"Ha Ha Ha." Laughing sounds rang out and everyone looked in the direction of the laughter. It was the prime minister of China. He had his palms to his face as he chuckled.
"It hasn't even been 24 hours and there's all ready a 'Mr Immortal' ha ha ha...we're fucked..." Said China's prime minister.
Every one in the meeting at this point either had shocked looks from the battle or surprised looks from the new findings. Their thoughts were in a slight disarray. It was to be expected though. It had only been over ten minutes since the horns and now every thing had gone to hell.
The silence after the laughter only lasted for a couple seconds before Han Sen said "Thanks for the clearification Alexis." Before once again showing a smile that wasn't a smile and addresing the representatives. "As i was previously trying to say, the 11 have authorised the release of our people and we'll do our best to hold down the fort. But its probably not going to be enough." He said. "For that reason, i hope we can continue to rely on the help of the armed forces." He continued. The way he made his request made it clear that it was basically an order.
The world leaders and representatives eagerly nodded their heads and soon the meeting came to an end.
When the meeting ended, the scene changed and Han Sen could be seen in a white room. The room looked like an office and was decorated by fancy art. It had a clean modern feel to it.
"Alexis, send one of the teams to make contact with this 'Mr Immortal'. " Han Sen said.
Soon, the now farmiliar synthetic voice said. "Over rulled sir." The female voice seemd to be coming from the room itself as there were no visible speakers.
Hearing Alexis's reply, Han Sen raised an eyebrow and asked "And why's that?"
The synthetic female voice spoke up again saying "The council has picked up the case. They have enlisted some of my resources in tracking his approximate location based on topological features."
Han Sen pursed his lips before saying "Alright. How do they plan on handling the case?" Alexis gave a brief pause before replying "The 11th seat has decided to handle the case personally. The 11th plans on moving soon." Han Sen raised an eyebrow before nodding his head ' It's only fair a man dubbed Mr Immortal receives such treatment. ' He thought before opening his mouth and saying "Very well."
The scene changed again. Now we were in a city. The now familiar sounds of screaming and gunshots were also everywhere.
From the faces of the people running around and the writing on posters and bill boards, it was clear that this was a Chinese city.
The creatures terrorizing the people looked quite aesthetically pleasing in a sick and monstrous way. All these creatures were definitely from Chinese mythology. Some familiar creatures like the *Duoji and *Daoshou could even be seen. The destruction they had brought was seriously not to be underestimated...
The struggles of the normal people don't concern us though. Most of them would probably be dead soon so it doesn't matter.
The scene faded and we appeared in a quiet place. The main structure was a small apartment building. We were in one of the apartments.
When I previously described it as quiet, what I meant was that little activity was going on inside. The place was dark. All the lights were turned off. The only light source was from a mobile device held by the only person in the house. He was in the living room, laying down on a couch.
The light radiating from the mobile device wasn't very bright. But a few of the man's facial features could still be discerned.
He was an heterochromiac. His left eye was a light shade of brown and his right eye was a deep shade of blue.
He had a sharp jawline and short black hair.
All considered, he was quite good looking.
Currently the young man seemed to be starting intently at the words on his phone. It seemed like he was reading something.
On closer inspection, it was evident that he was actually reading a web novel. He was currently at chapter 270. Funny how the novel wasn't even in Chinese. Although the symbols used in the writing were actually quite similar, the characters were evidently Korean.
After about a minute, he finally reached the last parts. I've been practicing my Korean so I'll translate.
[The electrifying tension felt just before the battle travelled from the tip of his toes to the rest of his body.
'Nice.'
His own preparation was now complete.
And eventually….
Kuwaaaahhhh-!!!
Those 'things' that acted under one will chose to eliminate the detected threat. As they moved towards Jin-Woo's location...
….He spoke with a smile on his face.
"Arise."]
When the young man's eyes reached the very last character, his eyes radiated a soft glow and a slight smile adorned his face.
After the last character, some more characters were seen there. They were end credits and stuff. Seems like this was the very last chapter of the novel .
The name of the novel could also be seen. It read [Solo Leveling]
After nearly 30 seconds of absorbing the moment, the young man finally exited the app then promptly switched off his phone.
After doing that, he slowly sat upright before standing up. When he stood up, it was now possible to see his full height. He stood at an appropriate 6ft 2 inches or there about.
The darkness of the room seemed to not affect him at all as he casually walked towards one of the apartment's window and pulled up the blinds.
As if by magic, all the sounds of destruction that were previously faint gained wings. The first thing he saw was something feasting on the headless corpse of a nearly naked woman. What was funny was how the creature had the body of a tiger, but the head of a human. It was a Daoshou...
Chapter 11 -- Daoshou...
AN: *Duoji is a harbinger of fiery disasters mentioned in Shan Hai Jing. This Chinese mythical beast is described as wolf-like, red-eyed, and with a white tail.
*Daoshou a ferocious beast of the west, described as having the body of a tiger and the face of a human. According to Shenyi Jing, a Daoshou will always battle to death.
AN: Also, every cultured reader should know where that snippet if texts comes from right?
So, comments on the story so far please.