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I suppose I have to say something ridiculous here for a moment.
“You’re finally awake?”
Thud!
I was hit in the chest and reflexively shot upright—only to freeze in confusion.
“…?”
I looked up.
Then forward.
Then to the side.
Then down.
It was unfamiliar.
“Is this bastard carefree or just slow?”
The one speaking was unfamiliar too.
“…?”
Or was he?
He looked vaguely familiar.
“But was there someone like this on my team?”
The only faces I really knew were from work.
Still, my confidence wavered.
“Or have you already given up?”
The man—stranger or not—sat down beside me.
The bed creaked under his weight.
Only then did I realize I was sitting on a bed.
“What the hell. Why am I here?”
Looking around, I saw a sparse room with two beds and barely any furniture.
Like a dormitory.
“Then again, maybe you never expected much in the first place.”
He tilted his lips crookedly.
I stared at him blankly and asked,
“Which one is the dream?”
“What?”
“Didn’t the world end? Meteors falling from the sky—boom, boom.”
“What ancient history are you talking about?”
“Ah. So it was nonsense. I stayed up all night gaming and started hallucinating—”
I nodded, understanding—then froze.
His answer just now was…
“Why bring up that day? It wasn’t anything good. Just leaves a bad taste.”
“……”
“Why are you staring at me like that, carrot bastard?”
“You— I mean, sir who may or may not be a stranger—did you also stay up all night playing a game?”
Was WWC more popular than I thought?
Did some famous streamer cover it?
Did this guy also—
“You’re not fully awake yet, are you?”
Probably not.
The reason I stared at his frowning face was because of a cold premonition crawling down my spine.
The opening lines of the game surfaced vividly in my mind.
I swallowed and spoke.
“Jeok-o?”
“If you’re going to sleep-talk, just sleep forever.”
The person in front of me twisted his face in irritation.
“…So.”
I really have to say something ridiculous here.
“How long has it been since the selection started?”
The stranger—no, one of WWC’s romance targets, Jeok-o—answered.
“It hasn’t been long. Today’s the first day.”
It seemed I had entered WWC.
That insane trash game.
“But it might as well be your last day. A nobody who came just to fill the headcount has zero chance of becoming king.”
“Do you like twisted donuts?”
“What?”
“I was wondering if eating something twisted the other way would untwist your personality.”
“……”
“Oh, but I don’t know whether you’re twisted to the right or the left—”
“I’ll kill you.”
As Jeok-o growled, I buried my face into the sheet.
You’ve already killed me countless times.
But I couldn’t say that out loud.
Outside the dormitory was a wide open area.
Despite its size, it was packed.
Simple reason.
All the “candidates” were gathered here.
“They summoned us here, so where’s the Selector?”
According to Jeok-o—our unwilling information source—the timeline was the first day of the king selection.
“He wasn’t visible from the start.”
“And some weird butterfly gave the guidance.”
“But here…”
Half the people were tense.
The other half looked excited.
Me?
“That’s Lord Yimok. The young lord of the East.”
I immediately stepped back from the person everyone was glancing at.
Oh, Yimok.
Landmine.
That bastard killed me about ten times.
Don’t talk to him.
Don’t even make eye contact.
“That’s Seolya. The second son of the Northern lord.”
I spotted the pale beauty and shuffled backward.
Another landmine.
Emotionless? My ass.
He beheaded me and displayed it on a silver platter while claiming it was love.
“Venchel? The Dead Sea Alliance actually sent its leader.”
Side step.
That one was easier to spot—his dark skin stood out.
Bold personality?
He mummified the guy who confessed to me and locked me underwater.
Bold, my foot.
Then I noticed a landmine others hadn’t yet recognized and quickly pulled up my hood.
OZ.
The one who seemed like the happy ending.
My scalp tingled just thinking about it.
Thud.
“Oh.”
“Are you a cockroach?”
I’d been dodging danger left and right and bumped into someone.
