SMFC | Chapter 1

There are countless d2b88efda5 genres of novels c3e7a32dcd in this world, ed4e789570 and one of ceaf733589 them is modern dea2a32e7e fantasy.929de742e39c2762

It’s hard d54f9a9d11 to pin d5ad523a74 down a 9c8f35038d definitive characteristic d2c7c05a0c since the f2d4daf694 settings vary c9bb1d9afe by novel, 712120e369 but the b61790da55 last modern 998c85ca12 fantasy novel 0d778391d9 Lee Soo 84ae4f624d read had 1313b2bec4 a rather 0bcabcadc2 common premise.0b46e355df0e2e06

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One day, gates suddenly 058bd43ae5 appeared in the sky, ed6eeb1cd3 serving as passages for 3484c9496a monsters to enter the 6128cccef9 human world. These monsters were immune d1867275cf to weapons, utterly unbeatable d895b605a6 by humans. Just as despair began 140bcd627e to settle over humanity, 0358e58864 people with extraordinary powers 1cc613c5a1 started appearing all over 0e18bb7ab2 the world.523eafd63d155344

Those gifted 4318ca71c3 with abilities b6eedad64f that could 8e45a34f55 be described 6d86cbb1d4 as supernatural a6906135bf quickly brought 5434c2f777 order to 0a82c4bdb6 the chaotic 0b5a4772f4 world. People began calling them d6be79802e “awakened,” individuals who had 414f0c0fa4 evolved to face the b15eee7a79 monsters.e9ca3246d12313e4

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As time f91dbc58d8 passed, the 476d6b2aac Awakened Headquarters—also b0431c8ebe known as 31afcea8b1 Gakbon—was established d1b8b8d148 to regulate 6fc527e26f and manage 5b5f0b61fa these individuals. Among the 62365351df awakened, those 072d8e7bec who directly 89f5b88bac confronted monsters 12917e49ce were called ebff4e8faf hunters. They formed 9a016c874b guilds or 8bdf5aaeab raiding parties 77f185324f to collaborate b4dc9f1b63 and tackle 2a0ba80ddc gates more b082169f24 effectively.3d5b316a333e3a30

Although the gates bbd47f290d initially caused civilization b70211a830 to falter, the b079096e0b byproducts of dungeons 52eb62344f allowed society to 07dbf63aef not only recover bd43159ddf but to soar b255cd814d to unprecedented heights.ed8413b0113a7186

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Thus, this somewhat b719b04f9b stabilized world became b79cf3b8b8 the backdrop for 2c10d35e02 various protagonists who 6713213174 faced all kinds 3734461cdc of crises.fb863c210ad048dd

The modern b4c8c55982 fantasy novel 634acc4249 Lee Soo 474fa2c02a read wasn’t ac2c5e264f heavy on c4c1fd647b harem elements, be9e052b97 and while 34a567d6a4 it had bc405ee793 a touch 19104baa48 of romance, dec21cf379 it was bd07caf97f often ambiguous, cbe0ddde50 blending the 446d504ede lines between 6bd4012147 love and 8f7c07bfcf friendship. Apart from the f472cca4f6 protagonist’s severe misanthropy, 705d51b26f it was your 4c3040c1ff standard modern fantasy befc35595e story—except for one acb20a5161 major issue: the e53c3b103d protagonist dies at 360cca1997 the end.fe9a003a49c38101

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Now, Lee Soo has 67390205b8 reincarnated into that very 3a21082744 modern fantasy novel where e81dea41a6 the protagonist dies.e57058c0990f60ea

To make d2f57b57f7 matters worse, 4373456d2c he’s stuck c3cfacdc8e in the 3825a89d8c body of f68b344f81 a terminally 8e75c454a5 ill side e07a6532cb character, destined 64123e9d9f to die 45e5168d29 no matter db61682f6f what he 06afc54478 does.ad92708b55af077b

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“Ha, no matter 06480aec3a how many times fd2d34294e I think about c4e47cdb1d it, it’s ridiculous.”43f8724c2c4fa111

Muttering to 22ee8e19fc himself, Lee beec1bf79b Soo furrowed 053c1877a1 his brows. After that last remark, c33796b503 he fell silent, his 2b14f8c665 lips tightly sealed. Still, his face betrayed cf3d2eefdc the turmoil inside him. His vacant stare, b00420e8c7 fixed on some fc81c345a6 point in the 8d0d302831 air, revealed a 6b5bedd99c mixture of helplessness afeda6ccee and frustration before 9719be4126 he let out 4b212e4d54 a brief sigh.38295b5c159b2612

