Chapter 1: UNRANKED EATER BLADE.
In this post-apocalyptic world, humanity forged its last line of defense: warriors armed with a weapon known as the Eater Blade. With every kill, the blade absorbs energy, evolving and ranking up alongside its wielder. These warriors begin as Unranked upon graduation, and through accumulating enough Feed Count, they can ascend through the ranks: Bronze, Steel, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Adamantite, Mythic and ultimately, GodEater.
In a world where rank means everything, Johnquis remained Unranked.
A teenage boy with black hair and a lean body sprinted through the shattered streets, his high-tech black suit enhancing every step. His footsteps slammed the cracked ground and dodging rusted cars.
Behind him, a tall, ghoul-like creature shrieked. Its skin was bone-white, stretched tight over a frame of ribs and exposed spine. Its long arms clawed the ground as it chased, fast too fast.
The creature let out a throaty noise mix of a zombie and a wild animal.
"KHHHRRRAAAHH!"
The boy screamed,
"WAAAH! Why are these things so damn fast at night!?"
He slid under a half-collapsed bridge, popped up, ran up a tilted concrete slab, and jumped to a higher level of the ruined building. He grabbed a dangling pipe, swung, landed hard on a metal platform, and kept running.
He muttered, vaulting over a crushed fence.
"Shit! Don’t you damn Eaters ever get tired? We’ve been running all day, it’s already dark!"