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Kapitel 2: Sure hope to stumble on a gate one of these days

Seven years later...

"And so, we thank these heroes who rose to the occasion Seven years ago and gave humanity a glimmer of hope." The newscaster broadcast the news on the TV with a hearty smile, and Alice twisted her lips.

Alice, once the young girl who became an orphan at the beginning of the monster apocalypse, stood in front of a television store and watched the news.

It had been Seven years since that happened

"And now, we invite S-class awakened-"

Alice blocked her ear with her airpods and walked away, her hands tucked in her sweater.

It was the same thing every day. It was always speaking about the 'awakened' like they were gods. If they were so big of a deal, why were they still letting monsters roam around?

Yes, even when they went on 'raids' regularly, they still couldn't stop monsters from spewing out of gates, which spawned out of nowhere.

It was as if, the more monsters they took care of, the more monsters were created. Twice the size and twice the amount, to take care of the opposing and stubborn humans.

But now, it wasn't just the monsters who were 'monsters', humanity, which was supposed to be saved by these awakened was being destroyed by the same awakeneds, becoming 'monsters' of their own kind.

The kind of monsters that preyed on and devoured the weak and defenseless.

Who has it all, got it all and the rest who weren't so privileged, could just suck their toes underneath them.

That... Was the order of the day.

She stopped in front of a restricted area where a blue 'gate' that had spawned out of nowhere was being monitored by the awakened agency.

She observed for a while, staring at the gate as it glowed beautifully.

It was such an irony that such beautiful gates brought forth deadly monsters.

One could assume that the gate was that bright and beautiful to attract prey to their deaths.

The more beautiful and colorful a gate was, the more dangerous it was.

It was also sent out that once a gate was seen, one was obligated to call the awakened agency, and depending on the grade, the caller would be rewarded.

'Sure hope to stumble on a gate one of these days. I could use the award money to maybe get myself a bucket of chicken.' she thought and then, her phone rang.

She turned away from the gate, taking out her airpod from her ears to answer the call properly.

She took out her phone from her pocket to check the caller's ID and discovered it was 'Big Stach henchman 1' So she answered, but kept her phone away from her ear a bit, knowing he would yell.

"You bitch! Where the hell did you run off to so early in the morning?" The male voice 'cussing at her from the other side of the phone, yelled, and Alice rolled her eyes.

'To get food, of course. Is that so hard to guess?' she thought but did not dare speak the words out loud.

"Get your ass back here if you don't want to sleep upside down tonight." The voice yelled over the phone and she answered,

"I get it. Quit yelling. I'm on my way."

She cut the call before he could say anymore and kept her phone back in her pocket. She sighed.

"Guess I'll be sleeping upside down tonight." She thought out loud.

Alice was tired of the life she was living but she didn't want to give it up either.

Living like a dog wasn't exactly an ideal life but what could she do? She had to be a bog to have a master that could protect her. Even if it was a shitty master who could harm her for his own satisfaction, she couldn't do anything about it.

In this world where a gate could spawn out of nowhere and monsters could attack, the awakeners had all the advantages and if you wanted to survive, you had to stick to an awakened, even if it meant being a dog.

"It's a dog-eat-dog world." She muttered.

Deciding to take a shortcut, Alice sprinted through a dark alley.

Usually, at the end of that dark alley was an open space that people often used as an exchange point.

It was mostly empty at that time of the day. It was morning, after all, and no one did illegal deals when it was bright out, but when she got there, she found three capsized cargo trucks and no one in sight.

"This is strange." She thought out loud and approached.

Then, her eyes caught sight of the red gate in front. Her eyes widened and she instinctively ducked behind one of the cargo.

Red gates were ranked SSS and only a raid team of S-class awakeneds could deal with it. Nothing less.

'Dammit! Where did a red gate spawn out from? And in the middle of the exchange point? This is bad.' She took out her phone, thinking of calling someone for help but then paused. 'Wait, will I be rewarded if I reveal the location of a red gate?'

She just wished she could stumble on a gate and like magic, she stumbled on one. And one of the highest grades at that.

This could be her chance to finally break free from her shitty life.

'But... It's very dangerous. The agency will reward me, right? They weren't all talk and no show, right?'

The corners of her lips quivered in excitement. This was an opportunity she could not miss out on.

If she called the awakened agency, they would pay her handsomely for discovering a red gate before it harmed civilians.

Her hand quivered at the thought of that much money falling from the sky with no strings attached.

Ah, she would be finally free from Big stash's hold.

Thinking about it made her so excited that she took a while to dial the awakened agency's number.

But then, she started hearing growling coming from above her. Saliva dropped on her cheek, and she gulped, slowly raising her head to see a three-eyed red wolf gnashing its teeth as it got ready to pounce on her.

As soon as she saw it, she dashed out of there and the wolf got down, growling.

It wasn't that big. It was the size of a regular dog, but it was fierce, and its three glowing red eyes screamed hunger.

