EFME Ch 1
by mimiIf one person’s sacrifice can save everyone, what should be done?
‘Isn’t the answer obvious?’
Sunyul didn’t hesitate.
Looking back, his life had been blessed with good fortune. Although he was abandoned in front of an orphanage as soon as he was born, the director was a kind and devoted person, and all the children he grew up with were good kids.
After awakening as an S-rank at the age of sixteen, he received support from the Supernatural Ability Agency, and after being officially employed, he was able to maintain a relatively comfortable life.
The work he started as soon as he received his resident registration card was a little tough, but rewarding. It was the work of protecting this society and its people. Every time he rescued those in danger, Sunyul was grateful for the power he had been given.
He had a respected senior and trustworthy colleagues. They pulled him along, supported him, and pushed him forward. When things were tough, their presence was a great strength to him. Thanks to them, Sunyul persevered in this position.
He also had someone he liked. Although it was unrequited love, he couldn’t even properly confess his feelings. He was the kind of person who would offer seemingly indifferent yet kind comfort to Sunyul when he was crying alone.
If he could protect all of that just by sacrificing himself, there was nothing to hesitate about in the first place.
Sunyul’s answer was to willingly sacrifice himself.
─ You will lose everything. But no one will recognize your sacrifice. Will you still sacrifice yourself?
A voice whispered, as if urging him to reconsider.
Still, Sunyul did not hesitate.
It wasn’t that he wasn’t afraid. The world that would come to pass, as the voice described, was beyond his imagination.
Even so, Sunyul’s choice did not change.
This was something he had to do. Sunyul could willingly offer everything he had for the world.
‘If it takes just me to save this world, it’s a small price to pay.’
Sunyul’s wish came true.
As a huge crack, which seemed like it would tear the world apart, disappeared at once…
At the same time, everyone in this world forgot the existence of Im Sunyul.
🌀
“Good work.”
“Good work!”
After the dungeon raid was over, everyone exchanged greetings excitedly.
Instead of getting swept up in the boisterous atmosphere, Kwon Muyoung checked the system window that appeared before his eyes. The system window displayed a list of reward items obtained from defeating the boss monster. One of the items caught his eye.
Box Containing ■■■ (EX)
An item with unreadable text, and its grade was EX? He had never heard of such a thing.
Muyoung immediately took out the box from his inventory. The box that appeared was a smooth, silver metal box. Large enough to easily fit a person inside, it drew everyone’s attention.
“What’s that? Is it a dungeon reward?”
Kim Jaehoon, the vice-guild leader, approached Muyoung.
“Yes.”
“It’s unusual. Why?”
“It’s a bit strange.”
“What is?”
“It’s EX-grade.”
“……EX-grade?”
EX-grade did not currently exist in the world. They only vaguely speculated whether there might be an S+ grade beyond S-grade. But the box in front of him was EX-grade.
Even though Muyoung never spoke nonsense, Jaehoon couldn’t help but doubt his ears.
“Really? You’re not mistaken?”
“Check it yourself.”
“Jihyun, Song Jihyun!”
As soon as Muyoung finished speaking, Jaehoon shouted, looking among the hunters.
“Yes, sir!”
Song Jihyun immediately ran out and examined the box. Song Jihyun, who had the item appraisal skill, checked the box right away and gaped.
“Wow, it’s… EX-grade.”
After Jihyun confirmed it following Muyoung, everyone was buzzing as they looked at the box. If this really was an EX-grade item, it was the world’s first major discovery.
“Man, what is this… Let’s open it quickly. Wait, but how do you open this?”
“Should I use a skill?”
“What if the contents disappear too! Stop it.”
Unlike the excited Jaehoon, Muyoung, who was calm, approached the box with a frown. And without much thought, he stroked the surface to check the box.
At that moment, starting from the part where Muyoung’s hand touched, the metal box disappeared as if it were vaporizing. Inside the slowly revealed box…
…was a man, curled up asleep.
“……A person?”
“No way… It must be a doll.”
“Why would a doll be in there?”
But the man inside the box was too elaborate to be a doll. Amidst the murmur of astonishment, the man slowly opened his eyes. As if proving that he was alive.
“Step back.”
Kwon Muyoung, who regained his composure faster than the others, gave a short command. At his words, the guild members stepped back.
Kwon Muyoung examined the man in front of him, prepared to use a skill at any moment.
He was just an ordinary… well, exceptionally pretty, but other than that, he seemed like an ordinary man.
Just in case, Kwon Muyoung used a skill.
[Using the ‘Encyclopedia of All Things’ skill.]
[■■■]
Description: ■■ discovered in a dungeon.
Effect: ■■ ■ ■■■ the ■■.
Owner: Kwon Muyoung
The format of the system window confirmed by the skill was identical to the one that appeared when checking an item. A living item? He had never heard of such a thing. Kwon Muyoung approached the man.
