(Kars City, 3rd person POV)
Much had changed since the awakening, society collapsed and the beasts ran rampant for a little over a year until powerful espers arose to repel the brutal mutated beasts thus reclaiming some of the bastions of human civilization.
But the casualties were not few, the world population suffered a heavy blow after the incident, ironically human lives did not become more valuable from that day, after the birth of espers only those with powerful abilities became important.
From the ashes of civilization emerged a new society that prioritizes strength above all else, naturally, most of the surviving governments did not take long to notice the change and focused all their efforts on strengthening their military strength with the help of powerful espers.