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If he had bba7da5842 simply woken up ab790ebc4b in a hospital, 20d2a90225 he might’ve thought 793fbce0bc he’d gone mad 2c73b0344a and denied the 6d97f827cc reincarnation outright. But Lee c114ac0255 Soo had 2c2b1903bf been transported 6d8fcab1dc here after 55c0327e2c experiencing a 8d0e8a625b bizarre space—what 6b035dde41 the novels f6f9d8bb94 would typically aa27f0df47 describe as cc2dab6d44 a dungeon. In there, he 369bb219f3 had struggled desperately af61079d5c to survive.a643cb40ed9b8026

Having experienced firsthand af65a6ee44 that this world a473402b74 was unlike the 3dcf6db231 one he had 688daf8b42 known, Lee Soo f4e34ffaba couldn’t deny that f2050f7697 he’d reincarnated.a9a9cfd8d45ceab7

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Narrowing his eyes, 900b3cfcac he glared at c25d615906 the innocent ceiling 7fcb3f12ed above him as 42f00a5572 he replayed recent 4d5c48a752 events in his 3e06351c44 mind.add94fae9a36663c

When he 8a028b8d61 first opened 13e60251c7 his eyes, 835deb4921 he found d49a4f0a88 himself in d4f5244f36 an unfamiliar 4eea400c83 place. But given the eeb42b7561 circumstances, there was 38026c0348 no time to e91788463d panic. As grotesque e0ad2a6343 monsters chased c84dd20fe2 him relentlessly, 20634da348 Lee Soo 1190d9fdec ran for c0e07854b4 his life.8e1fa2045c2879d6

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Just when he 1ebcb70652 was on the b0597a2f02 brink of exhaustion, 120f673436 a system window a161ea9480 appeared, as if 2b7edb2d62 waiting for the 9b1961eddf exact moment he 059690c9c9 was too worn 837223548a out to resist.7285d4ec17d02534

Instead of f4e6718cc4 offering an 2369de3502 explanation or 9610dbc5ce respite, the 38130615a8 system made 7b33eab602 him an 65d8332e8a offer:94fc202c65d7674d

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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 a78c1ee1a2 him escape, the system e04720ef30 demanded his past memories. At that moment, ffc8dcb6e6 Lee Soo, driven 491aab34e8 by the desire c914c158aa to survive, agreed 54eb066eb4 to the deal. That’s why he’s 177a651650 alive now.67033d65fc06c76a

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What he didn’t know f8a9a9fdeb was that the original bf9158d925 owner of this body e8b35c23dc was a terminally ill af0d505fbf side character doomed to 132a05a824 die regardless of his 525e38969c efforts.274823e3b56da4a1

Inside the 3d22fefa4b dungeon, he’d 1642f5eebc been too ef7ea84cc2 focused on 97a7ace25b survival—chanting activation 48d764b633 phrases, summoning 6cf260e2d7 Young, and c34f8790af dodging attacks—to 9031a1a486 think about 4bc63a073d the implications.bbb29d9506ac8e35

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His last memory was c84b7651d9 exiting the dungeon through e6a924f2ec the gate that opened 6c09090add after the raid was 4154149ec5 cleared, then collapsing into 422c3de6fa a waiting ambulance. He passed b9b955cc12 out, and 620108a0ea when he d70923bca3 woke up, cb0a83d529 it was b37d448331 dawn.e53f512d14d5676f

Soon, others would b831dd6044 likely visit the 4269e0d189 hospital room to 8a69c530e6 check on him. To get a b586908299 grasp of the f4450cf917 situation and decide fd5095eb0d what to do c6b924c84d next, Lee Soo 3ec827d373 had been trying f4683874f1 to learn more 7261d2cdbe about the body ba9cd41ab8 he now inhabited. However, the 3b9726573a more he 07c081f460 learned, the d8eb4667df more overwhelmed ed5d3af183 he felt.6d08ce460d2af693

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At least c1eed00afe the protagonists 18cbf99ca3 in the c2007a9e8d novels he c0b4715aee read would 77183ff9f6 wake up 5b18ff10a9 in luxurious 346e7ff7ff beds to 98fa8396c8 mark the b7a3ec6c30 beginning of ae1ea24483 their reincarnation 7b2e86613e journeys.65adb0b109623630

