Prologue- Killed in an alley by a girl.
Rodion looked at the sky, dark clouds formed quickly, preventing the sun from shining. He knew it would rain today, he just didn't expect it to be so soon, anyway, he had already finished reviewing the chapter.
As soon as the chapter was posted a comment appeared on his inkistone panel , Rodion decided to ignore it for now as he doubted anyone had already read the chapter he just uploaded.
His contract required him to upload 1500 words every day, which was quite tiring since he had three books coming out. As his brain was numb, he decided to listen to some music and walk home.
Rodion put his computer in his backpack, it seems that the waitresses working at the cafeteria where he was, were quite busy since the other customers were quite pleased due to the approaching rain.
He placed the money on the table beneath the glass and left amidst the hurried customers.
His finger reached the censor on his phone and the screen was unlocked, he looked at the screen and there was already an application open, Rodion smiled slightly at the content on his screen, it was a very famous web novel and he was on the last three chapters.
Chapter 1430 – In Modern Day (28)
Chapter 1431 – Bonus Chapter: That Corner (1)
Chapter 1432 – Bonus Chapter: That Corner (2)
Rodion decided to save the reading for when he got home, he closed the app and opened another one, scrolled through his playlist and the song Imagine Dragon started playing in his headphones
"Radioactive" No matter how many times Rodion listened to this song, it was impossible to get tired of it; it was a beautiful work of modern art.
Five minutes later, when his house was in sight, Rodion patted his pockets and noticed his backpack.
"Damn, I left my keys at the coffee shop"
Rodion decided to go back, however, he took a shortcut to get there faster this time in a hurry for fear of the rain, the music seemed a little less appealing since his head was elsewhere.
There was a long alley at the end of the street between two buildings before reaching the cafeteria, before he could pass to the other side, a figure suddenly appeared and stopped him, until a second ago, Rodion hadn't seen him.
"Begging pig, isn't it?"
The figure asked in a very affirmative tone of voice, his face was covered by sunglasses, a mask that doctors usually wear, long pants and a hooded coat, preventing Rodion from distinguishing the person's gender.
Rodion did not express surprise at his coercion, beggar pig, was his writer's name and even though he was famous, no one knew his real identity, after all he was someone quite lonely.
He pretended not to hear and decided to walk past the figure, dressed and covered like this, whoever this person was must not have good intentions.
Rodion's attempt was frustrated when the figure caught him pressing him against the wall, a pain assaulted him, the strength of this person was not normal even using all his strength he could not free himself from the grip.
"Who are you, what do you want with me?"
Since his strength as a mere web novel writer couldn't save him, Rodion asked the figure.
"Your book, Back to the Throne of the Abyss, saved my life."
Rodion was confused earlier when the figure spoke, he didn't realize the gender by the voice, but this time the figure was quite close, or rather it was quite close to him.
"Are you a fan?"
Rodion asked, admitting that he was the beggar pig, as he had already done, he decided to ask another question.
"How do you know about me? Could you let me go?"
"It's like I said, your book saved my life."
Rodion asked a few more questions and even tried to start a conversation, but to no avail, the girl seemed to be lost in her own words like a defective NPC, repeating the same words.
After a few seconds, Rodion's efforts bore some fruit, his clumsy movements caused the girl's hood to fall, revealing short, freshly cut red hair.
The figure was definitely a girl.
"Please don't look at me"
The girl's cheeks flushed with embarrassment. She released Rodion and adjusted her hood. Rodion saw an opportunity to escape. He tried to run, but the girl seemed superhuman. She wasn't just muscular, she was also very fast.
The girl took something from her coat pocket.
"Wait, don't do that, you might regret it if you continue, we can talk"
Rodion sighed in relief when the girl took out a tattered piece of paper and an old pen, he thought it was a weapon.
" Anabela "
The girl Rodion nicknamed crazy in his mind, said her name, probably she wanted an autograph or something like that, he took the paper and the pen wrote his name, the book and her name.
"Thank you, beggar pig, could you close your eyes for a moment"
Rodion was perplexed because he couldn't understand what was going on in this girl's head.
"If I do this will you let me go?"
For Rodion, a man, this scene was quite humiliating, even though the girl in front of him looked like a rather muscular man, the feeling was still there, but to his relief the girl nodded her head in the affirmative.
Before his eyes closed, Rodion saw the girl run between the mask, before he could formulate any thoughts, he reopened his eyes.
" Why ?"
A knife was deeply thrust into his chest from the angle, Rodion's heart was pierced without a doubt.
"112 Chapters and then you abandoned the book, you claimed you needed to study to give depth to the story, I understood even if I didn't agree, after all it was already good enough"
The girl approached Rodino 's body which fell at her feet and continued saying as she put away her allograph
"I waited for two years, then you come and release a book that has nothing to do with it, when the book is finally finished, I was very happy."
She crouched down and pressed the knife even harder, making Rodion spit blood.
"Why did you do this? Why did you abandon the book? When the fifth book came out, I thought it was for money."
She pulled out the knife and stuck it in again.
"You beggar pig, you brilliant and ingenious scoundrel, I even robbed a bank so you wouldn't have to write for money, what did you do? You handed the money to the police and decided to release your sixth book."
At this point Rodion could no longer hear anything, he was already a monster, but Anabela continued stabbing.
"Since Back to the Throne of the Abyss has not been completed, the two works currently being released will also not be completed."
The sky began to cry mourning the departure of a web novel writer, as the girl left she stepped on the deceased's phone, the screen shattered revealing a wallpaper that somehow matched Rodion's tragic end.
The alley was flooded, blood was dripping with rainwater, the phone was flashing with a broken screen that revealed a beautiful wallpaper.
On the screen a nine-tailed demon fox pierced a couple with just one of its claws, a newborn baby was being protected by the parents who sacrificed their lives.
The demon was bound by numerous chains coming out of the woman's body
End of the prologue