaaaahhh!"
In an instant, the street was filled with their agonizing screams. On top of the movements and attack patterns, the horny goblets were able to land impactful attacks than was deemed normal. While the humans scrambled in disbelief, more goblets piled up to attack.
"This, This can't be happening!!!!"
People began to fall as several goblets rip them apart. Death alone awaits their arrival. No one thought it would be this agonizing to receive death on the second chance. They began to run off with their confidence in between their legs.
It didn't matter if they had two Natures. They didn't stand a chance when their basic abilities are so weak. There were no confident returners anymore. Instead, there were only beginners that were caught off guard by the alteration they had faced.
…
A few minutes ago, when other goblets ambushed the people with their fists up...
Hiss…
There was one goblet heading off to a different direction alone. He could smell the stench over there. He couldn't see it, but there was a building where the pheromone can be smelt from inside. The goblet followed its instinct and walked towards the building. It was headed into an open building and followed the stench of the pheromones towards the lobby.
As it turned around the corner…
Crack-!
A sudden blunt impact crushed its face. It was Do-hyuk. He, who was waiting around the corner with a fire extinguisher in his hands, made a surprise attack on the goblet. The goblet didn't die. however, the blow of the extinguisher which Do-hyuk swung with all of his power onto the creature was too strong. Do-hyuk was not stupid to miss this chance.
"Eeek-!"
Crack! Smash!
Do-Hyuk smashed through the creature's body until the goblet lost his balance and fell to the ground, only then did it ceased to move. Do-hyuk kept smashing the goblet's head with the fire extinguisher. Do-hyuk didn't know anything, but, that was the reason he succeeded.
<<Goblet Killed>>
This caution and cunning idea was possible due to Do-hyuk panicking like a tensed up scaredy-cat. If you think of it, this was the ultimate weapon which made humans won the survival game of our world.
<<Gained 20 Coins>>
<<First Hunting Achievement Reached within the Section>>
Before Do-hyuk was able to comprehend the words which appeared, he felt a jolt of energy running though his body.
"..."
With the bloody fire extinguisher in his hand, he hides behind the corner again. It's like a work of animal instinct. He could hear the footsteps of the second goblet from the building entrance. Before he could realize it words appeared once again,
<<Achievement: First Hunter Obtained>>
<<Abilities Renewal>>
Do-hyuk was getting accustomed to the current situation very well. The future had now become the past he doesn't remember, and he wouldn't be able to just like the first time.
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"Do… Do-hyuk!"
Jimin screamed as loud as she can, but Do-hyuk gave no response. Not because he ignored her, but because he had to turn around to grab a 'certain thing' from his desk. Do-hyuk was able to face Jimin after he got the object on his hands. He tried speaking up, but it was already too late. Even if they were to speak, nothing would have changed.
Spark.
A burst of light flared bright, and Do-hyuk disappeared from the room.
"A… Ah…" Jimin lost the calm demeanor she had been showing Do-hyuk up until now, and covered her mouth with her bare hands. "I couldn't' protect him, prot…"
She thought she could have another chance in life. She believed she could be by Do-hyuk's side as an ally instead of a burden. She was so lost, she couldn't keep her confusion from herself. The development of the situation that is going on now is in contradiction with the future which she knew.
After moments of wallowing in her own self-loathing, Jimin raised her head. "… he cannot die." He was Yoo Do-hyuk. He was the man who stood at the top of the world before time had reversed. . "He will survive, no matter what."
There must be something that she can do other than crying 'like an idiot'. She needed to train harder to give more strength to Do-hyuk, who will live through this and stand by her side again. With a determined expression, Jimin clenched her lips shut. Then, she focused her attention towards the angel's voice which rang from within her head.
…
The burning burst of light ceased, Do-hyuk felt the chilling air before he opened his eyes."…Ah…" A small ache puncture through his head. Do-hyuk was 'relocated' outside of his room. It wasn't difficult figuring out where he was. It was a busy street which Do-hyuk visited countless times in the past. However, it has been a month since he last visited this area.