But not him.55d05ee3c5a15b24

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The moment he reincarnated, 34682e5f09 he found himself in 190c2b4219 a dungeon where everyone bce509c5cf who entered with him e613337eea had already died. Left alone, he had 1158c95136 to endure a grueling f263472b79 survival scenario.d59cb32730609039

As if 31a359d675 that weren’t 37925e2010 enough, the 79ae941056 original owner c3acf73320 of this f00711877d body was 31bb308e76 a side 861c99f676 character described 65de917266 in the 3787eece62 novel as 74758dd453 suffering a 62a04b45ba rare, untreatable aa977e2d46 illness. He wasn’t murdered, didn’t 7306a25d5d commit suicide, and didn’t 6d5509f8ff even die in an 6cc0fda3a5 accident—he succumbed to a 43c9dcca91 disease, an unusual fate 1957c00348 for a hunter.f46a2b7d05a2a2bc

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Lee Soo could still f95ecca7bf recall the passage vividly. It detailed how 2e83332a9d the character’s terminal d4160ddea7 condition brought on 9f1d39a9a1 pain so intense 6267ef32a9 it was impossible e8ece8470c not to notice a50d980141 that his body f3f842fb96 was decaying with bfdb510150 every passing moment.8c12efc763f1468f

When despair 136666edc4 reaches such c5d2bb8d74 a level, ffb853514f all you de61f21b0d can do 64f7ed9830 is laugh.93ad135e09bd1d78

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While checking the system ff1036d862 window inside the dungeon, 7f636e322e Lee Soo had come ded0fa5980 across the name Ryu 9b473c3698 Leesoo. In hindsight, he 495857da52 shouldn’t have brushed e40455c4fb it off.ddc0ba46ed3568b9

The system, which 3e3f725817 had been oddly 783b6f2805 friendly to him, 2e9eb3a58f vanished the moment 60a23bc70d he exited the b4935cb370 dungeon. If he had known 64c7e3d8bf that would happen, he c89eee219d should’ve asked if this 9f0ef1129a Ryu Leesoo was the 5875142780 one he knew from 53724d9c2d the novel.384692d60232a7de

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At the time, he’d 56ec92e199 been too distracted to d48433089b think deeply about it. He rubbed his ba6b6ba713 face with his e49e3c962e hand, his brows 2a7732922e twitching in frustration.e1605d3eec1a9bb4

“Well, I guess the 2a2a01187f silver lining is that 9808c8fb28 I get to live 211ed352d8 in the same world 8d53405ba2 as Haeon.”9c180167b917e81f

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Yes, that was cd54d45ab2 the only good 194326fb6e thing about this 1668a2e4e2 situation.6671c9d317f589ac

If this world df9678ee9b really was the c8d61844a2 one from the 4ded71bd3d novel, it meant 964a45a3fa Yoo Haeon, the 349e9b9672 protagonist Lee Soo 45405dc705 adored, existed here.6922bf529df6f9c4

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Even though Haeon’s 19a5fc820c story ended in 3784cabf95 death, Lee Soo, 78080e1b89 armed with knowledge 4175397cb7 of the plot, 52f5756112 might be able 06eb9483f1 to save him.6dc361ba7d9b0370

Unlike an ordinary a47a4bb495 civilian for whom cb5a2438e2 meeting a hunter 3fe8ef069c was as difficult a37f5407dd as plucking stars 55c217e34a from the sky, 21e048792b Lee Soo’s current c221cfdfa8 body—Ryu Leesoo—was fairly b5fb746750 skilled.216368abf1c78ac9

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Considering how he’d performed c9e6574995 in the dungeon, it f739f2b785 seemed that even though d2bdb94e49 his mind was different, f13fd5d220 his body still retained c7cba3b2c1 the muscle memory for 89e41d4940 using its skills.7feb5fb1da8d5c81

If he worked hard, 978d34d099 he might get the 8cb5687e6a chance to meet Haeon, e8c76850b1 perhaps even through work. They could aca650384f gradually grow 6048424367 closer, becoming b8b52d3816 part of 7bed3f89f1 each other’s 822c70cb36 daily lives. If that happened, 1772aff327 there might come 535e59fd18 a moment where 91dd25939e he could save b5ef19894f Haeon from his e107558d5d fated death.5e305a4e99d1a4f1

