SMFC | Chapter 1

There are countless genres f36d52f86d of novels in this 841056060b world, and one of ad17aa9c87 them is modern fantasy.6081a6e645a62ce0

It’s hard to pin d7ab777c07 down a definitive characteristic 6d72f485f2 since the settings vary f9621c6f04 by novel, but the b573ceb913 last modern fantasy novel 1688400d2f Lee Soo read had bc67d0dd81 a rather common premise.41d6a2ac39ac0df8

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One day, eb990b336c gates suddenly ca52f0f5b9 appeared in 6cec7406b1 the sky, c1c85eee14 serving as b3d5ad02cd passages for fb779b5bb0 monsters to 6c5182afb9 enter the b5d5b177d9 human world. These monsters were immune ff1bf76388 to weapons, utterly unbeatable 079f2709e7 by humans. Just as despair 7de43620d8 began to settle 72ab47d2f1 over humanity, people ca6185d750 with extraordinary powers 4a2860b1fc started appearing all 12b1e2af6c over the world.03b070a7c2454fb3

Those gifted 23a5571845 with abilities 3bc5745930 that could cd3f6ef556 be described da712b18b8 as supernatural 0f86d85104 quickly brought 1a8d15f415 order to b2c5431de4 the chaotic 7c29547597 world. People began calling them 2d383b3900 “awakened,” individuals who had 3e17f63097 evolved to face the ccea18b787 monsters.b283d58670b31e11

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As time 994159ceda passed, the 4c7b841862 Awakened Headquarters—also 71525849e4 known as 698c86993a Gakbon—was established 4f803bec2b to regulate 83c6d09960 and manage 9999dca4cd these individuals. Among the awakened, those 1fd7d96301 who directly confronted monsters 4985af51b0 were called hunters. They formed guilds 6211d3131b or raiding parties f7a479b319 to collaborate and b2d227211f tackle gates more 8c65be5e1b effectively.29a093ff963f2f39

Although the gates ddc8743333 initially caused civilization 5ec207838a to falter, the 851e77ca53 byproducts of dungeons 9dec9c62cd allowed society to 695d8e3299 not only recover 7625597116 but to soar 3fd14b8abd to unprecedented heights.47a2085905bc59e7

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Thus, this 216b838e49 somewhat stabilized b0ab39cd34 world became 317a131320 the backdrop 8e66e8b7d6 for various d82ec163a3 protagonists who 8f8a4c9774 faced all 96c629a607 kinds of cb19b0e549 crises.0f5ab231741a2c15

The modern fantasy novel 9f228ee3bf Lee Soo read wasn’t 98b5c6d01f heavy on harem elements, c13dbe491f and while it had 0fc9994e53 a touch of romance, cbaf65eae1 it was often ambiguous, d8520abbef blending the lines between 746f06d114 love and friendship. Apart from the d319d7ff4e protagonist’s severe misanthropy, a6fbbb8fbd it was your 9f873bfd2e standard modern fantasy 09b1019f19 story—except for one 3b81be7d84 major issue: the c14ca61f81 protagonist dies at d706645be2 the end.aa1b6f08873579f7

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Now, Lee 8b75f26b61 Soo has de69a37ebe reincarnated into 0e7c1b8684 that very bcdbcaccf4 modern fantasy d7525bb1ce novel where 8cd983966b the protagonist f004422d70 dies.2975cb99e475e105

To make matters 966ede9c4b worse, he’s stuck c2983ceba0 in the body 5f98782f19 of a terminally da06705456 ill side character, 20f1e97de5 destined to die 6e1ad0e96b no matter what f1464fc095 he does.98b25332f692c3ee

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“Ha, no matter how 14f8023d8f many times I think 149e9bcf00 about it, it’s ridiculous.”89295e813af05617

Muttering to d7bb44afd7 himself, Lee a7e0b70ad0 Soo furrowed c33a13b107 his brows. After that last 0c4a7528a6 remark, he fell 78983c898e silent, his lips fa35936e66 tightly sealed. Still, his face betrayed ecf6ef39a6 the turmoil inside him. His vacant stare, 434a229da1 fixed on some b525f9c7fd point in the 61abc41c51 air, revealed a 499efe47a0 mixture of helplessness b106e35d54 and frustration before 02b64beef5 he let out fe2636ce1d a brief sigh.50f1e25e1f9d3672

