18 Ch. 18 [Invitation from Hunter Academy]

[TRING!]

[Something dangerous is coming sooner than expected. [Darkness Monarch Status] will be granted to [Player Altair Noah Ortiz].

Do you want to receive [Darkness Monarch Status]?

Yes. Not.]

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[The Beginning of Distress]

[Let's start reading]

Noah is now lying on his bed. He looked up at the white sky in his room. There was a light-up there but, that wasn't what Noah was looking at right now. His midnight-express eyes stared at nothing, his mind wandering away from his place. He closes his eyes.

Two months ago, Banssang City was the first city to be attacked by [False], a terrifying monster that destroys everything in its surroundings. Targeting people and destroying infrastructure around there. Their purpose is unknown so, the researchers say that [False] appeared intending to destroy mankind.

Then, after a week, a tall tower appeared after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Seojal City. The tower was named by [System] namely [Tower].

After further exploring the [Tower] by the [Hunter] who entered the [Tower], they thought that the world turned into a game. Many objected, even officials rejected the idea and said that this was a plan from a neighboring country to destroy the country's defense system.

However, in this age of destruction, it is the [Hunters] who are the ones who experience [Awakening] which are now held in high esteem. Not knowing which circle he was in, [Hunter] changed everything. Now it's the level of the [Hunter]'s power that counts. If he is weak, then he will be underestimated. There is still discrimination, that's how humans survive.

The [Hunter] is considered correct and the [Tower] is indeed filled with terrible monsters that can threaten human life. Just like [False], they finally said that the monster inside the [Tower] was [False]. It's the same as a game, where the [Tower] has thousands of floors that can't be counted on the fingers alone. There, there are many [False] that form a group or a kingdom.

Currently, the [Hunter] of the minister of defense division is only capable of [20th Floor Tower] which is already equivalent to a [Hunter Class B]. It took weeks to reach the [20th Floor Tower]. Some even died on their way up the floor there.

Currently, humans are busy strengthening themselves. Forming a country that is ready to advance in war. [Hunters] will be at the forefront, protecting their citizens with their oaths, and maintaining the peace, while those who have not experienced [Awakening] will be at the rear, assisting [Hunters] with increasingly sophisticated weaponry.

After much thought about that whole month, Noah opened his eyes. Capturing the white ceiling of the room and the lights of the room which are very luxuriously designed.

He rose from his sleep and stretched his muscles. Don't forget to steam too. Noah got out of bed and walked over to the large window of his room. It's enough to serve as a door.

The disheveled hair after waking up will not reduce his handsomeness. His waking face was still clearly visible, but the look in his eyes was different. The midnight express stared straight at the sky from behind and a window that was as big as his body.

'If I go outside, there is a chance of meeting them.'

Previously, Noah was ordered to be hospitalized by Evelyn. After saying that his back still hurts, she forces Noah to stay in the hospital and receive intense treatment. The woman moved as she wished, in stark contrast to her [Elements] namely [Ice].

Altair Noah Ortiz. He did not want to linger in the hospital and made himself a burden to his parents. He decided to go home after the two friends said goodbye to leave.

'After that incident, how are they?'

His eyes blinked as if he saw something in the sky. There are only cumulonimbus clouds there. Slowly closing the blue sky and making it cloudy. The man was still unfamiliar with the portal that had suddenly appeared at the time of the incident on his campus.

"Well, I hope nothing happens to them," Noah muttered to himself.

He turned around and walked over to where his phone was. Right on the bedside table, there was a cellphone that was turned on. There is a new message that comes in and makes the screen light up.

The man's body jolted before a few words escaped his mouth. His eyes started to read what was in the message.

"Ha. Though I was trying to forget the incident that had nothing to do with me, what is this...."

His face looked like he was laughing at his fate. Thinking why [System] chose a weak person like him. Even to do men's work he could not.

There is writing on the cellphone with his black casing.

-Altar Noah Ortiz. 20xxxxxxxx, you are invited to enter the Hunter Academy. Be strong to fight [False] and triumph! Please come on the specified date at: Hunter.e-

The 'Hunter Academy' is a spotlight that can't be separated from Noah's eyes. He took the phone away from him and put it back on the table. Then his hand immediately moved to his face and rubbed it roughly. There were no incoherent sighs or mutterings, only silence as he covered his face with one hand. Looks like a frustrated person who doesn't know which way to go home.

"It's not an invitation, it's coercion."

Finally, the black-haired man muttered. The uneasiness he had been worrying about for so long was now evident. His [Awakening] seemed like he wouldn't be able to keep it a secret forever.

After a long time, he stood with one hand covering his face and the other holding his body with the table suddenly a question crossed his mind.

'Is this sent to everyone?'

Noah looked up. His eyes seemed to see something. The only person in his mind right now was his mother.

'Did you get this message?' he thought.

Then he walked over to his big soft bed. He threw himself onto it and looked back up at the ceiling. There wasn't anything he could do in the house, but he had a lot on his mind. None of which can be used as an answer.

'You freak. There's no way people over 40 are forced to go to war.'

His mind went blank for a moment and his hand quickly reached for his cellphone. Sliding around the screen, it looked like he was looking for something in the small object.

Noah looked for the news that was currently being discussed, and sure enough, his eyes fell on some of the words that had numbers on them. It says that people aged 40 and over are not obliged to join the war. Yes, this could be considered a war.

Reading the news made Noah's mind race. Thinking about the future of his family. He rose again from his sleep.

'If this is my destiny,'

His eyes turned to the thick black smoke that surrounded his right wrist. His midnight express beads gave off the same glow as his eyes. Now the room was filled with the reflection of midnight express light with thick black smoke billowing arbitrarily.

'Then I can't let my guard down.'