ON HOLD 20 years have passed since the first door to the abyss was opened. It was the day that was held has the Revelation Day, as the gate of the abyss opened, Superhuman beings appeared with the revelation tablet known as the Kiln system. Vince Earlwalker is one of the 10% of the human population that was not revelated, but his life was turned upside down due to a faithful event.
Doors of some kind appeared everywhere in the year 20XX.
The Day was hailed as the 'Revelation Day' and all the doors that appeared were called 'The Abysses.'
Ifrits, the term humanity called the beings that came along the abysses, wreak havoc in the early years of its arrival.
It was the age of pure chaos and destruction. No one was able to fight back, modernize weapons did not work on any of them.
Humanity was about to lose hope when suddenly superhumans began to pop out, humans began to receive power from the Abyss known as the 'gift' and drove back the Ifrits into the Abyss.
The 'Gift' was in the form of a transparent red tablet also known as the 'Kiln Status System.'
People began to receive unique abilities based on the job they have acquired. It was then humanity fought against the Ifrits to bring them back to the Abysses.
The emergence of power made humanity stronger and its machine more advance and futuristic thus it was called 'The Golden Age of Humanity' and the beginning of a new era.
…20 years have passed since the Revelation and 90% of the human population has received the Abyss' power.
The world also abolished national currency and made it universal since national currency cannot accommodate the use of power by the gifted people which made the civilization safe from monsters.
The gifted people were divided into two main groups: The [Mage Incorporation], incorporation dedicated to the people who have supernatural powers but decided to live a life away from the dangers of the Abyss to make use of their 'gifts' to do businesses, and The so-called [Hunters Association], people who regularly hunts Ifrits and venture inside the abyss.
60% of the gifted humans are hunters mostly because of high pay.
Hunters are divided into tiers: Tier 6-1 and special cases like Nation Tier and World Tier Hunters. The higher your rank is the more high-ranked beast you can defeat thus increases the amount of money you received as payment.
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Vince takes his time walking in the path walk somewhere in Anarof, the city of tranquility, pondering some things.
'I am one of the 10% of the population who does not possess the 'gift.' I am also one of the unemployed citizens of Edinhoe.'
'There are so many hunters here in Anarof...I envy them having gifts and lots of money...
*sigh
"Oh well...let's go to the next interv-."
~Grrr
A rumbling sound was heard from Vince's stomach...
'This city is more peaceful than my last, heck I can casually walk in the sidewalks and take my time. '
'But I'm definitely hungry right now'
"Guess I'll grab a snack in a convenience store then, " said with a smirk on his face
"Gil's face was like this...you know I mean ri-"
Mark paused what he was about to say as he saw Vince walking in the street.
"Hey Kyle, guess what?... Vince is outside y'know"
"Oh yeah... You mentioned him to me last time, who is he really?"
"Well... we've been friends since he moved here, but his normal so I don't talk to him much since I mostly talk about superpowers and stuff. It makes him feel upset and stop talking so... " Mark whispered as he answered Kyle's question.
"Since you don't normally talk much, use this time and call him over here," said Kyle with an excited look on his face.
Mark Jirmsteig persistently waved his hand at the window of the convenience store.
*sigh
Vince with a tired and hungry look on his face headed toward the store and proceeded first to Mark.
"What you got for me?...persistently waving looking like an idiot," Vince asked as he enters the store.
Mark with a smug and proud face introduced his companion.
"He's Kyle Gonoe, a hunter whose rank is above mine; a certified C-Rank Hunter"
"Woah, really?!"
With still an amazing look on Vince's face, he again said.
"Amazing! What position are you suited Mr. Gonoe"
"Just call me Kyle, I'm also now your friend since you're Mark's friend. I am a Damage Dealer just like Mark here"
"Awesome, I always wanted to become one!" Vince with serious amazement on his face.
~Grr!
Vince's stomach's growl was heard through the whole store with everyone staring at him.
"I-I'm S-sure am H-hungry hahaha" Vince laugh it out with an awkward face and stuttering words.
He immediately rushes to the counter to buy snacks.
