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Chapter 2 - [Chapter 1] The figure

Eun Park himself falls to the floor as he sees a figure tall enough for the head barely touching the ceiling.

The demon took a step forward, Eun Park trembled in fear as he overthinks what the figure will do. Eun park's body moved its own as if it wanted to live.

His body moves on its own trying to reach for its survival before the figure brings doom, the hand grabs the door border pulling the body up from its current state.

The figure sees what Eun park will do and tries to stop him, the demon walks slowly towards eun park. As he saw the figure walking to him, his heart skipped a beat and the hands accidentally turned on the switch which activates the light

The figure made a loud blood curdling screech and swiftly jumped out the open window, at that time Eun Park was lucky.

Eun Park falls to the ground once again catching its breath and calming his very own heartbeats, He realizes that the figure is afraid of the light.

After Eun Park catches his breaths and calms his own heart, his fears are still inside his body... No the fear dug inside his very soul about the figure.

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The sun rises but the light inside Eun Park's room is still on.

"Eun, come downstairs it's time for breakfast"

His mother is calling out his name to eat the first meal in the morning.

As Eun Park rises from the bed, His face is pale, Eyes are swollen. After that time the demon left, he himself didn't get any sleep or rest having thoughts of the figure returning to kill him.

He goes down the stairs, legs are shaking as if the fear conquered the whole soul. "Eun, are you okay?" His mother kindly asked him. Eun nodded.

Eun knows if he told her mother she won't believe and will tell it's just a dream because of what he realized that night

He deeply realized that he is the only one in the house who can hear, see and touch them because, when the figure made that blood curdling screech, it was heard almost around the house, yet his mother didn't hear any even if his mother's room was beside his.

Eun sits down and eats his food, however he only ate a little bit because he can't move on from the figure, he thinks to himself Will the figure Return later night? Will i survive tonight? Will i see the sun rise tomorrow?

As he thinks about it, his mother was worried about Eun Park's behavior. "Are you truly okay Eun? Maybe it's best if you don't go to school today" Eun park's mother asks him.

Eun park Shakes his head to disagree. "I need to attend today..."

Eun's response to its mother, Eun Had the idea to go to the library to know something about the figure, to know what it is.

"Don't push yourself, call me if you need to go home" Eun's mother tells Eun, Eun nodded in response. 

After a while Eun prepares himself and leaves the house to attend its school. As he walks, he is deeply thinking how to defend himself from the figure.

While thinking deeply, A small thing sat on Eun's shoulder, Eun instantly looked at it's shoulder, it was Hae Gyeong who turned herself little.

With a greeting of "Yo" to eun, she asked if hes okay.

Eun responded with a nod.

"I heard what happened earlier that night" Hae Gyeong Told him, Gyeong told eun that he didn't know what that figure was but she was certain, it's an evil being.

Eun responded to him that the figure's weakness must be light as, it was hurt when he accidentally turned the light. Gyeong responded with a default face. 

"You know most evil beings are allergic to light" Gyeong told eun, Eun learned new info from Gyeong.

Gyeong told Eun about the gore information, If eun or anyone dies in the hands of evil beings, they won't be going to the afterlife, they might turn into unconscious evil beings themselves or even worse.

Eun's face turned pale as he knew the information, he thought to himself, if he wanted to live he must know how to defend himself.

Gyeong gave out another information "But demons who are exposed to light will have a silent physical body, You can hurt it with any sharp objects, Going for the heart is effective!" Gyeong giving out information happily

Eun rethinks, he doesn't need to go to the library but rethinks again, What if there's another monster that will attack. He walked towards his school

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Time passes by, as always, he didn't talk to anyone in the class, as he went to the library, he bumped into a girl.

It has pink long hair and red glasses. "Sorry my fault", he help her pickup pick up the book she had, Eun noticed a Mythology book.

"Is that a mythology book about mystical creatures?" The girl nodded. "Y-yes it is, if you excuse me, i need to go home" Eun thinked about somethings odd on the girl.

Eun headed to the library and borrowed a couple of books "Mystical creature", "Mythology", "Folktales and lore". Eun made it home and read all the books finding a figure who's tall, have horns, and red eyes.

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Time passes and he never knew what kind of being is the figure. But he came out an idea to know more information and to kill the figure.

He gets sticks and rope, he tied the stick and put it in the window, leaving the window quite open. When he pulled the rope, the window shuts.

His plans are coming together, now he grabbed two knife from the kitchen, he took a long stick then tied the rope and knife together making a spear.

While the sun is still above, he practice some javlin throwing with a long stick incase of the figure quickly escaping. He then practice knots. 

Night comes, before midnight, Eun prepared a new trap, if he pulls the other rope, the moster will be tied upside down.

All traps are set, he prepared a sit at the door beside the light switch, he sat holding the spear, he waits for the figure's arrival.

Will he succeed or will he fall to become the figure's food or evil being.

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Bushes sounds and claws climbing on the walls are heard, A black forehead and the tip of two horns appeard in the window, Hands grab

bed the open window, Eun prepared to pull the rope.

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