One Of the quite part of city, there are not many people on the road that early. Yet that place somehow felt creepy even though there are people walking past him. 

He was sitting in a park, under the shade of a small tree. On his hand was a small newspaper cutting. 

He was looking at that thing again and again as if ensuring something, that paper was at the verge of tearing apart due to him constantly crumbling it. 

“ If you encounter something strange please contact the nearby public health center. ”

That what written on the newspaper, as he was looking at the paper his stomach started to growl, " I didn't eat anything since yesterday. " He placed his right hand on top of the grumbling stomach. 

He searched his pocket and take out his remaining money, it was only a dollar he looked at it and sighed. " After spending this I don't have anymore money. " 

He crushed that one dollar bill in hand and looked around, there on the corner of the park he saw a vending machine. He slowly walked upto it and looked at the contents of it. 

Almost everything was more than a dollar only some of it was only one dollar, he looked at the one dollar worth of products and decided to buy the small bottle of juice. 

As he decided to buy it a sudden thought occurred on his mind, " I hope it will calm my hunger. "

He put the money Inside the vending machine, but it kept on rejecting it and he straightened the bill and tried it again at last the machine accepted the bill and he pressed the corresponding button to get the juice. 

* Thung...*

From the Drop-box at bottom made a sound, he kneel down and take the juice from it. It was a purple colour juice with the pictures of grapes on it. 

He opened the cap and take a sip from it, he furrowed his brows. It was unexplainably sour. 

He looked at the bottle once again and saw the label on it ' No added sugar made with 100% sour grapes extract. ' 

He couldn't believe the fact that he lost his remaining one dollar on this inedible thing. 

But he couldn't throw it away, so he decided to take a few more sips from it. 

As he took more sip his face showed the sourness. 

" I can't do this anymore. " He placed the grape juice near the vending machine, at that time he were looking around to see if the public health center Is opened. 

He saw that a guy wearing brownish uniform opening the gates of the public health center, he quickly crossed the door and walked upto that person. 

While walking his shoulder length hair was dancing in wind, due to not able to use oil his hair was dry. 

" Hel...Hello? " He called to the person wearing brown uniform, that person turned around and saw a young boy standing behind him. 

That man looked at that boy and asked, " Did you need anything boy? " That man was suspicious about him. 

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That boy got scared from the sudden question, then he take out the crumbled newspaper from his pocket and gave it to that man. 

That man still suspicious about the boy take the newspaper cutting from his hand and looked at it, suddenly that Man's face changed. 

" Kid did you really see anything strange? " 

That boy stuttered and said that he started to saw things two days ago, suddenly that man grabbed his hand and started to shout through his small walkie talkie. " Security no 8 reporting, we have a stray. I repeat WE HAVE A STRAY " 

Then that security guided him to the backside of that building, there was a small door opened. That security guided him to the door. 

In there was completely black, nothing could been seen, slowly the warm yellow lights turned on and the path illuminating by its light. 

He looked at his sides and saw two armed man on the side, one of that guy started to ask the question to the other. 

" Sir isn't he the first stray that we have in three years? " 

The other security sighed and said, " Yes recently the number of strays has been decreased and the blood mist corruption is increased. I hope the higher ups will find a solution, well anyway don't talk and do your job. " 

****

Around Two hundred years ago, the entire sky suddenly turned red and the red colour mist started to appear all around the globe. 

Some people started to see some strange creatures in the red mist, some of them suddenly disappeared without a trace and the others started to die while losing blood from their entire body. 

Deadbodies of those people started to transform into gruesome monsters. Not only that, but most of the countries around the world has taken over by these monsters. 

When every hope died, some people started to appear all around the world, they started to hunt these monsters and keep humanity from eradicated. 

At first those people are called hunters, they are the one who managed to escape from the red mist while obtaining various kinds of abilities. But to those people the red mist was their lifeline, if they stay away from the red mist they will also die. 

But due those guys couldn't survive without the red mist, the people gradually started to call them strays. 

Due to being the colour of the mist and being the only thing that let the hunters stay alive, people started to call it blood mist. 

But in recent years the corruption from blood mist started to increase tremendously, and the amount new stray appearing also decreased. 

Then a new government taken over the world, and they used the powers of strays to find that there are many mist gates all over the world, which only strays can pass through. 

When a stray is founded they will prepare that stray according to those who helped the government, with this preparation a stray can atleast have the necessary resources to survive the first level. 

****

After walking for almost half an hour, they reached a room which was made by some kind metal and there was a small table and two chairs inside that room. 

The securities told him to enter the room, once he entered it the security locked it from outside. 

That boy was scared and looked around he saw a man wearing black dress sitting in a chair, that man invited the boy and told him to sit down. 

He stumbled on the floor and but managed not to fall, there were a lot of camera all over the room. 

That man started to talk, " what is your name boy? " 

" Sein...my name is sein" he replied while looking around. 

That man write it down as he said name then he introduced himself, " I'm Jonas, do you know anything about the blood mist? " 

Sein, " Yes I saw about it on the newspaper. And it said I can get food if I registered at the public health center. " 

Jonas face changed, " are you here for food? Did you lie that you can see strange things? " He was mildly angry and his voice reflected it. 

Sein got startled, " No...no...no, I didn't lie I saw a monster with two heads and a long tail in mist near my house. " 

Jonas didn't believe him and take his phone and dialled a number, then told them to see if there such a monster like sein described. 

After a few minutes later Jonas got a call and on the other side was a stray, he told him that there is a level two monster in that area with two heads and a massive tail. 

The facial expression of Jonas loosened up and said to sein that there was indeed a monster like just how he described, then Jonas asked to sein that if they know anything about the first trial of the blood mist. 

Sein shake his head and indicated that he didn't know anything, Jonas sighed. " Well you will find out your own in there. " 

Sein, " Do I get anything to eat in there? "

Jonas laughed and said, " Yes, you can get plenty of food in there ( if you survive the trial and found what is edible and inedible. ) 

Sein was happy to hear that, he started to smile. Jonas pressed a button and a person wearing white colour overall came inside with a tray. 

In that tray there was a syringe with some sort of yellowish substance, Jonas told sein to stay still while he released the air from the syringe.

Jonas then slowly walked towards sein and injected it on his arm, he felt like his entire body burning at first then slowly it subdued. 

Jonas, " I will put the items you need in your pod, I hope you have a great journey in the blood mist. " 

As Jonas finished his words sein lost his consciousness and fall asleep on the table, the man wearing white overall took him in hands and walked towards a pod which is made out of a black metal. ( That black colour metal is called dark ore, once its processed it can be used as mean of transfer of strays to blood mist. )

That man put sein on the dark ore pod, and arranged the bag he needed in the pod. Then he put an envelope on sein's chest. After that he closed the lid of the pod. 

" Sir, everything is ready in here." That man said to Jonas, and waited for his reply. 

Jonas gave him the permission to pull the lever, that man pulled on it and a large metal door opend, in there was a gian spiral of blood mist. That man then pushed that pod where sein is placed into the spiralling blood most and closed the door quickly. 

Sein and the pod entered that giant spiral of blood mist.