One of the black towers stood right in the middle of the road. The said tower stood 20 meters away from Do-hyuk, looking down at his puny size. The six-winged angel, whom Do-hyuk saw from a far within the confines of his room, hovered over the tower.
He was at least 7-8 meters tall. The angel watched Do-hyuk's every movement. In fact, he wasn't the only one the winged giant is watching.
"What?!"
"What is happening…?"
It wasn't only Do-hyuk who was 'relocated' to the street near the black tower. Even from Do-hyuk's perspective, hundreds of people were bustling around figuring out what had happened to them. Right as he was gazing through the strangers' faces, Do-hyuk used the 'object he grabbed from his room'. It was a disposable dust mask. Most of the people he knew owned one of these for a while due to the severe fine dust. Do-hyuk was no different. He would be able to hide his face with this. 'Everyone on the street…' has taken someone else's life. If what Jimin said is true, a person was born with only one Nature, and anyone can obtain a second one after murdering someone.
The voice which echoed from within his head announced he will isolate all who owns two Natures. That means everyone here must have killed at least one person.
"But I haven't killed anyone." An obvious fact that Do-hyuk knows better than anyone else.
Then why…
A frivolous laugh resounded through the air. Do-hyuk raised his head towards the sky. Numerous angels draped in lights appeared three to four meters above the air and began looking down the crowd.
"Are these the heinous creatures?"
"They all have innocent faces."
The figures possessed the form of an angels but something seemed off about them. First of all, their sizes were different from the enormous angel floating from the above tower, they were a bit larger than humans but not gigantic. They had one wing on their back instead of a pair, and the features of their faces as well as their limbs looked unbalanced as if they weren't a completed figure.
The creatures were spread a few meters away from each other while they talked loud among one another.
"You better listened to what the almighty angel had told you carefully. Consider yourselves lucky you inbreds! Your kind received the grace of the Lord Casita and earned a chance to evolve to higher beings."
Unlike the voice he heard from his room, the voice wasn't coming from his head but through their mouths. Even the way they talk was far different from the soft one he heard earlier, theirs sounded cheap and distasteful.
"From now on, your world will collide with other realms for all eternity to train you stronger than your own kind. Death alone awaits those who can't adapt fast enough." After those words, the single winged angels halted to a pause. They looked at each other in dismay.
"They're not freaking out."
"I can't even see fear in their eyes."
They were right. In a 'normal' situation, humans would be petrified in their own fear and wouldn't function properly no matter what the angels said. But this is not normal situation. They were surprised not because of what they said but because of the sudden relocation. As soon as the angels appeared in the air, everyone calmed down and stared at the angels.
It was as if they knew this will stop something bad happening to them.
"There should've been a few of them going crazy now…"
"Right, it is fun to destroy them to serve as an example."
The angels shrugged in disappointment.
"Oh well."
"Here, get this."
Newer words appeared before Do-hyuk's eyes.
<<Coin Purse Created>>
<<500 Coin Deposited>>
<<Use the Word: 'Wallet' for Access>>
"This is the war fund gifted to you by Casita."
"Your weak ass bodies have already been trained to the max, so you can't get any stronger by regular means. You can only buy abilities…"
However, the angels' blabbering mouths were shut once again. No one was listening to what they were saying.
"Wallet"
"Wallet"
Everyone was yelling out the word to access their wallets and purchasing abilities already.
"What are hell is happening?" The angels haven't even finished explaining, but everyone decided right away which abilities to purchase and began spending the coins.
"They are understanding this too fast."
"Are they smarter than we think?"
The only exception was Do-hyuk.
"Wallet"
He mumbled the word behind his breath and began reading the words laid in front of him carefully.
<<Wallet>>
-Coins owned: 500
-Able to use the coin to increase abilities
-Need 50 coins to increase up to F rank (0~10) abilities.
