In the year 1965, the world changed.
Awakens—as a profession—came into existence.
The first generation of Awakened had grown old enough to receive power.
The world had just survived multiple wars… and now, a new kind of power had emerged.
Those who entered dungeons and came out alive didn't just carry resources.
They were resources.
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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), 1966
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In the vast and frozen lands of the RSFSR, there lived a gangster known as Bratva Zmey Gorynych.
He was not just a criminal—he was a visionary.
He saw opportunity in the chaos.
Because Russia was a land too wide to fully control, monitoring dungeon gates was nearly impossible.
And so, Bratva formed a group called the Gold Miners—they scouted out newly appeared gates before the government could reach them.
When officials came with government Awakeneds to raid these dungeons, the Gold Miners were already waiting.
They offered double the money for the loot—
And later sold the same items on the black market for ten times more.
Bratva's empire began to grow.
Soon, he wasn't just bribing… he was recruiting.
He gathered Awakeneds with combat potential and formed the world's first Awakened gang:
The Crimson Serpent.
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Their power reached new heights.
Other mafia groups followed his footsteps.
It became a movement. A business. A shadow economy.
The government tried to fight back.
They built the Government Guild to crack down on illegal dungeon operations.
But it was too late.
The mafia system was already deep-rooted—
And blood money flowed too thick to be stopped by rules.
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By 1973, only five major Awakened gangs remained.
At the top stood the Crimson Serpent.
Their rival: a gang called Claw.
And beneath them, three others—names forgotten in time.
With better surveillance, more cameras, and stricter Guild management, the government grew stronger.
Bribery became harder.
Gangs started to feel it—
Even with A-rank and B-rank Awakeneds,
They couldn't match the government's S-rank elites.
They needed more power.
But power came with a price.
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That same year, fate turned again.
Bratva's own son Awakened.
And not just any awakening—
He was the first SS-rank in history.
His ability was called:
Crimson Snake – Kaa.
He could control the mind of anyone.
If the Awakened he controlled died—
He absorbed twice their strength.
Bratva had found his ultimate weapon.
He called it destiny.
And he began sacrificing his own people—his own Awakened soldiers—
To feed his son more power.
He built a mansion near Moscow.
Locals whispered about it.
They called it: The Hunting Den.
It was here that Bratva's son slaughtered freshly Awakened children with high potential—
Feeding on their minds, growing stronger with every kill.
Bratva erased every clue about his son's existence.
No one knew his name.
No one knew his face.
All so that when the time came…
He would unleash a perfect weapon upon the World.
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The Snake's Den—
A place where a blade was being forged.
A sword meant to cut through nations.
A secret meant to reshape the underworld of Russia—
And later… the entire world.
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> Note: When we say "A-class Awakened," it means their personal strength is enough to be A-class.
But if we say "A-rank," it refers to the god they are contracted with.
A D-class person with an A-rank god is still only D-class in strength.
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17 October 1972 – India
That was the date when the first Tower appeared in the world.
And everything changed again.
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To be continued