SMFC | Chapter 1

There are countless 2641c9ca05 genres of novels 6a8d941d7a in this world, 0c4fb9be31 and one of e960a66377 them is modern 242d54379e fantasy.ba105cf3408c80ba

It’s hard to 4295b244fc pin down a 59aab37374 definitive characteristic since d585f6b9ba the settings vary e9ed054196 by novel, but 7ba77f113a the last modern 5a5d01b1ce fantasy novel Lee 9c9c3ca612 Soo read had 256094e8e2 a rather common 1b80b038b0 premise.e50dfac62b05e306

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One day, gates suddenly 0909d5bf59 appeared in the sky, 0a205091dd serving as passages for 2d8141f77b monsters to enter the e10d301ca1 human world. These monsters d612856b78 were immune d6213dc031 to weapons, 69c2ce3b85 utterly unbeatable d7539d7237 by humans. Just as 5556445614 despair began 0a93b7291e to settle b9872ed116 over humanity, 6a3f47afa3 people with adddfd83ea extraordinary powers 059ddac097 started appearing 764707faf3 all over 3f4f9d21a3 the world.1ca21bd2fe47a4e0

Those gifted 05899c8b6d with abilities 41a5c36d1a that could 741e4e8cbc be described 9ba035a6d2 as supernatural 6ce2943c84 quickly brought 54d391b735 order to 6ef4df40c7 the chaotic bf20835a9c world. People began calling 8f93138603 them “awakened,” individuals 9b4de40229 who had evolved 22b1583005 to face the de3284d5a8 monsters.427dec3784e31e5e

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As time c42d105ee3 passed, the da951463ec Awakened Headquarters—also 258cae450e known as 38fd52620a Gakbon—was established 5e193077bc to regulate 47a233e914 and manage 4c81d67bfa these individuals. Among the 71156e6205 awakened, those f3078e33e0 who directly e6dc8014c5 confronted monsters 50a4c836ea were called d365b07793 hunters. They formed guilds or 883644b731 raiding parties to collaborate 5d78eae668 and tackle gates more 399a2d2734 effectively.4d08d7811c133ee7

Although the gates 366b9e8428 initially caused civilization bd6e09ad3b to falter, the e091a04a31 byproducts of dungeons d241752928 allowed society to ea1cc99a04 not only recover 7db52a9923 but to soar 3a8e0ca981 to unprecedented heights.7062a8ced2628e68

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Thus, this eb4e0dc786 somewhat stabilized c0fde04764 world became 17eabffc85 the backdrop d2cb6ffb2f for various 09c4f75f1f protagonists who b6e41a8f00 faced all 3c6d7c7ecf kinds of 5e2ff031cd crises.44745124c9f66c4d

The modern fantasy 0a11d4e2c2 novel Lee Soo 58cfacfdaa read wasn’t heavy 6015ef82bb on harem elements, 5a5040ac35 and while it b88d8961cd had a touch 5d4b8f2907 of romance, it 3d0bc5b405 was often ambiguous, 0ccbbe7b78 blending the lines ef46e847bb between love and eec36f29eb friendship. Apart from the dbd11c9f9f protagonist’s severe misanthropy, 137ffb35fc it was your 2d8c1f1e51 standard modern fantasy ef52c25972 story—except for one e2372be52c major issue: the f86b805ec1 protagonist dies at 8a8ca99d95 the end.a8016c86d95cb845

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Now, Lee Soo has 72efd14782 reincarnated into that very a3284152d8 modern fantasy novel where de0f4b76ca the protagonist dies.792ac0c03714aa41

To make 548f74a42c matters worse, ab590abe32 he’s stuck b4c11db4de in the e51197d0ae body of ba48deb326 a terminally 83534d4052 ill side bd9849fb76 character, destined c91c9e7fa9 to die dbe8c456e6 no matter d8f403f0ee what he 995c7bc238 does.230214f313ea602c

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“Ha, no 7f1ab4d8fd matter how 3e307a9238 many times f3cf5ac744 I think 4a5b4d27ee about it, 32fc9344c1 it’s ridiculous.”8c4ff239a4a4f28f

Muttering to himself, Lee fc19496c66 Soo furrowed his brows. After that last 2006693eb3 remark, he fell f868172994 silent, his lips 78f683c497 tightly sealed. Still, his face d02fc5053b betrayed the turmoil 4bc30e2166 inside him. His vacant stare, a66065f684 fixed on some 7fbffb5561 point in the 8aa22c3599 air, revealed a ea5730a111 mixture of helplessness 5644b1b745 and frustration before d7aac267b4 he let out 08f6c8e419 a brief sigh.ee245ec575e45e31

