Chapter 1: Awakening of the Sleeping Angel

I became an angel.

The world has gone insane.

I agree this world is crazy.

Something like that roaming outside? Unbelievable.

A monster with green skin locked its gaze on me.

It moved closer, its sharp teeth glinting ominously.

There was no way to resist.

Not that I could outrun it anyway.

I wasn’t exactly athletic, and running felt like a chore.

In short, I was cornered—completely doomed.

I sighed deeply.

“Grrr!”

A creature straight out of a fantasy story.

A goblin.

But unlike the usual fodder in fiction, reality was vastly different.

This goblin was enormous—large enough to swallow someone like me in one bite.

“A goblin? How does a monster’s name sound so shiny? Bling-bling? Pfft.”

I chuckled audibly, and the goblin shot me a puzzled look.

Its small eyes seemed to say, “What’s wrong with you? Are you out of your mind?”

But I didn’t care.

I was terminal, after all.

What did it matter? I was already as good as dead.

“At least make it painless, okay? I’d appreciate that.”

Dying… It’d probably be like falling asleep.

Thinking of it that way made it less scary.

Eternal sleep… wasn’t that a blessing in disguise?

Sleep was something I had always dreamed of.

A dream forever out of reach, thanks to my condition—Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI).

A genetic disorder with a 100% mortality rate, leaving me unable to sleep until the end.

If the goblin killed me, I’d be grateful.

The more I thought about it, the more this goblin looked like an angel.

An angel uniquely mine, offering me the gift of rest.

‘Sleep… something I’ve always wanted to experience.’

Still, one thing nagged at me.

Not something like an unburnt hard drive or embarrassing files.

I’d never even watched adult content in my life—there wasn’t enough energy for such urges when you couldn’t sleep.

“… Come to think of it, what’s going to happen to my game character?”

Thinking about angels brought my character to mind.

I had started gaming to kill time since I couldn’t sleep.

Heaven RPG.

Once a thriving game, it had long since been abandoned by players.

But I had grown attached to it as a dedicated player, nurturing my character over countless hours.

Despite achieving the highest stats, I’d never reached the ending because the difficulty was absurdly high.

So high that no players were left.

Still, it felt a little disappointing to leave that unfinished.

“Well, nothing I can do about it.”

Did I look that appetizing?

The goblin was practically drooling, ready to gulp me down in one bite.

“Gwaaargh!”

…And that’s how I died.

Or so I thought.

Suddenly, my mind went blank, and a wave of dizziness overwhelmed me.

「You have awakened.」

[Awakened Info]
Name: Yoo Baekseol
Level: 1
Rank: F
Unique Skill: Unity of Mind and Body

A sudden message appeared before my eyes.

A supernatural phenomenon beyond human comprehension.

Then again, this was a world where monsters existed.

Something like this wasn’t all that surprising.

“… What’s this?”

The real problem was the bright, radiant light I now saw.

And…

“Wings? A halo above my head too? No way…”

I blinked and checked my body.

A sacred glow surrounded me, with wings spread out behind me.

While I couldn’t see every detail, the weight of my hair suggested something else entirely.

Could my gender have changed too?

“Am I an angel now? Like the character I raised in that game?”

The goblin no longer mattered.

Understanding how to use my abilities came naturally.

No matter how wide the goblin opened its mouth, the radiant light surrounding me blocked every attempt, leaving me unscathed.

“I should check the details of my abilities. So, could you wait a moment?”

It felt like I was operating a game system.

I moved my fingers and examined the skill information.

Click.

「Unique Skill」

• Name: Unity of Mind and Body
• Rank: S (Ex-tier)
• Description: Unites you with the being you share the deepest bond with.
• Cooldown: Unusable. One-time use only.

“Huh, the skill’s rank sounds a little risqué, doesn’t it? S-ex-tier? Really?”

What were these absurd phenomena?

I tilted my head, fiddling with the interface again.

I wanted more details, but unfortunately, no additional information was available.

The only thing that stood out was the label “Unusable.”

Then, I felt movement nearby.

“Grrr…”

“So impatient. Can’t even wait when told to? Was I expecting too much?”

The goblin.

I’d forgotten about it in the midst of my musings.

It was preparing to lunge at me again.

“Hm? Why am I speaking so politely?”

No matter how many times I tried, only formal speech came out.

Was it because I’d become an angel?

“Well, in any case, it seems my role here is quite clear.”

The goblin still regarded itself as the predator.

Its gaping mouth drooled excessively as it advanced, looking even more desperate than before.

But no matter how threatening it appeared, I no longer felt afraid.

“Goblin, I’m sorry, but you’re no longer a match for me.”

If my in-game character from Heaven RPG had truly merged with me, I must have become an overwhelmingly powerful being.

“The tables have turned. Do you know what a reversal of roles is?”

I took a step forward.

As if on autopilot, light radiated from my hand, flying outward.

“222.”

The goblin screeched in panic, stumbling backward as the light engulfed it.

Its struggle was futile. The radiant energy compressed and annihilated its form in an instant.

It was anticlimactic.

“Phew. There’s still so much I don’t understand, but I think this development isn’t bad at all.”

