Odd man

In the world called the earth, there was also a war, but not between each other, but against hordes of monsters that, on a sunny day, appeared from a rift in the earth.

At first, each country accused each other of creating these monsters, but over time, when corpses were obtained with great difficulty.

Scientists have found that in the genetics of these monsters, or as they were called by the military elo, there was no trace of their creation from known samples of life on earth.

And this meant that these monsters appeared from the bowels of the earth. When the opposing countries began to unite together, wanting to repulse these creatures.

But by that time, most of Europe, as well as neighboring countries, had already been destroyed by elou.

Many prayed to the Lord for protection, various prophets appeared who prophesied that the end of the world was coming. And these monsters are a message for the sins of people before nature.

The military who fought against the monsters, with difficulty restrained them, there were not many weapons that could penetrate the armor of these monsters.

Everyone was looking for a way to destroy them with less costly methods, both chemicals and nuclear weapons were used in small quantities, but even it did not destroy the population much.

But to the horror of people, the Elou were able to regrow severed or destroyed body parts.

They looked like huge lizards with a large shield on their backs that protected them from attacks from above.

Gradually, from the line where they tried to restrain them, information began to come that new elos had appeared.

They were faster, stronger and most importantly smaller and hunted in packs. Many cities and villages fell from these flocks, from which scientists still needed to find a way to protect themselves.

Private Danil served on one of the defense lines. He, as a soldier of the armed forces of the united army of the earth, was armed with an AKL-49 machine gun of a special modification against elo.

He was tall, his black uniform gave him a more athletic look, and he wore a helmet on his head.

Hiding his deep scar running down his left cheek to his temple. It was night outside, so he had to peer into the rustle of both the bushes and the ground.

Elou were smart, if they saw searchlights they tried to remove them first and only then start attacking dugouts and trenches.

Danil, was not the first time in this post and knew where the monsters would come from if they were impatient.

For all the time of the attacks, they mainly attacked at night, as the scientists who studied the bodies found out.

They saw a little worse than during the day and this did not affect their reaction, but the main danger was that they developed.

Elou became smarter and their appearance changed based on the environment in which they lived.

Looking around, Danil listened to the radio, which transmitted commands and news about monsters.

He already understood that all these attempts to contain the elo only delay the end of humanity. All his loved ones had already died, only he was still alive.

Finding a pack of cigarettes with his hand, he raised it to his lips without looking, and holding the cigar between his teeth, he squeezed the empty pack and threw it away.

Having struck a lighter, he began to smoke, as they used to say, cigarettes soothe. But Danil was ready to say that this was a lie, they did not have the opportunity to calm the nerves that the soldiers met here. Having finished smoking and throwing away the bull, he intercepted his machine gun more comfortably.

Remembering the times when he was sitting at the computer playing where he fought against all sorts of monsters and demons, he thought it was easy.

Oh, how he wanted to hit himself for past thoughts now, each of these creatures was a one-way exit and no saving.

He was only twenty years old, still young by the standards of the old world. By the standards of the current world, he was already an adult who should already have been a father.

Due to the heavy casualties, the population of people was declining at a rapid rate. Danil in every possible way avoided the attempts of his remaining friends in civilian life to bring him together with someone.

Lost in his memories, Danil began to laugh quietly, remembering how he pretended to be stupid so that the girl would stop trying to get to know him.

Danil began to listen to the radio on which negotiations between the detachments had been going on before. But now there was silence, frowning, he clicked on the channels, there was no connection anywhere.

Thinking about the possibilities of what happened, the radio died or the monsters bit the wires.

But then why didn't anyone launch a rocket for illumination? And most importantly, why no one shot. And as if someone heard his thoughts, there was shooting from his right side.

- Cool night, what else can you wish for other than how to shoot monsters? - Danil said checking the clip and jerking the shutter, switching to automatic shooting mode.

Looking around, Danil did not notice the approach of monsters, but the shooting only intensified.

