Apocalypse Theory Of The Abandoned World

Kim Sung-Jin

Kim Sung-Jin may only be 11 years old but he prided himself on being capable of taking care of himself and his little sister in the absence of their parents. 

  He would have gone as far as to say that he didn't need the constant fussing of his parents when he was already such a big boy. He had hit the double digits in age and would soon be a middle schooler. If everything stayed the way they were, at least.

  It had been two days at most since their parents died and Sung-Jin still could not get over the events of that day. What meager sleep he got to have, were all plagued with nightmares of blood and manic grin with sharp pointed lance that struck him down everytime.

  But Mr.Doyun's presence soothed him and calmed down the flood of fear and desperation that muddled his mind. He was immensely grateful for the tall man who saved them even though he himself trembled with fear before the monster that killed Sung-Jin's parents.

Mr.Doyun then took them in, fed them and took care of them when he didn't need to. He never once complained about Ah-In and took it upon himself to tend to the toddler. 

  In the past day and a half, Sung-Jin learnt more about the man called Cha Doyun than the man could probably ever imagine.

So when Mr.Doyun came back with his clothes in shreds and dried blood all over his skin, Sung-Jin was understandably upset. He wasn't upset in the 'He looks hurt and it's worrying' kind of way. It was more along the lines of 'What if Mr.Doyun died and Ah-in and I are left alone again?'.

  

 He felt the kind of fear that no child should have felt. The fear of potentially losing someone, of losing a protector. It had only been two days, but it felt like an eternity and half.  

 Sung-Jin sat there, listening to Doyun explain what happened to him on the way back. He quite yet couldn't believe the older man and the pre-teen probably would not fully believe him until he saw that giant tiger himself but he wanted to. 

  If they wanted to survive then he had to.

  Finally, after a period of silence that followed after Doyun finished retelling his tale, Lee Iseul threw her hands up in the air with a frustrated groan. She looked kind of silly, Sung-Jin thought. But didn't voice that out loud.

 "So you're telling me, that you fought a giant tiger?" The redhead asked in utter disbelief. 

 The subject of her ire shrugged helplessly, with a resigned look on his face. 'Mr.Doyun was silly too' the pre-teen decided as he watched them argue one sidedly.

 "Well, that's what happened. Now, can I go to sleep?" Doyun asked with a hint of irritation showing through his tone. Iseul, shook her head in refusal and once again questioned the man.

"No! No, you gotta explain everything understandably and not just in mumbles!" She insisted. Sung-Jin could see the way Doyun pursued his lip with a frown. Their guardian most likely tired and finding Iseul's stubbornness annoying.

 "Look! I unlocked some new abilities and fought a tiger but that's it! I'm tired, Kim Iseul! We are all tired and running on fumes at this point okay!? Let's just talk in the morning!" With that, the older man stalked into the guest room and shut the door behind himself.

 Beside Sung-Jin, Iseul made some kind of unintelligible noise and headed back to bed, closing her door with a slam. Now, the 11 years old was the only one left in the dark living room.

 'Well, not really alone.' he supposed as he eyed the small glowing figure that floated alongside him.

  

  [May The Stars Be With You] was ,according to his character page, an ability with potential to be jack of all trades. It's main affinity depended on the user's class. Which meant, for an enforcer like Sung-Jin was of offensive type.

 It made him able to connect and channel the powers of constellations. Though, it was entirely up to the constellation if they wanted to form a partnership with him or not. 

 The floating, glowing figure was indeed a constellation. Sung-Jin had been greatly surprised when he had been offered a contract by them, an hour ago. The constellation was called Anu and had apparently found Sung-Jin interesting enough.

 Anu was a very good looking man with soft, long golden hair that reached his back, a sun kissed tan skin and entirely black sclera that had white six pointed star shaped pupils. He was also very well built and dressed rather like one of the video game characters, Sung-Jin used to see on the internet.

 "What is it now, Child?" Anu's voice rang through the room, breaking the preteen out of his thoughts. He stared at the constellation who just raised an unimpressed eyebrow in response.

"Speak up,child. I cannot read your mind."  For some reason, the constellation called him 'Child',it infuriated Sung-Jin to no end. While not yet an adult, Sung-Jin was not a child either. He hit the double digits already!

"I'm not a child." he couldn't help but point out, albeit it came out rather whiningly. Anu 'hmph'-ed rather imperiously at that.

"I will call you a man when you can take down my bull." He stated. 'Seriously, I don't even know your bull.' Sung-Jin pouted.

 "So what is it that you desire to know?" Anu demanded, making the preteen refocus back on his questions.

"Anu, do monsters really exist?" Sung-jin asked, despite having realized the answer, already.

"Indeed child, they do exist." He confirmed rather grimly. There were all sorts of monsters out there now, roaming the world with the worst of them still yet to come. If Anu was correct then humanity needed more than they have now to survive through the whole ordeal. 

 "Then… would Mr.Doyun have died if it was a more scary monster?" 

"Perhaps, but that man has fate's blessing so most likely not. Now come, it is time for you to rest."  Anu moved to float away when his chosen vessel mumbled out another question. If it had been anyone but said constellation, they probably wouldn't have heard it.

 But Anu was not just anyone. He was The Constellation so he heard Sung-Jin loud and clear.

 "What do I do then? How would I protect them?"

Anu smirked amusedly. He stood up to look at the boy with all the arrogance of the devil then loud and clearly, he answered him.

 "Isn't it obvious boy? We destroy them. The ones that dare to hurt what is ours."

In his words, Sung-Jin could hear the promise. A promise for power to defeat their foes, A promise to protect their precious people and a promise to never falter.  So he nodded. 

  He nodded and placed his trust on the companion that shall remain with him through the darkness to come. 

   Sung-Jin yawned, cuddling up to the couch to sleep. For now, it was time to rest. Everything else could wait until the morning came.

  

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[YOU HAVE UNLOCKED NEW ABILITY FEATURE. D******D?]

Doyun stared at the screen that floated above him, deep in thought. Beside him, Ah-in slept undisturbed, all the crying she had done earlier had tired her out. Even if it felt kind of mean, Doyun was thankful for that. It meant he didn't have anyone to disturb him.

    That tiger and the items he got from it were proof enough that everything that happened so far were real. The world had really ended and he was not taking care of 3 kids on his own. How was he to do it? How had his mother done it? 

  Doyun felt tears well up around his eyes. His throat felt lumpy and dry to the point of hurting. The green eyed man silently sobbed, failing to push down and swallow his raging emotions. 

 It was times like this that he missed his mother. Cha Jae had been a gentle woman with the patience of a saint. She had endured years of abuse from Doyun's useless father all the while working multiple jobs and trying to raise him to the best of her ability.

   She tried her best and did all she could but Doyun had wasted all her effort by comitting a murder. Even then, never once had his mother gazed at him with anything but pure devotion and love in her eyes.

   Cha Jae had been an excellent mother and if she had still been here. Surely, she would be able to tell Doyun just what to do from here on. His body shook as tears flowed even more uncontrollably.

  That night, Cha Doyun cried his heart out. Then once he was done, the green eyed man closed his eyes and slept. Preparing for the times to come. He needed rest to survive, they all did.