Born With A Divine System

CHAPTER 31: A NEW SAVIOUR

"Fxck, how did I end up like this?"

Years before the second great war there was a rising star who swept through the ranks of Olympic runners. Barely 19yrs of age, a young Sasha Myers was to talk of the athletic world; with her superior physique and limitless determination she would have eventually become the worlds' fastest runner.

But as society collapsed so did any interest in the world of sports as a whole. While that may not have been a permanent change, the event still devastated her career in one way or the other. She was unlucky enough to encounter a demonic beast.

Short and hunched over, its body was covered in a pitch black, armor like shell. Its head a cross between a bat and a baboon, and its wings folded up behind it. It was feeding on the flesh of a mother and her child, smearing their blood all over its face when she encountered it.

Upon noticing a new presence it stood up, looking for the source of this disturbance in the streets filled with human carcasses. Sasha was only a few meters away, her hand on her face trying to stop herself from hyperventilating as she stood by a wall in an alley. Her blood pumped and adrenaline overtook her as the creature got too close, its snout following her scent.

She ran, she ran beyond her limits and beyond her abilities. The beast noticed this immediately, and followed suite, catching up to her with ease. Her heart beat faster and faster as time went on, her muscles tensed and strained as she struggled to breathe. The skies above were filled with horrors and beast beyond her imagination, and she knew that stopping was not an option.

Unbeknown to her however, the demon was much faster than she could fathom, only lacking behind her so it can have a fun chase. For hours she ran, her body legitimately overheating due to how much she is exerting herself.

Her body was at its limits, struggling to keep out of the grasp of the demon for miles on end. Then the beast halted its movement, as an angel fell from above, crashing into one of the buildings nearby.

Its primary mission was to slaughter their kind, but it didn't want to leave its plaything. Thus, it ignored the angel, knowing that Diablo won't care about what he does.

An arrow flew at lightning fast speeds, piercing the demon right in its arm. There stood the angel, one of his wings completely torn off, while the other was barely hanging. Cracks visible all throughout his body as he breathed heavily. He didn't hesitate to reload his bow, drawing the attention of the demon away from Sasha.

Sasha though, didn't know what was happening behind her, only hearing a distant scream to keep running, and so she did. A divine glow then enveloped he being, giving her the strength to continue on. She ran until her tendons cut, and her muscles tore beyond feasible repair, but she didn't stop.

After a day her body was fatigued beyond its limits, but she wouldn't stop until she was out of the warzone. Eventually the divine energy ran out, having carried her to the edge of the continent, before she finally encountered survivors.

The attacks were not confined to one location, it was a worldwide catastrophe with up to a billion casualties in total. The invasion wasn't a single day either, it dragged on for many days without rest, however the events seemed sped up from the perspective of the higher beings.

She was able to climb aboard the last ship heading for Europe, and from there on her life spiraled downwards into hell. She was homeless for a long time, barely managing to feed herself as the value of money was nonexistent during that period. She had to empty her accounts of all she was worth, just to afford this rundown shithole; only for the value of money to stabilize a few months later.