Ceiling.
I didn’t look up. I didn’t want her to think I’d noticed. With my third eye and senses, I’d already figured out what was there.
I calmly stared at Han-Byeol. From the moment I opened the door, her seductive glances made me feel uneasy. In a fleeting moment, a thousand...
2025-08-19 08:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHours later, the blood-soaked road in South LA’s outskirts had been scoured clean, though the stench of death lingered like a ghost. Dozens of ambulances, their sirens screaming, tore through the city, weaving from the suburbs to downtown Los Angeles. The grim procession was a spectacle that tu...
2025-08-19 02:28:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you ready?” Lucas’s voice cut through the crisp air, his gaze fixed on Mira and Number Eight as they stood poised at the starting line. Both nodded, their expressions taut with determination. With a swift wave of his hand, Lucas shouted, “Begin!”
Like hounds unleashed—or ra...
2025-08-18 19:27:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Sorry, sorry! Please forgive me!”
“Saying sorry isn’t going to cut it.”
“Argh! Don’t worry! On graduation day, I’ll definitely bring him! For sure! Argh!”
“Cha Yuna, can you take responsibility for what you’re saying? Don’t you think that guy’s been ac...
2025-08-18 10:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostJason shoved the sedan’s door open, stepping out onto a carpet of spent shell casings that clinked and crunched under his boots like broken glass. The air was thick with the choking stench of gunpowder, blood, and death, a miasma that clung to the back of his throat. The desolate road to South ...
2025-08-18 01:53:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of footsteps echoed through the crisp morning air as the group followed Lucas and Mira to the outskirts of Sedona City. The terrain here was a rugged patchwork of nature’s contrasts: a desolate grove of withered trees, their skeletal branches clawing at the sky, and a stark expanse of...
2025-08-17 19:27:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe course of events may vary as they unfold, but the source remains unchanged. Twisted branches eventually return to their origin, merging back into a single, grand flow. I won’t blindly trust this notion, but looking back, I realize I was too complacent when the future first diverged.
R...
2025-08-17 10:30:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe roar of the car’s engine cut through the tense silence as Harley screeched back to the group, tires kicking up clouds of dust and gravel. She slammed on the brakes, the car skidding to a stop near the carnage of the earlier SWAT massacre. The rear door flew open, revealing a chaotic pile of...
2025-08-17 02:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post“What? I’m not a qualified assassin?” Mira’s emerald eyes widened in disbelief, her gaze locked on the man before her. Her voice trembled with indignation, her hands clenching into fists at her sides. She, Mira, trained by the third-ranked Skywing Hunter, had been personally praised by Bi...
2025-08-16 19:27:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs the day drew to a close, the room grew dim. The light stones embedded in the ceiling were off, allowing shadows to creep in. Yet, a sliver of space near the left wall’s window remained untouched by the darkness, bathed in the deep orange glow of the setting sun. On a bed, slightly too large ...
2025-08-16 13:12:09 +0000 UTC View PostJason stood, his boots grinding into the blood-soaked dirt, a storm of violent intent brewing behind his eyes. If Stark was already Iron Man, suited up in that high-tech armor, Jason might’ve been out of his depth—outgunned, outclassed. But right now? Stark was just a man, a genius with too m...
2025-08-16 03:12:43 +0000 UTC View PostIn the soft haze of dawn, as the first pale light filtered through the curtains, Mira stirred from her slumber. Her eyes fluttered open, blinking away the grogginess that clung to her like a stubborn mist. For a few fleeting seconds, she lay still, her mind sluggishly piecing together her surroun...
2025-08-15 19:22:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe highly anticipated summit ended in a catastrophic breakdown, leaving only bitter conflict in its wake. As a result, some of the clans that had made the trek to Babara returned to their cities empty-handed, with no tangible outcomes.
The player academy, which had paused its training duri...
2025-08-15 13:16:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe spiritual pillar of the Golden Lion Clan, Son Bun-Rye, a year 9 player known as the godmother, was murdered in the eastern mountains. Her body was mutilated beyond recognition, and no clear traces were found at the site of discovery or the presumed battle location. This suggested that the tru...
