Chapter 45. Everyone’s Hero
The noisy restaurant instantly fell silent. Every customer's gaze was glued to the television screen.
A black pillar suddenly appeared and soared through the sky, tearing through the clouds. Black sparks crackled in the air, and monsters began falling like overripe fruit from a tree.
There weren’t just one or two of them but hundreds, possibly thousands, swarming across the screen like a wave.
[Aaaah!]
The reporter on the television screamed and started to run. The cameraman did the same, dropping the camera, which captured their retreat.
[Krrr...]
[Crack...!]
The camera, now lying on the ground, recorded a monster crushing it underfoot before going fuzzy with static. Only then did the customers regain their senses.
“W-what the hell is going on?”
“Wasn’t that Hwaseong? Isn’t that just down the road?”
Panic and concern spread as people grabbed their phones to call family or friends.