The Evil Lady's Short Lived Younger Brother
TELSLYB
Hello~ before we start, I want to say that publishing this is probably not a good decision, but here we are đ¶
Ate a lot of stories and wanted to try my hand at this kind of genre for my next stories. Anyway, please don't expect the best, I just did what I could.
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Eight years ago, the world, which was a simple rotating round shaped sustainable little ball in the universe, full of dull and annoying places, suddenly started to break apart when it least expected...
The first tragedy started in the Pacific ocean. A whirlpool was discovered when marine biologists placed a camera on a rescued tortoise and set it free back to its home sea. The tortoise swam deep and high into the waves and caught sight of this unidentified swirl.
At that time it was only a small whirlpool that can only suck a fingernail sized water creature to nothingness.
People slowly became interested since the whirlpool was only five meters deep from the surface to see, it didn't even reach the sea floor so theories began to circulate it, leading to several debates online.
But it didn't take long before the whirlpool became something out of a fantasy book.
It became a big black hole as big as a yacht. It even indiscriminately swallowed one that went close to it and the curious ones never came back. Rescue teams were dispatched but those who entered never made it out nor were they able to report anything before going off the signal grids.
This immediately put several nations that are close to it on high alert. All ships travelling close to the specific coordinates stopped their operation routes until they found out what caused this.
Was it a phenomena from the heavenly bodies? Did a meteor fell here or something? Several speculations and doubts rallied on the onlookers thoughts while NASA began to divulge what caused a five meters deep portal on this specific spot.
But the longer they took, the bigger the hole became. However, it stopped at a certain length.
Soon, several carcasses of unidentified creatures and other marine species were reportedly found on several beaches of different countries sending the world into panic.
Aliens, are these the work aliens?!
The continuous reports of dead things appearing in beaches banned the Pacific countries to stop swimming on approximate locations and due to this widespread panic, several fishermen slowly lost their livelihood due to the proximity limitations given.
And one day, they sent off a drone inside that hole from a helicopter to see what was inside and then a thirty second video created the world's first glimpse of hell...
The second tragedy could be said to be the one that caused more damage rather than the first one. A portal simultaneously opened in the nearby Asian countries like Japan, Korea, Philippines, China, Taiwan, Indonesia and more distinct islands creating massive panic.
These ones opened from the sky and barfed out living monsters that attacked the unprepared citizens. It killed without stopping, merciless and evil.
It took three days and nights to kill the creatures with guns and explosions, but the portals remained like a deep shadow, instilling fear to people what creatures it might let out once more.
However, it didn't seem like God had forsaken the weak. One day, a weak man was suddenly able to lift a car, two days, someone can suddenly fly so on and superpowers began emerging to an odd number of people.
On the third tragedy, superpowers helped out in hunting the predators of the portals. This began an idea of creating a new sovereignty in the world. Indiscriminate abilities spread out from high and low that even people with I'll intentions managed to grab the strings and suppressed the weak.
With the sudden appearance of power, many knew that this is a beginning of a revolution. A stage where power no longer stood on the grounds of democracy or hierarchy, but towards money and strength. Death rates rose significantly and groups of powerful individuals caused chaos everywhere.
But other superhumans preferred alignment. They would like to avoid killing as much as possible.
Thus, guilds for superhumans began to emerge one by one and be recognized by citizens as the superpowers who are on the side of the good.
Portals are now called dungeons. Superhumans are now called awakened and their new occupation now is labeled as hunters. And life slowly took a turn and fluctuation for better and worse.
The dull life of earth... Suddenly began to emit tremendous changes in a blink of an eye.
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So to start, the main story isn't about a pair of siblings who faced a rather tragic fate in this world, went through thick and thin, became winners, and made it into a happy life.
However, it didn't mean that they did not have any significant role in the story that was about to begin...
The older sister was a really, really strong hunter who can go against other s-ranks. She was hailed as one of the top hunters in Korea who has proficient control over ice, and rumors have it that she can even control the weather given that she took it seriously, which gave her the title of the 'Snow Queen' or 'Ice Queen'.
Meanwhile, the younger brother has a rather oddly unknown and incurable illness which causes his body to be very weak and is prone to collapsing at random times.
