Boom~
The sky fractured with a deafening crack, dark shadows spilling forth to swallow the sun whole within an instant.
Flames consumed the cities as people fled desperately, but many were slaughtered by the monstrous creatures emerging alongside the bleeding shadows.
These beings embodied humanity's seven greatest sins.
The world shattered that day.
Explosions rippled across the globe, and the government and military arrived too late to halt the chaos.
Everything unfolded within minutes; in less than three, the world lost the vibrant colours it once held.
A new order had taken hold.
Gods descended from the heavens, demons contested their place, and humans mutated into monstrous forms as if conscripted into an unknown army.
Each entity claimed dominion over this fractured world, and humanity was pushed to the margins.
Until, that is, light chose to intervene.
Balance began to restore itself through their sins.
Those unable to confront their darkness were corrupted; those who faced it awakened, bound to a single sin.
Amid this upheaval, on the very first day, Daniel—an infamous school bully in Seoul and a foreigner who had gained South Korean citizenship alongside his only family, his mother—stood frozen at the centre of a tunnel.
He had been running for hours since leaving school under the pretense of an 'emergency,' only to find chaos waiting outside within minutes.
Thousands were reported dead within hours, victims of a brutal massacre.
"Fuck! This has to be a nightmare… shit!" Daniel muttered, recoiling as he glimpsed the light beyond the tunnel.
It was no ordinary light—made of fire, explosions, and blood.
Not even the confidence earned from beating more than a hundred bullies and toppling the notorious gang of Mapo-gu could give him the courage to leave the tunnel and run further.
Ahead lay only horror.
Until the unexpected happened.
"Daniel! There you are!"
His mother's voice pierced the chaos.
He turned just in time to see her running towards him, clutching her handbag.
He had forgotten this was the route she took to visit his school and pick him up each day—except for the days he chose to run away.
Her car was parked just beyond the tunnel.
She reached him swiftly, grabbed his arm, and they fled together into the car.