[Harvin's Home – Midnight]
The door creaked open slowly.
Harvin stumbled inside, dragging his battered body through the threshold. His body screamed with pain—cuts, bruises, and blood everywhere—but his eyes burned with victory.
He collapsed beside his worn-out couch, breathing hard, the cold metallic Lightning Core pulsing faintly in his bag.
> 📢 [SYSTEM UPDATE – Combat Summary Available]
📥 [Analyzing Battle Data...]
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🔹 SYSTEM STATUS:
⚔️ Dungeon Cleared: A-Rank (Crystal Crypt)
🏆 Solo Completion Bonus: +3400 Points
💠 Item Obtained: [⚡ Lightning Core]
🔐 Key Acquired: [Level 2 - Hidden Gate Access]
🔧 New Skill: [Instinct Chain – Lv. 1]
> ⚠️ Warning: Do not use Lightning Core.
❗ Core is unstable. Risk Level: EXTREME.
❗ User Rank Incompatible.
❌ System integration denied.
Harvin clenched his jaw.
> "Then I'll level up until I can use it…"
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🌍 [Cutscene Unlocked – World News Feed: GLOBAL ALERT]
> 🗺️ [LOCATION: Pakistan – Khyber Region]
A breaking report exploded across the screen—footage of a giant AA-Rank Gate shattering like glass.
Monsters surged out in a flood—armored giants, winged beasts, and lava hounds ravaging everything. People screamed. Soldiers fought back, but were overwhelmed.
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🎙️ Pakistan Hunter Association – Emergency Press Briefing
Chairman Irfan Khan, face pale but determined, addressed the nation.
> "As of 11:04 PM, the Khyber AA-Rank Gate has broken… seven days ahead of schedule."
> "Casualties are rising. Our elite squads are in battle."
He turned to his strategic officer.
> "Ayan Khan. Status?"
Ayan's voice trembled as he showed the global map:
> "Sir... gates are breaking everywhere."
> "Not just here. India, USA, Korea, Brazil... Gates marked for next week are collapsing today."
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🌎 Scene Switch – USA (Colorado – Military Zone 12)
Explosions. Helicopters down. A massive serpent-like beast breaks free from a burning portal. Hunters and troops are thrown like toys.
> "That's an A-Rank gate!"
"Where's the backup?! Where's New York?!"
Another gate collapse reported—simultaneously—in Texas.
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🛑 System Broadcast – Emergency Transmission to All Hunters
> ⚠️ ALERT: WORLDWIDE GATE COLLAPSE DETECTED
🔥 THE OVERFLOW HAS BEGUN
📉 [Gate Timers Disabled – Real-time Breaks In Progress]
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🏠 Harvin's Room – Dim light, Heavy silence
Harvin stared at the system window, his breath slow.
The world… was falling apart.
> "So this is it… not just dungeons anymore. It's war."
He looked at the Lightning Core, glowing eerily.
> "And I'm supposed to just wait?"
He stood up.
> "No. I won't wait."
> "I'll get stronger, faster—before the world ends."
> "And when I return to the battlefield…"
> "I'll win it—my way."
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: The Black Bat King
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🌿 [Unknown World – Level 2 Key Activated]
Harvin stood still as the environment around him twisted—his body lifted, his breath frozen mid-air. The next moment, he slammed down onto solid stone ground.
> 📢 [System Notification: Welcome to the Realm of Life Trials]
📍 [Objective: Collect "Living Tree Fruit" – Location Marked]
❗ [Warning: Multiple hostile lifeforms detected nearby]
🗿 Terrain: Stone Land
🌳 Target: Life Live Tree
In front of him stood a glowing tree in the center of a rocky plain. On its branches—a single golden fruit, radiating life energy.
But—
Growls.
Footsteps.
Dozens of monsters crawled from the shadows—hulking, drooling, with their eyes locked onto the fruit.
Harvin drew his bent hook blades.
> "If you're in my way... you're dead."
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🩸 Brutality Unleashed
Harvin stepped forward. Calm. Silent.
And then—
He charged.
The first monster leapt—Harvin spun under it and slashed its neck clean. Blood sprayed. A second pounced—Harvin caught its leg, snapped it, and drove a blade through its eye.
Another. Another.
He became a storm of hooks, tearing limbs, slicing throats, breaking bones with precise brutality.
One monster reached the tree—
> "No you don't!"
Harvin slammed its skull into a boulder.
Suddenly—the fruit shattered with a loud crack.
Harvin turned around, confused.
And then—
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🎬 Cutscene Unlocked – Location: India, City: Kopergaon
A peaceful city.
Children laughing. Street vendors selling. Hunters patrolling casually.
And then—BOOM.
A black portal exploded open in the sky.
An S-Rank Dungeon shattered its bindings.
Lightning struck the streets. Dark fog spread. The sky turned blood-red.
> ⚠️ [Emergency Alert: S-Rank Dungeon Break – Kopergaon]
From the smoke emerged massive Orcs—green-skinned titans, 4 meters tall, with clubs that shattered buildings in one hit. People screamed. Civilians ran. Blood stained the streets.
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⚔️ India's #1 Guild – DWARKA GUILD
Four S+ Rank Hunters.
Two SS Rank Hunters.
And one man...
SSS-Rank Hunter – Guild Master: Rudra Samrat
His eyes burned like embers.
> "Activate all squads. Don't let this city fall."
In the battlefield:
Varna Hari: A flame dancer, fought bravely, but an Orc with lightning tattoos smashed her to the ground.
> CRACK—! Blood poured.
But—
"FEATHER STORM."
A silver flash blurred past. The orc's head fell cleanly.
Enter: Shani, the Feather Blade Wielder. His sword moved like wind—every strike elegant, deadly.
> "You're not alone, Varna."
Next—Arjun Arora, with bow and arrow in hand, firing explosive mana arrows that pierced skulls midair.
Then came Sarthak, with six 30-ton gravity balls circling him—repulsion, attraction—every movement collapsing orcs into pulp.
In 12 hours—they cleared the S+ Rank dungeon.
But the price was high.
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🎥 Back to Harvin – Realm of Life Trials
Harvin, now tired, looked at the pile of corpses.
> "They were trying to protect the tree?"
Suddenly—a low screech echoed.
Harvin looked up.
And froze.
Dozens of bats were tearing apart a large beast in midair.
> "That monster was… being eaten alive."
Then—
CRACK.
Harvin stepped on a wooden stick.
All the bats stopped.
And turned.
> "...Shit."
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🦇 Soundwave Attack Initiated
> 📢 [System Warning: Host under mass ultrasonic assault]
Sonic blasts slammed into Harvin, his ears bleeding, his body rattling. He rolled, ducked, and fought back.
But these weren't normal bats—they couldn't see. They attacked only sound.
Harvin smirked.
> "Then I'll give them what they want."
He threw a broken rock far to the side. As they swarmed there—he slashed and sliced, taking down one bat at a time.
Eventually—he stood panting, victorious.
> "...Done."
Until—
> BANG!
A wave of sound blasted him from behind.
Harvin was sent flying—crashed into a stone pillar.
Blood spilled. His body limp.
He slowly raised his head.
And saw it.
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💀 The Black Bat King – AAA+ Rank
Form: Humanoid Bat
One arm: Sonic Blade
Other arm: Emits Ultra-High-Frequency Waves
Body: Pure black, no visible eyes
Speed: Blinding
Rank: AAA+
Title: Predator of Echoes
Known for defeating legends
It stepped forward—sound warping the space around it.
Harvin wiped blood from his mouth.
> "...This one's different."
> "I'll fight you with what I've got."
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TO BE CONTINUED…