Aiko dashed backwards as she saw the situation changes, sweats started to form on her face. This dream was mine and I'm allowed to take care of it.
"What are you doing?"
She asked, the girl was clearly losing her calm after seeing the the table turned . She thought she could kill me that easily? In my own dream, too? I looked at her, letting out a laugh.
It takes a psychopath to defeat a psychopath after all. Let's see what this world of mine is capable of.
I took in a deep breath, thinking of how to use the world. I'll assume I can control just like how I control a skill, it's worth a try.
I closed my eyes, focusing all my energy on one thing. The thing that had kept me going for years, the thing that was held me together when I had nothing to look forward to.
"Fated by death."
The power to write my own ending. My power as an author. In a second, all the system and torn book pages turned into my weapon, so this was Aiko's power. I smiled, what a great lesson from a teenager.
"I-I… this isn't fair! Aargh!"
The young girl screamed, the once so mighty and powerful wolf infront of me was nothing more than a prey under my claws. Thanks to the skill, I could now predict what her next move was as if she was my character in a book.
As I was starting to get closer to her, I could feel a slight shake coming from the ground. I stopped in my track, letting go of my weapon created in the space. I almost got carried away.
"D-damn you old man! I'll get you another time."
What a shame the party had to end early. I was only getting started. I looked as the girl disappeared, along with my skill. To be honest, I hadn't even done anything yet.
[SYSTEM: 「Mirroring」 had learned a new type of skill!
「Mirroring」 had noted down the skill for the future in case it is needed. . .]
Either way, it wasn't too bad, I got a new skill just for getting challenged. I sighed, smiling to myself, today was quite the—
[SYSTEM: danger! Your energy is extremely low! Your mental state is severely injured!]
Well that isn't good. I fell down, pain shot through my body, this was worse than death itself. I closed my eyes, accepting whatever was going to happen to me.
After a while of laying in silence, I thought I was surely dead, until a familiar voice called out my name.
"Huh?"
"Gyungho? Gyungho!"
I opened my eyes to find myself being shaken violently by Chin-hae. The man looked at me worriedly, only calming down and letting me go after I opened my eyes. I swear he was about to end me right there with all the shaking.
"Did something happen? You were asleep for really long, the first round is already over."
I groaned, looking at the boy in front of me, I can't remember a time where he wasn't worried… It doesn't feel too—
"Bleurgh!"
I held my hands against my mouth, gasping for air. Chin-hae looked at me worried, he was reaching out to me but doesn't really know what to do. I didn't know what to do either, I felt as if my organs were gushing out of my body.
"Aah! Hyung, are you alright?!"
I was exhausted, whatever I dreamed of was definitely a nightmare yet I can't seem to remember what happened.
I looked up at Chin-hae's worried expression then down at the pool of blood I coughed up. What the hell happened that could explain this? I wiped the blood off my mouth.
My body was feeling excruciating pain, I felt as if I was going to die any second now. I was weak, really weak, I couldn't recall what might happen for me to end up in this state, what kind of dream would use up this much energy anyways?
"Hyung, I'm sorry, please don't die."
"It's okay, it wasn't your fault."
I answered him, of course he was blaming himself, maybe it was because he was shaking me violently and thought that was the reason of why I was thowing up blood… But, I doubt it's the cause. A shake like that wouldn't be enough to severely injured me. Talking about injuries...
"When did I get these wounds…?"
"I'm not sure either, hyung. I was just sitting on the bench, waiting for you to wake up."
Chin-hae stopped for a bit before continuing, he looked uncomfortable.
"…After a while of sitting and waiting for you, I felt something wet and warm soaking my clothes, when I checked again, you were bleeding out of no where."
That doesn't make sense… If nobody was around then how would I get injured? I groaned, looking down at the injuries spread across my body. I tried ignoring the pain and continue the conversation with Chin-hae.
As we were talking, I could feel a pair of eyes on me, sharp, mysterious eyes. I might be hallucinating again, might be because I'm lightheaded due to the amount of blood I lost.
I sank deep in to my thoughts, trying to find a reasonable reason for why I was bleeding until a figure sat down next to me and Chin-hae. I looked over, expecting to see Mary.
"Hey, I brought you some supplies I found. I saw you were looking a bit sick so I thought it'd be a nice thing to do."
A girl handed me a bag of things including some medicine and bandages. She looked a bit familiar… I know she's Aiko but I feel like I've seen her somewhere else aside from that one time she was trying to persuade the crowd.
I nodded, maybe I was just going insane from all this traumatic events. I seriously need a break from all of this.
"Thank you, that's very kind of you, Aiko."
She shook her head, smiling back at me. She seemed like a nice girl aside from the intimidating aura she had when she was holding the speech with her brother.
"It's nothing, really!"
I nodded, wrapping up the conversation. I looked over to the crowd, they look more calm than they were before when that girl died… this is good, I might be able to get them to work together and find the culprit now.
Aiko then bowed down and walked back into the crowd. I yawned, looking at Chin-hae then back at the 2 bags I have. 1 was possibly given by Mary to Chin-hae and the other was from the girl.
