Glossary

*Attention: Depending on your current reading progress you might encounter several spoilers in this section. If you enjoy figuring mysteries and learning about the world setting as the story progresses you might prefer to skip the glossary.*

*This section is subject to change as the story develops.*

Cryptids: Creatures of unidentified origin and questionable existence. These creatures disrupt electronic devices and do not appear in photographs or video, upon death they may drop a part of its body and an essence orb, as long as its energy wasn't consumed by someone to acquire a trait.

Trait: Mutation caused by staying close to a vanquished cryptid.

FOD: Short for Field Of Disruption, it's the area of effect of the disruption caused by Cryptids towards electronic devices. It's size and power are related to the cryptid's power.

POI: Short for Point Of Interest, It's the way the army refers to any location (City, lost city, ruin, archaeological site, etc.) which holds a particular value for the army. By not specifying what kind of place they are referring to, they're able to withhold information from the general population.

Credit: It's the coin minted with the purpose of unifying every country on earth. In other words, it's money.

[Ranks]

(Cryptids) Beast, Monster, Entity, Horror, Nightmare.

(Humans) Evolved, Ascended, Heavenly, Saint, Holy.