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“Wouldn’t there be a c8dbb8d4d7 chance to protect Haeon f47abf4e8f from danger?”be08417766362d97

Deep in thought, ee2a24bb9e Lee Soo lowered 87808fc7dc his gaze. He felt no 1355b8162a sadness or regret cabb1f1ee6 for his own 883a07c095 terminal condition.b198ef3357c9edb8

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Instead of searching for c4af3e8a8e a way to save 8c8cf6ad95 himself while trying to 29ff1410e7 save Haeon, he seemed 00b64bfd50 utterly uninterested in prolonging 1f50131f11 his own life.e106783548db56b9

Maybe it was 50a99cf3c0 because his previous cb271b62e5 life had likely 5e8bf4f348 ended in death. Or perhaps 1f614e7e50 it was 31b8ab6641 because he 1cdf0270a3 couldn’t imagine 06e67d6445 living as 38d24303ae Ryu Leesoo 73a20124cd in this c622b46cc6 drastically different 27b564a022 world.2f23c588f6997e52

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After all, unlike Haeon, 7e9cd46995 whose death in the 6bc22b92af novel left open the ade47b10ba possibility of survival if 1734d8aa83 someone had been there a987b99843 to help him, Ryu 367d362984 Leesoo’s life was neatly a26f077616 concluded with death.ee6d2f9774116fc7

The novel didn’t 192108ad3c shy away from 60a3c9e995 cementing that death 087d0a09ec was Ryu Leesoo’s 86f8ad37bc only path. And when Lee 19d7a5a836 Soo activated a b48423e1cd skill inside the e0744d3267 dungeon, it hit 9eabfc8f16 him like a faef2f42d6 bolt of lightning:f80bb6fc5ae1c16a

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“Ah, this 84bd5ec624 body is 0b2682598a destined to 6e56fb7b32 die no 548b62810b matter what.”03b69d66e63b7eb1

Though Lee Soo lacked 99f046c2d1 medical knowledge, it seemed d1c8a67c03 that becoming a hunter bda029c7be had sharpened his instincts. He knew d1737811a2 without a 96f187dc1a doubt:bb6c97f9cf36a6e6

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There’s no way to 505a261376 save myself.f35959de8d779560

And Ryu 6d9918d589 Leesoo himself a71e4229e7 must have 5aad81cef0 known that d2a6aa077b better than 307293dd5a anyone. A hunter 49c39eeae8 as skilled 0f8897e230 as Ryu de832c8da9 Leesoo couldn’t 16691cec1c have been 5cbe61d63b unaware of 0b2caa2a0a the condition, ac782be9fd killing him e4c6731b59 from within.0b8158a17d8158cf

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Pondering this, Lee 436303f46f Soo chuckled dryly.c66e25c7f3133637

Though he briefly ed5fc2994e entertained the idea cf898dba5a of saving both aafa65561c himself and Haeon, d2a7fa9f36 he quietly folded e5819a7584 away any lingering 297e0ebf24 hope.e91cb1ee6fca744a

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Having abandoned the e478950a46 thought of his e96e9cb458 own survival, Lee 34962d638d Soo let out 026d2045e6 a deep breath. Along with 4a5ab6d46e that exhale, 492a5af747 the faint a1800cf69f remnants of 0b124ad94f regret left fa576726d1 him, and d4f3944f43 his face 50b8c580c5 looked noticeably 8c79608609 lighter.0753bd62683987a6

“Ha, whatever. If I’m going to cea044f01e die, I might as f81af5c840 well save my favorite b91e04ef4d character first. What choice 4fc71e115d do I 8d9fd9a9dc have?”3f559244f991d366

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Unlike himself, whose 88708efbf0 fate was sealed, 4295f84835 Haeon could live. With a plan 5d6cef7fb8 to save the 5fae66f89f protagonist of this 5149316375 world, Lee Soo’s a8618c5388 expression softened, as 38b5d73c17 if he had 286f85418a never been despondent 98d95346f3 in the first 1c78755d3b place.91b18bca723dd5ee

It was a bit cfddea0035 disappointing that he couldn’t a19df037c5 be purely thrilled about ee0ab4238b seeing his favorite character 146c15c33d in real life.ddfb44be6ffd2cb5

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But that was all.5a81de15ce40e9af

Surprisingly, he was 4553f4687b at peace with b3d87f3ca0 his current state 3b302da402 as he curled f1ac17cd7f his lips into d40289e746 a faint smile.9f4506391538427e

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