The Hero Wishes to Live

Prologue.

It was around this time that the world began to slowly spiral towards its doom.

In the year 2010, the world was met with this singular, universal message:

[The Demon Lord, Murakanis, has sent his first army to invade the Earth.
The Earth pleads its inhabitants to fight against this invading force.]

And soon after, what could only be described as hell unfolded.

Monsters came out of weird mysterious 'portals' and wreaked havoc across the Earth. People died like flies while running away from them at their sudden carnage. Buildings crumbled, dust scattered, screams echoing everywhere one looked.

Millions of people died by the hour.

Until.

The first ever "Awakeners" appeared.

"Awakeners" were just regular people who had reacted against the monster's invasion, doing their best to do what that mysterious message had commanded.

Fight.

With the power of modern science, the humans of Earth proved most effective at driving back the monsters rather than normal animals like sheep. Once the people of the world rid of their confusion, a collaboration between them proved effective as they killed the threats to the world's safety.

Once things had calmed down, research began.

It hadn't been long before it was discovered that "magic" had made its way into the world. "Awakeners" is the term for what became of people who had managed to slay a monster, as their bodies absorbed the "essence" of their kill.

That 'essence' altered the human body and allowed for them to "Level Up."

-The world had become a video game! SAO! If you die, its over!

Some crazy people yelled out.

-I will be the protagonist! Just watch, I'll have a harem of women in my arms soon enough! Now, where did I put my body pillow?

Through this deadly and sudden invasion, society changed. And, for a time, things looked hopeful. Governments reformed and set new laws, guilds were formed, and it became a new era. An era of magic and science.

While those that died were mourned, those that survived resolved to live on in the face of their sacrifice by killing the monsters that threatened them.

Besides, who wouldn't want to earn a little cash on the side?

Soon enough, fighting against monsters became more about getting money and fame than saving the world.

Then, during the year 2020, ten years later-

[The Demon Lord, Murakanis, is dissatisfied with the carelessness of Earth's resistance and sends his greatest and strongest army to invade!]

Humanity was caught with their pants down for a second time.

[To fight against the new invasion, Earth has chosen to sacrifice everything to survive!]

But even then, they were not given a chance to pull their pants up and fight back.

[Every Human will now be sacrificed, and their collective strength put into a single 'Hero' who will fight against them!]

[The Earth wishes good luck to the individual known as Gabriel Fallene!]

It was at that moment that I, Gabriel Fallene, was forced to fight for a world that abandoned itself.