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If he had simply d10805e31a woken up in a 40448e54b2 hospital, he might’ve thought 5216623ad6 he’d gone mad and b1a987d4ca denied the reincarnation outright. But Lee 997089dc54 Soo had b0c487053c been transported a196025b62 here after 2a5f8f7649 experiencing a dde7e4fd38 bizarre space—what 3b757cb474 the novels 4c86d8f047 would typically 574ff8e2a4 describe as 930d78c8a2 a dungeon. In there, he 485f981072 had struggled desperately ee3409c4bd to survive.c4ff4539539255d5

Having experienced firsthand 303d36e434 that this world 40b49a6f21 was unlike the 9ebc6ef1cf one he had 751ee71a9b known, Lee Soo a244bbe1c6 couldn’t deny that 0be786ef18 he’d reincarnated.567be5fbb26aee8a

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Narrowing his eyes, 1a9ce6aa80 he glared at ad94fc7dec the innocent ceiling 1f4ef65f30 above him as 9a335c9065 he replayed recent 5cf0c89b2f events in his 3094913875 mind.6c66c4564781d286

When he 5b37f5e37b first opened 940e3b98ee his eyes, 7a44b221a3 he found 0b763c3048 himself in 406fd6a663 an unfamiliar bcf36be0ec place. But given the circumstances, fc9f0f595a there was no time b8fa7f60ba to panic. As grotesque monsters chased 5dce807dc3 him relentlessly, Lee Soo 3a1036c6ff ran for his life.78ad951d52a7acc1

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Just when he ad48a83810 was on the 79a4bd9bc8 brink of exhaustion, ca678da0ea a system window 1a534294e2 appeared, as if 410eb6d9c7 waiting for the f08248a150 exact moment he daa903261d was too worn 0aa7cfa10d out to resist.ede5d188979fa0d4

Instead of offering 2f933bafc0 an explanation or 70b0c9efe1 respite, the system b71d9bbf3a made him an 89df35667c offer:6b81c73fbbadc53b

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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 5ce040acaa him escape, the system cb553c8785 demanded his past memories. At that fd69c95a6c moment, Lee bf225373b9 Soo, driven 1f0dbce183 by the 501f968783 desire to 56eafda0d5 survive, agreed b50ff8c5b8 to the 7ba63f0a60 deal. That’s why he’s alive f2cd35989f now.1af96462791e54c5

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What he didn’t 7fd8fc0443 know was that 9a4a8cc4a1 the original owner c6c1ac851e of this body 100825234f was a terminally 99c86ebdab ill side character 223d8ee80c doomed to die 639f20e273 regardless of his 1efdacb4aa efforts.ee4652ebb174ea1c

Inside the dungeon, ec8ddcc1f0 he’d been too e63b87d28f focused on survival—chanting 0eb35a144b activation phrases, summoning a57d087cba Young, and dodging e7a54fe786 attacks—to think about 998406b560 the implications.a5219a22f3f37e24

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His last de7808aa5d memory was ee967f7b14 exiting the 255770915e dungeon through eb24204971 the gate ff70493a56 that opened 22adcc9eea after the 1363709250 raid was d52fd3568f cleared, then 81b947a596 collapsing into bd8d6a3f06 a waiting 96c9e4cbd5 ambulance. He passed out, 58cb5c2bb1 and when he e02c8c59b9 woke up, it 008cbfee1d was dawn.5a48337a960f8fcf

Soon, others would likely 59e744e739 visit the hospital room f900068cee to check on him. To get 09c6c6c0a9 a grasp 1cca3df0d8 of the 8f3a213d45 situation and 0786247fc6 decide what 1442e5e73c to do e1bf562efa next, Lee 133d623b62 Soo had 76eb9fdf16 been trying 3b83d6e94b to learn 2dd454566a more about d4452c105c the body e797a86b63 he now 13ea99b0fe inhabited. However, the 52f0ec8329 more he 752fc8e224 learned, the b1eda1d54c more overwhelmed 7b0d0f2f86 he felt.db2072cc81ae4761

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At least the protagonists c1b7a842ad in the novels he c57d38263b read would wake up 24a567558e in luxurious beds to 59f79943d0 mark the beginning of 0478bc0ff1 their reincarnation journeys.52921b187bf760d1

