"Let's meet again, Yoo Joonghyuk."
The power of the demon king disappeared and at the same time, strength drained from me.
[THE MAIN SCENARIO HAS ENDED.]
[SEOUL DOME HAS BEEN FREED.]
A small black hole appeared in the air behind me. My body was slowly being sucked into it. My legs, my torso, my arms...they turned into powder and were slowly being sucked in.
"Kim Dokja! No! Kim Dokja!"
At the last moment, he tightly held me by the neck. However, it was already too late.
As I read the story, something stirred inside me, something I couldn't quite identify. My hand clenched tightly around my phone.
A sudden smack interrupted me from reading.
"Hey dude, what are you reading?" Kim Donghyuk asked, trying to peek at my phone.
"Novel as usual." I pressed the off button.
"Oh! You're such a nerd." He smacked my shoulder again but this time, it was much stronger.
"Sure."
As Kim Donghyuk and I walked across the street I noticed that people around us stood frozen, heads tilted up.
I turned my head to look at Donghyuk to see if he perceived it as well.
And he did.
I followed where people were staring.
A mysterious creature appeared in the middle of the street with a small hairy body, long sharp teeth, small horns and bulging eyes.
I knew this appearance. It was a Dokkaebi.
I didn't even know that these creatures existed outside of fantasy novels and movies.
[&아#@!&아#@!....]
[&아#@!&아#@!....]
"What is this?"
"Is this a joke?"
It seems like I'm not the only one that's curious about it.
[Ah. Ah. Does anybody understand me now?]
The dokkaebi spoke in a language I was all too familiar with. I could see people's expressions of amazement and shock quickly turning into ones of confusion and disbelief. Then, a group of friends stepped up to ask questions.
"What are you?"
[Hmmm...]
"Is this some kind of prank?"
Everyone started to look around to see if there were any cameras.
Are they completely out of their minds for plotting and planning such reckless actions? Or maybe it really is a prank.
"Hey! Answer me."
With a sharp snap of his fingers, the dokkaebi caused the group of friends' heads to explode in a shower of blood and bone fragments.
[Tsk!...]
"Ahhhh!"
A sharp piercing scream tore out in everyone's throat.
[Silence! I am going to make your skulls explode if you guys maintain this behaviour.]
Even if the street grew silent, the terror of those individuals never faded away.
[You all will participate in my scenario whether you like it or not.] A smile spread across the Dokkaebi.
[#GYE-6237 CHANNEL IS OPEN]
[CONSTELLATIONS HAVE ENTERED.]
[THE MAIN SCENARIO HAS ARRIVED.]
+
A blue screen appeared in front of me.
「MAIN SCENARIO #1- PROVE YOUR VALUE
CATEGORY : MAIN
DIFFICULTY: F
CLEAR CONDITIONS : KILL ONE OR MORE LIVING ORGANISM
TIME LIMIT : 20 MINUTES
COMPENSATION : 400 COINS
FAILURE : DEATH 」
[Good luck!] The dokkaebi smiled and disappeared.
My heart beat faster as the excitement and adrenaline came over me.
Everything is real, this was happening in my favorite novel. It's giving me deja vu.
Does it mean there's a real character in this reality?
"Han Yeong Su!" Kim Donghyuk shouted.
"What the hell were you thinking? This is not the time to zone out!"
"Donghyuk. This is the same scenario that happens in the novel I have read."
"Yeong Su! This is not the time for your nonsense!"
In an instant a man holding a cloth as a weapon ran towards the pregnant woman.
Our attention turned to them.
Before the man could get close, Kim Donghyuk shielded the woman with incredible speed.
"What are you doing?" The man growled.
Kim Donghyuk grabbed the man's wrist. "It's obvious I'm stopping you."
I glanced at the blue screen with 13 minutes remaining . My eyes turn back to Donghyuk.
"Don't you get it? The only way to survive is to kill people." The man announced proudly.
"Humans are not the only ones who are living creatures."
A sudden realization hit me. Kim Donghyuk is the main character. Well, the name is kind of the same with the MC but it's just mixed with the life and death companion and the lines were the same.
The blue screen blinks, reminding the scenario.
"I don't have time for this." I mumbled and stepped away.
[THE REMAINING : 9 MINUTES 42 SECONDS.]
[IF THE CONDITIONS HAVEN'T ACCOMPLISHED AT THE RIGHT TIME YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PROCEED.]
[THE CONSTELLATION, EYE THAT NEVER CLOSES IS OBSERVING YOU.]
[YOU HAVE UNLOCKED YOUR PERSONAL ABILITY, STYGIAN!]
An extreme darkness surrounded me.
Huh? What is that?
[LVL. 1 OF STYGIAN
'PROFANE DIVINITY: DEVOUR' ACTIVATED!]
My eyes landed on the people who were already killing each other.
[TIME REMAINING: 7 MINUTES 24 SECONDS.]
I raised my hand and pointed to the chaos. As soon as I gestured, the pitch-black darkness lunged forward, swallowing them whole, consuming their energy.
Only screams and the sound of bones cracking could be heard.
[THE FIRST KILL MISSION HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.]
[100 COINS HAVE BEEN EARNED AS ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.]
[YOU HAVE KILLED A LIVING ORGANISM.]
[100 COINS HAVE BEEN EARNED AS ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.]
[YOU HAVE KILLED A LIVING ORGANISM.]
[100 COINS HAVE BEEN EARNED AS ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.]
[YOU HAVE KILLED A LIVING ORGANISM.]
[100 COINS HAVE BEEN EARNED AS ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.]
[YOU HAVE KILLED A LIVING ORGANISM.]
A pool of blood was left on the ground.
With a swift motion of my hand, a blade took shape manifested by my skill.
[BLACKFORGE]
There was a loud drumming sound followed by a pop.
[Hello there, human. As expected you're truly a merciless creature.]
The Dokkaebi flew towards me, leaned on my shoulder adding his weight.
He snapped his finger and a blue screen appeared right in front of me.
[The constellation seems to take interest in you, say hi.] The Dokkaebi waves his small hand to the screen where every Constellation is watching.
I brushed him off my shoulder.
"Enough with the childish act. And stop spamming that blue screen every time I kill."
He shrugged. [Do you think I would listen to a creature like you? And besides it's very amusing to see you get distracted and annoyed by it. Well then I'll see you again.] He then disappeared.
[YOUR TIME HAS RUN OUT. PROCEED WITH CHECKOUT.]
[MAIN SCENARIO #1 PROVE YOUR VALUE HAS ENDED.]
[NUMBER OF SURVIVORS IN MYEONGDONG: 1,729 ]
[CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE ONE OF THE SURVIVORS.]
After the screen disappeared, the ground trembled violently, splitting open with a massive crack.