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The Year the World Changed

In the year 1899, something impossible happened. All across the world at the exact same moment gates appeared.

Not built. Not summoned. Just... appeared.

These gates weren't doors made by human hands. They tore through reality like cracks in a mirror, glowing faintly, humming with energy no one could explain. Some hovered midair. Others stretched open across the land, vast and unmoving. No matter the shape or size, they all shared one thing: mystery.

At first, humanity did what it always does when confronted by the unknown. They observed. They feared. Then they explored.

A few brave souls entered. Scientists. Soldiers. Wanderers. But none of them returned.

For two days, the world held its breath. And then the gates began to open from the other side.

Creatures twisted, feral things emerged from within. Monsters not of this Earth, carrying instincts only to destroy, devour, and spread chaos. Cities fell. Countries staggered. Humanity stood on the edge of extinction.

But when all seemed lost, a new spark ignited.

Some humans only a rare few began awakening to something deep within them. A force previously dormant. They called it mana, and those who could wield it stood a chance against the monsters.

These awakened individuals fought back. They didn't just survive they pushed the beasts back into the gates, defended the broken cities, and gave humanity a reason to believe again.

People began calling them Hunters, not soldiers, not saviors, but those willing to walk into the jaws of death and come back alive. Not everyone could become one. In fact, most couldn't.

And so, the world changed.

Wars, politics, even history itself bent around the gates. Events that once defined mankind technological revolutions, global conflicts, even culture either vanished, were delayed, or took entirely different shapes. Everything that followed was shaped not by ambition, but by survival.

This is not the Earth you know.

And now, in the year 2025, the story begins.

The gates still stand.

The monsters still come.

And the Hunters still fight.

But something else is stirring something beyond monsters and mana.

And once again, the world holds its breath.