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The endlessly expanding night sky.

The red moon rises brightly and looks ominously down at me.

Is that thing lurking in the dark clouds of the night sky… a sky whale?

And when I turned my head to the side, I saw the endless shining sea beyond the cityscape.

Everything I could see, from the sky to the ground, was an all too familiar sight to me.

I’ve become familiar with it after watching it for thousands of hours.

But I never thought I would see this scenery with my own eyes, feel it with my whole body, and hear the sounds this city makes with my own two ears.

“…Ah! This is not the time.”

I completely forgot about it because I was looking around.

First, I have to get down from this dangerous lightning rod-like place.

It was only a short distance from the lightning rod-like place to the bottom of the roof. However, for me, who is afraid of heights, that was extremely scary.

I closed my eyes tightly and never looked down. Even without that, my thin legs were shaking like aspen trees.

“Wow!”

I naturally made sounds that I wouldn’t normally make. Is it because my body shape has changed to that of a kid?

Still, I’m glad I was able to come down in one go.

Additionally, as I’m only now realizing, the shape of my right hand is a bit unusual.

Unlike other skins, it has a hard texture and has menacing reptilian claws… it looks like a dragon’s arm.

Meanwhile, he was wearing a black glove on his left hand.

‘Could it be that there’s something strange about my left hand?’

Just in case, I carefully removed the glove on my left hand with my threatening right hand.

…The soft hands of a child. There was no other way to explain it.

No, but if you do this, you can’t shoot with your right hand, right?

In Dream City, my play style was long range, not close range.

Akimbo, holding a pistol in both hands. I was literally pursuing romance itself.

Even if you shoot a gun with your left hand, if you do this, your right hand will completely go out.

As I was looking at myself alone on the rooftop, I felt like something was stuck on my lips.

When I touched it with my healthy left hand… I saw clear fangs.

So, is my race now a mixture of a vampire and a dragon?

Dream City had a system that allowed for the selection of mixed races between various races.

Due to the nature of the game, vampires were popular because there were bonding events and various encounters in the process of sucking blood.

In addition, players who were obsessed with performance preferred hybrids between vampires and races that boasted excellent performance.

For example, orc vampires, dwarf vampires, werewolf vampires, etc.

And just like me now, dragon vampires were also popular.

Of course, I might not be a dragon vampire now. Because only one arm looks like this, right?

I think this is a vampire who became strong by drinking dragon’s blood, so to speak.

At that moment, I wish I could learn more about the body visually.

‘Yes, I wanted to try it once in my life.’

“Status window!”

-Tiring!

“Wow!!!”

As soon as I could shout, something seemed to hit my face.

He hurriedly swung his vicious right hand, followed immediately by the sound of a glass window breaking.

“…Huh?”

Was the status window physically broken?

‘Dragon Blood’ and ‘Hyeolju’. Those were all the words I could see in a split second.

“Status window!”

-Ding.

“Status is different!”

-Ding.

What, where is this?

A dull sound effect disturbed my ears, as if there were no more opportunities given.

I squatted on the floor and picked up the broken pieces of the status window with both hands.

The shattered status window just fell out of my hand as if it had been broken from the beginning.

“…Is it really broken?”

All kinds of swear words came to mind… but for now, I decided to do what I could.

Otherwise, I don’t think I’ll be able to hold back my anger.

Ah, but I have to take some of this with me first.

I put the piece of the status window into my pants pocket with a small hope that I might be able to restore it later.

Meanwhile, on the roof of the high-rise building, of course, there was a door that could be accessed inside.

-Chiiik.

But of course, when I put my hand close to the door, a blue force field appeared.

As soon as I touched it, the color of the station turned red, as if to prove that it did not welcome me.

‘Oh, this is wrong.’

I know that I am strong enough to tear through a force field made of mana.

However, if we forcibly tore this force field and went inside, an alarm would sound… and it was obvious that solvers from the company using this building would come rushing in.

You can’t turn one company in the city into your enemy already.

‘Then… what happens now?’

For me, who is afraid of heights, it was such a daunting situation.

Just in case, I started putting a lot of pressure on my wing ridges and back. Sure enough, small wings appeared along with a cheerful sound.

In a way, it was natural since the vampires in Dream City could at least fly.

But there’s no way I could fly at this height… no way.

I checked the locations of other buildings closest to the building I am currently in.

If I couldn’t go down all at once, I had no choice but to go down one by one.

If I even looked down from this height in the first place, wouldn’t I get scared and fall?

“Phew….”

I stood precariously on the railing and looked at the nearest building.

