Shun continue to run, in order to reach the school where Yuya is located. The more he thinks of the distance he needs to run, the more he gets worried of the outcome. "I hope it's not too late. Yuya is the only one I can rely on." more worries filled his mind.

"booOOMM!"

"Craaaaaash!"

"Aaahhhhh!"

Explosions, crashing cars, flying building, Shun has no idea of what's going on. Shun can heard all the peoples screaming in fear as he passed by each and everyone of them as he runs in the crowded road of Shibuya crossing. Shun is too worried about his best friend Yuya to notice all the commotions around him. All he wants is to reach the school as fast as he can.

[WARNING!]

MONSTERS NEARBY

He quickly noticed the warning screen that's blocking his vision in front of him. "Monsters? Where?" Shun stops running and looked around him, but he can't see any monster. All he can see are the floating building ahead of him and few peoples running in terror. "Is the world ending today?!"

Even after seeing the flying buildings, Shun remained calm. Well there's a holographic screen in front of him so floating buildings is not something to be surprised of.

Shun stay focused on his surrounding and try looking for the enemies. "Where's my weapon?" Shun suddenly remembered, he stares at his hand with confusion.

[NOTICE]

Tips: Chant 'summon' [item name] to summon the desired item from the inventory.

"Summon [Kurokatta]!" Shun chanted. A magic circle appeared in his left palm as he stares in amazement. The dagger's handle is the first one to appear from the magic circle, he took out the whole dagger by pulling the handle out of his palm.

"Reeeebbbbiiiit!"

Shun heard a loud animal sound coming from above him. "What the–" he turns his head to look for the source of the loud disturbing sound. The creature's identity was revealed in front of his eyes, it was a giant frog.

[GIANT FROG]

E-RANK

HP: 250/250

Shun take another look around him and finally realized that he was surrounded by giant frogs. Below them are some small goblins and pack of wolves.

[GOBLIN]

UNRANKED

HP: 50/50

[WHITE WOLF]

E-RANK

HP: 200/200

"What the hell are these creatures? I've never scene such an animal." Shun was cornered and has nowhere to go. "What should I do? Looking at them, they're still animals with no thinking ability. Unlike Kosuke earlier, this monsters are probably easier to defeat." Shun thought.

Shun's mind was filled with confusion after seeing their creatures. He's too busy with his thoughts that he didn't even notice the sticky tongue striking him from behind. The moment he realized it, he's about to get devoured by the horrifying creature. He's lower body was already inside the frog's mouth.

"Crap! don't eat me..." Shun frighteningly shouted, and started wiggling his feet to get out of the monster's mouth. The monster is tightly holding him by its mouth. Shun couldn't use his weapon. He is struggling to get out while the other monsters surrounding him are watching him. "What are you looking at?!" He annoyingly shouted and struggled from the literally sticky situation.

"Khoookhaaack!"

The other frogs started making sounds that annoyed Shun even more. It was like as if they're cheering their fellow monster to devour Shun. He annoyingly stared at them as he sank down the monster's mouth.

"Damn it, am I supposed to die inside this disgusting place." Shun muttered as he sank deeper until he can no longer see light. "This place stinks." He complained.

[WARNING!]

CONTINUOUS DAMAGE RECEIVED:

5 HP PER SECOND

"Wha– ack!" Shun suddenly felt his lungs tightened and started gasping for air. "Is the something I can do!" Shun pleaded in his mind. He felt hopeless when suddenly, a holographic screen opened in front of him.

"Tri-ring"

[NOTICE]

YOU HAVE A NEW SKILL VARIATION TO LEARN

[DARK CLOAKED: CRESCENT SLASH]

Do you want to learn this skill?

[Yes]

[No]

"Huh? For free?" Shun wondered. "[yes]!" he quickly chanted after seeing a new sliver of hope.

[NOTICE]

FAILED TO CAST THE SKILL

Skill [Dark Cloak] is not active.

"I see," Shun mumbles as he slowly running out of air. "I just need to... remember that sensation I felt earlier." He held his dagger with both hands, closed his eyes and focused on visualizing.