"You said he becomes upset whenever the topic of superpowers is involved."
"It looks like he's really into it with pure amazement"
'Hmm... that's too strange, he should've been upset. It might be a premonition or something. Well...like what will happen today, I must be going paranoid'
A thought that will foresee what was about to happen...
"Maybe I was just mistaken about it, don't mind it"
The three had a long discussion about their belief in the revelation and the abysses. They chatted about superpowers and the top hunters in the world. Vince couldn't keep away the amazement in his eyes while listening to both of their experiences in the abyss and what happened during their raid.
It went on for several hours and ended at 7 in the evening. They went their own path after their chat.
Vince picks a somewhat silent road, plug in his earphones and continue to read in his phone as he walks down the alley.
He didn't know that this night will turn his world upside down and question the revelation.
As he continued to walk, the surrounding became more reserved and quieter. The atmosphere became gloomier and gloomier as all the lamps and stars have completely vanished, and only the moonshines ever so brightly in the sky alone. He was so focused on reading that he didn't notice his surroundings had changed and he was in the middle of a gloomy forest.
As he began to move forward, he only began to realize what is happening in his surroundings after hitting a tree.
"Oww... What the hell?! "
"Where am I? "
That was the only question that came out of his mind as he looked around his surroundings in a state of disarray.
...then he remembered the news before he went to his interview.
"There was an unexpected increase in the creation of Abysses, thus all citizens are to be on full alert not to go inside the Abyss"
He was in utter shock, to relieve from his shock he tries to convince himself that it was just a simple and plain forest, nothing out of the blue.
Suddenly he remembered something that made him dropped to the floor in fear.
'Abysses are a small world not located in our universe, they contain different environments inside but what makes them, all the same, is that inside almost complete darkness fill the surroundings with only the moonlight as the source of light, that's why hunters carry some sort of lighting inside the Abyss. The second most scary part of the abyss aside from the Ifrits is total silence, you can't hear anything even crickets until an Ifrit approaches you.'
~Woosh~Woosh
From complete and total silence with nothing to listen to in the surrounding, the sound of the breeze that normally indicates freedom and coolness became a sense of fear instead.
A shadow suddenly crawls in at his front.
'I'm gonna die!'
'I'm gonna die!'
'I'm gonna die!'
'O geez why did freakin' read while walking when there is a massive increase of Abyss creation'
'Ahh! I'm gonna die!! '
With that on his head, he slowly turned his head to see where the shadow came from.
He was relieved since it was just the moon that moved from the top to his back.
~Roar!
A roar echoed throughout the forest, it was not like any other beasts, only one word can describe it.
'Terrifying'
~Roar!~Roar!~Roar!
~Stomp~Stomp~Stomp
Multiple roar and stomp can be heard in the forest. He rushes to find seclusion and security.
It was to no avail since in a matter of seconds he's already surrounded by high ranked Ifrits.
58 C Rank
24 B Rank
5 A Rank
1 S Rank
'Is this high-rank abyss? '
'It's really big and has such a hideous form, it definitely can skin me alive just by the looks of it'
Wide red eyes, Disproportionate teeth and mouth, sharp claws, and hideous-looking bodies that of a slug and werewolf combined are what faced Vince.
'I'm dead!'
With that thought, the Ifrits came rushing in, chomping and biting his lower body. He had experienced excruciating pain.
~Chomp! ~Chomp!
"Humans let us feast upon your body even if it will not satisfy our hunger, it shall still lessen our craving" One of the A-Rank Ifrit exclaimed with a hideous voice. "
With no hope in the sight, He saw an amulet recently buried to the ground but to the stomping, it rose. He tries to reach it intuitively as his mind to began to crumble down due to immense pain, accompanied by the thought 'Anything is possible, even the slightest miracle I'll take it to end my suffering.'
The blood dripping in his hand from his lower half of the body dripped in the amulet.
~Shing
A golden streak of light shone through it, all Ifrits including the S Rank one stopped on a moment's notice. The amulet went into his body and he went to a state of consciousness drift and unlocked his memories of the past life.