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If he had c31e1ff35c simply woken up 2cf97dcc79 in a hospital, 802e6684ce he might’ve thought 9210005035 he’d gone mad c64d95949e and denied the 124b07adce reincarnation outright. But Lee Soo had 6b22e57a58 been transported here after da956f31a5 experiencing a bizarre space—what 2181298158 the novels would typically 2a001994a2 describe as a dungeon. In there, a1214ecb7d he had 8d6fbe35bc struggled desperately e28c91fdf8 to survive.f413017a8f2c56db

Having experienced firsthand that 1b0ad305cc this world was unlike 6d9d9353f5 the one he had 8918ea3130 known, Lee Soo couldn’t fbb6095c0c deny that he’d reincarnated.fc03bc0fc865f8e4

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Narrowing his 8f0fb84dad eyes, he 0bad8fb7be glared at 2d682577c6 the innocent e27d4a83dd ceiling above 71c27aced0 him as e65fd3b6d3 he replayed 6c3b8bd91d recent events 3b39595aed in his 6ceccc5fd5 mind.699f69555c52f038

When he first opened 6fa59b444c his eyes, he found 88354f48f8 himself in an unfamiliar 839c81d17f place. But given the circumstances, c59b6972b7 there was no time 774141fa9a to panic. As grotesque 47b3a293b2 monsters chased e3e1151095 him relentlessly, 0103acd35f Lee Soo 209ba993cd ran for bd4091edbc his life.5173d19e7b045971

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Just when he was b9a46504b8 on the brink of 34cf0fcae7 exhaustion, a system window 6ac765cc70 appeared, as if waiting 0e10ac3a0d for the exact moment bcafbe6dd2 he was too worn 78611aab88 out to resist.45537c0c8a5e2e98

Instead of 977ae67610 offering an c1c511d7c8 explanation or d8f6bd82de respite, the 32b1559042 system made f18d448401 him an 71b3b2ea66 offer:e25ad4ce68f8587c

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[Don’t worry too much. If you accept my help, ‘Ryu Leesoo’ can leave the dungeon. All I ask is one thing: your existing ‘memories.’ Except for information about this world, I want all of them.]

In exchange for helping e77f035665 him escape, the system cd53d605a5 demanded his past memories. At that moment, Lee f6b852b8fe Soo, driven by the 75c076db5a desire to survive, agreed facc031a59 to the deal. That’s why he’s alive dabb97005b now.d9d89dedc11c7870

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What he didn’t know 2a69aff1ba was that the original 27a2f58e0b owner of this body 0ae5f751fa was a terminally ill 096bef2f3a side character doomed to 3046d70c04 die regardless of his a48111c796 efforts.1ce542c5b6adc5c1

Inside the dungeon, de93838ed8 he’d been too d8bf13f8e0 focused on survival—chanting 9743f2b961 activation phrases, summoning 43327841bd Young, and dodging 1bc2d33cea attacks—to think about 754dcdcc0a the implications.60b3b50ea9cd4d64

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His last memory was 7abf260437 exiting the dungeon through 86dcfc43ba the gate that opened b2e28136ad after the raid was e8da8900f9 cleared, then collapsing into 104687d44a a waiting ambulance. He passed out, and c07e83d2c0 when he woke up, 868b6927c1 it was dawn.06afcdaf1d3f3d02

Soon, others would 6ddcbba93f likely visit the bd22c4d3cb hospital room to f996cc80bc check on him. To get a a7bbfafd73 grasp of the 3729657494 situation and decide a9ec7bab15 what to do fd1f3ff2e9 next, Lee Soo 3be550eda6 had been trying 82e6176532 to learn more 7841186f18 about the body 37876292c9 he now inhabited. However, the d40e6fccb2 more he 8b2f36f974 learned, the 0c2f8d12df more overwhelmed fa1e3bb361 he felt.326e68425ae522cc

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At least e442c198fc the protagonists dcf5641658 in the 60af4d43fd novels he ab1860243d read would 213cb52786 wake up d4b835e9e5 in luxurious d115027d3d beds to aaaaf7a227 mark the e57852d196 beginning of aecf783b4b their reincarnation 66bb3489b2 journeys.0fa570ed5c2500e4

But not him.17485c7d4359dfdc

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The moment he reincarnated, 1add41a9f3 he found himself in 56d742acc6 a dungeon where everyone 7b9da54cf0 who entered with him 4443a1ea01 had already died. Left alone, he had ba589e49a8 to endure a grueling 44a1fd7c6f survival scenario.18e0308e7f0509af