[NOTICE]

SKILL [DARK CLOAK] IS ACTIVE!

After the skill activation, he instinctively swinged his sword with all his might without hesitation. "Swooosh!" the sound it makes while slashing the frog's belly was music to his ears.

"Tri-ring"

[NOTICE]

YOU'VE LEARNED A NEW SKILL

[DARK CLOAKED: CRESCENT SLASH]

Mana requirement: 35

Magic damage: 60

- Cast this skill by swinging a weapon in any direction. This skill sends a black energy wave in a shape of a crescent that slices enemy along the path of destruction. Skill [Dark Cloak] should be active to use this skill.

Shun opened his eyes and saw himself standing in the middle of an empty street with full of blood stains splattered around him. "I didn't know what happened, but somehow I did it." He breathed heavily, gasping for air like no tomorrow. " Tsk disgusting," he muttered after realizing himself,

covered with sticky liquid.

"Tri-ring"

[NOTICE]

YOU'VE SLAIN THE MONSTERS

[TOTAL EXP GAINED: 510]

[Achievement Unlocked: Beast hunter]

[NOTICE]

YOU LEVELED UP

[ LEVEL 4 : EXP 120/300 ]

NEW PASSIVE UNLOCKED

[Poison]

- Any attack will drain enemy's HP by 10 points every second. This passive will increase your critical chance by 50%.

"Hell yeah, I managed to level up." He muttered. "Let's see! ...Show My stats!" Shun summoned his status window.

Name: Shun Futaro

Level 4: EXP 10/400

Guild: NONE

Title: NONE

Job: Wizard

Technique: Alchemy

[STATISTICS]

HP: 770/900

MP: 99/140

Magic : 50

Physical: 30

Agility : 1.5

Endurance: 18/40

Vitality: 9

Intelligence: 76

"Now I'm starting to understand what's going on with this game-like setting." He muttered. "I'm beginning to like this superpower-like thing." Shun chuckled. "Show [skills]" He chanted.

[SKILLS]

ACTIVE:

- Weapon Alchemy (Lv.1)

- Dark cloak (Lv. 1)

- Dark cloaked: Crescent Slash (Lv. 1)

PASSIVE:

- Poison (Lv. 1)

LEARN A SKILL:

(You've learned all the skills you need at this intelligence level. Comeback next time.)

Shun suddenly felt dizzy after seeing each panel. "It's still a bit confusing though." Shun scratched his head. "I wonder what kind of supernatural abilities I have." he mumbled, he continues to explore the game's system. "But somehow, I managed to learn 4 skills in such a short period of time."

"I need to get used to this game. All this sh*ts going around me, this game might be connected to it." Shun looked around, buildings are still floating and disappearing after reaching the sky. "It's like... the world is demonstrating it's power." he was amazed and scared at the same time. It's like the world is rebuilding itself from ruins.

"[Close] the window!" he chanted. "I need to hurry, it's already close to sunset. I wonder what happened at the school." his leg muscles are all tensed up. Shun can't even walk straight and started dragging his feet. Slowly walking in the silent and empty street of Tokyo, inhaling the disgusting smell of blood mixed with the sticky liquid from the toad.

---

It's close to dark when he arrived at the school building. "What the..." the ruined classrooms is the first thing he noticed as he stares from far away outside the gate. Half of the school has vanished.

The image of floating buildings came across his mind and he already know what happened to the school. He then quietly walked inside the school grounds. Covering his mouth everytime he passed by every corpses laying on the ground, unrecognizable.

"Tsk, what the hell happened here?"

Shun keeps on checking their IDs hoping he won't find Yuya's. "I hope he's alive." with all that hope, Shun bravely stood in front of the school building, ready step in the entrance.

"You won't find Yuya in this place!" A male voice unfamiliar to Shun suddenly spoked. The voice seems like coming from above him.

"Humm?" Shun quickly looked above him and saw a person above the school building. He can see a figure of a man but the face is unrecognizable since it's too dark. The voice was too annoying to be Yuya's, so it might be one of his classmates. He quickly runned inside the building and climb the stairs to speak at the person.