1 The End?
"Is this how the world end?"
My only companion in this messed up just muttered something so hopeless our of nowhere.
"Yeah... "
"We stood no chance against them, those monsters are heartless, cold blooded"
"We've never faced this scale of war before, of course we would lose"
"To think that we're the only two left on this destroyed planet"
We sat in silence as we continued to stare into the beyond distant, how much the world have changed, how lifeless it feel now.
The magnificent sky which once used to be lightblue, turn dark red due to explosions and magic scattering throughout the atmosphere. Collapsed buildings is a norm sights to behold now, the skyscrapers who we once thought would never collapse is now just pieces of cement scattered on the ground.
Cain broke the silence
"Who would have thought that I would miss society this much."
"I miss having coffee in the morning"
*chuckle*
"Of course you would, you workaholic!"
"Hey, I don't choose to work because I wanted to! I work because it's stable income. If I don't have to eat and drink I would read every novel in this world"
"speaking of novel, our situation at first feels like novel right? Monsters invading, heroes come out to save the world and humanity from extinction."
"..."
"Some people at first thought that they are some sort of superheroes that could defend earth because of the power-up from the [Balance System] "
"They're delusional"
"They're not at all actually, having hope of saving the world is also one of the strongest suit for humanity. They're just haven't experience anything yet beside reading it from fatansy."
He continued.
"If only we have common enemies like those monsters used to before this Jakraval thing happens"
"Who would want to be a common enemy in our human society?"
"It's just an assumption, Frey. Having a common enemy, humanity would be better prepared for this one sided war."
"Guns and Nuclear Weapons, will scare anyone who wanted to be a villian from the start."
"Well to be fair, during our year no believe that old legend is real. The fact that witchery and magic circles works still feel like a dream to me these day."
A bright light from the distant in the sky started to head toward us.
Cain smile with slightly tears dripping from his eyes toward me. The scarred on his face from the countless battle so far.
"I miss my old life, Frey"
To see a full grown man cry and having a breakdown in front of me, drive me speechless.
"I miss having cup noodles, I miss being a shut in and play VR games to another world."
"Now that you talk about it, the protagonist of the novels I've read are people like you"
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know what the authors think, but most protagonists are either shut-ins or nerd who specialize in some fields."
"You hypocrite bastard. *chuckle* you're also one of us nerds"
"Look man, the point is, a Hero don't cry when he failed to a the world or something"
"You stupid, there's no novel where a hero failed to save the world."
"Look...If I was an author, I'd made you hero and there's will be villians so you can grow stronger with the power of 'FRIENDSHIP' haha"
"I like how we gave up to the point of making jokes in the face of death"
"What more can we do? Humanity is already extinct since there's only the two of us left"
I continue
"If you you were a beautiful princess, then maybe I could use the power of 'MOTIVATION' to save humanity and live happily ever after"
The air around started boiling. The casted projectile approach closer.
"I guess this is it... Goodbye Frey"
"..."
*sigh*
"You're no fun, say something atleast"
"Fine, if i get isekai'd, I'd be earth's common enemy"
"What nonsense are you spouting again? Just say goodbye you idiot"
"I hate saying goodbyes..."
"*chuckle* I learned new things everyday"
"Okay, If I also get isekai'd, I would beat the sh*t out of that 'common enemy' "
BOOOM!
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Where is this?
Why is it all nothing but darkness?
Is this what death feels like?
So calming and relaxing...
"WAKE THE F*CK UP FREY!!"
God?
Do gods curse?
Don't tell me Im in hell!?
I saved alot of lives back in Jakraval, how!?
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HURRY AND WAKE UP, LUNCH BREAK IS OVER!!"
Lunch break?
What??
I open my eyes to see a blurry figure.
Someone familiar if i mighy say so myself
My vision turned back to normal like waking up from a good sleep.
A middle-aged man standing infront of me with his half baled head and angry expression.
"I can't believe you sleep during work hour"
Where is this place that felt so familiar? I feel like I used to hate this scenery so much, seeing it now make me feel so annoyed.
"Why are you ignoring me!?"
"umm... Who are you?"
"WHAT? Have you lost your mind, Mr. Frey Verlice? I'm your boss"
"Boss?"
"Yes! Now hurry up and get to work, we have to keep you up on this project before this New Years eve"
"..."
Why am I back at work again?
Jakraval felt too real to be a Dream.
Am I in another timeline?!
No way, that can't be true.
I don't know, I have to worry about this later.
The walk on my way to my desk felt too instinctual to forget where my desk is.
Along the way, I see multiple faces that I simply remove from my memory because of how unremarkable they are.
Staring at the flat screen infront of me, make me a hundred percent sure that I've returned back to YoctoSoft, my old company that I used to work at.
"Hey, intern. Making him mad is not a good idea on your first day at work"
"Huh? Intern?"
I point a finger at myself
"Yeah, you"
I'm pretty sure that I worked here for 5 years before Jakraval's event happened.
"Hi, I'm Jin, Jung YiJin from HR department. Today should your first day training with me. And that man who has just yelled at you is Sang MukYeoung, who is also the manager for our department."
Now that he mentioned it, I remember him very well. Not alot of good memories were made with that MukYeoung guy.
We used to call him Mad Ball back in the day.
But what does he mean first day here?
"Umm excuse me, what day is today"
"Hmmm... It should be 12th of December 2075"
So I've returned exactly five years before Jakraval achievement happens.
"And if you don't mind me asking... Did I sign any contract before interning here?"
"Did you forget? You suppose to sign it after your first day here, it's YoctoSoft's new term so people could see the environment first before signing anything."
"Ohh, so I haven't sign anything yet, correct?"
"Yes, that seem to be the case. Why do you ask? You don't like it here?"
"It's nothing, thank you"
I stood up from my desk.
"Hey Mr. Yijin!"
"Yeah?"
I tilted my head and smile
"Thank you, and be safe."
Without waiting for reply, i just walked away from him.
***
"Hey, you bastard!"
I shouted at the bald man sitting in his office enjoying his coffee, while the other worked thier life away.
Everyone know that he just slacking because the wall to his office is made of glass so everyone can see what's going on, but to complain and get on his bad side is not something that everyone want to do, so many just ignored his actions.
"What did you say!!"
*BAM*
I punched his face
*BAM*
Another punch was thrown to his eye
*BAM*
"ughh...what are you doing?"
At this point, everyone was looking this way. Some showed a face of anxiousness, some showed fear, while the other looked excited as if they wanted this to happen.
*BAM*
He felled to the ground from his chair
"w-what are you doing? y-you will go to jail for this"
I stayed silent and throw in another punch.
"s-stop, please i beg you"
I grab his coffee mug and bash him in the head, breaking it in the process.
"I'm s-sorry"
He broke into tears while apologizing.
"What are you sorry for?
"s-orry for *hick* yelling at you"
*BAM*
"Wrong, again"
"umm...*hick* I-I don't know what I did wrong"
I grab a broken piece of glass from the broken mug, and jab it through his eye.
"ARGGGG!!"
"Should've sorry for what you've done in your past life"
I got up, and get out from his office.
The moment I opened the door, there i see it.
Many fell to thier knee from the scene they've just witnessed, and in the corner of the room YiJin hold a fight or flight position with his devastated eyes.
All of them didn't approach me, even though they've seen a crime happen in front of them.
I continue walking to approach the elevator door.
The wait for the elevator to arrive was long, but it's so silent. Everyone was staying far away from as possible.
*DING*
I turned my head back to look at them, while the iron ball's blood dripping down my white uniform.
"Be prepared... Heroes"
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