<<Ability>>
-Muscle Strength: 17 (Grade: E)
-Stamina: 21 (Grade: E)
-Agility: 15 (Grade: E)
-Power: 2 (Grade: F)
-Tolerance: 17 (Grade: E)
-Charm: 14 (Grade: E)
Based on Do-Hyuk's understanding, he would need 200 coins to allocate a point to one of his abilities, besides Power. Do-hyuk couldn't make any changes to his abilities.
'Let's think this through'
It was an obvious choice. Even in simple video games, investing in abilities without any information is same as pointing a gun to your head.
"Well… whatever, let's start this madness." When the single winged angels waved their hand in the air, yellow colored liquids sprayed all over the place. The foul smelling liquid splashed all over the street and drenched everyone.
"This is the extracted pheromones of the goblet."
"Normally, we would separate the sections around the tower to train you, but we created a special confined area for you disgusting creatures!"
Before they were able to finish speaking...
Shuffle-
Do-hyuk heard the sounds of something walking through the tall grass fields created by the vines which appeared in between buildings.
Soon, numerous creatures began to emerge. Their head looked like a hybrid of a dog and a rat. They have the size of about 140 cm tall. Their back were hunched and repulsive hair covered their bodies. They shook their rat-like tail like a fish out of the water. These creatures have twice the number compared to the humans, outnumbering them.
Do-hyuk could understand. The creatures are the goblets that the angels were talking about. And, they are far too dangerous.
"You've never seen a goblet huh? Here, try to survive from them while they are in heat! You can earn coins when you kill them, and if one of you shows an outstanding performance they 'll get a special prize!"
"IF you survive!"
Maybe it was the effect of the pheromones sprayed by the angels for the long and slanted eyes of the goblets were bloodshot red. The hundreds of low growls created an ominous harmony making Do-hyuk tense up.
"…Shit" Do-hyuk half consciously, took a few steps backwards. He ended up accidentally bumping into someone behind him.
"Watch it," With a sharp voice, someone pushed Do-hyuk with their hands. It was a guy around Do-hyuk's age. "Don't come next to me if, or I'll kill you."
"…" Do-hyuk raised both his hands and walked away from the guy. It was Do-hyuk who ran in to him first, but… "Why the f*ck is he lowering his voice like that?"
It wasn't only the guy he bumped into, but everyone was acting the same. The tense atmosphere was understandable but it seemed like everyone was trying to throw their weights around more than necessary. Self-confidence was written all over their expressions.
"All that talk about the special isolation and it was only goblets?"
"…the first achievement will be mine."
Each of them all jabbered the similar things and began to crack their knuckles as if the goblet didn't scared them a bit.
Shriek!!!
With a ripping scream from the other side, the goblets began to charge towards the people. They were running in all fours with their eyes glowing in fiery red and drooling foamy spit. Do-hyuk observed the creatures and everyone bracing themselves to fight their way out with their bare hands.
"These bastards can fight them only with their hands?!" It seemed possible seeing as how confident the people reacted. However…
Tap tap!
Instead of raising his fists, Do-hyuk began running into the building that wasn't overtaken by the vines yet.
'Even so, I don't have any information.'
Besides, his instinct was telling him something, those creatures are dangerous. They can't kill them with their hands alone.
"…What a loser!" They laughed as the people watch Do-hyuk as he ran.
Goblets are one of the weaker monsters. They appear at the beginning of the 'first suffering', but if fearless men with their potential fight with appropriate weapons, it was easy enough for one of them fight three of the creatures at the same time.
Therefore, no one on the street fears the goblets for those who have 'experienced' the future before the return, fighting five of them at the same time should be easy even with their fists.
Shriek!!
Finally, when the distance was narrowed down enough, the goblets jumped to attack. Everyone except for Do-hyuk got ready to fight instead of running away.
"Die!" Their fists fly towards the goblets. However...
Shriek!!!
