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Chapter 1

After being discharged from the hospital, I began noticing weird activities around me. It's only been a month since that horrific accident, but for some reason–nearly all of my wounds healed by now.

Right now, I'm out jogging around town. As usual, whenever people see me they always have to stop and stare.

It's been like that my entire life. I have no issue with being tatted the title most handsome man in Athens. In fact, I love that title.

But even so, I hate the attention I get. Since turning twelve, I always hated getting unnecessary attention. Even at the age of nineteen! I still hate when people stop and stare.

I stop to rest, I had been jogging for nearly three hours now without a break.

Recently, it's been rather hard for me to sweat or become exhausted. So lately I have been stopping myself for occasional breaks.

Besides my right, is the famous lake called goblin waters? It appeared around twenty or so years ago after a dungeon wall cracked open.

Luckily, there were only a few injured from this. As soldiers who were in Athens at the time came together to stop the monsters that poured through the dungeon cracks.

This only made Athens even more popular. Earning the third-highest tourist rates in the world.

”Are you tired!” A voice behind me said.

I turned around to see who it was, but to my surprise, it was my neighbor, ”No it's alright, I just wanted to take in the view here.”

She was an elderly lady, she was the one who helped me and my sister move into the apartment next to her. In her hands was a cup of chamomile tea. She always wore a kimono to remind her of her heritage, and where she lived before the war started.

”Well— still have some tea. It should be refreshing for you!” She said, holding it out to me.

I grab the tea and sat down at the nearest bench around. And she followed, I didn't ask why she was here.

She normally did things like this, so it didn't really bother me.

All we do, however, is speaking about the world, and what I should do with my life.

She was very wise, she came from Japan and was one of the first people to show signs of awakening.

Scientists all around the world were secretly experimenting with their civilians. Of course, this caused an uproar.

But when the Hellions began massacring humans, everyone turned to the government for support.

Later on in her life, around three years after the Hellions declared war on humanity, she was brought to Athens for training.

And for some reason decided to never return home in Japan.

”Are you going to join the soldiers association?” She asked me.

I looked at her in confusion, then said, ”Why would I do that? I never awakened, to begin with.”

She sighed. But I still don't know why? Throughout childhood, you are put through a series of tests. From the ages of one to five is the best time to test someone to see if they are compatible with Hellion blood.

Some may still be compatible with it, so the government issues you to take at once again at the age of fourteen.

But I've been through three different tests and each time it was shown to me that I was incompatible with the blood.

”Abis! Something about you seems different since you were discharged from the hospital. Maybe you should get retested?”

I noticed something different about myself as well, but It should be almost impossible for me to have awakened.

My body completely rejects Hellion blood, and taking it may lead to my death. ”….”

I stared, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of me. ”It cost quite a bit of money to get retested at this age!” I told her.

”Don't worry Abis, I'm sure that won't be an issue!” She said smiling.

I laughed nervously, but when looking into her eyes I can't say no. She was the one who helped raise me and my elder sister when our family disappeared.

I sighed and nodded my head in agreement, but how am I suppose to tell my sister about this.

After heading home. My sister was waiting for me at the door with a smile plastered onto her face.

”Abis, you got visitors!”

I walk up the stairs to my apartment, to see two men in suits standing behind her.

”Hello, are you Abis Uzun?” One of the men asked me.

He was tall, far taller than me. He had a bald head and dark skin. He wore an all-black suit and kept his left hand tucked into his pocket.

The other was shorter than him, around my height in size but was extremely skinny compared to anyone else I've seen.

”We are with the Soldier Association! And we are under the belief that you have already awakened.” He told me.

The other one cut in to talk to his partner, ”Are you sure this is the one that we are supposed to bring back. They said brown eyes, not gold!”

The tall one stopped him with a single hand gesture and nodded his head.

”His aura says it all!”