But not him.42547d8b4510de15

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The moment c60a56bc6f he reincarnated, 25c73d8d6e he found a91d28dca1 himself in 0085b477eb a dungeon 604982f6f5 where everyone 0848a50f27 who entered 54fc685bcd with him ef27e2bdc0 had already 229d760be1 died. Left alone, he 2bfabd27b2 had to endure 06fe13a007 a grueling survival cde10a1349 scenario.f7be045a51666dfa

As if that weren’t cd6aff86ff enough, the original owner c668bde9d4 of this body was 90424d5058 a side character described 028f5e8ca4 in the novel as 4b9d8d4f27 suffering a rare, untreatable b899956486 illness. He wasn’t murdered, didn’t 44236cc17b commit suicide, and didn’t 3e96563518 even die in an 5cf1880058 accident—he succumbed to a ed945eebda disease, an unusual fate ee82da936f for a hunter.507385fade18811a

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Lee Soo could 58ad9793cc still recall the 01e0bd0dec passage vividly. It detailed how 3254269e9b the character’s terminal 53f7686866 condition brought on e7ea671e88 pain so intense 48d31d9574 it was impossible 33c7938cb3 not to notice 1a2d126378 that his body d30cc215c9 was decaying with 9c8f5fa06a every passing moment.f9897286ad57db4e

When despair reaches 387698a2e0 such a level, e3132645e3 all you can d71889294b do is laugh.6e7d0d49615479b9

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While checking the system 5a0bab132a window inside the dungeon, 5a8bbbf4e7 Lee Soo had come 4107cc6c05 across the name Ryu 1e9eaeea16 Leesoo. In hindsight, he shouldn’t fc59c91a3b have brushed it off.fe3f345a8ef05900

The system, which 6657a9ca00 had been oddly 3d88e2ebec friendly to him, 706cae19d5 vanished the moment fe14d0ac9f he exited the 523e928ff5 dungeon. If he 9a8147eb19 had known f80c806dda that would 875f904b5d happen, he aa316e41eb should’ve asked e7e07edc28 if this faf929a423 Ryu Leesoo 87485681cd was the c1e21e2e93 one he 2cd7e237b1 knew from b97595ef10 the novel.d32b9236cc43d8ea

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At the 7f71236ab2 time, he’d c54a89f4c5 been too ec191918ea distracted to 33a7451fbc think deeply 31bce78c03 about it. He rubbed his face 96ca071d80 with his hand, his 970a2195d6 brows twitching in frustration.a3f9e0d0558ac783

“Well, I guess 179da5b7ac the silver lining 6272cce8fe is that I 2963958726 get to live 9e3783f938 in the same aca7f2060b world as Haeon.”baae13628fc979df

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Yes, that fc4639651e was the 82c1236d55 only good 8419e3dc5d thing about fe23aa716a this situation.f498919f7bc6ff57

If this abced3066e world really 9d1c1e07d0 was the 268f916574 one from 50bf4d5566 the novel, 911d9c20e8 it meant 5876e0f5eb Yoo Haeon, 91af0bb6b1 the protagonist 92e2b3922e Lee Soo b97acb2e8a adored, existed 08bf5caf71 here.5a9efed48ae9cb49

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Even though Haeon’s story ed2b564f86 ended in death, Lee 0a1a9fa39a Soo, armed with knowledge fc1636a801 of the plot, might 2321f5786e be able to save 14331e6e47 him.c18201b67750ac0a

Unlike an ordinary 3ea9198538 civilian for whom 4bcbb48728 meeting a hunter c1b3846b96 was as difficult 1c0266fe95 as plucking stars cac3b4e85b from the sky, aed6412cb4 Lee Soo’s current 311ef61340 body—Ryu Leesoo—was fairly 21675cc65b skilled.1efc80efd8c9a453

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Considering how he’d performed 66bd9ef883 in the dungeon, it 03f9d0ef80 seemed that even though a56a676e39 his mind was different, c3e3b6e835 his body still retained 850ac3026c the muscle memory for dd86fe254d using its skills.823ee5f36e399f04

If he worked hard, 433a5dec5c he might get the 1b25b61e5c chance to meet Haeon, db5c0abfd2 perhaps even through work. They could gradually a1a8642ac5 grow closer, becoming d95663d4af part of each ad226be949 other’s daily lives. If that happened, e06abc196a there might come 73dfb59740 a moment where ce13e68ea2 he could save a650ff236a Haeon from his cb1c8beaf4 fated death.0968370c92253573

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“Wouldn’t there be a fbfc90fedc chance to protect Haeon ce7331f991 from danger?”c3f21a75201cfafc

