"Negut!"
"Negut!"
"Van Negut!"
"Don't sleep! Wake up!"
"Don't sleep! Hang in there…"
"Just a little longer... The rescue team is almost here!"
"That's right, don't give up... keep going… We're going to be saved!"
Negut faintly opened his eyes to the chaotic overlap of countless voices.
'Are they calling me?' He lay on the cold ground, surrounded by shadows, but he couldn't see who they belonged to.
'It hurts... my body... It hurts so much…' Negut felt like his body had shattered into a million pieces, the pain so intense it made him want to scream.
But he didn't seem to have the strength to scream. Even breathing was a chore, leaving him drained.
"Negut! Don't give up... Just hold on a little longer... The rescue team is almost here!"
"That's right. Stay awake… don't sleep."
"They're here! The rescue team is here."
"Here! There's someone here who needs medical attention!"
"Hurry up…"
"What! It will take another 30 minutes to get him out? Are you kidding me?"
"Damn it! He can't hold on that long."
Amidst the chaotic sounds, Negut's mind was incredibly clear, in stark contrast to his physical condition.
Negut forced himself to speak: "In my pocket... the card..."
"Card?!"
"The card in your pocket?"
Someone began rummaging through his pockets, quickly pulling out a card.
The person holding the card gasped, "Are you crazy? Just hold on a little longer; the rescue team is almost here.
"Please…" Negut's voice was weak and trembling. "Circle the last line…"
"The last line?!"
Everyone gathered around, eyes fixed on the card. It was an 'Organ Donation Card,' with the last line stating 'Donate entire body to medical science'.
Negut could hear several people sobbing.
Perhaps five, ten, or even more, but he didn't care.
"Please… this is… my final wish."
The crying grew louder, but amidst the painful sobs, a girl's voice rang out: "Uhm... thank you, Negut."
Hearing that voice, Negut felt a strange sense of lightness and peace.
He slowly closed his eyes, and the pain disappeared. He smiled contentedly, while those around him cried in sorrow and regret.
"Fool..." The woman's voice from earlier spoke again: "When you were born, you were crying, and everyone else was smiling. Now at the end, you're the one who is smiling, and everyone else is crying."
…
"Negut!"
"Negut!"
"Young Master Negut!"
Negut slowly opened his eyes, startled by the unfamiliar ceiling above him.
"What?! I'm... I'm not dead? I was saved? Did the rescue team save me?" A thought flashed through his mind.
"Young Master Negut, sorry to wake you, but you have something important to do this morning." The voice of a middle-aged man called from outside the room.
Negut was startled and sat up quickly, realising this was neither a hospital nor his home.
"Where is this?" Negut murmured.
The bedroom was very large; it was at least over 30 square meters, filled with numerous pieces of furniture and decorations that seemed very expensive. The luxurious and sophisticated decor made someone as poor as Negut feel dazzled.
Even the bed he was lying on was quite large, enough for five people to lie on with plenty of room to spare.
"Ack!" Suddenly, he felt immense pain throughout his body, especially in his head.
It was a pain so intense it felt like his body was shattering into countless pieces. The pain in his head was even worse, as if someone was repeatedly hitting it with a hammer.
Fortunately, the pain didn't last long. After a few seconds, Negut felt more comfortable.
Although it was only a few seconds, Negut felt like he had just endured this pain for an hour. Sweat poured out of his body, soaking the pajamas he was wearing.
"Young Master Negut!" The voice of the middle-aged man outside sounded, startling him back to alertness.
Negut sighed and responded softly, "I understand."
"Yes, Young Master." The man outside replied respectfully, and the sound of footsteps gradually faded away.
Negut lay back on the soft, luxurious bed, which he probably couldn't afford even if he worked his whole life, and stared at the ceiling, beginning to organise the information that had just appeared in his mind.
He had just been Isekaied.
That's right, anyone who has read web novels or mangas would know what just happened, and so did Negut.
However... being Isekaied didn't make him think this was a reward; on the contrary, it seemed more like torture to him.
Why?
Negut frowned as he looked at the electronic notification board floating in front of him, like something out of a sci-fi movie, feeling a sense of despair.
[Ding! The system respectfully announces
Time left to live: 29 days, 14 hours, 25 minutes.
Cause of death: Limbs severed and hung on the city wall, exposed to the sun for 3 days, then died.
Killer: Protagonist Alec.]
Looking at the notification in front of him and combining it with the memories of this body, Negut could understand his current situation.
Unlike the web novels he had read, where people get isekaied and become the protagonist, he was isekaied and became a villain.
Moreover... he became a minor villain with not much time left to live, only less than a month.
Negut tried to stay calm as he searched through his memories to find out who Alec was and why he would kill him.
The memories became clearer and more organised.
This world was not Earth but another world. This world was several times larger than Earth, but the level of science and technology was similar, not much different.
A hundred years ago, a void rift appeared, and countless monsters flooded into this world through that rift.
People called that day the 'Twilight of Humanity'. Nearly eighty percent of humanity was killed, and other animal species suffered the same fate as humans.
Even though governments and armies of various countries cooperated, they couldn't eliminate those monsters.
Modern weapons like guns or even nuclear bombs couldn't kill those monsters.
It seemed their bodies didn't take any damage from modern weapons.
In humanity's most desperate moment, a group of researchers discovered that... to destroy these monsters, modern weapons couldn't be used.
These monsters could only be destroyed with a type of energy similar to the energy they were using.
After much research and countless experiments, the researchers discovered a substance inside the monsters' bodies, later called 'Energy Crystals'.
Humans could absorb these 'Energy Crystals' to awaken their hidden potential, gaining superior strength like in fantasy novels.
At that time, people could become mages, swordsmen, fighters, or even possess strange professions.
They were called survivors.
Of course, the main issue is that after successfully acquiring a profession, they could also use the same type of energy as the monsters from the Void Rift.
Although humanity only used primitive weapons, they were very effective, even capable of killing monsters.
Modern weapons fell into oblivion because they had no effect against monsters. On the contrary, primitive weapons became more popular because they could easily harness humanity's new energy and strength.
Thanks to this, humanity began to counterattack. The war lasted over ten years before humanity could reclaim some habitable lands.
These areas were later called 'Safe Zones' and were protected by the survivors. The ordinary people who survived the 'Twilight of Humanity' event all gathered in these 'Safe Zones.'
Ordinary people worked to build safe areas, while the survivors protected them. This seemingly perfect relationship did not last.
When a person possesses power beyond imagination, their dark nature resurfaces, and at that time, humanity and the government did not have the means to control them.
Therefore, the powerful survivors began to disregard order and law.
The power struggle among the survivors ensued, and the flames of war even engulfed ordinary people and all government organisations.
Humanity once again found itself under attack from monsters while also enduring the conflict among the survivors.
Finally, after more than thirty years of civil war, the survivors reached a peace agreement, forming three empires.
Naturally, the leaders of these three empires were the three strongest survivors of humanity.
After that, humanity entered a period of defence and force development to counter the monsters and reclaim dominance over the planet.
Many years passed, and the three empires expanded the safe zones significantly. However, the total area of these safe zones was still small compared to the planet's size.
Negut's current location was the Terith Empire, one of the three main empires of humanity.
Negut's status was also far from ordinary; he was the son of a level 89 Survivor, the Governor of the Terith Empire.
His father's power could be described as covering the sky with one hand, second only to the Emperor.
However, despite Negut's father being a Survivor with immense power, practically a human nuclear bomb.
Negut was different.
He... had no talent at all. To be precise, Negut was utterly useless.