NOVEL NEXT chapter 0
0 – Prologue
A space enclosed by transparent glass, roughly ten square meters.
Inside, a man is trapped.
Outside the glass, there are grotesque creatures constantly moving along the four sides.
– Bweeeak!
Overall, their forms are similar to humans.
Long and slender arms and bodies, with a large mouth that occupies half of their faces, continuously spewing out soil.
Eyes and ears seem distorted, as if pressed by something hot.
The skin, wherever it remains, oozes thick blood and viscous fluids from the deep red flesh.
Worm-like creatures crawl over their bodies, intensifying the repulsiveness.
These monsters emerged from a portal, like undulating waves, two meters high outside the glass.
They walk along the transparent wall, occasionally glancing at the man inside, screaming in terror.
And from the white spherical objects resembling soccer balls floating in the center of the rectangular space, bullets are constantly showered.
– Toodoodoodoodoodoo!
The bullets pierce through the glass covering the space, tearing apart the disgusting flesh of those creatures.
– Bweeeak!
Those attacked scream in agony, pouring out blood. The one leading the pack, after taking dozens of shots, finally collapses, turning into ashes.
And then, a message pops up in my mind.
＜Successfully eliminated the ‘Gap Wanderer’ for the first time on Earth. You have gained 10P.＞
‘…Why am I the first?’
I had a question, but soon brushed it off my mind. I only wished for the dreadful things surrounding the space I was in to quickly disappear.
Curious, I tried to recall a store in my mind, and countless lists of daily items marked with question marks constantly surged forth.
However, all the lists were entirely grayed out, except for one list that could be purchased.
White Sphere (Basic Form)
– The continuously pouring bullets serve as an excellent defense on their own. However, note that they cannot impact shields.
Price: 5P
I could install a total of 5 spheres in this space. Having purchased them all immediately upon starting, I was staring blankly at the repulsive monsters falling one by one.
“They don’t have shields···”
Suddenly thrown into a place called a shelter, I had been surrounded by monsters just a few minutes ago.
Having grown up seeing strange numbers since I was young, I had been mentally prepared for situations like this my entire life.
As soon as I was trapped in the shelter, I quickly regained my composure, shouted at the status window and store, and without hesitation, installed the spheres from the purchasable list up to the limit when the list appeared in my mind.
“It’s really begun···”
I briefly recalled the moments just before this happened.
1 hour before being trapped in this space.
The world turned upside down.
＜Blessed Death Defense Game 2nd Round starts in 1 hour! Since you’ve all tried it once, no need for explanations, right? For those of you who were the first to break through 50 stages on the slave-class planet, the benefits offered by the intrigued organizer! Well then, I’ll leave it at that~
^ㅠ^＞
“Huh?”
Unlike me, who was frozen at the message that came to mind, the others in the mart started running somewhere all at once.
“Hey, where are you all going!”
Everyone seemed to be ignoring me, as if they were possessed by something and heading somewhere. I wondered what this was all about. Even the staff members were absent, absentmindedly wandering the streets with their baskets in hand.
“Am I the only one on the first stage…?”
The sense of discomfort I felt walking down the street, the messages, purposeful actions of the people, and the sound of conversations all added up to that.
“Why only me…?”