Since I wasn’t used to moving my wings, I kept practicing, but I couldn’t just practice forever.

To be honest, it was an industry award that sent me into this game.

There are so many things I want to do, so I want to get away from this frustrating place, even if only for a little bit!

“Wow!”

I ran courageously and closed my eyes tightly. The direction is clear!

Just flap your wings vigorously… Huh? lively! Oh my gosh!!!

It seems that the power of wing flapping was weaker than I thought!

No matter how long it’s been since I’ve been running, the feeling of falling overtook me. I decided to cling to the wall of this building for the life of my life.

What should I do? Shall we go up again?

The moment when you are at a crossroads of choice.

The itchiness I felt in my hands seemed to be screaming at me to face my fate boldly.

-Chiiik.

The same force field reaction as before. Yes, I guess so. It seemed that a force field also existed on the walls of this company building.

So, you can move it by sticking to the wall.

Although he somehow mustered up courage, his eyes never looked down.

It was clear that if the vicious right hand tore the force field further than necessary, an alarm would go off immediately.

While carefully descending the building like a cicada on a tree.

Gradually, I began to hear murmurs inside the station hall, that is, inside the building.

-Tuk.

“Huh?”

At that moment, something broke through the force field and touched my leg.

-Tuk. Tuk.

“Aaaah! don’t do it! No, don’t do it!”

To begin with, seeing you stay at work until this late in the evening…

You’re either an office worker who’s been brutalized by working overtime or a problem solver who has nothing to do!

I tried my best to keep my balance without dropping my head.

In that state, the sound of something passing through the force field suddenly began to be heard one after another.

“…Use it as a stand!”

“What should I use?”

I looked down without realizing it when I heard a faint voice inside the station.

ah.

Something lined up like a stairway to heaven, accompanied by a sudden surge of fear.

Long things like mop handles, bats, and batons were laid out as if for me.

Without thinking about anything, I started following them down. As soon as I reached the end of one floor, I heard another sound.

“…Wait!”

what? Are Maguspol’s office workers really right? They seem to have personalities that don’t suit this city.

Despite my doubts, soon a staircase leading to the lower floor appeared.

I quickly got down there before they changed their minds. But isn’t this building too tall?

I had already come down to the last floor and waited for the stairs leading to the next floor.

Even during this, the strong wind shook me. I wanted to close my eyes right now, but if I did that, I would fall!

But suddenly, a murmur began to be heard inside the company.

what? Has he changed his mind already?

-chin.

Suddenly something grabbed my wing from behind.

“Huh?! Huh?!!!”

A stone statue the size of a human being, unknown when it approached. A gargoyle with an ugly face and wings.

That being grabbed hold of my tiny wings.

All I did was flounder with both legs. No, it’s meant to be used in times like this, right?

Immediately, I pointed my right hand backwards and scratched something.

-Tuk.

I felt something touch my hand.

I drew my hand down as hard as I could. Then, the gargoyle was sliced like food placed in front of a rose knife, then split into several branches and fell to the ground.

“Did you get rid of it?”

It seemed pointless to me, but I didn’t have time to argue about it.

But it looks like there were more than just one or two gargoyles. The guys who came around started to surround me.

At that moment, the objects that protruded through the force field hit the gargoyle.

Then, one gargoyle held the force field with both hands and unfolded it, and other gargoyles entered through the gap.

“I came inside!”

“Run away!”

The voice heard from beyond the force field was extremely grateful.

“But! that is! It should be easier said than done!”

While avoiding the gargoyles that kept attacking me, I gave up on the stairs that served as a pedestal.

I have to somehow fly with my two wings!

-Bow!

Then suddenly, with a cheerful sound, it started falling again.

The sight that came into view was pieces of the status window sticking out from the pockets of my pants and scattering around.

And the image of a gargoyle holding one of my torn off wings in its hand as if it were a trophy.

Before I could open my mouth, I fell headlong to the ground.

– Clap!

It felt like I jumped into the water from a swimming pool or a 5m or 10m diving board and hit my stomach instead of my head.

An exhilarating pain several times greater than that struck my entire body.

Because of the momentary shock, not even a scream came out.

The scene I saw before losing consciousness at the end was… office workers fighting against gargoyles crossing the force field.

How much time has passed since then?

Suddenly I felt something sweet in my mouth.

“…It looks like it’s alive?”

The sound of someone speaking along with it.

“Of course. First of all… shall I take you right away?”

Two vaguely visible silhouettes.

One is a man. The other one looked like a woman.

When I opened my eyes like that… it was an unfamiliar ceiling.

“Huh!”

When I quickly got up, I found myself inside someone’s house.