The day the gates appeared, the world as humanity knew it came to an end. Mysterious, glowing rifts opened up across the planet, releasing terrifying creatures from realms unknown. In the first week, cities were overrun, armies shattered, and governments struggled to contain the chaos. Amid the confusion, those brave—or foolish—enough to confront the monsters discovered something astonishing: by slaying these creatures, they awakened new powers, gaining mysterious abilities and a strange "stat window" visible only to them. These people came to be known as Hunters.