'You've gotta be kidding me.'


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Author_fredah Author_fredah

The first action scene of our FL, so excited, hehe

But don't be fooled. This isn't her debut, hehe

Kapitel 3: Where's the freaking gate?

As soon as she saw it, she dashed out of there and the wolf got down, growling.

It wasn't that big. It was the size of a regular dog, but it was fierce, and its three glowing red eyes screamed hunger.

'You've gotta be kidding me.' Alice thought and glanced towards the cargo.

There were a few weapons close to the cargo, but they were all next to the red gate, and she could not take that risk.

The red wolf lunged at her, and she changed her mind right away, running towards the gate.

If she could just pick up one weapon. One weapon that could help her escape the red wolf.

There was also the thought of running out of there, but then other people would know of the red gate's location, and while she was running, they would call the agency and take the loot.

No, she couldn't risk losing her reward.

She picked up a dagger but before she could turn around, the wolf had already caught up to her and bit her shoulder.

"Ahh!" Alice screamed in pain but then it turned to anger.

She stabbed the wolf while it was still hanging on her shoulder, but its skin was too thick. Her weak human strength could not force the dagger to penetrate its skin.

Or so, she thought.

"Ugh, just die already, fucking mutt," Alice yelled in an irritated tone, twisting and turning till the wolf lost its grip on her.

But it didn't actually lose its grip; it tore a little portion of her flesh, but she was too engrossed to notice the pain.

Blood flowed out of her shoulder and soaked her clothes.

Rather, while the hungry wolf was chewing on her flesh, she attacked it, burying the dagger deep into its body while it whimpered in pain.

"Don't take it to heart. One of us has to survive and it has to be me." Alice said and fell on her butt. "I killed it. I actually killed a monster. Haha! You see that, Big stach, I'm not entirely useless."

Then, she started feeling the pain in her shoulder and groaned in pain.

"It fucking hurts." She cussed, hissing at the sting.

The pain in her shoulder was so much that she couldn't think straight. But she had her priorities straight.

"Where's my phone? Gotta call the agency and get my loot." She managed to stand while grunting in pain. "Haha, if I get the loot right away, maybe I can afford their fancy healing potion and end this pain. Ugh."

But to her horror, the red gate had started fading and so was the red wolf.

"Fucking...! No, no. This can't be happening." She yelled. "Where's the gate."

It was as if the gate had never been there.

"Where's the freaking gate? Where did my loot go? Is this some sort of joke?!"

She was seriously vexed. A gate wouldn't just disappear into thin air.

Was it an illusion? Was someone playing a prank on her?

The gate, as well as the dead red wolf, disappeared, so why was her injury still there?

"It freaking hurts." She hissed.

She couldn't understand what happened there. How the hell did a freaking red gate suddenly disappear? It was unheard of.

It was almost as if she cleared the gate or something that was why it disappeared, but that was impossible. She killed one weak three-eyed red wolf, and that was it.

And besides, she had never heard of a gate being cleared from the outside.

"It's all lost, dammit!" Alice twisted her lips and kicked the sand. "How do I explain how I got hurt? No one will believe I fought a red wolf or that I stumbled on a red gate. They'll laugh at me for mistaking a dog for a red wolf."

She sat down and slowly and carefully took off her sweater.

A little piece of it had been beaten off but it was thanks to it that the wolf was only able to take a little piece of her flesh.

At this point, she could also use it to stop the bleeding, but only for a while.

"I won't get rabies, will I?"

She wondered.

People who got attacked by monsters like that usually ended up dead or they were taken to an awakened hospital and were treated with the money they got from selling their loot from the gates.

"I don't even have money to go to the hospital. This is such a bad day." Her eyes fell on the weapons on the floor. 'Maybe I can sell those to make up for my loss.'

She got up and started picking up the weapons with one hand while cussing out every time she felt pain in her shoulder.

And then, right on the spot where the red gate once stood, she found a red gem glimmering.

"Well, I'd be damned. Where did that beauty come from?" She dropped everything in her hands and went to pick up the red gem. "Ah! If I sold this, I..."

Her words were cut short when the gem slowly started fading. It faded and nothing was left of it.

Seeing this, Alice's face contorted and she stomped her feet to the ground in anger, which affected her shoulder.

"Aish, dammit! It's also a fake. Who did this? Who's playing this game with me? Come out right away, you bastard. Do you think it's funny? Huh? I'll knock your teeth out. Come out."

But there was total silence.

Alice was fed up. To be given hope, only for it to be dashed before her eyes.

It was frustrating. It was awful.

She squatted on the floor.

What could she do?

For a moment there, she thought she was finally going to have money of her own. She thought she wouldn't need to steal for that stuck-up bastard just to be able to survive.

She thought...

"Aish, what am I doing?" She ruffled her hair and got up. "Alright. Let's not let this little trifle bring me down. It was too good to be true anyway. I'll..."

*Wake up and open your eyes*


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