Yoo Yeonha glimpsed an endless sea of monsters in her daze. One, two, three… one, two, three… She couldn’t keep count. Everything felt like a distant dream within her groggy consciousness. She felt sure she wouldn’t survive this army of monsters. The beast-like creatures growled and bared their teeth. She hallucinated that one of them bit off her neck as her consciousness faded.

There, she saw him standing in front of her when she opened her eyes again.

He stood in front of the army of monsters and looked like a small praying mantis in front of a skyscraper. He wouldn’t be able to withstand that dark sea alone, but he could escape.

She used up all her energy to grab his sleeve and speak.

— Leave me… and run…

However, he didn’t listen and only smiled.

— Don’t worry and go to sleep.

He softly spoke.

— It’ll be over by the time you wake up.

He reached out and closed her eyes. Her vision went dark and she began to dream a familiar dream where she had succeeded and several people bowed to her. People who ignored and disdained her, people who mocked her clan for being a hunting dog... they all knelt in front of her. She...