Chapter 1

I’ve been wishing to see the world end… but why do I feel this way now that I see it for myself?

Running as if my life depends on it, every alley and corner I turned into, I tried my best not to slip and get caught. Hah, it seems like I would pass out due to exhaustion any time soon!

Never once in my life did I run away like this! Damn it!

With this fat body of mine, surely there is no hope! How can a shut-in person like me even do running laps? I thought that I was strong a while ago, but it seems like I was just overreacting.

Dang.

'No no no noooo, they will catch up to me, shit!'

Why did I even come into this situation in the first place!?

What the fuckin hell!!

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A sudden jolt of horror suddenly ran up my skin as I jolted awake, sitting on my bed from my deep slumber. I can never deny how worried I felt after seeing such a sight.

“What was that for?”

I mumbled, slightly ruining the style of my hair. Surely, there was bed hair on it. But even so, it didn’t let me be bothered.

To think that I could experience such a thing… I didn’t even imagine it. Hah… What a scary nightmare. I dreamed that the game was shut down. Hah, lucky that was just a nightmare. If so… that would be real bad.

Laughing at what I just thought, I tried to cheer myself up, even just for a bit.

Standing up so happily, as I knew it was just a nightmare, my body was left frozen as stone from the result that my eyes saw after I opened my computer. It was still the same as the result I saw in my dreams...

So that wasn't a dream? That isn't the case?

“I think… I need some water.”

Looking at the corner of my room, I saw nothing but an empty pile of water bottles. Even the tumbler that I owned was open and empty. There was no water to be seen in it.

Hah, I have no water left in my room. Maybe I shall get some from the kitchen?

Closing my eyes, I felt the feeling of slacking off.

“hev ho”

Saying those words just after yawning, I collected myself to stand up and went out. I feel heavy, though, but what else can I do? That is how my life is.

A sudden change of emotion fell upon me.

What should I do now?

My room was basically the basement of our house. I chose it for myself, after all. I hate seeing people. In here, every corner is closed. Well, except for the fact that there are tiny ventilations that were installed. Enough for me to breathe. Enough for me to live my life in here for quite a long time.

Smelling something funny, my forehead suddenly arched as I frowned.

“What the?”

I almost cursed as I saw how there was a big light that was enough for me to think that this place was ripped open. But just like what I thought… my door to the outside of my room was wrecked and gone. If not for the pile of who-knows-what-kind-of-thing-it-is blocking my path, then… my room would be completely open.

“What the hell is that??”

Cursing as my forehead frowns, it left me no choice as nothing changed in the scenery that I just saw.

Slapping my face, I thought that I was still dreaming. Still, what I got was a pain enough for me to learn that I am not in a dream and this is not an illusion of sorts.

Did someone demolish our house? We are not in debt, right?

Taking a gaze at the outside, it seems so weird. Looking at the old watch on my wrist, it was late afternoon. Almost the time for employees to get back home. Maybe that is why the whole sky was having that color. But… the way it was dark like that, it was weird… yeah, really, really weird...

No, the very moment my door disappeared, it was already weird!

Putting my arm on the small space, I tried to push away the large plywood that was hindering me from going out. It was heavy, seems like something was covering it from the top.

'What the, can't this thing disappear already?!?! What a headache!'

Suddenly, the sound of my stomach rumbling was heard. I am not just thirsty, for I am also hungry. Hah…. I need to get out of here as quickly as possible to get food.

“Eh.”

Surprised by how suddenly that thing moved, I almost let myself be taken by its fall.

“Was I this strong?”

Mumbling those thoughts, I can’t even seem to believe it. Maybe that was just so light, which made me feel it was easy to remove it.

'Let us not mind it for now. There are more important matters to discuss.'

Right, that thing isn't even on par with my problem right at this moment.

”Why is our house like this??!“

The sky that can be seen wide open, the ground that was in a total mess, things around me fully wrecked to fragments, just what the fucking hell happened to the earth??

Looking at the furniture, none of them even survived. The refrigerator that was placed in the kitchen, it was crumbled and disfigured.

“Who… what in the world did this?”

It looks just like the game I always play—what am I thinking?

This is impossible. It is far beyond my imagination. Never once in my life did I think that this was capable of happening in reality.

With a full load of thoughts on my mind, I can’t help but look around and analyze the things that are happening in front of me. Everything is a mess. All the furniture is smashed into pieces. I can barely say that this is even a home. It looks just like those buildings that were hit by the apocalypse.

Wait… apocalypse.

This must be some kind of a joke, if I may say. A sound of a plate crushing was heard. It was from the cabinet that was hanging. It seems like it lost its screw, which led those utensils to lose their balance. Trying to analyze the real reason why this kind of thing is happening, I was lost in the idea that even I myself am in danger.

“What the whole maker crab shrimp shark!!”

I jolted in surprise as I saw the sight of a creature flying in the air. Almost losing my balance due to shock, its shadow could be seen covering the whole place where I was standing. There, right before my eyes, I saw the creature that was once told to be extinct.

Yes, indeed, it is a dragon. There… living and breathing in the flesh. A real dragon whose wide wings make it fly high up in the air.

“Woah… that… was… a… dragon…”

Hah... a dragon... in this kind of place... in this kind of city...

Being amazed by what I saw, I didn't realize how this is not the time for me to be amazed about such things. That this kind of thing can kill a human in an instant. Yes, indeed, it was a terrible disaster. For sure, it would be a threat for me, no, not just me, but also for this whole world where people are all living in peace.

Little did I know that this kind of thing isn't the whole scenery, but just a glimpse of a gigantic disaster that is yet to come.