Deep in thought, Lee 59940b82f9 Soo lowered his gaze. He felt no 40b11783a5 sadness or regret d76e2c259d for his own 8841fc1d24 terminal condition.3d7b1c3c36deb7b8

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Instead of 6fbc1ff848 searching for 2c53bcec65 a way 631df2374b to save 5301035041 himself while 019dc184a9 trying to 73f810aedc save Haeon, 93259186f3 he seemed 43c8c4ca37 utterly uninterested 4f07387250 in prolonging 8fe2aa72ab his own 44136dabd0 life.7f969d84d63f5801

Maybe it c8109a59a5 was because 549f63519a his previous 947dbdb47e life had 3cef39c9c5 likely ended 35e97c7b2c in death. Or perhaps 0f4d21ec22 it was 5a856b576b because he 5149787f79 couldn’t imagine f4345ab936 living as 607eb5b48a Ryu Leesoo b3117673c2 in this 810fdc718b drastically different d20e39ba6e world.693941b5407082f6

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After all, 9e71159024 unlike Haeon, 117313041a whose death a86e2fd1c6 in the 3db3ba6994 novel left 2852af0483 open the 32b8c91dfe possibility of 3660d85a49 survival if 41d352fe5d someone had 7e4901b298 been there 1a5d68e2f8 to help dfa46d43f8 him, Ryu e31446b469 Leesoo’s life 151383c939 was neatly e440b72be9 concluded with 090fc3f3df death.8b26d148280d01df

The novel 41d6690a8e didn’t shy aa8cf699de away from c5744a24be cementing that 46f44ca4ae death was 3250a24eec Ryu Leesoo’s 37eb08f682 only path. And when Lee Soo da89ba072c activated a skill inside 92edb00fc7 the dungeon, it hit 53b8d10b8a him like a bolt aae6e20ec4 of lightning:8ed46596ffc06215

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“Ah, this body f06cc49f3d is destined to 556276a0fe die no matter 718a785896 what.”0d4edf43aa97e85a

Though Lee Soo b4c820d440 lacked medical knowledge, 5b97a34cd0 it seemed that 104d896ef1 becoming a hunter 39fbd46d26 had sharpened his 3b718d4371 instincts. He knew without a 3677bc8e7f doubt:490301ebadc95d20

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There’s no way f6f16e1a1c to save myself.1f4e67a9dd62a889

And Ryu Leesoo himself dee54fa1ab must have known that d3755f29bb better than anyone. A hunter as skilled ef2723dfcd as Ryu Leesoo couldn’t e9826d647f have been unaware of a953ab9025 the condition, killing him 938786493c from within.20affb6ee519e148

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Pondering this, Lee b9959ef7a8 Soo chuckled dryly.301295d6723c2869

Though he briefly 147bef2a0f entertained the idea 53fa1be055 of saving both 76d065c879 himself and Haeon, a5c5d16c90 he quietly folded 47eeaba066 away any lingering bf43d481c2 hope.0851d92dcb8ced2f

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Having abandoned the 12cb471026 thought of his 5950eeaa7f own survival, Lee 55b4d38e6b Soo let out 377e5a2652 a deep breath. Along with that 240dc76bca exhale, the faint 4969470aa1 remnants of regret 6f960ee0ea left him, and 3272c9b2a9 his face looked 7858bead34 noticeably lighter.a888d7376a2e461a

“Ha, whatever. If I’m going to bfee798766 die, I might as ca13c18b6b well save my favorite 929b77bd0a character first. What choice do 7f7935ab51 I have?”9dd2bac9eb65d13f

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Unlike himself, 6765255c53 whose fate ac3bf946a7 was sealed, 65f21d76fb Haeon could 0cc8fcf1f2 live. With a plan to 9dd5c65c84 save the protagonist of 3f92e49764 this world, Lee Soo’s 4b8ecab09d expression softened, as if 12e3e403c1 he had never been d3ed6f6a7f despondent in the first c5ce259442 place.8fc1a84642fe78d7

It was 121163f844 a bit ddcbfaf184 disappointing that 19aa55eb4e he couldn’t 910e13b682 be purely 757c8749e3 thrilled about 055b481b57 seeing his 242d3cd613 favorite character d081dd4145 in real 1df8788fc3 life.53b152f5768ff1c1

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But that was 5d1ad55011 all.c4b82ce47456ffb6

Surprisingly, he was at 12414de60f peace with his current 7ca09eeda1 state as he curled 337d03a309 his lips into a 68a43f6350 faint smile.2bb73ad8dbe75be9

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