“Sorry—”
I turned.
Of course.
It was Jeok-o.
“Looks like there’s not much difference.”
Why him of all people?
“Hey.”
He bared his teeth.
“You ran off while I was washing up?”
Up close, his teeth looked sharp.
Like a shark.
“Were we supposed to come together?”
One of his eyebrows lifted.
“That’s impressive,” I thought.
“Together? Me? With you? Together? Hah.”
“Then what’s your problem?”
“It’s different. If I ditch trash like you, that’s natural. But you ditching me? Unacceptable.”
Now he was practically growling.
“You think just because we were both invited, we’re equals?”
His voice was ominous.
The script replayed in my head automatically.
He sneered.
“Wake up, idiot.”
He straightened and looked down at me.
“Got it? Then stop sticking out and shrink somewhere, parasite.”
When I didn’t answer, his voice rose.
“Carrot bastard, answer!”
“That won’t do.”
He froze.
Then I said lightly,
“Most important thing is your health. Selection or not, you’ve got to survive first. Your parents are waiting outside, right?”
“You insane—!”
“Guess that’s why they call you Red Crow. You blush really well.”
I leaned close and whispered.
“If I’m carrot, you’re beetroot. Though I don’t even know if beets are naturally red.”
Right after that thought—
“Anyway, someone’s been waiting all night for you to return safe and sound.”
I slung an arm around his shoulder deliberately.
To piss him off.
His face twisted like a demon’s.
“You dare touch me? You lunatic—!”
I squeezed his arm.
“Make sure this one stays attached too.”
Then I stepped back quickly.
Furious, he grabbed my collar—
“Want to die?”
But his expression vanished mid-sentence.
He turned around.
“What is that?”
The space where he’d been standing distorted.
Right.
That was the spot.
The first day.
The starting point of the “problem” only I knew about.
And then—
Thud.
A dull bursting sound echoed.
Thud.
Near someone standing alone.
Thud.
Near the exit.
Thud.
Within the circle surrounding the famous ones.
Jeok-o muttered,
“Calamity Wings…”
Strange creatures that appeared after the world’s destruction.
Hostile to old humanity.
White fang-like shapes flickered in empty air.
Another thud.
A head rolled across the ground.
: )
Welcome.
All entrants are welcome.
Notice.
This is not a safe zone.
Beyond this point, an additional pass is required.
Inspectors are arriving.
Please prepare your pass.
“P-pass?”
“What pass?”
“We were invited here—”
He didn’t finish.
White fangs appeared in empty space.
An invisible creature with only a gaping mouth and teeth.
Clack.
Clack.
Clack.
The mouth opened wide.
A scream.
“It swallowed his head!”
Because the speaker no longer had one.
: (
An additional pass is required.
Prove your pass to the inspectors.
Chaos erupted.
“Money? Is it money?”
“What’s happening?!”
“Selector! Where is he?!”
Creatures flickered in and out.
Each time, blood sprayed.
People pushed others as sacrifice.
Friends betrayed friends.
Someone kicked away their follower.
Someone cursed as they lost a leg.
Then—
: )
This entrant has proven their pass.
Above Yimok, who crushed a wing with brute force, the message appeared.
“Success?”
A groan of despair spread.
“I can’t do that.”
One by one, the powerful proved their qualification.
The weak remained—dead or dying.
I stared quietly at a writhing creature’s back.
“Hey.”
Jeok-o called softly.
“Hide. Over there—”
“Why?”
A white hook-like claw appeared before me.
I grabbed it.
“I already showed my qualification.”
: )
Remaining participants: 0
“At the very beginning.”
The claw in my hand thinned—
Turning into a human hand.
“You’re right.”
A cheerful voice.
Completely unfitting for a place reeking of blood.
“Congratulations. You ranked first in the initial qualification test.”
From that hand, an arm, torso, legs formed.
Soon, a man stood before us.
Wrapped in a long robe.
Hood shadowing his face.
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