The result was different from what they had imagined.
"Aaaah!"
"Wha-what the!"
The goblets were fast and fierce, a hundred times stronger than the ones in 'their memories'.
"Hey, hey, hey, you idiots underestimated goblets way too much."
"Do they consider goblets weak in this world? Well, they are weak, but…"
"But we did gave them 250 percent extracted pheromones. The goblets will fight til the end without considering their bodies getting destroyed."
The angels giggled as they watched the devastation on the street.
"Even so, I didn't think they'll try to fight with their bare hands."
"If they had found some kind of weapon to throw around, they could've had some chances."
"I thought they will be smarter since they already had some blood on their hands."
Like they said, the goblets were enhanced by the angels but they were not stronger than normal. However, with that small change alone, the past battle experiences of the humans were rendered useless. Not to mention, the battle patterns of the crazed goblets were far different than what they have been accustomed to, and more than anything, their ignorance strengthened the goblets further.
The relief of knowing the future made them vulnerable without realizing it.
"Ugh"
"Aaaaahhh!"
In an instant, the street was filled with their agonizing screams. On top of the movements and attack patterns, the horny goblets were able to land impactful attacks than was deemed normal. While the humans scrambled in disbelief, more goblets piled up to attack.
"This, This can't be happening!!!!"
People began to fall as several goblets rip them apart. Death alone awaits their arrival. No one thought it would be this agonizing to receive death on the second chance. They began to run off with their confidence in between their legs.
It didn't matter if they had two Natures. They didn't stand a chance when their basic abilities are so weak. There were no confident returners anymore. Instead, there were only beginners that were caught off guard by the alteration they had faced.
…
A few minutes ago, when other goblets ambushed the people with their fists up...
Hiss…
There was one goblet heading off to a different direction alone. He could smell the stench over there. He couldn't see it, but there was a building where the pheromone can be smelt from inside. The goblet followed its instinct and walked towards the building. It was headed into an open building and followed the stench of the pheromones towards the lobby.
As it turned around the corner…
Crack-!
A sudden blunt impact crushed its face. It was Do-hyuk. He, who was waiting around the corner with a fire extinguisher in his hands, made a surprise attack on the goblet. The goblet didn't die. however, the blow of the extinguisher which Do-hyuk swung with all of his power onto the creature was too strong. Do-hyuk was not stupid to miss this chance.
"Eeek-!"
Crack! Smash!
Do-Hyuk smashed through the creature's body until the goblet lost his balance and fell to the ground, only then did it ceased to move. Do-hyuk kept smashing the goblet's head with the fire extinguisher. Do-hyuk didn't know anything, but, that was the reason he succeeded.
<<Goblet Killed>>
This caution and cunning idea was possible due to Do-hyuk panicking like a tensed up scaredy-cat. If you think of it, this was the ultimate weapon which made humans won the survival game of our world.
<<Gained 20 Coins>>
<<First Hunting Achievement Reached within the Section>>
Before Do-hyuk was able to comprehend the words which appeared, he felt a jolt of energy running though his body.
"..."
With the bloody fire extinguisher in his hand, he hides behind the corner again. It's like a work of animal instinct. He could hear the footsteps of the second goblet from the building entrance. Before he could realize it words appeared once again,
<<Achievement: First Hunter Obtained>>
<<Abilities Renewal>>
Do-hyuk was getting accustomed to the current situation very well. The future had now become the past he doesn't remember, and he wouldn't be able to just like the first time.
