It was an ordinary day for Michel, having completed his classes as usual he went out with his girlfriend for their special date. He had even purchased a pack of condoms with hopes of getting lucky!

However, an ominous feeling suddenly overcame him as they walked through the streets.

‘What the heck...?’

Michel looked around in bewilderment, as though someone had just grabbed his shoulders, though no one was in close proximity.

His girlfriend, concerned, inquired, "What's wrong?"

"....It felt like something grabbed my shoulder"

She laughed it off, "What are you talking about? There's nothing there. You must be really drunk, huh?"

"No, something definitely grabbed me. I got goosebumps," he insisted, certain he wasn't imagining it, after all, it felt so real.

"Baby, it seems like you've had a bit too much to drink. Let's head home-...!!! ARhhhhhh!!"

Before his girlfriend could finish her sentence, a horrifying event unfolded. Michel’s head suddenly exploded, his flesh and blood splattering across her face.

"Arhhhhh!!!!!!!"

She fell back on her butt, terrified and in shock, staring at the lifeless, headless body of her boyfriend as it collapsed to the ground.

Michel was dead!

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"They can't see me..." Max realized this while observing the people's reactions around him.

They were walking past him like wasn’t even there and even when there was a f*cking monster in front of their eyes, they ignored it, as if it was invisible.

That’s right!

Max and the flesh demon were invisible to those in their vicinity.

Max couldn't fathom why or how, but the realization dawned that they couldn't see him.

"I need to run!"

His consciousness screamed at him as Max realized that no one would help him, but he was a second too late. The flesh demon had recovered from the fall, and one of its arms swung at Max.

“....!!”

Max’s eyes shook as he stood, the flesh demon's arm twitching and twirling, mere centimeters away from his face.

“Keokuk-!”

He managed to sway just in time, the disgusting arm grazing across his cheek and sweeping past him.

"Huff...huff...that was clo-"

-Arhhh!!!!!!!

Max heard an ear-piercing scream before he could even take a breather. The boy whose shoulders he had just grabbed and tried to warn……the flesh demon's hand burst through his head, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.

"....! Arrrrh-!....No, no, no…."

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Max fell on his butt as the flesh and brain pieces of the boy splattered everywhere around him.

“No, no, no…..”

He desperately moved his hands, still on the ground, too shocked to process the horrifying scene.

A person just died! Right in front of him….

Fear enclosed Max, as he got up and ran in terror. He didn’t even look back as he ran with all his might.

“Huff! Huff…!!”

He ran and ran…without looking back but to no avail, the flesh demon was right on his back.

“Someone just died!”

“Arhhh! Call 108!!”

“He is dead!”

“What happened…??”

While Max was running for his life, chaos descended on the scene where the boy just died. People who were caught off guard by the sudden death of the boy started to panic.

The girl who was with the boy was also on the ground, her hands covering her mouth and she seemed terrified by witnessing her boyfriend’s death.

Nevertheless, Max didn’t have time to worry about them, he just focused on running.

‘I need to run, I need to run’

He thought as he ran, ‘I need to hide or outrun that thing! I need to do something.’

Despite his fear, he tried to think.

‘I need to run and live…I need to live.’

It was funny!

He was thinking about dying just when he got out of the game but now, he wanted to live!

It was laughable that he even wished for death with such fear in his mind.

Nevertheless, he ran with all his might.

If it was his old fat body then he would have been dead a long time ago, but thanks to the nimble and fit body he somehow got, he was able to run quite well.

But that wasn't enough! Although he moved faster than before, he still couldn't outrun the flesh demon. The result was evident.

"....! Urg!"

The flesh demon's fist landed just beside him as debris flew, causing him to stumble.

'Shit-!'

Max fell forward, unable to balance himself due to the debris.

Urghh–!

He attempted to get up, but it was too late. The flesh demon was already in front of his face.

"No… No…"

Perhaps due to his fear, Max saw a creepy smile forming on the flesh demon's face as it slowed down its approach, seemingly enjoying the situation.

Kekeke–

The demon approached Max, fists clenched, and tentacles from its mouth twitching disgustingly. It raised its hand and swung it at Max.

“Urg!”

Max was struck in the cheek. The power behind the punch was less than when it attacked the boy, but it was still forceful enough to make Max cough up blood. The fists and even the tentacles continued pounding on him non-stop, splattering blood and disfiguring Max's face. In the midst of the beating, Max's mind drifted into a world of thoughts.

‘Ha…is this it? Am I going to die like this?’

Memories of him getting bullied by his classmates flooded his mind. He had always been beaten up like this, unable to fight back.

‘Without being able to run....every time…’

As the punches rained down on him, the pain began to numb, and a rage started to build within him.

‘Being stepped on....without being able to do anything...every time….’

“Every time….!!!!”

Max suddenly screamed aloud with his teeth clenched.

“Every f*cking time!! Why does it have to be me! Hey God! Why the f*ck does it have to be me??”

His body began to shine with his scream.

“Do I deserve any of this? Why me??”

He raised his hand, and suddenly the punches stopped. A white shield-like thing covered him, and his wounds started to heal.

[Active skill has been activated.]

[Passive skill has been activated.]

[Passive Skill has been activated.]

But Max wasn't aware of that now; he was blinded by rage. He swung his fist with all his anger, and the surroundings went blind for a second.

Flash-!

[Active skill has been Activated.]

When the light subsided, Max was lying on the ground, and the flesh demon had a huge hole in its stomach.

And a single message floated above when Max fell.

[Congratulations! You have defeated the tutorial monster ]

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