NOVEL WEB Chapter 3: Awakening of the Hidden Power
The cold wind howled through the ruins of the once-thriving city. Ashen clouds loomed overhead, casting an eerie pall over the desolation. Among the wreckage, a lone figure stood—his tattered clothes fluttering as an unseen force swirled around him.
Leon's body trembled, not from fear, but from the overwhelming surge of power coursing through his veins. His heart pounded like a war drum, his breaths shallow and uneven. His muscles ached, yet he had never felt more alive.
He clenched his fists, and a wave of energy pulsed from his core, cracking the ground beneath him. The serum had worked. The dormant potential within him had been unlocked.
A sudden, piercing pain struck his mind like a hammer. Visions exploded behind his eyes—memories that weren't his. Images of ancient warriors, civilizations rising and falling, destruction wrought by beings of unfathomable power. His body tensed, his muscles twitching as if guided by something beyond his understanding.
"What… is this?" Leon muttered, his voice barely a whisper.
A rustling sound snapped him back to reality. Instincts he never knew he had screamed danger.
A shadow lunged from the ruins—a grotesque, twisted beast, its elongated maw lined with jagged teeth. Time slowed.
Leon moved without thinking. His foot slid back, his torso twisted, and in a single, fluid motion—he struck.
BOOM!
The force of his punch sent the creature hurtling through the air, smashing into a crumbling wall with a deafening crash. Dust and debris filled the night.
Leon looked down at his hands, golden eyes widening in disbelief. He had never trained in combat.
Yet he had just moved like a seasoned warrior.
No time to think. More beasts emerged from the ruins, their glowing eyes locking onto him like predators sensing prey.
A slow smirk curled across Leon's lips.
If this was his new reality…
Then he wouldn't just survive.
He would dominate.