Chapter 3: The Only SSS Rank Class
A neutral light shone through the stretched window on the white ceiling. The soft sounds of medical machines could be heard in the background. The smell of alcohol and disinfectant filled his nose.
Daniel opened his eyes with a slight frown, his eyebrows knitting together. His head was pounding.
It felt like someone had smashed his brain with a hammer... then regretted it—and hit again.
"Ow... my head... where is this? Am I... alive?"
He sat up halfway with a heavy breath. The place felt unfamiliar—a hospital room, a window with a half-drawn curtain, a vitals monitor, and... complete loneliness.
But then, pieces of memory dripped into his mind.
Blood, wounds, golden light, the sound of bones breaking—and then... the eyes of monsters crumbling one by one under his gaze.
"...That damn thing was real? Did I... really Awaken?"
He remembered everything that happened, including killing the Corruption Beasts.
But how was that possible? Killing D-rank Corruption Beasts shouldn't be that easy—especially not for a newly Awakened.
And yet, he killed all of them with just one strike?