" AHHH! SAVE ME!!"

　𓎢𓎡　.　◞　✙　　Han Myungo's desperate scream echoed through the air as the monster's massive claws dragged him toward a dark hole. His fingers clawed at the ground, his face twisted in terror.

The others turned immediately, their faces filled with panic. Yoo Sangah was the first to react, rushing forward in an attempt to pull him back-

But Y/N was faster.

Without hesitation, Y/N lunged, grabbing Han Myungo's hand.

Fuck. I know I shouldn't interfere, but I need to see this.

Y/N gritted his teeth, sweat dripping down his forehead as he held on tightly. But the monster was far stronger than anticipated. Before they could react further, the ground beneath them crumbled, and both Y/N and Han Myungo were dragged into the abyss.

"Y/N!! HAN MYUNGO!!"

Their names rang through the air as the others screamed in horror, chasing after them. but it was too late. The darkness swallowed them whole.

Pain shot through Y/N's body as they crashed onto the ground. Dust filled the air. Somewhere nearby, Han Myungo groaned in pain.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? YOU DIDN'T PULL HARD ENOUGH!!" Han Myungo screeched, still struggling against the monster's grip.

A tick mark formed on Y/N's forehead. He exhaled sharply, forcing a smile. "Listen here, old man. I tried to save you, but that thing is stronger than both of us combined." His voice remained calm, but the irritation was clear.

Han Myungo opened his mouth to argue-

CRACK!

Before he could say another word, his head smacked against the jagged stone wall. He went limp immediately.

Y/N blinked, sweatdropping.

'...Poor guy.'

It was honestly the funniest thing he had seen all day, but he forced himself not to laugh. Now wasn't the time.

The monster finally reached its destination, a dark cavern lined with bones and rusted chains. Without hesitation, it began tying them up. Y/N watched carefully, observing its every move.

' This place... This is where Yoo Sangah and Han Myungo- '

His thoughts halted as a system window flashed before his eyes.

「 F1nd th3 𐌂𐋅𐌐Ꝋ𐌍𐌉Ꝋ𐌍 𐌐𐌄𐌀𐌋𐌌88888888 」

Y/N stiffened. His breath hitched.

"Huh?"

The text glitched erratically, the letters flickering in and out of existence.

What... What does it say?!

He tried to focus, to decipher the words, but the distortion only worsened.

"Find the...?" he murmured, attempting to make sense of it.

The monster had disappeared. That much was clear. But he had no time to celebrate that fact. Kim Dokja and the others would arrive soon, yet... something was wrong. Deeply wrong.

A system window suddenly popped up again.

「 F1nd 1t n0w. 」

「 F1nd 1t n0w. 」

「 F1nd 1t n0w. 」

「 F1nd 1t n0w. 」

Y/N's breath hitched.

"W-What...?" he whispered, eyes widening.

The messages multiplied, flooding his vision. They covered every inch of the air before him, pressing in from all sides. Panic clawed at his chest, but he forced himself to stay calm.

Taking a deep breath, he spoke. "H-Hey, what are you trying to say? What do you mean 'find it now'?"

Silence.

The screens flickered, glitching uncontrollably, but no answer came.

Y/N clenched his fists and assessed his surroundings. The monster was gone.

Good.

He exhaled sharply. "Void." he muttered, his voice cold. Dark energy rippled through the air. The void devoured the restraints holding him, swallowing them into nothingness. With a single step, he was free.

Han Myungo was still unconscious. Y/N shot him a glance. "Tsk. The others will find him here." he muttered.

But something was wrong. Deeply, inexplicably wrong.

The air felt heavy. Time itself seemed to have slowed. Why aren't the constellations saying anything? There was no scenario announcement. No guiding system prompts.

Nothing. Just... silence.

Nervousness crept into his gut, an unsettling feeling crawling beneath his skin. His every instinct screamed that something was amiss.

Too unpredictable...

Forcing himself to move, he began walking, searching for anything....anything-that the system wanted him to find. But no matter how far he went, all he found were bones.

After what felt like hours, exhaustion set in. He slumped onto a nearby rock.

"I've been walking for so long... and I haven't found anything," he muttered. He sighed, rubbing his temples. "Dokja and the others should be here already-"

Thud.

Thud.

Y/N's body reacted instantly.

He spun around.

Nothing.

But the air... It felt thick with something.. an unseen presence lurking in the darkness.

His fingers instinctively tightened around the hilt of his sword. He took a cautious step back.

Something was watching him. ' I'm getting paranoid '... he thought, shaking his head. He closed his eyes, exhaling slowly. But the moment he opened them-

A door.

It stood before him. A brilliant, shining white door.

Blinding. Otherworldly. Y/N stared at it, frozen in place. The light radiating from it felt... unnatural. Too perfect.

This is...

His heart pounded. A warning whispered in the back of his mind.

Suspicious.

Too suspicious.

Yet, despite the overwhelming unease twisting his gut, something within him ached to open it.

「 0p3n 1t. 」

「 0p3n 1t. 」

「 0p3n 1t. 」

「 0p3n 1t. 」

The window returned.

Swarming. Pressuring. Demanding.

Y/N swallowed hard, his fingers hovering over the doorknob. Cold. Ice-cold. He hesitated.

One step forward.

Then-

"Y/N!!!"

A voice-frantic, desperate-rang out. His eyes widened.

"Huh? Kim Dokj-"

Before he could finish, something yanked him forward. The door swallowed him whole. Y/N hit the ground hard. His vision blurred, consciousness slipping away.

Shit...

His body felt heavy. Unmovable. Through the haze, a figure loomed over him.

A person.

Their features were distorted-wrong-like they didn't quite belong in this world. And before he could even think.

A

void stretched endlessly before me. My limbs felt weightless, my body sinking into the unknown. My thoughts blurred, caught between the present and the past-



And then.. A memory surfaced.



⠀𓉸˚̣̣̣◟　 ͜　 　𓎢𓎡 　　✚

My father was not like other people.

He was strange. Too strange.

Even now, I don't understand how my mother ever fell in love with him. What kind of person was he? What did she see in him? I don't even know what he looked like. His face is nothing but a void in my mind-a blurred silhouette on the edges of my memory.

And yet...

I remember the feeling of his arms around me.

Warm. Strong. But unsettling. H

is eyes... they haunted me the most.



Not because they were filled with rage or cruelty-no, he was never abusive. Never violent. But there was something wrong about them. Something that sent a chill down my spine even as a child.

I remember looking up at him, expecting a father's warmth, a gentle smile. Instead, he just stared.



Deep, hollow eyes, darker than the night itself. They were voids-bottomless, terrifying voids that swallowed everything.

I tried to understand him.

I tried to ask my mother before he disappeared.

"Mom, where is Dad?"

She never answered.

She never even looked at me.

She just turned away, pretending she hadn't heard a word. Again and again, I asked. Again and again, silence met me. It was as if he had never existed at all.



And then, one day. H

e was gone.



No one knew why. No one spoke about it. It was as if the world had simply erased him. But I remember.



I remember the way he looked at me that day. The last time I saw him.

His eyes.

That empty, consuming void.

He was staring at me like I was something... important. Like I was something that shouldn't exist.

I never understood it.

I still don't.

But something tells me...

My breath hitched.

I gasped awake.

A cold, suffocating presence wrapped around me as I lay on the hard floor, my body weak and unresponsive. My fingers twitched, my vision hazy.

Above me, the figure loomed. A

nd when my vision finally cleared- Those same eyes stared back at me.



Void. Just like his.



⠀𓉸˚̣̣̣◟　 ͜　 　𓎢𓎡 　　✚



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