(𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐒 - 𝐎𝐑𝐕 × 𝐁𝐁𝐁

003

The subway stopped around halfway past Dongho Bridge.

"Oh my god…"

Several survivors stood up and looked at the scene taking place outside. The ruined Seoul and collapsed buildings. Monsters reminiscent of a giant snake were eating the wreckage of a fighter jet that had crashed into the Han River.

"W-What the hell…!"

Dokja recognized their identity at once. An ichthyosaur. A monster that was commonly called a sea serpent. It would later be classified as a Grade 7 monster in the world of Ways of Survival.

One of the ichthyosaurs looked in this direction.

"U-Uwaaah! It is coming!"

People screamed with fright. But he just looked apathetically at the approaching ichthyosaur. These guys couldn’t be a threat.

Kurururung!

The ichthyosaur circled around the bottom of Dongho Bridge and vanished into an air bubble.

In the world of Ways of Survival, ‘scenarios’ took precedence over anything else. As long as they were protected by the scenario, they wouldn’t have to deal with such monsters straight away. At least for now. 

According to the original Ways of Survival, Kim Namwoon killed most of the people in this carriage and moved onto the next scenario. But Dokja stopped it, with Quake's help.

[Seven constellations are looking at the incarnation 'Quake' with smiles on their faces.] 

Constellations. They were mysterious beings in Ways of Survival. They sat watching from the distant nebulas and were the masterminds of this tragedy.

Once the constellation’s preferences sign appeared, Dokja realized that it was now starting in earnest.

It was funny. A day ago, their positions were opposite. Now they were the ones watching him. 

[A handful of constellations admire your scenario.]

[The constellations have sponsored you 500 coins.]

If there were some constellations who disliked him, there would also be some who liked him. Either way, it was an uncomfortable situation. However, he couldn’t do anything about them right now. 

But...

He glanced at Quake who was talking to the grasshopper kid. 

'Which constellations are protecting him?'

"…Dokja-ssi? Are you okay?"

He looked up and saw Sangah’s face. Her shoulders were sagging. Blood covered her white blouse and there was a run in her stockings. There was no more of the Sangah he knew. He held Sangah’s hand and said.

"I’m sorry. I couldn’t save the grandmother."

He looked down at the body of the grandmother, missing its head. He didn’t know the name of the grandmother. In the future, many people would die in this manner.

Sangah looked at him with a complicated gaze.

"How is Dokja-ssi so…" 

"Yes?"

"Ah, it is nothing. Rather… Thank you."

"What do you mean?"

"That, I…"

Dokja belatedly thought back to the previous scene. He had given a dragonfly to Sangah. 

"It was nothing. You should thank Quake for bringing those insects."