This is a multimedia webnovel with giant city-crushing monsters, a valiant man who dares to fight them, a hero who loses himself on a righteous path, and a darkness which conceives a profound love. But I suck at descriptions, so I strongly encourage...
[Author's note: This chapter had some difficulty with the accompanying artwork. On the official blog for my series, I display the pictures smaller so that the flaws are less noticeable, but Wattpad will not let me edit their size. I apologize for the low quality.]
"Caught between two realities, all I hear is screaming."
Hatasuko ran through the streets of the island city, charging toward the Interfectus. Every street was swallowed by a swirling cloud of fog and smoke; every flame and every star barely pierced the cloud enough to illuminate the street as he ran. Except for the nearest homes and wagons in the street, Hatasuko could only see a single thing – the massive silhouette of the Interfectus levitating over the rooftops. He could not hear anything except for the sounds of people running and screaming in the distance. He could not think about anything except for the anguish of the lost souls locked inside his heart.
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"As soon as the shadows swallowed the starlight, the symphony of screams grew restless in my head. Their lifeless eyes watch me from the darkness."
Hatasuko could smell the scent of ocean air beneath the smoke and fog. The fragrance of the ocean once summoned a sense of freedom and peace, but now the smoke poisoned those memories. The smoke was an inevitable reminder of the world that had come crashing down at his feet.
"Aranetta! You have to break the window! Please, just break it," a mother yelled up ahead with a voice that pierced the roar of the crumbling city.
"Tell her to stand back from the window!" Hatasuko yelled as he ripped a rock out of the bag that hung at his side. As the mother yelled to her daughter inside the burning building, Hatasuko watched the Interfectus unleash its arm of bladed shadows. The deadly weapon shot into the smoldering city, and though he could not see it, he knew that someone somewhere had just been ripped to pieces.
"Alright, stand back!" Hatasuko shouted as he ran up to the burning home.
With a quick glance, he saw that the girl was trapped in the second story of the house as flames engulfed the other side of the room. He then twisted his hips and threw the rock with all his strength; it destroyed the window with a big burst of glass and gravel.
"Jump! Jump right now! I will catch you," Hatasuko screamed as the Interfectus glared on with golden glowing eyes.
The crying girl jumped through the broken window a moment before the flames would have reached her. The mother watched with horror as her daughter fell through the air, but Hatasuko outstretched his big arms and caught her before she hit the ground. The impact nearly knocked him down, but he merely stumbled and set her on the street.
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