And the disaster came.
Scientists and non-scientists had been warning about the end of the world for years. They had described it in countless ways.
Asteroid impact, global warming, supervolcano eruption, climate change, etc... These are some of the reasons scientists used to warn of the inevitable.
Alien Invasion, IA... They are the "supernatural" theories that warned the magical fanatics.
Although everyone was right in predicting the end of the world, no one was right about the real reason the world came to an end.
June 7, 2019, now known as Day 0 in the New Age Calendar.
That day was marked as the end of the era of human domination on earth. Humans, then numbering 7545 million people, were massacred.
Only 25% of the human population survived day 0, that figure dropped to 10% over the next two days.
All of Africa, Central America, South America were completely eradicated. In Asia only titans like China, Korea and Japan survived.
The United States suffered a great blow, losing 40 states before being able to react, leaving only 8 states alive. Canada was completely annihilated.
Europe reacted quickly. England survived the catastrophe with no apparent damage, France joined Spain and barely succeeded. Germany and Italy achieved a similar result to England.
Countries such as Norway, Sweden and Finland became safe havens for politicians and royalty from weak countries.
Russia abandoned its less inhabited areas and focused on defending its area in Europe. Turkey made the same decision, surviving with difficulty.
Hidden forces from different countries, which had been hidden for countless years, had come to light at this time of crisis.
Cultivators in China, ninjas in Japan, knights of the round table in England, Olympus in Italy, Valhalla in Germany and Blue Dragon in the USA.
All these organizations, many of which were just legends for ordinary people, came out to defend their respective countries from catastrophe.
The reason for the catastrophe was very simple.
God was bored of humans!
God, the entity that had created the world and all its species, had been bored to see that humans had changed nothing in thousands and thousands of years.
Humans had advanced technologically, but they were still fighting each other. Wars in Africa, technological wars, financial wars.
Humans searched for more and more power, they never got tired of it.
God decided to alleviate his boredom and decided to reverse the situation in the world. Animals that were hunted by humans were transformed into hunters.
God altered the genes of all species, turned all species into murderous monsters. These monsters had the mission of hunting humans, even former herbivores like cows and goats were turned into monsters that ate humans.
How did they know this?
On day 0 countless angels were deployed to all corners of the earth led by the 3 archangels. They all carried the same message.
"The divine punishment has already come, God has abandoned faith in you and has decided to destroy you."
Despair came to human beings at that moment. People watched as their beloved pets became monsters and ate them alive. Zones with zoos were hell.
Hope came within 3 days of the catastrophe.
The different powers realized that each time a monster was killed a strange energy entered the body of the person who killed the monster, increasing that person's power slightly.
Humanity clung to that little hope and struggled to survive.
As time passed, humanity continued to make new discoveries. Eating and drinking the blood of monsters also increased the power of humans.
Flesh and blood became precious objects.
Humanity's greed acted again. The rich kept most of the resources for themselves while the common people fought among themselves to get their hands on the precious resources.
Then in year 2 of the new era came the second catastrophe.
As there were not enough humans to survive, the monsters began to eat each other. The monsters grew in level and began to awaken special abilities.
Humanity had to put wars aside and refocused on monsters. This time they could not suppress them at all so they had to form a global alliance, HAM.
Thanks to the global resources together with the great technology of USA they created an artificial portable island. Here they created an academy for children under the age of 25 in which the younger generation would learn to fight monsters.
The academy occupied the center of the island and was surrounded by a forest that reached the shores of the island.
This academy was called Hunter Academy.
And here we start a new journey. Hope you enjoy the novel.