2025-08-15 09:22:49 +0000 UTC View PostTen minutes later, Jason’s beat-up car roared into the kill zone, tires crunching over the blood-slick asphalt of the South LA outskirts. The air was thick with the acrid stench of gunpowder and scorched metal, the morning sun casting a sickly yellow glow over the carnage. He killed the engine,...
2025-08-15 01:09:40 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia remained silent, her head bowed, her green eyes fixed on the floor. Why wasn’t she going back? Perhaps it was fear—fear of facing her Big Sis, the one person she’d always looked up to. She’d slipped away from home to find her, convinced for so long that her sister was dead after be...
2025-08-14 19:28:01 +0000 UTC View PostGuided by the Black Lion members, I arrived at the academy’s instructor meeting room. The players escorting me stopped at the door and carefully opened it. As I stepped inside, I saw the left side of the table about one-third filled with instructors from eastern clans.
“Oh, the Mercenar...
2025-08-14 11:01:42 +0000 UTC View PostMinutes earlier, in the desolate heart of South LA’s abandoned factory district, the air hung heavy with the stench of rust and decay. The crumbling walls of the old industrial complex loomed like silent sentinels, their cracked concrete and shattered windows casting jagged shadows under the pa...
2025-08-14 02:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostMira exhaled sharply, her breath misting in the icy air as she eyed the two figures warily. Her green eyes flickered between Lucas’s calm demeanor and Mina’s menacing stance, her instincts screaming caution. Gripping her short dagger between her teeth, she began to climb through the window, h...
2025-08-13 19:27:02 +0000 UTC View PostDavid stood atop the van, untouchable, like a god in a wasteland.
The two automatic rifles in his hands danced wildly, each sweep of the muzzles snuffing out a living soul with brutal finality.
His skill had transcended the limits of mere marksmanship, charging headlong toward the rea...
2025-08-13 02:18:50 +0000 UTC View PostNight had fallen over Sedona City, bringing with it a biting chill and a light flurry of snow. The streets, usually bustling with life, were now nearly deserted, save for the occasional patrol of guards wielding glowing lanterns. Their soft light cast flickering shadows across the snow-dusted cob...
2025-08-12 19:27:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Let’s break up.”
“Noona.”
Baek Hangeol gazed at Cha Yuna with sad eyes. But her expression was resolute. The warmth they once shared, holding hands and smiling softly at each other, was nowhere to be found. He tried to approach her, but with each step he took, Cha Yuna step...
2025-08-12 13:48:23 +0000 UTC View Post‘Are you really too dumb to understand, or are you just pretending not to get it?’
The voice from ahead pierced sharply into Kim Han-Byeol’s mind. She looked up with a blank expression. There, sitting arrogantly with her legs crossed, was Seong Yu-Bin, looking down at her. She took a ...
2025-08-12 09:22:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe abandoned factory was still four or five kilometers away, its rusted silhouette barely visible against the dawn sky. David’s instincts screamed that there was still time to warn Jason, giving his boss a chance to slip the noose tightening around him. He reached for his phone, his fingers ho...
2025-08-12 01:39:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe situation in Sedona City was nothing short of extraordinary, a marvel that stood out to anyone who witnessed it. For the oppressed beastkin, it was a beacon of hope, a place so remarkable it could rightly be called a City of Miracles.
Mira, still reeling from the surreal sight of humans...
2025-08-11 19:27:01 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s not a lie. Please, believe me.”
“Hangeol, hold on a second.”
His tone sounded like he was about to burst into tears, so I reassured him in a gentle voice. Seeing his teary eyes, I couldn’t help but wonder if he was really a guy, but my third eye wouldn’t lie. Anywa...
2025-08-11 15:22:47 +0000 UTC View PostAt LAPD headquarters, the conference room buzzed with tension, the air thick with the scent of stale coffee and nervous sweat. Around the oval table sat the heavy hitters—LAPD brass, FBI honchos, and military top dogs, their starched uniforms and stern faces a testament to the gravity of the si...
2025-08-11 03:02:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Is this really Sedona City? It’s so… rundown,” Mira muttered under her breath, her voice barely audible beneath the coarse black burlap that enveloped her entire body. The fabric concealed everything—her hair, her ears, even the contours of her face—leaving only her sharp green eyes ...
2025-08-10 19:29:01 +0000 UTC View Post