I took out a can from the bag of food, opening it. The aroma wasn't too bad… but with all the food here wouldn't be enough to keep us fed for too long.
I need something to eat and refuel me for now. I took out another can of food, handinf it over to Chin-hae. The man was definitely starving after all that running and activities.
As I ate, I keep on thinking about how I got the injuries. If I have abilities then I'm sure everyone or most people here also obtained some magic powers…
"Are you still thinking about the supplies problem?"
A snicker came from next to me. Somehow, Mary was already sitting on the bench besides me and Chin-hae. Thinking about it for a while, I've only known this lady for about a day. I have no information about her even though she's the talkative one.
"So, are you still thinking about it?"
I looked over, hesitant about answering her question. The woman infront of me was smiling widely, curious about what I my reply might be
There's no harm to tell her, atleast that's what I'd assume. After all, her intimidating aura wasn't enough to suppress me and it's better to put in a little fun while dealing with someone like her.
"You're correct, I am still worried about the supplies situation."
She let out a loud laugh. I have a feeling that she hit her head on her way here… I know she's a bit weird, but what's about my idea could make her laugh?
She stopped and thought about it for a moment before she started to answer me.
"Gyungho-ssi, we all know that the world everyone was familiar with is gone, right?"
She looked at me, this time more serious. Have she finally registered that I'm not another toy for her to play with?
"And? What's your point?"
I answered, it was true that the world came to an end but what does that got to do with food? Wait a minute…
"For a new world to exist, wouldn't it need new a new civilization, food source and whatever a world needs?"
As I was about to answer, the crowd started to erupt in chaos again. I looked over to see the people fighting, weren't they all chatting normally a second ago?
Mary stood up from her place, she began walking over towards the crowd.
"Seems like I'll have to cut our conversation short then. It's a shame our conversation always get interrupted by these parasites…"
She laughed, her head turned back to the group of people. I just sat there as she walked away. I have more important things to do now.
I looked over at Chin-hae who's head was on my shoulder, his can of food already finished. This kid… It must've been a long day for him.
I took his head off my shoulder, adjusting his position so he'd be laying on the bench. Let's see what everyone's up to with all these noise.
As I got closer, I could see people attacking each other, blood stained fists, sounds of cries, begging for mercy. I was watching chaos taking its chance to wipe out everything.
From the corner of my eye, I could see Mary sitting on a guy, possibly the same one that she sat on when we first met. Why isn't she doing anything about this? Is this what she really want to see?
As I was trying to get closer, I could feel someone coming my way, I ignored the feeling and went forward. From the crowd, I could see a sharp knife charging towards me.
I looked at the guy in surprise, narrowly dodging the attack.
「All-seeing eye activated!」
「left rib」
I scoffed, since when did this skill got the ability to guess the opponent's next move? I dodged it, throwing a punch im the guy's face.
"What the hell?!"
I looked at my fist that was burning red then back st the guy's face. He was glaring at me like a hungry beast.
Something is not right, I know my strength isn't exactly that high but how can I be this weak?! Surely something was just wrong with him and not with me, right?
「Neck」
I look at the guy that was charging at me. This isn't good, I'm still suffering from the severe injuries I somehow got by just sleeping.
I was going to save the ranks for a bit later but I guess I have no choice now… With such little energy, this was basically a game of luck.
[SYSTEM: the skill 「All-seeing eye」 has registered information about the actor 「Kim Jaewon」 !]
As the system notifications pops up, I can feel the energy going through my body, I could feel all the memories from the man infront of me absorbed into my brain. I felt as if I was Jaewon himself.
With this understanding, I could surely defend myself from him. It's basically fighting myself, after all.
I took in a deep breath, I need to defend myself and not hurt or kill him at the same time. I smiled, brushing off the slight pain fron the recoil from the overwhelming amount of information.
「Mirroring is activated!」
Since when did I get this ability? Whatever, I can figure it out later... I looked infront of me where the man was standing.
"He's… gone?"
As I stood there in confusion, I could hear the sound of footsteps coming from behind of me. Shit! I was too distracted by myself!
「Heart」
I dodged, landing on the ground. The knife the man was holding also fell out of his hands. As the knife fell and slided away from him, I can feel his intense aura reduced by a huge amount.
[SYSTEM: the skill 「All-seeing eye」 and 「Mirroring」 have been turned off due to insufficient energy!]
Such a shame… I didn't even get to use mirroring and explore what it might be yet.
Suddenly, the man ran towards me, I was prepared to get stabbed or attack in some way but he just kneeled down and started to talk shakily.
"Shit! Please, don't kill me!"
What the hell is going on…? One second he was attacking me and now he was begging me not to kill him? I wasn't planning on to do it anyways.
I looked as the crowd that was fighting and attacking each other a second ago was now staring at the both of us. This isn't good.
"Plea—"
As the man was about to beg again, his head bursts open, his blood splattered all over my clothes, painting my dirty white shirt bright red. What is going on here?
「??? Laughs at the scene」
What the hell is this now? I shook my head, looking at the crowd. Now all the attention was on me. I looked up to see the people's horrified faces. I'm so done for.