The breeze is what it means

(Border 015, Village Collier)

The looming dark-gray sky was warning everyone about the upcoming strom. Some elder priests were already busy to strengthen the barrier, while the hunters were busy looking for any suspicious movements, occasionally helping the villagers. Maybe because of this lacking manner, someone sneaked inside, without slightest problem.

Somewhere else, in front of an inn of the village, a group of young hunters were submitting their given task of the prior day, it was yearly evaluation, to their grim looking monitor.

"Team number 8! Please come forward!"

As called, few walked forward. But said nothing, just stood there in silence, sweating in cold sweat.

His face was already stern, their silence make him look more grim.

"Team 8..." he asked in a normal voice, with professional smile, which makes them feel the world has been turned upside down.

After looking at them, he understood one of them was missing. "Where is your another team member?? The one with bright hair??"

"T--that...." The one who looked more timid tried to answer but the dead stare from others made her eat them back.

At that moment, someone opened the front door with brutal force. Shocked, everyone turned around at that direction.

They couldn't see that person's face but his hood and the black mask . . . A blood demon.. .. everyone froze on their place. He slowly walked in, and then they noticed, he was also carrying someone in his back. He walked farther inside until he was standing face to face with the monitor, "Just when did the academy started sending young hunters into black zone?"

Startled by his unexpected visitor, and shocked by his sudden question, the monitor looked at his back, the one he was carrying,"We didn't. . . It looks like something mis--"

Although, he was wearing a mask, the poor monitor could feel the bloody glares from him. "I don't think anyone, especially, first year student will be dumb enough to walk straight into a black zone.. .."

He walked past him, and carefully laid the unconscious Tien Mao, farther, onto a couch.

"If they are going to be this careless" he passed, and turned around ,"you are going to lose a lot." He then slowly walked out,"Put the damage onto the academy, I'll explain later to the headmaster." With those as his last words he disappeared behind the broken door.

Everyone finally took proper breath, some even fell on to the ground. Except, the monitor. He looked more deadly then ever, "Can someone take care of this Cadet. Please tell her to come see me once she is up."

"About that. . .Monitor, I have something to say. . ." a voice call out from the back. He turned around.

A girl with short hair walked closer "This morning, they were not working on the field. . . If I remember correctly, they were saying someone is going to do it for them." She pointed out those remaining members of team 8.

"Did I ask you to clarify about her??"

"N-no."

"Then someone please take her to her room, and we are going to continue where we left."

The girl with short hair looked dejected, and she walked over to take care of Tien Mao. But, when the monitor again called team 8, she felt she finally did something good at left the corridor with Tien Mao.

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A lot of people running around, screaming and the smell of blood filled the air.

Some people looked hopelessly at the monsters coming out from the void. The monsters continued to spill the blood bath.

Amidst stood the beings with silver hair.

For some reason Tien Mao was there, watching this blood bath, with fear and pain. She was about to throw up from the gore scenes in front of her.

She looked away and tried to run from that gutteral scenes.... but no matter where she goes. . . everywhere. No one could see her, but, she was there, watching their horrible fate. She ran and ran until she stumbled upon someone familiar. Her heart almost burst out of her.... Her grandmother's lifeless body was among those countless corpses....

"What is this place?? What is this all???" She broke down almost about to pluck her own eyes out-- there her eyes met with someone's. . . For some unknown reason she wanted to run towards the person. . .

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"...."

a soft.... broken voice, "It's okay.... Take it slowly....

sorry.....I didn't -- sorry ... Now rest." Something shifted after that...something that made her feel safe....

The bloody background melted away....

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The sound of heavy rain mercilessly hitting the glass window... and then the wind howling loudly was becoming closer and closer.

Tien Mao's eyelids were heavy. When she was finally able to open her eyes, she found an unfamiliar ceiling made of stone and woods.

She tried to sit up but couldn't. Her body was too weak to move.

"Mao... Are you awake??" A girl's voice called her out. She slowly looked beside her. There was another bed beside her's, a girl was sitting there but when noticed Tien Mao's movement, she came beside her, running. She looked like she was about to cry.

"Ren Ren...?" Tien Mao recovered some happy memories of the owner of her body after that nightmare. .suspiciously.. . ..

"Dumb Mao!!! If only you had told me they were bullying you!!! Was it that hard to talk to me!!!! Am I nothing to you!!!!" She cried. For the first time in her life, beside her family member someone was crying for her.

"I'm...sorry..." She wanted to ask something more but her sore throat stopped her.

"Why are you apologizing, dummy??"

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"Wait--- I was out for---"

" WHOLE T-H-R-EE days!!! And I was taking care of you." Ren Ren got up with the food tray, finally giving her some time to think.

After some water and soup, Tien Mao was feeling lively enough to continue small discussion. The system windows were there.

[Congratulations on reaching lvl. 19]

How did I levelled up just by sleeping??? If everything was right I am supposed to be at level 11 or 12 at most!!! What happened??

[Congratulations upon clearing the (unseen) Event, Rewards : 10000 exp.]

[Congratulations upon clearing the (unseen) Event, Rewards : 10000 exp.]

[All rewards have been claimed]

[Congratulations!!! Now you can activate your profile status. To unlock others reach lvl 60.]

Forgot about it- she was too tired to even think about anything else. She looks out of the window and it was still raining in a drizzle. Ren Ren told her it was night time but there was enough light outside, as if it was drawn or evening.

From the memory she earned, This world has some problem with it's orbital diagram. It doesn't move all the time, so if it day it's like this.... But when it moves around and night comes..... That's the time for the 'void' to open itself. She tries to pull up some science but failed.

A world is supposed to be destroyed if that happens. . . But look, this one is perfectly fine . . .

"Ohh, by the way, Mao!! How did you end up crossing paths with the . . . Senior?" Ren Ren, came and sat beside her.

"Which...?" Then it hitted her. Her memory was a bit fuzzy but the scene of her being pinned down, how that 'majestical soldier' took his time licking her nape and then her collar bone....

"Aaaaaa!!! That f***** vampire!!!!" being flustered she rushed towards the mirror, checking if .. .. .."I swear I'll kill him."

Seeing her sudden personality change, Ren Ren, also ran beside her.

"What happened ---" when she saw Tien Mao checking her neck...it hitted her as well..

"He--- did he BIT YOU????"

The person in question, didn't knew that from that day onward, the youngsters of the academy started seeing him in a different light other than just blood demon.