“Who are you.”
“…….”
“Who are you, I said.”
The man blinked. As if he didn’t understand Muyoung’s words properly. Could he not understand? Muyoung asked again.
“Tell me who you are.”
“……Me.”
The man opened his mouth. His small voice was incredibly fragile, as if it was his first time speaking.
“I am……”
“You are?”
“…….”
The man’s face was full of confusion. Like a lost child who had been separated from his guardian. Everyone waited tensely for the next words to come out of the man’s mouth.
“……I don’t know.”
The man answered after a long while. Muyoung frowned at the unhelpful answer.
“What don’t you know?”
“I don’t remember. Anything……”
The man clutched his head as if in pain. Everyone, looking at the man who claimed to have no memory, became even more confused.
A living being, one that resembled a human, had emerged from a box received as a dungeon raid reward.
The shocking news soon swept across the world.
[Title: Unidentified Human Discovered as Dungeon Reward (Breaking News)]
(Link)
Comments
-What the hell
-?
-Is this a hoax?
└Since Kwon Muyoung is the discoverer, probably not
[Title: Isn’t this a precursor to some major event?]
Like the Crack Incident… There are precursory symptoms before major events, right? ㅠ Things like that
Comments
-This crazy bastard is attaching the Crack Incident to everything
└I hope it’s not
└Think before you speak
-Don’t talk like some doomsday cult, seriously
└Is this guy really not in a cult??
└ㅠ No, it’s not a doomsday cult.. I’m just anxious too
[Title: Can a human even come out of a dungeon?]
It’s not like a human is an item
Comments
-And yet it actually happened
└What I meant was that the thing that came out doesn’t seem human
└I agree
-They say it doesn’t go into the inventory
└Monsters don’t go in either
└We can dissect it after killing it, right?? Monsters go in after they die lol If it goes into the inventory, it’s a monster. If it doesn’t, it’s a human
└Sounds like medieval witch hunting, you crazy
└It doesn’t even look human anyway, so what’s the harm in trying?
└You’ll die if you’re wrong, idiot
└Psycho
[Title: I find it creepy that the thing from the dungeon looks exactly like a human]
The fact that it resembles a human is even creepier, like a monster imitating a person. Is it just me?
Comments
-Me too… It’s creepy to think that these monsters are now imitating humans;
└I don’t understand the excited people. Everyone seems crazy
└They can be excited since our country got something rare lol Would you rather another country have it?
└I was a bit iffy about this whole thing being dropped, but lol thank god it came out in our country
└I don’t know what it is, but I like it because it’s a rare item
└These bastards would be happy even if they got a missile
└What missile analogy lol It’s not dangerous at all. Just use it sparingly and kill it, that’s it
[Title: Singularity I-21 After All]
Everyone’s calling it I-il
I-il
Somehow fits and doesn’t fit
Comments
-I liked when people called it Unknown or Suwon in the beginning
└Love for Korean, love for the country
└Unknown has three syllables, so it doesn’t rhyme
└I-il also has three syllables
-Isn’t Suwon better?
└I’m from Suwon and I’m offended
└Oversensitive much lol
-Some people call it Ihana
└They are the ones who like I-il
└If you’re going to call it that, why Ihana and not Dulhana?
└Ihana is prettier
[Title: No one calls it Im Sunyul?]
It even had an identification tag, but everyone’s ignoring the name
Comments
-In case a passing Im Sunyul gets offended lol
└It’s not Im Sunyul, it’s Sunyul, and even that’s totally bad
[Title: But I-il is pretty]
(Photo)
How can someone look like that?
Comments
-It’s even more suspicious because it looks pretty. It doesn’t look human
└I agree that it’s not a look you’d easily find in a human
-He’s a hundred times more handsome than my ex
-Korea’s lookism is creepy. Judging appearances even here
└Agreed
└Fr, this isn’t human
[Title: So does Kwon Muyoung take I-il?]
Just curious
Comments
-Since Kwon Muyoung is the owner, he’ll take? bring? him, right?
└Bring him, your wording is harsh
└Is he an item or something? What owner lol
└It came out as a reward, so it’s an item
-Even so, shouldn’t this be handed over to the country?
└Agree… How do they know it’s safe to leave it with an individual
└It’s better to leave it with God Muyoung than with the incompetent government
└True
-When you appraise it, the owner shows up as Kwon Muyoung, so it belongs to him
└It really is like an item
└It’s not like an item, it is an item
└If the country wants to take this, they have to overhaul the item law, and the guilds will never stand for it lol
-Dangerous things should be managed by the country, what’s with this owner talk
[Title: What’s I-il doing now?]
No news
Comments
-Living the good life, I guess
-No idea… no news
-Isn’t he being experimented on in the basement of the Supernatural Ability Management Bureau lol