Lin Ji-Young has always hoped that her younger brother would be cured someday. This is why she had to join one of the three big guilds in Korea: Aegis
It was one of Korea's first ever guild that was built seven years ago and has climbed up the ranks of the second strongest guild. She specifically chose this guild despite the proposition she received from the top one guild, Legion, because the medical facility offered is top class among the country.
She needed this facility for her sick younger brother who could not even stand longer than a minute and could not even survive the outside world without collapsing.
Thus, she began a journey of hardships. She raided dungeons and became one of the hailed strongest. She was tough and cold as she is beautiful and kind. She is a legend.
She could have become the heroine given the fact that she has these qualities that emphasize her importance and strength.
But as said, the main story isn't about this pair of siblings.
Lin Ji-Young's tragedy continued to spiral downward when she failed to conquer an a-rank dungeon turned s-rank, killing some of the lower rank hunters who did not expect this sudden dungeon upgrade. And where did the blame go? It went to the only S-rank hunter who was there, failing to protect the weak.
It's only a matter of human nature.
When they know you are strong, they have high expectations. So when you fail, the backlash becomes a stain hard to erase.
People criticized her 'mistake'. No matter how good she performed, many will not acknowledge it and will retort a mistake that has long been solved. As if a string was forcing everyone to hate her.
But Lin Ji-Young is a strong woman who never folded at her lowest. Because there was a child who eagerly awaits her return and gets angry for her, defending her as much as he possibly can. This little one is her home, her safe haven, her blood, her anchor.
The strong ice queen Lin Ji-Young who did everything she could to protect the people who hated her for being powerful and aloof.
Lin Ji-Young who made sure the world is safe for her one and only family. She protected as much so that she could make sure the only one who made her go on living to be safe and sound.
But once again, this story isn't destined to her favor. This story is intended to push her out, take away her happiness and make her fall from what remains of her sanity.
Because once upon a time, the selfish crowd whom she tried so hard to protect, heartlessly took away the life of her most precious possession in the world: Lin Young-Jae.
This resulted in the world's fourth tragedy. A selfish mistake that birthed the most powerful villainess in the story who sought nothing but indiscriminate hatred, envy, and revenge which ultimately died tragically in the hands of the real heroes and made them shine brighter than ever.
They are the real protagonists of the accursed story.
But who would care about what she has gone through? After all, what people see isn't her back story, but her current disgusting actions that earned her more hatred from everyone. The stance is that, she is just a piece of cog that needs to be removed at some point to make the story have a conclusion. To achieve that audience impact and satisfaction that the bone stuck in the reader's throat is finally gone.
To successfully get the effect of a happily ever after.
No one would indeed care, but right now, one probably would.
Lin Young-Jae, who has the same name as the short lived extra, woke up in the young man's body fully equipped with two lifetimes of fragmented memories.
The moment he realized that he woke up in a body from the novel that he just borrowed from his friend's bookshelf after studying hard for college exams, he began to panic...
Lin Young-Jae blinked twice lifting one weak and pale hand in front of him. It was too thin and small to be called a teen's hand. Thanks to the novel's Lin Young-Jae's fragmented memory, he was able to know some information about him.
Lin Young-Jae and Lin Ji-Young are orphaned. Their parents were the first trial scientists who entered the Pacific dungeon eight years ago and never came back. They were given compensation and thought that this is enough for them to thrive through adulthood.
But they were mistaken about one thing...
Lin Young-Jae's illness that started eight years ago, also worsened. At first, they thought it was anemia, but things have just gotten unexpectedly bad. He had tried all possible tests but among all illnesses, his body is otherwise normal.
Although weak, he also didn't die of illness...
In fact, Lin Young-Jae is an 'awakened'. He awakened later than Lin Ji-Young but his power never came to light because of his weak body. Currently, this is what he is trying to find out but is unsure where to start.
Anyway, isn't dying supposed to take you somewhere else like those normal people passing through the gates of spirits or whatnot. And of all characters to be shot into, the world would choose a terminally ill character who didn't even grow past his adulthood.
The younger brother of the villainess in an S-Rank dungeon hunting and rebirth or regression or something like that. Lin Young-Jae was sure that the title at least has ten words enough to form a sentence which basically explains that one of the main characters was a regressor who gathered strong people to defeat the story's villainess.