BOOM!
The air shuddered like it'd been struck.
"Welcome, heroes! To my world!" a voice thundered.
I opened my eyes. Golden light stabbed my face.
A throne room.
Marble pillars stretched toward the sky.
Walls glittered with gemstones.
A scarlet carpet, like a river of blood, led to the throne.
On the throne sat a crowned man.
Flanked by gleaming knights and a shady mage.
Like the final boss room in an RPG!
"What… the hell is this?" someone muttered, trembling.
I glanced back. Familiar faces.
Classmates. Teachers.
All panicking.
Some were shaking.
Some clung to their neighbor's hand.
Some were already sobbing.
Pathetic!
Anime flashbacks hit me.
Summoned to another world.
A normal guy would've pissed himself by now.
But I'm no normal guy. I'm a nutcase.
I looked at my hands.
They were trembling.
Not from fear.
This… is thrill.
Something pounded wildly in my chest.
Then—laughter.
"Ha… HAHAHA!" I burst out.
Everyone stared.
"Nagi, what's wrong with you?!" someone shouted.
I grinned, baring my teeth.
"You guys still don't get it? This… is my paradise!"
ZAP!
A screen flashed before my eyes.
[Status Window: Open]
Name. Class. Skills.
And there it was…
[Unique Skill: Impulse of Destruction]
Chills ran down my spine.
Not scary. Awesome.
"Level 1?! What, I'm a weakling?!" someone yelled.
"Look! My class is 'Hero'!" another bragged.
"Are you kidding me? I'm a… 'Farmer'?! Seriously?!" a third whined.
Screams. Shouts. Chaos.
I just clenched my fist.
(This is it. My chance. A world where no one can stop me.)
Old wounds stabbed my chest.
Mom's screams. That person's cold stare.
All because of this damned world.
"I'll tear this world apart," I whispered.
The crowned fatso on the throne boomed:
"Summoned ones! Save our kingdom!"
The hall erupted.
"Save it?"
"Why the hell should we?"
"Screw that!"
I snorted.
(Save it? Hilarious…)
My resolve was set.
Save this world?
No way.
I'll destroy it.
Then, darkness slithered from behind the throne.
Everyone froze, holding their breath.
It emerged from the shadows.
Massive. Fangs. Claws. Eyes like pools of blood.
The beast loomed over the hall.
The air grew heavy as stone.
"What… is that?" someone rasped.
Then it hit us.
This summoning wasn't for salvation.
It was the start of hell.
To be continued…