Men fought. Women fought. Elders who had somehow survived fought.
All for one goal.
To survive this Endless Dream.
"Futaba, don't leave my side, okay?"
Futaba was staring at his screen, frozen.
He was in shock.
Maybe he saw something brutal.
Men were naturally stronger than both women and elders.
That's why they dominated every fight in reality...
Could this still be the case in the Endless Dream?
Of course not.
Because both men and women would eventually have a chance to increase their strength with the system.
But for now...
Men dominated this massacre because the Endless Dream had only just begun.
Women, elders, and children were brutally crushed.
Women getting choked.
Children's bones breaking.
Elders getting bullied and beaten.
It was a man's game.
Until...
Some women started using physical objects to protect themselves.
And the first one to do this was—
[ LEE SEONYEON HAS PASSED QUEST 1 ]
Lee Seonyeon was the first to pass the quest.
She killed her boyfriend to survive.
She took some sticks and shoved them into his body.
Squelch!
Gurgle!
Thud!
One after another, every woman started using physical objects to survive.
Was it worth it...?
It definitely was.
It was no longer a one-sided battle... both sides were dominating equally.
One after another, people died in this massacre.
Han Seeyoung grabbed his sister's hair and threw her against a nearby tree.
THUD!
CRACK!
Her head started bleeding.
"Don't make me hurt you more."
Chaeyoung resisted.
"S-Shut up! You aren't the oppa i knew! You have completely changed."
She threw a stone at Han Seeyoung.
He grabbed the stone.
"I can't stay the same forever."
He punched her again in the stomach.
SMASH!
THUD!
Chaeyoung fell unconscious.
It was a bloodbath.
It was a massacre.
It was...
My biggest mistake.
It only took one lecture and a punch to drive 20 people crazy.
It showed how easily people could be manipulated, or in other words...
It showed their instinct to survive.
Mothers getting killed by their children.
"D-Did I raise you for this? No! No! Don't! Don't kill me!! Be a good man, don't fall for these things!! Be a good boy... Come to mom. I'll protect yo—"
Her neck snapped by her own son.
CRACK!
THUD!
Wives killing their husbands.
"E-Emma, no... I'm your husband... We're meant to be together... Emma, I—"
"Shut up! I don't want to hear anything!! Just die!"
"Emma... I love y—"
He got stabbed in the heart.
SQUELCH!
GURGLE!
THUD!
Sons getting killed by their fathers.
"Dad! No! No! No! Don't break it!! Don't break it! Dad!! I'll be a good boy!! I won't fight with others!! It hurts! IT HURTS!! NO NO NO NO NOO NO NO! DA—"
He got stabbed multiple times—stomach, liver, heart, kidney.
STAB!
STAB!
STAB!
STAB!
GUSH!
THUD!
Multiple died.
Multiple passed.
In the end, those who survived fought among themselves.
Do you wanna know why..?
To decide who's the strongest one standing.
They were competing...
That's what makes humans the craziest living beings.
Because they always want to compete to prove who's the strongest...
Or maybe they're just stupid.
What I remember is that Han Seeyoung gave another damn lecture—
And the survivors went crazy.
They started fighting amongst themselves...
To decide who was the strongest in the whole park.
Lee Seonyeon later fought against Han Seeyoung—she was the one who killed the other survivors.
She fought against the beast...
And died.
I know what I need to do now...
I need to save Lee Seonyeon.
But how...?
[ 8 PEOPLE REMAIN ]
[ TIME REMAINING: 04:54 ]
Han Seeyoung thought...This many survivors won't do..I need to lessen the number.
"Huh? Can I know who's the strongest?"
I... don't remember what he said after that.
Because I've already forgotten.
He said something that drove the crowd crazy—
But I... don't remember anymore.
Do you wanna know why?
Because it's my third turn. It's my third turn narrating this story.
I started narrating to remember these events. But I've already started forgetting them.
It has been so long since I saw them...
The survivors went crazy and started fighting amongst themselves.
Women killed men.
Men killed women.
Kids killed adults.
Adults killed kids.
Elders killed youngsters.
Youngsters killed elders.
Bodies started piling up.
I was seeing my own novel unfold before my eyes.
My masterpiece.
Which was ruined by me.
I was seeing everything.
The screams grew louder.
"ARGHHHH!!"
"NOOO!!"
"IT HURTS!!"
"I'm Kang Hong, the author of Endless Dream."
I took advantage of the loudness so no one would be able to hear me.
"I wrote this story to kill my loneliness. Killed everyone. Played with their lives all the time."
I started walking towards Han Seeyoung.
"There was always chaos in my novel. Did my characters ever get any rest in this Endless Dream...?"
"I killed them. Introduced new characters, then killed them. Kill. Kill. I was a damn psychopath torturing my novel, which was supposed to be a happy story, but I turned it into a battlefield."
"I knew I was doing wrong, but I still wrote! I never stopped... because I wanted to give it a perfect end."
"But... I failed."
"She... She was crying. My main protagonist was crying because I took everything from her. Everything."
I stood in front of Han Seeyoung.
"Hm? Do you need something?"
"I've been given a chance. A chance to change this Endless Dream."
Han Seeyoung stepped a bit closer.
"Old man... I can't hear you!"
"I'll change the end of this dream no matter what."
"Huh? Change what? What're you talking about?"
I smirked and showed him the middle finger.
"I'm saying you'll die! SON OF A BITCH!!"
He snapped.
"FUCK!! THAT'S WHY I HATE OLD GEEZERS!!!"
[ FIRE ELEMENT LVL.1 HAS BEEN ACTIVATED ]
He hurled flames at me.
"DIEEE!!"
I dodged it.
"Huh? How?!"
I caught him off guard and—
That's my chance!!
I punched him in the face.
Han Seeyoung hit the ground.
"Fuck, it hurts."
"There's a knowledge of this story that I know the most."
"Just what are you tr—"
"Han Seeyoung, you'll die here. You won't survive this quest."
Han Seeyoung eyes widened.
[ YOU HAVE MANIFESTED SKILL PLAGIARIST ]
[ TIME REMAINING: 3:09 ]