I’d narrowly escaped death.

And in that moment of crisis, I’d become something extraordinary.

I was now fully united with the most powerful character from Heaven RPG.

If this was real…

I had become an absolute being, wielding divine power.

I raised my hand, gazing at the light emanating from it.

The sacred energy flowing from my fingertips glowed gently yet intensely, like a miniature sun.

It moved effortlessly, responding to my will without any conscious effort.

It was as if the angelic abilities I’d painstakingly nurtured in the game now belonged to me.

I looked up at the sky, my thoughts swirling.

One question surfaced in my mind:

“Could it be… that I can finally sleep?”

Until now, sleep was a forbidden concept for me.

Because of FFI, a fatal genetic disease, I couldn’t sleep for even a second.

Every day, I endured the relentless march toward death.

For someone like me, sleep was nothing more than a fantasy.

Even dreams…

Were illusions I could never experience.

But now, with this angelic body?

If I’d truly become my in-game character…

Would this new body allow me to sleep in this world?

“No way… Could I really sleep? That can’t be possible, right?”

Despite my words, a wave of fatigue swept over me.

This time, though, the exhaustion didn’t scare me.

In the past, the weariness and lethargy had drained me of all motivation…

But now, I felt anticipation instead.

I closed my eyes for a moment.

The warm light enveloped me, filling me with peace.

“Ah, if this isn’t a dream, please, let me sleep.”

If I had truly been freed from that unimaginable torment—

I just wanted to rest.

“Let’s figure this out after a good nap.”

I looked up at the sky one more time and slowly folded my fluttering wings.

As I exhaled softly, the halo and wings vanished.

Even with divine power coursing through me and monsters roaming the world, one thing mattered most to me.

“…Mmm, so sleepy.”

And just like that, I fell asleep on the side of the road—a long, sweet sleep, the first in who-knows-how-many years.

[Breaking News]

-This just in: The World Boss monster [Titan] has appeared in downtown Seoul.

-The sudden appearance of the World Boss has thrown Seoul into chaos.

Countless citizens are evacuating, while South Korea’s hunters have joined forces to fight it.

However, with the nation’s top-tier hunters occupied elsewhere, the damage is catastrophic.

The internet exploded with reactions.

[Thank you for playing South Korea. Game Over.]
[Hell Joseon shutting down the server, huh? lol]
[Where are the top-ranked hunters? Seriously.]
[They’re busy dealing with another gate, apparently.]

People anxiously watched the news, praying for a miracle.

But the Titan was unstoppable. Its mere gestures reshaped the terrain, flinging hunters aside like leaves.

Boom!

It was a hopeless situation. Anyone could see that victory was impossible.

Are we about to have a city as uninhabitable as North Korea?
Hunters, do something, damn it!
Is this really the best South Korea can do?
A World Boss requires international cooperation to raid. How do we even respond to this thing popping out of nowhere?!

Experts debated strategies in real-time.

Where are the top-tier S-rank hunters? How can they ignore this national crisis?!
Do you think an S-rank gate is some neighborhood prank? Watch your words!
Isn’t this the Hunters’ Association’s fault for failing to predict the World Boss’s appearance?
Is now the time for finger-pointing?
We can’t rely on domestic resources alone. We need help from neighboring countries. It’s time to leverage our diplomatic ties!

The nation was on the brink of disaster—that much was clear.

Then, something unexpected happened.

The camera captured a young girl lying in the middle of the chaos, sound asleep.

The Titan’s gestures were reducing the city to rubble.

Hunters struggled desperately, not even managing an effective raid, merely fighting to survive.

Yet the girl lay there, utterly at peace, as though nothing was wrong.

Whoa, why the hell is she sleeping there?
Is this bravery or insanity?
Survival instincts completely shut down?
What kind of lunatic does that?!

The reactions ranged from shock to disbelief.

But just as the camera lingered on her, it abruptly switched to another scene.

The reason was clear: the top-tier S-rank hunters had finally arrived in Seoul.

The Titan’s body, bristling with thousands of glowing red eyes, turned its full attention to the elite hunters.

Everyone held their breath.

At this moment, the country’s future hung in the balance.

1244…

Suddenly, a brilliant, divine light poured down from the heavens.

The Titan’s massive form was enveloped in radiant light, completely immobilized.

From an unknown place, the young girl stirred awake.

Slowly opening her eyes, she looked around groggily, rubbing the sleep from her face.

Stretching her body, she accentuated her lithe curves as she adjusted to being awake.

Her long, messy hair swayed, catching the light.

The angelic halo above her head left trails of luminescent brilliance with every tilt of her head, as if anchored to the celestial axis.

“Ugh… it’s too noisy. Who dares disturb my sleep?”

Still half-asleep, she clumsily tried to tidy her disheveled hair.

Then she murmured—or rather, mumbled in a drowsy tone.

“Hmm… whatever it is, naughty children need to be punished.”

Regrettably, the cameras missed the moment.

While the S-rank hunters were the focus of the broadcast, the girl unfurled her angelic wings.

And as she did, divine radiance once again engulfed the entire city of Seoul.