The New Beginning

I am sick of life, nothing felt right.

I am Erik, a freshman. After my parents divorced, I came to Korea. I wanted to start a new life, I worked really hard and here I was at Seoul university. I imagined college would be a better place, but I was wrong. Being an otaku is difficult especially when people think you are weird, stuck inside a manga, manhwa or playing games, but they don’t understand this is where my life belongs. When I had nothing and no one by my side, these were the only things I had that made me hold onto this life.

I have always spent time alone, stuck in the past thinking what if I was like others?

What if I was not this antisocial? What if I ever knew what friendship and love was?

But all I now know is this pain that I am carrying, this burden is breaking me slowly. Every single day, every time I breathe feels like death. Can I survive?

Things were the same that day too. In the evening I went to the store to buy some drinks but suddenly everything changed. I heard a huge explosion and I came running out of the store and I couldn’t believe it! Half of the city was on fire. Everything was covered in smoke.

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Sirens wailing*

People crying*

What is happening? Is this the end? Finally?

Something flew by right next to me, from the smoke. It was an axe, that is now inside the head of the man standing next to me. It was so fast that the only thing I felt was the air it cut through. Something is not right. Why is everything in this area covered in smoke?

As the smoke became thinner men wearing smoke masks and armor appeared out of nowhere.

“I need help my leg is stuck! Please help me” a man cried for help. He was stuck under the debris. “You are here for rescue, right?”

I felt relaxed. Rescue has arrived, but something was not right, and it became clear when the smoke mask guy pulled out an axe and sliced him into half. Before I could even understand the situation, suddenly smoke grenades came raining on us. The moment I saw this I made a run towards an alley, covering my nose. My legs felt heavy. Soon my vision started becoming blurry and I felt dizzy. I fell.

Fuck!

I started crawling as I saw an open door. My vision was getting blurrier, I couldn’t hear anything and my body felt heavy. As I lay waiting for my death, a menu appeared in front of me.

*Beep – Beep*

WELCOME

THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING CHANGES

THIS IS THE NEW BEGINNING!

“Wait what?” and I passed out.