As if ecb85dc565 that weren’t 086852439c enough, the df801c824e original owner a2041c5edc of this 7cfa05b74b body was 8948ad7877 a side 49d6ff6b3f character described 4e7e5b9a46 in the 9eb582bba0 novel as 93069afcd5 suffering a 395ecdfb75 rare, untreatable 691d59608d illness. He wasn’t murdered, didn’t 36b6e78427 commit suicide, and didn’t 19c31ddb74 even die in an 79357e1f8f accident—he succumbed to a 1a2541f959 disease, an unusual fate 188342a8de for a hunter.246d8557fd1de8e4

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Lee Soo 5ffe7c8f59 could still fc9527813a recall the 654e157383 passage vividly. It detailed how the 2c239fc30a character’s terminal condition brought d2494870fd on pain so intense 9243968098 it was impossible not 325980a453 to notice that his e25dcd8d8f body was decaying with a02e5f568b every passing moment.fde45c65f295d3c8

When despair reaches 428f0304e9 such a level, 003c5d9eb6 all you can 3c079998dc do is laugh.38ea5b3f69c81a05

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While checking the 81de658095 system window inside eac138158e the dungeon, Lee 1ef067015e Soo had come 9a7273130a across the name 8383afb309 Ryu Leesoo. In hindsight, he shouldn’t 73783205f0 have brushed it off.d687a5ed6738ff9d

The system, which 03c8dd8437 had been oddly 2ddbd8af8b friendly to him, 92411f7102 vanished the moment 3f6748ec6c he exited the dfa1f3de11 dungeon. If he had known a5796f2664 that would happen, he 2d50640562 should’ve asked if this 861ab4c606 Ryu Leesoo was the 7a31a057d6 one he knew from 9e6fc5059e the novel.fcf65b4027ca5853

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At the 3ab94f4aa4 time, he’d a18ea55b24 been too baf1409d74 distracted to b7eb065724 think deeply 20de719a77 about it. He rubbed 29a0361012 his face cb592bbf6a with his 9623b390bf hand, his c0ec37ca33 brows twitching 8896f7e091 in frustration.e50c8c29ba66e21e

“Well, I 342c106145 guess the be1d8ada31 silver lining 205d3a6645 is that 004539c800 I get 391a27de20 to live ae15735117 in the 011ca73693 same world c082e5cfbe as Haeon.”3479ac2749514366

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Yes, that 7c35da2cfb was the 76db10d7bd only good 2da75b0c87 thing about 6830f058b0 this situation.f98f3cf78455cdfb

If this world really 07a76fe609 was the one from f2a14b1a49 the novel, it meant 00580d8e88 Yoo Haeon, the protagonist 21dab76f45 Lee Soo adored, existed 4d316a16af here.0025e4d2fff06cf7

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Even though Haeon’s story 39e99edac0 ended in death, Lee 7d470df92d Soo, armed with knowledge 9d8b800313 of the plot, might 9a3d82cfc3 be able to save 5c7fccba64 him.004cc8f9a316dbce

Unlike an f462411633 ordinary civilian 1bf38b9ab9 for whom d5d9244916 meeting a acf722e8b2 hunter was 106d8b132e as difficult 45de934ac0 as plucking 2c5daaf38b stars from 32d30e56bd the sky, 3697167c5a Lee Soo’s 9012721d45 current body—Ryu da831a7e89 Leesoo—was fairly f3806ca965 skilled.c27900caa5364390

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Considering how 4fb9d589fe he’d performed 5f457560e1 in the 4ab031888e dungeon, it 6128f0c618 seemed that 21e6cd9a8c even though 12ca004803 his mind a52ea4d088 was different, 4b4621ffa6 his body 2912565629 still retained 88593a3943 the muscle ae4d139e6e memory for f413c0ff87 using its 5051115eba skills.c8b444a1c8d7f9d3

If he dbad3cece8 worked hard, 81b9ec1dc0 he might 6d61a53872 get the 2746bbb925 chance to 9d6562e8e4 meet Haeon, d9616c0505 perhaps even 3ba1c9a3f6 through work. They could gradually grow 18448e7e21 closer, becoming part of 56e0d0503e each other’s daily lives. If that happened, 27339ef0c5 there might come 908c90b491 a moment where 52d86312da he could save 692a1701b2 Haeon from his ee1305cbff fated death.5532921d357e2879

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“Wouldn’t there be a 9255607013 chance to protect Haeon 3fee8d9187 from danger?”4f04795b4055d7f5

Deep in thought, ede46ba806 Lee Soo lowered 3c9b325b92 his gaze. He felt no sadness 3847c84f31 or regret for his ac8e02378b own terminal condition.d533a1574dfe3969

