It was night.
With countless stars in the sky.
The stars looked like a painting, with the moon, a crescent shape, looking down at the earth.
You can say it is the perfect night.
If only, the Apocalypse didn’t happen, and the monsters weren’t infesting the planet.
Those monsters have ruined everything.
They are killing everyone and are eating the bodies of the people they have killed.
They tore apart their flesh and devoured their innards, and their screams rang out in the air.
Their voices echoed throughout the whole world.
People were running, screaming, and were trying to escape.
The ones who were able to escape are few.
But most of them didn’t survive.
The monsters were too strong.
Too strong.
There were countless of them, and their numbers were rising by the minute.
The sky was being filled with the monsters that could fly.
And the ground was being covered by the ones that couldn’t.
The buildings were being torn apart, and the houses were burning with fire.
The smoke rose into the air, and the ashes fell on the ground.
The monsters were everywhere, and the people were nowhere.
They were hiding, or trying to hide.
Some of them were running, and some of them were lying dead.
Some of them were trying to save themselves, and some of them were trying to save their friends.
Some of them were running toward the monsters, and some of them were running away from them.
Some of them were trying to fight back, and some of them were giving up.
The city was in chaos.
No, I mean the whole world was in chaos.
There was a lot of commotion.
It was utter mayhem.
But it was that very same time when everything was going downhill, something happened.
Something strange, something new, something weird, and something amazing.
In the middle of the chaos, in the midst of the carnage, the destruction, and the terror, systems were born.
At that very same time, people began to change.
They changed into something different, into something powerful, and into something unique.
Some changed into the strongest warriors, while some changed into the wisest sages.
Some changed into the deadliest assassins, while some changed into the mightiest wizards.
And the most important thing was that the power, the knowledge, the skill, and the ability weren’t only given to the adults.
No.
It was also given to the kids, the children, and the teenagers.
The powers, the abilities, the skills, and the knowledge were given to the kids, the teenagers, the young people, the people with dreams, the people who have hopes, to the people who want to change the world.
They were given a chance, a chance to survive, and a chance to grow.
But, I...
{Ahem! Rael? What are you thinking about?}
’Oh, Saya.’
’Yeah, sorry. I got lost in my thoughts. Once I was thinking of writing a story and—’
{So? Don’t you think you have a bigger situation at hand than writing a story, thinking about a story, or imagining a story?}
’Well, yeah. But my situation just felt like it is right out of a novel.’
’Just now you said that Ella’s presence is keeping the monsters away but what is this?’
—
Defeat the Goblin Queen (SS)
—
Before I could get an answer from Saya, the electricity around the black hole behind me started to crackle with more intensity.
The situation with Ella and her parents was bad enough, and now...
’Another problem is arising.’
’Great! Just Great!’
I looked at the screen and saw the countdown.
1 Hour, 4 minutes and 23 seconds.
’I need to do something about this goblin queen thing.’
’I will first take care of the problem here, and then, I will deal with the goblin queen.’
"Hey, all of you quickly enter the house. There are dangerous things outside, so all of you should stay inside."
My voice caught their attention, and they looked at me.
"What?" Ella’s father blinked his eyes.
"What did you say, Rael?" His wife asked.
"Rael?"
My father and mother, sisters, and Yoonhe which looking at the ground also lifted her head and looked at me.
Her cheeks were flushed red, and her eyes were a little teary.
’She is sad.’
’Oh, God, how can I fix this situation?’
’And there is no time to do it.’
Ding!
— Goblin Queen has infiltrated the earth.