- What the hell is going on there? - Danil whispered, including a flashlight on his chest, examining the area next to him.

It was strictly forbidden to turn on flashlights without contact with the enemy, as the monster was visually saw by the light and changed its attack plan.

But in such a situation, in which Danil was standing alone at the post without communication, he could turn on the flashlight.

Inspecting the territory, Danil did not see anyone as far as the flashlight reached. But the sound of battle coming from the right side began to take on the sound of a panicked retreat.

During his service, he learned to determine the sound of shooting and the approximate distance to it.

And the sound moved away until it disappeared into everything. The radio was still silent, fearing his suspicions, Danil took his weapon at the ready and began to slowly walk along the trench.

Listening to the sounds, he heard a large number of feet trampling a little further than him.

He had fought against elos more than once, but such a number of legs said that there were at least a few individuals around the bend.

Turning off the flashlight for fear that the monsters will notice the light, making their way along the wall and approaching the corner. He heard how these creatures were eating someone, the young man took out a stun grenade, looking at the corner and then at the grenade.

Pulling the pin and throwing it around the corner and closing his eyes, he waited for a white light to appear, after a few seconds he heard a displeased rumbling. Sighing, Danil hoped that there was only this one creature around the corner.

Coming out of the corner and taking aim, he began to shoot, he visually saw that there were more than two or three of them.

There were seven of these monsters, as the young man counted, the effect of the flash bang grenade began to stop working.

Flicking the tongue, allowing the empty horn to fall. Danil, with a quick movement of his hand, took out a spare horn while continuing to shoot.

To his regret, he was unlucky, another monster crept up to him from behind. Biting him on the leg, causing the young man to scream, he lost his footing and began to fall sideways.

Other monsters moved away from the stun grenade and began to approach the young man. He understood the hopelessness of his situation, holding back a cry, the young man took out a grenade and, taking out the pin, attached it to his chest. When the monster was thrown at him, tearing his flesh, an explosion was heard.

Danil did not feel pain, after the grenade explosion he ended up in some kind of black room.

In which there were no windows or doors, looking down at himself. He saw his same black uniform in which he died, only his weapons and grenades were nowhere to be found.

- So what is the underworld? Boring. - The young man said, disappointed, examining the walls.

Running his hand over them, Danil did not feel cold from her, noting in his head that the walls either did not have heat or he did not feel it. Did he breathe?

Putting his hand to his chest where the heart is, he froze trying to listen to the heartbeat.

But he did not hear him, so he is still dead. But why is he stuck in this strange room? Should there be some kind of judgment or rebirth?

After checking the vocal cords, he was surprised to feel that he could speak here. So what am I supposed to do in this room, I'm waiting for someone or what?

He was already tired of checking his reflexes and the walls, he sat down on the floor and closed his eyes. If he is here for a long time, then why not spend this time in comfort?

As he sat on the floor, he considered his life. There were things he wished he could change or not change, but that was his experience.

He lost how much he sat in this strange room until he heard the door open.

The young man, surprised by this, got up and, trying to move slowly, approached the door. Danil expected to see anything, but an empty corridor of the same black color appeared before him.

Heading down the corridor, Danil did not understand where he was going, but then a strange creature resembling a man appeared in front of him.

He was of average height for a man from the earth, had white hair and black eyes. But the strangest thing was that strange wings protruded from his back.

Seeing Danil, he quickly walked towards him, the young man saw no reason to run away.

The young man mistook him for a judge, expecting questions from him about his life.

He was surprised when a strange man came up to him and put his hands on his shoulders and said something in a foreign language.

Danil, of course, was not a polyglot, but he did not remember this language. And then the corridor disappeared and he was quickly carried forward.

Not understanding what happened, he began to look around. Feeling touched, he saw a tear-stained woman.

She had joyful light green eyes, the young man concluded from her face that she was quite young. And then, hearing words that he did not understand, his heart skipped a beat.