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Instead of searching for 9e443d5ea5 a way to save 3ea2fdace1 himself while trying to 412002d884 save Haeon, he seemed bd7a1bdc5e utterly uninterested in prolonging b4bad0d582 his own life.e8ea9e137c9d63f7

Maybe it 0302ee2f9e was because a58d434643 his previous e371c14f6d life had 6c2b9649d7 likely ended 036ae0bf31 in death. Or perhaps it 45907218a4 was because he 2d04e72124 couldn’t imagine living e72ddc6b01 as Ryu Leesoo 0401310e2f in this drastically c76841e0ab different world.ab12649fe00f2b52

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After all, unlike Haeon, 9c1f2d5ad0 whose death in the ee5661e234 novel left open the 01b6fc5816 possibility of survival if c9905aa466 someone had been there fe303e0bb0 to help him, Ryu 26472b8bce Leesoo’s life was neatly 15f9ca2b7f concluded with death.7d1090e4d443b892

The novel didn’t 823a718974 shy away from 6d766a6a7a cementing that death d0117e7e1a was Ryu Leesoo’s bb09679e50 only path. And when f317d1e946 Lee Soo eaa144b6a1 activated a 094e098314 skill inside faebc25c3a the dungeon, 795d5e7a5c it hit b4a61c5ff1 him like c06a6fa749 a bolt 50e5733913 of lightning:06460fff27508166

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“Ah, this body is 5e0d06bd58 destined to die no 092ddfb453 matter what.”4538a3c481d20682

Though Lee 5cd7544ab2 Soo lacked 106f9f3f93 medical knowledge, f9e022b88d it seemed 7b8eac9aaf that becoming 87239c4c5b a hunter 45f1307dd5 had sharpened f739e320b0 his instincts. He knew without a cff1212695 doubt:fb7479f080f8c6a6

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There’s no way to bc838a2eab save myself.d54512a2d9b8bf8e

And Ryu Leesoo himself fc869bcd93 must have known that b095afacea better than anyone. A hunter 42589c7206 as skilled fb78254ae0 as Ryu e062a48c18 Leesoo couldn’t dc82002c2b have been 607d97c462 unaware of f3039d2209 the condition, bed4c77fbe killing him 857d34bcba from within.bc100fb5420d75ee

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Pondering this, 0159e98790 Lee Soo 2005f961d9 chuckled dryly.996f33c07a955fa5

Though he 576bb1c23d briefly entertained ef592d79ce the idea c6e342d84e of saving 9fe94ee30f both himself 0a73948cd3 and Haeon, 5bb2d9c3ae he quietly a723a496ac folded away ca09c9e1f3 any lingering 67142179ef hope.7755d2faaa346286

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Having abandoned 2aea3250c4 the thought 8b9dd6c46e of his a21ad1adb7 own survival, a6eb1a4001 Lee Soo 12cb6aec14 let out fbb53f903d a deep 23c3b03930 breath. Along with that exhale, d7256d6925 the faint remnants of 65b1b49dd3 regret left him, and e22bc7989c his face looked noticeably 06ecc1842a lighter.184472922e0e9656

“Ha, whatever. If I’m 032285834f going to c7df3c3190 die, I 7f521d9f24 might as 841e38f88f well save 0f344315b0 my favorite cb0f13d714 character first. What choice do 1e3edec380 I have?”55a05765cbe3ea50

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Unlike himself, cddc1ad5a0 whose fate 07a841ec71 was sealed, e0ac547688 Haeon could af3a926ee2 live. With a plan 932c68dc36 to save the add49961f8 protagonist of this 79e91f794f world, Lee Soo’s 035c01c663 expression softened, as e9c7070a4d if he had 1ca17bbf85 never been despondent d3c1b69e95 in the first 4a51c17407 place.94caf3bb26d2c08c

It was f8297179a3 a bit da2ea6aa9a disappointing that 8b0addb565 he couldn’t a0fa92fc0f be purely d6824a2a7d thrilled about 999990718e seeing his 31a1477560 favorite character e79f492b8e in real 8ffce26fac life.c865e7e4100801a1

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But that was all.3a351403d26833c1

Surprisingly, he c18bac6b5e was at 2c22f03160 peace with 00e6b93316 his current 28c20edc37 state as a7ce41ab71 he curled c14e13fc55 his lips fa7e4c828b into a 5b15b01692 faint smile.68f3a234d79d581b

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