"Do Do-hyuk!" Jimin screamed as loud as she can, but Do-hyuk gave no response. Not because he ignored her, but because he had to turn around to grab a 'certain thing' from his desk. Do-hyuk was able to face Jimin after he got the object on his hands. He tried speaking up, but it was already too late. Even if they were to speak, nothing would have changed. Spark. A burst of light flared bright, and Do-hyuk disappeared from the room. "A Ah" Jimin lost the calm demeanor she had been showing Do-hyuk up until now, and covered her mouth with her bare hands. "I couldn't' protect him, prot" She thought she could have another chance in life. She believed she could be by Do-hyuk's side as an ally instead of a burden. She was so lost, she couldn't keep her confusion from herself. The development of the situation that is going on now is in contradiction with the future which she knew. After moments of wallowing in her own self-loathing, Jimin raised her head. " he cannot die." He was Yoo Do-hyuk. He was the man who stood at the top of the world before time had reversed. . "He will survive, no matter what." There must be something that she can do other than crying 'like an idiot'. She needed to train harder to give more strength to Do-hyuk, who will live through this and stand by her side again. With a determined expression, Jimin clenched her lips shut. Then, she focused her attention towards the angel's voice which rang from within her head. The burning burst of light ceased, Do-hyuk felt the chilling air before he opened his eyes."Ah" A small ache puncture through his head. Do-hyuk was 'relocated' outside of his room. It wasn't difficult figuring out where he was. It was a busy street which Do-hyuk visited countless times in the past. However, it has been a month since he last visited this area. One of the black towers stood right in the middle of the road. The said tower stood 20 meters away from Do-hyuk, looking down at his puny size. The six-winged angel, whom Do-hyuk saw from a far within the confines of his room, hovered over the tower. He was at least 7-8 meters tall. The angel watched Do-hyuk's every movement. In fact, he wasn't the only one the winged giant is watching. "What?!" "What is happening?" It wasn't only Do-hyuk who was 'relocated' to the street near the black tower. Even from Do-hyuk's perspective, hundreds of people were bustling around figuring out what had happened to them. Right as he was gazing through the strangers' faces, Do-hyuk used the 'object he grabbed from his room'. It was a disposable dust mask. Most of the people he knew owned one of these for a while due to the severe fine dust. Do-hyuk was no different. He would be able to hide his face with this. 'Everyone on the street' has taken someone else's life. If what Jimin said is true, a person was born with only one Nature, and anyone can obtain a second one after murdering someone. The voice which echoed from within his head announced he will isolate all who owns two Natures. That means everyone here must have killed at least one person. "But I haven't killed anyone." An obvious fact that Do-hyuk knows better than anyone else. Then why A frivolous laugh resounded through the air. Do-hyuk raised his head towards the sky. Numerous angels draped in lights appeared three to four meters above the air and began looking down the crowd. "Are these the heinous creatures?" "They all have innocent faces." The figures possessed the form of an angels but something seemed off about them. First of all, their sizes were different from the enormous angel floating from the above tower, they were a bit larger than humans but not gigantic. They had one wing on their back instead of a pair, and the features of their faces as well as their limbs looked unbalanced as if they weren't a completed figure. The creatures were spread a few meters away from each other while they talked loud among one another. "You better listened to what the almighty angel had told you carefully. Consider yourselves lucky you inbreds! Your kind received the grace of the Lord Casita and earned a chance to evolve to higher beings." Unlike the voice he heard from his room, the voice wasn't coming from his head but through their mouths. Even the way they talk was far different from the soft one he heard earlier, theirs sounded cheap and distasteful. "From now on, your world will collide with other realms for all eternity to train you stronger than your own kind. Death alone awaits those who can't adapt fast enough." After those words, the single winged angels halted to a pause. They looked at each other in dismay. "They're not freaking out." "I can't even see fear in their eyes." They were right. In a 'normal' situation, humans would be petrified in their own fear and wouldn't function properly no matter what the angels said. But this is not normal situation. They were surprised not because of what