But he didn’t have time to sit around with a burning gaze.

Cale immediately raised his body.

“Ugh.”

He couldn't help but groan because of the pain he felt throughout his body.

One of the people looking down at him started to smile.

“Hey. Why did you have to run your mouth instead of doing what we told you to do?”

Cale, no, Kim Rok Soo ignored that comment that was directed at him.

‘I don’t have time for this.’

He put some strength into his shaking legs in order to stand up little by little.

This was when Kim Rok Soo's body was weaker than ever.

Maybe that was the reason, but this weak ass body of his was this helpless after only being kicked once by an ability user.

“Ugh!”

As he heard someone sneer…

“Ugh!”

Cale fell on the ground again after someone kicked his calf.

He was flat on the ground looking up at the sky again.

“Hey.”

Someone crouched down beside him and made eye contact.

“Why do you think you’re being beaten up like this?”

Cale recalled the name of the man looking at him from deep inside his memories.

‘Was his name Park Jin Tae?’

This bastard was the leader of this shelter.

Shelter.

A shelter was a place in the early days of the cataclysm where monsters never approached, a safe place in this hell where monsters could appear at any moment.

People considered the shelters a gift from ‘some being’ to allow them the chance to fight against the monsters, similar to how that being had given some people abilities.

‘And Park Jin Tae is the ruler of this shelter I'm in right now.’

This bastard was a tyrant who did everything as he pleased.

He clearly treated the ability users and regular people differently, treating the ability users much better.

Furthermore, he would approve of you even if you were not an ability user, as long as you were useful.

That was why people who were on Park Jin Tae’s good side got to rest peacefully inside this shelter.

Kim Rok Soo's early twenties started at the lowest spot in Park Jin Tae's shelter.

He was hated by Park Jin Tae.

“Kim Rok Soo, are you not going to answer me?”

Although Park Jin Tae was smiling gently and speaking in a warm voice, he was coldly staring down at Cale.

Cale looked into those eyes and started to think.

‘What is going on right now? Is it an illusion? Was it one of those dreams he’s had until now whenever he fainted?’

That didn't seem to be the case, as he could move as he wanted.

He then thought about those blood-colored eyes that called itself solitude and despair and had sent him here.

‘I will make you want me.’

That was what the bastard had said.

‘Call me when you need me. Only I can destroy your despair for you.’

It sounded as if it was going to show Cale despair.

It was telling him to follow it if he didn't like that despair.

It made him want to laugh.

The God of Death…

This blood-colored eyes bastard…

‘Why do they all do whatever the fuck they feel like doing?’

It made him annoyed.

“Hey, Kim Rok Soo. Did you not hear the leader-nim telling you to answer him?”

One of the men behind Park Jin Tae scolded Cale. He lifted his foot up and looked ready to kick Cale again.

“Huuuuuu, enough. That bastard might die at this rate.”

“Yes, Leader-nim!”

Park Jin Tae shook his head before starting to speak again.

“Hey, Rok Soo.”

Cale stopped looking at the sky and looked around him.

He could see buildings.

Most of the building walls were crumbling or cracked, and they were barely standing with their tall shapes mainly gone.

There were many buildings where the metal frames were barely standing as well.

Among those buildings…

He could see a three-story building with one corner destroyed.

But the rest of it was fine.

It didn't seem very different compared to the other buildings.

Park Jin Tae whispered to him while laughing.

“Yes, that building you are looking at right now. Don’t you want to go back to the shelter?”

That building was the shelter.

It didn’t look special or different even though it was a shelter.

But humans barely managed to find that shelter to continue living.

Cale opened his mouth to speak.

“…The shelter that has been maintained for the longest time in this area since the cataclysm.”

“Yes, that is why it is the most comfortable place.”

The damn shelter locations changed every so often.

shelter with no monsters one day could become overloaded with

a different

continued to bleed the humans, as if to tell them that there

But this place…

was looking at had remained a shelter since

one

people called

Tae continued

the owner

turned toward

owner from the

one by one

Soo's calm voice flowed

king of

Tae's

Jin Tae instead of leader,

Kim Rok Soo.

that this arrogant and venomous bastard had accepted Park

you call the leader-nim by his name?

look at Kim Rok Soo who was looking at him even as his subordinate started

“…Jin Tae.”

walked out of the

Jin Tae’s subordinates started

seemed more uncomfortable

cautiously walked over to Park Jin Tae

you stop? I'll make

eyes teared up at that

see anymore except in his distant memories because

Grandma Kim.

just knew that her last name was Kim and called her

only person Park Jin Tae could not treat

Grandma Kim’s gaze as

in the stomach as soon as he opened

than having his calf

This hurt more.

heard Park Jin Tae’s low

finally realized the reality of the

Jin Tae

Jin Tae did not say that latter part out loud

need to accept my

himself without realizing that Park Jin Tae was

let's consider this to be

is the blood-colored eyes’

was an illusion that’ll disappear

slowly raised

rid of any

rid of all of his regrets during this

of Grandma Kim

one

shelter will be destroyed

didn’t know when exactly it was right now,

end of

an alarm announcing the appearance of the

earth during

central shelters were attacked by monsters and

as

would attack the central shelters

that there will be new

appear exactly 24 hours after the first

like Park Jin Tae and his

not let the people

Himself, Kim Rok Soo.

there was Grandma Kim. Oh, there were some other

leader Lee Soo Hyuk

Jin Tae

in

leader

who had now left for more dangerous places had been the ‘center’ of this

this place in

Kim and Park Jin Tae

as soon as the team leader left and started to rule over

central shelter had to create a new system under the person who was

was one that Park

even Park Jin Tae found it difficult to handle

could not treat Grandma Kim,

bowed to the grandma and looked toward

to act with that reality in mind next

offered him

grabbed that hand and stood

watched Kim Rok Soo sit

walked away from the shelter

are going

followed

Jin Tae's right-hand man caught up

Shouldn’t we beat him to a pulp when we have the

fox-like

Min's shoulders slightly shook after seeing

looked at him for a while before finally starting

was the

“Excuse me?”

Soo

central shelters since the beginning

people who had survived since

and Park Jin Tae just considered them ‘Lee

it had been

who left to help a different region that was having difficulties had not returned, and Grandma Kim, as well as the rest of Lee Soo Hyuk's people had started to accept Park Jin Tae's system one

probably had no

wanted to

But Kim Rok Soo…

bastard without any abilities never accepted Park

that bastard is someone who didn't accept the concept

Kim Rok Soo's acceptance

the other useless parasites that were surviving in

that venomous

even an ability user like Lee Chul Min was

Rok Soo

“Ha, haha-”

loud for the

Kim Rok Soo was anymore and headed

Hunting.

but it was more of a difficult battle for food that could result

was

that Park Jin Tae was moving

just run

he had

In other words, starting

mentioned, Park Jin Tae always made Kim Rok Soo, who

up today after trying to not do

this is an illusion

Cale touched his stomach.

It hurt.

hurts was

‘Let’s change it.’

was at

it will go

Flinch.

Cale’s shoulders shook.

It was that bastard.

of the bastard who sent Cale into this

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