Tower of The Fated Star

[12:35 PM | Mirae Industries | Lower Floor]

[Scenario #1: SURVIVE]

Time Limit: 20 minutes

Objective: Earn at least 100 Coins to survive.(Coins are earned by killing living beings. The stronger the being, the more coins you receive.)

Penalty for Failure: Death

[Time Remaining: 4:31]

The shattered silence twisted into something heavy.

Blood mist hovered in the air. The lights flickered again. Kang Haejin, trembling, took a step back in disbelief.

The man she had just watched fall in a pool of his own blood…

...was standing.

Alive.

The cruel boy's grin faltered. "How are you still alive?"

And the man standing—no, the one occupying Sung Jun Young's body—cocked his head, wearing an expression so casual it was almost surreal.

He pointed at them, confused. "Who are you two?"

That was the moment Haejin's breath caught in her throat.

The man before her might have looked like Jun Young… but the way he spoke, the air around him, even his stance—it was a different person altogether.

The air shifted.

Without another word, the boy charged forward.

[Skill: Micro Movement – Activated]

His form blurred. A sonic pop rang as he closed the distance between them. To a normal person, his figure would be invisible—no more than a distorted flicker in space.

But Jun's—no, Jun Lion's—eyes tracked him calmly.

They locked eyes.

The boy's expression shifted from confidence to horror.

BOOM!

A single punch.

Not a flash of sword, nor a grand spell—just a fist.

The boy flew back like a missile, crashing through a cracked pillar and bouncing off the wall like a ragdoll.

Jun Lion's voice was calm and heavy with disdain."I just asked you, who are you. If you don't want to answer then don't."

He lifted his chin, dark energy surging like a second skin over his body.

"How dare you attack me with that level of strength."

His words carried weight. The kind of weight that didn't come from arrogance, but experience.

He sighed, shaking his head."Sigh... Anyway… I controlled my strength when I punched you. So you won't die. Now you two tell me your names."

Kang Haejin's voice trembled. "Did you really forgot everything, Jun Young?"

He turned toward her with a baffled look.

"What do you mean by 'Jun Young'? I'm not Jun Young. I'm Jun Lion. But how do you know my name is Jun?"

Haejin blinked. "So you're Jun Young."

A vein popped on Jun's forehead.

"Are you dumb? I told you I'm Jun Lion, didn't I? Why are you calling me Jun Young again?"

At that moment, the boy groaned and stood up. Blood trickled down his lips, but his eyes were wild with rage. He dashed forward again, faster than before.

He didn't hold back.

But again, Jun Lion's gaze was already locked.

"You made the same mistake twice."

The punch this time was final.

There was no impact sound.

Just silence.

The body collapsed, lifeless.

[You've killed a living being]

[You've earned 500 coins]

[The person you killed had 1,500 coins][1,500 coins have been transferred to you]

[12:38 PM | Mirae Industries | Lower Floor][Time Remaining: 1:42]

The system window floated in front of Jun Lion. He stared at it.

"What is this thing? What's going on here?"

He turned to the dazed girl still sitting near the broken furniture.

"Hey girl... Can you explain to me what's going on here?"

Haejin stood slowly, still shaken. "I think you really lost your memories. That's fine… at least you're fine now."

Jun Lion narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean by I lost my memories? I didn't lose any memories."

He paused.

His mind moved.

(I was in the middle of a battle. The world was ending. But here everything is… fine? These people… they're strange. I'm certain I died… Then I heard a voice. Something about another world…)

His pupils contracted.

No way. Am I… in another world?

Then—

"Hey… hey you! What are you doing in my body? Give me my body back, you bastard!"

A voice—clear and full of frustration—rang from the air.

Jun turned.

Floating mid-air like a spirit was a translucent figure… his face.

No, not his face—Sung Jun Young's.

Jun Lion tilted his head with a ridiculous face. "Who are you?"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHO AM I?!" The spirit fumed. "Can't you see I look exactly like you?! I'm the main owner of that body!"

Silence.

[12:40 PM | Mirae Industries | Lower Floor]

[Scenario #1: SURVIVE]

[Time Remaining: 0:10]

[The first scenario is going to end]

[9]

Jun Lion spoke, voice calm and low.

"I don't know what's going on. But looking at the situation you were in a state where you'd have died."

[8]

"So if I tell correctly. I was the one who saved you."

[7]

Jun Young shouted. "What do you mean by you saved me?! If you saved me then why am I in this state now?!"

[6]

Jun Lion didn't respond. His eyes looked ahead as if he didn't hear.

[5]

Jun Young gritted his teeth.

"Hey… are you listening?! I'm talking to you! Answer me, you son of a bitch!"

[4]

[3]

[2]

[1]

[The first scenario of the first floor of the Tower of The Fated Star has ended]

[The survivors of this scenario will have to move to the next scenario stage.]

[You will be given the map of next scenario.][If you fail to move to the next scenario in time, you will die immediately.]

[You've been given the map of the next scenario stage.]

To be continue...