they said but because of the sudden relocation. As soon as the angels appeared in the air, everyone calmed down and stared at the angels. It was as if they knew this will stop something bad happening to them. "There should've been a few of them going crazy now" "Right, it is fun to destroy them to serve as an example." The angels shrugged in disappointment. "Oh well." "Here, get this." Newer words appeared before Do-hyuk's eyes. Coin Purse Created 500 Coin Deposited Use the Word: 'Wallet' for Access "This is the war fund gifted to you by Casita." "Your weak ass bodies have already been trained to the max, so you can't get any stronger by regular means. You can only buy abilities" However, the angels' blabbering mouths were shut once again. No one was listening to what they were saying. "Wallet" "Wallet" Everyone was yelling out the word to access their wallets and purchasing abilities already. "What are hell is happening?" The angels haven't even finished explaining, but everyone decided right away which abilities to purchase and began spending the coins. "They are understanding this too fast." "Are they smarter than we think?" The only exception was Do-hyuk. "Wallet" He mumbled the word behind his breath and began reading the words laid in front of him carefully. Wallet -Coins owned: 500 -Able to use the coin to increase abilities -Need 50 coins to increase up to F rank 0~10 abilities. Ability -Muscle Strength: 17 Grade: E -Stamina: 21 Grade: E -Agility: 15 Grade: E -Power: 2 Grade: F -Tolerance: 17 Grade: E -Charm: 14 Grade: E Based on Do-Hyuk's understanding, he would need 200 coins to allocate a point to one of his abilities, besides Power. Do-hyuk couldn't make any changes to his abilities. 'Let's think this through' It was an obvious choice. Even in simple video games, investing in abilities without any information is same as pointing a gun to your head. "Well whatever, let's start this madness." When the single winged angels waved their hand in the air, yellow colored liquids sprayed all over the place. The foul smelling liquid splashed all over the street and drenched everyone. "This is the extracted pheromones of the goblet." "Normally, we would separate the sections around the tower to train you, but we created a special confined area for you disgusting creatures!" Before they were able to finish speaking... Shuffle- Do-hyuk heard the sounds of something walking through the tall grass fields created by the vines which appeared in between buildings. Soon, numerous creatures began to emerge. Their head looked like a hybrid of a dog and a rat. They have the size of about 140 cm tall. Their back were hunched and repulsive hair covered their bodies. They shook their rat-like tail like a fish out of the water. These creatures have twice the number compared to the humans, outnumbering them. Do-hyuk could understand. The creatures are the goblets that the angels were talking about. And, they are far too dangerous. "You've never seen a goblet huh? Here, try to survive from them while they are in heat! You can earn coins when you kill them, and if one of you shows an outstanding performance they 'll get a special prize!" "IF you survive!" Maybe it was the effect of the pheromones sprayed by the angels for the long and slanted eyes of the goblets were bloodshot red. The hundreds of low growls created an ominous harmony making Do-hyuk tense up. "Shit" Do-hyuk half consciously, took a few steps backwards. He ended up accidentally bumping into someone behind him. "Watch it," With a sharp voice, someone pushed Do-hyuk with their hands. It was a guy around Do-hyuk's age. "Don't come next to me if, or I'll kill you." "" Do-hyuk raised both his hands and walked away from the guy. It was Do-hyuk who ran in to him first, but "Why the f*ck is he lowering his voice like that?" It wasn't only the guy he bumped into, but everyone was acting the same. The tense atmosphere was understandable but it seemed like everyone was trying to throw their weights around more than necessary. Self-confidence was written all over their expressions. "All that talk about the special isolation and it was only goblets?" "the first achievement will be mine." Each of them all jabbered the similar things and began to crack their knuckles as if the goblet didn't scared them a bit. Shriek!!! With a ripping scream from the other side, the goblets began to charge towards the people. They were running in all fours with their eyes glowing in fiery red and drooling foamy spit. Do-hyuk observed the creatures and everyone bracing themselves to fight their way out with their bare hands. "These bastards can fight them only with their hands?!" It seemed possible seeing as how confident the people reacted. However Tap tap! Instead of raising his fists, Do-hyuk began running into the building that wasn't overtaken by the vines yet. 