[The Sphere Master has officially announced that Planet #5118208 is now open]

[Planet #5118208 (Earth) will now be turning the barrier off after 24 hours]

This announcement was seen in the sky, all passerby, the children, the students, the mothers and workers. All were shocked because they saw something in the sky that was not supposed to be there. Something so unreal that made everyone look at it twice to confirm what they saw was true. 

As the announcement faded, a countdown appeared in front of everyone. 

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It was set to end the next day, a seemingly harmless timer. Yet as this was continuing its countdown, portals opened. The reactions of everyone was different, some who saw these portals were fascinated at the sight, some wanted to get a closer look attempting to touch the said portals while some ran for their lives as if they had known what this was and knew what their future will be if they were to be in proximity with it.

Such reactions were seen worldwide, in Korea, Philippines, France, Egypt, Brazil or the United States. Everyone saw these announcements, countdown and portals. 

Though during the countdown, nothing happened. The people waited, some evacuated. As the timer was still in its countdown, nothing significant happened other than the portal appearing before them.

It was as if God was teasing them, making a prank, trying to scare his believers. After hours of waiting, everyone continued their lives and adapted through the portals that had inconveniently appeared. 

The world continued its usual pace and the countdown continued as well…

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And as time goes by, the last second has now ended.

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The portals had turned into a different shade, their color turned brighter and more saturated. It started spinning. It started warping. 

And soon, a portal, in the middle of a road, in the Philippines. A hand creeped out. A disgusting, horrid, morbid, gruel hand that had the scent of blood and saliva. A rotten black ginormous hand came out of the portal and then soon its head that had the face and head of a horse. Just the sight of this left the people speechless and frozen. Some ran away, letting their instincts go. 

And as this disgusting monster got out, it grabbed a person and mauled it just like the beast it truly was. And the sight of it was so horrendous that everyone ran for their lives and those that stayed frozen due to fear died by the hands of this monster.

"That's a tikbalang, run!", a female student who was carrying a canister and T-square screamed. She pulled a man who seemed to be in his 30's and slapped him hard in the face.

"If you don't start running, you will die!", she ran and forcibly pulled the man with her as the Tikbalang ran towards them. Because of how scared the man had been and how slow he was running, she threw him far and blocked the Tikbalang's attack with her T-square. 

When she blocked the attacked, a notice blocked her vision. 

[You have displayed a heroic act of saving the weak, you are the 42nd person in this city to have done this]

[You will be rewarded]

[You have gained the Blessing of a Weapon's Touch]

With that notice, her T-square lit up and turned stiff, becoming lighter yet much durable. She pushed it more and more and believe or not her t-square was able to dive deep into the skin of the Tikbalang. The hand that was about to hit her was sliced into half. 

With the pain felt by the Tikbalang, it frantically used its other hand and tried squashing her yet she blocked it again and the other hand was sliced as well. Seeing as both of its hand were disabled, the Tikbalang resorted to using its mouth, trying to bite it until she too had blocked it again by her T-square and had also sliced its mouth. 

She didn't know what she was doing and was more confused as to why it kept hitting her yet it gained more damage instead. She then realized that it must have something to do with the announcement she got, she got confident and stood her ground. While the Tikbalang was wailing and crying from the pain of just having its mouth sliced, she jumped and tried to stab and slice the belly of the Tikbalang, making it cry more and more until it bled out and died.

"What a crybaby, I can't believe how easy it was to kill", she said and then a notice appeared.

[You are the 1st person to have killed a spawned creature]

[You have gained experience]

[You have leveled up]

[You are now able to make anything you touch a weapon]

She was so confused. What did that mean? Why are there holograms automatically appearing in front of her?

Everything felt like a game. 

"Thank you so much young lady, I would have died if it wasn't for you", the man in his 30's said, "May I ask what your name is miss? I'd like to know the name of my savior"

"My name is Laina", she answered.

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At the other side of the city

A man, seemed to be a young adult just wiped his keyboard away with blood. Surrounded with a corpse of what could be a giant pig.

[You are the 2nd person to have killed a spawned creature]

"2nd? I wonder who the first one is? They must be strong", he muttered.