The air on the other side of the gate of my house started to swirl, and the ground beneath my feet began to shake violently.
Then, the swirling in the air started to grow bigger and fiercer, and a blue light began to cover its edges.
The light also grew bigger as the air inside it seemed to be sucked into a vacuum, and it started to turn dark blue.
"Holy shit!"
Suddenly, blue lightning began to flash across the blue surface of the vortex, and it grew larger and larger until it was as large as the gate of my house.
Crackle!
Crackle!
The lightning it was emitting was directly hitting the ground. It wasn't some strike that would disappear after hitting, it was constant streams of electricity.
The steams of lightning moved ferociously on the ground, leaving burn marks on the concrete.
And, amidst all that I was smiling.
My eyes were shining, and the corner of my lips was curving up.
"This is it. This is what I wanted."
The goblin that killed me and my father must have come from this dungeon-like gate from mangas because they don't exist in the real world.
Now, come on!
A big, green foot came out from the vortex, stepping onto the ground.
"Finally, you showed up, asshole!"
My heart thumped against my ribcage, and I gritted my teeth in excitement.
"I can't wait to beat the shit out of you!" I yelled, and held the baseball bat tightly.
But before the other foot could emerge, the air started to move even faster as if a big tornado was going to appear.
The dust, the leaves, the small stones, and...
What is that?
"Oh... It is a plastic bag?"
....all of them started to fly. Even my clothes were fluttering violently in the air.
But, the plastic bag was different.
"Wow, it is flying like a bird. Wait, what am I saying? Why the fuck am I praising a plastic bag?"
I shook my head and focused on the monster's leg, and raised my bat.
But, the moment my eyes left the plastic bag...
A strong wind blew, and the plastic bag that was flying around in the air suddenly appeared in front of my face, blocking my vision.
"Woah!"
The plastic bag was very thin and it covered my whole vision, and the wind made it flutter around violently.
"Damn it."
I raised my hand, and swatted the plastic bag away.
And, then I focused back on the gate...
But the scene I saw in front of me made me stunned.
In the blink of an eye, countless gates identical to the gate where the goblins were emerging had appeared in the sky.
"What the...?"
My jaw fell open.
I stood there, motionless.
"Holy shit."
The world had gone crazy.
"This is a dream, right?"
I slapped my cheeks and pinched my arms.
"Ouch!"
"Damn, it hurts. It's not a dream."
"So, it's true."
I was dumbfounded.
"Everything is really happening."
All of the gates were different from each other. Some had blue edges while others had, green, red, yellow, white, etc.
Even their sizes were different, and some were small, and others were huge.
They were everywhere.
In the sky, the ground, and even the buildings had black holes in them.
And, from those gates...
Suddenly a realization hit me.
"Holy shit!"
"That means..."
"All those things, those monsters... They are coming here."
"From the gate."
"What the fuck is happening?"
'Why are the gates appearing in the sky and on the ground, too? Are the monsters coming out of them? Or, is it just like a dungeon?'
And just then a screen appeared in front of me...
— The Divine Apocalypse has begun.
"This message..."
— Your class has been assigned.
'My class has been assigned? What class?'
— Your current level is Lv. 1.'
— The first mission has been unlocked.
— Mission 1: Survive the night.
— Rewards:
— 1000 Experience points.
— 1000 Skill points.
— 100 Random points.
— 10 Rare weapons.
— Hidden Requirement For Completion: ???
'This is...'
Wait!
"What the hell!"
"It is really an apocalypse. And, I have to survive the night?"
I looked at the screen again.
"1000 Experience points."
"1000 Skill points."
"100 Random points."
"10 Rare weapons."
"Wait a minute, Rare weapons?"
I looked at the screen, my eyes wide.
"Saya, is this reward for real?"