'Even so, I don't have any information.' Besides, his instinct was telling him something, those creatures are dangerous. They can't kill them with their hands alone. "What a loser!" They laughed as the people watch Do-hyuk as he ran. Goblets are one of the weaker monsters. They appear at the beginning of the 'first suffering', but if fearless men with their potential fight with appropriate weapons, it was easy enough for one of them fight three of the creatures at the same time. Therefore, no one on the street fears the goblets for those who have 'experienced' the future before the return, fighting five of them at the same time should be easy even with their fists. Shriek!! Finally, when the distance was narrowed down enough, the goblets jumped to attack. Everyone except for Do-hyuk got ready to fight instead of running away. "Die!" Their fists fly towards the goblets. However... Shriek!!! The result was different from what they had imagined. "Aaaah!" "Wha-what the!" The goblets were fast and fierce, a hundred times stronger than the ones in 'their memories'. "Hey, hey, hey, you idiots underestimated goblets way too much." "Do they consider goblets weak in this world? Well, they are weak, but" "But we did gave them 250 percent extracted pheromones. The goblets will fight til the end without considering their bodies getting destroyed." The angels giggled as they watched the devastation on the street. "Even so, I didn't think they'll try to fight with their bare hands." "If they had found some kind of weapon to throw around, they could've had some chances." "I thought they will be smarter since they already had some blood on their hands." Like they said, the goblets were enhanced by the angels but they were not stronger than normal. However, with that small change alone, the past battle experiences of the humans were rendered useless. Not to mention, the battle patterns of the crazed goblets were far different than what they have been accustomed to, and more than anything, their ignorance strengthened the goblets further. The relief of knowing the future made them vulnerable without realizing it. "Ugh" "Aaaaahhh!" In an instant, the street was filled with their agonizing screams. On top of the movements and attack patterns, the horny goblets were able to land impactful attacks than was deemed normal. While the humans scrambled in disbelief, more goblets piled up to attack. "This, This can't be happening!!!!" People began to fall as several goblets rip them apart. Death alone awaits their arrival. No one thought it would be this agonizing to receive death on the second chance. They began to run off with their confidence in between their legs. It didn't matter if they had two Natures. They didn't stand a chance when their basic abilities are so weak. There were no confident returners anymore. Instead, there were only beginners that were caught off guard by the alteration they had faced. A few minutes ago, when other goblets ambushed the people with their fists up... Hiss There was one goblet heading off to a different direction alone. He could smell the stench over there. He couldn't see it, but there was a building where the pheromone can be smelt from inside. The goblet followed its instinct and walked towards the building. It was headed into an open building and followed the stench of the pheromones towards the lobby. As it turned around the corner Crack-! A sudden blunt impact crushed its face. It was Do-hyuk. He, who was waiting around the corner with a fire extinguisher in his hands, made a surprise attack on the goblet. The goblet didn't die. however, the blow of the extinguisher which Do-hyuk swung with all of his power onto the creature was too strong. Do-hyuk was not stupid to miss this chance. "Eeek-!" Crack! Smash! Do-Hyuk smashed through the creature's body until the goblet lost his balance and fell to the ground, only then did it ceased to move. Do-hyuk kept smashing the goblet's head with the fire extinguisher. Do-hyuk didn't know anything, but, that was the reason he succeeded. Goblet Killed This caution and cunning idea was possible due to Do-hyuk panicking like a tensed up scaredy-cat. If you think of it, this was the ultimate weapon which made humans won the survival game of our world. Gained 20 Coins First Hunting Achievement Reached within the Section Before Do-hyuk was able to comprehend the words which appeared, he felt a jolt of energy running though his body. "..." With the bloody fire extinguisher in his hand, he hides behind the corner again. It's like a work of animal instinct. He could hear the footsteps of the second goblet from the building entrance. Before he could realize it words appeared once again, Achievement: First Hunter Obtained Abilities Renewal Do-hyuk was getting accustomed to the current situation very well. The future had now become the past he doesn't remember, and he wouldn't be able to just like the first time.
