Risaliyah

[Earthlings! You have been summoned to participate in the Universe's Armageddon...]

The voice thundered in billions of minds simultaneously, making Arthur drop his last piece of bread on the dirty slum floor.

[Beta Testing Phase: Initiated]
[10 Million Chosen Participants]
[You have been selected!]

"What the F***?" Arthur clutched his head, the system messages burning behind his eyes. This wasn't some phone notification or TV broadcast - this was inside his skull.

[Talent Awakening in Progress...]
[System...Error!]
[SSS Talent Detected: Primordial Summoner]

By the time the game had merged with reality, Arthur already had dozens of legendary summons to aid him against the incoming chaos.

[You have summoned the SSS-Level "Primordial Dragon"!]

[You have extracted the SSS-Level Skill "Berserk"!]

Online Game: Starting With SSS-Ranked Summons

Heavy footsteps echoed from the stairwell, but these weren't the inhuman gait of demons. Arthur's hearing picked up whispered conversations, the shuffle of exhausted humans climbing toward what they hoped was safety.

There is survivors coming here...

"Up here! There are survivors. A woman's voice carried through the corridor, desperate with hope.

Arthur's photon weapon continued its deadly work, energy beams carving through the latest wave of defective demons.

Two more creatures dissolved into smoking husks.

The stairwell door burst open, admitting a flood of humans that transformed the hospital floor into chaos.

Medical staff holding surgical equipment as weapons, security guards with empty weapons—all of them seeking sanctuary that didn't exist.

Injury is worsening.