Plundering in the Apocalypse

After returning to his room, Shin lay on his bed comfortably while his mind was filled with many thoughts.

"I am glad they are safe." He muttered with a smile on his face.

Just now he contacted Simon. The line started working yesterday and other networks are working too.

Simon and Elena are safe. Currently, they are on the military base. It seems some powerful monster attacked the area near their house so they had to evacuate with military support.

Fortunately, some powerful awakeneds were able to kill that monster. But to be on the safe side they didn\'t return until today. They will be escorted home by the evening.

\'It seems they also awakened. Great.\' Shin thought as he remembered his talk with Simon and Elena. Simon was very excited as he blabbered about his awakening. Elena didn\'t talk much.

\'Why was Alice glaring at me though? Did I make her angry?\' Shin was confused as he remembered Alice\'s angry face when he talked with Elena.

\'Don\'t tell me she was jealous when I talked with Elena.\'

\'Hahaha, no way. How can that be?\' Shin laughed and brushed off that thought.

But he suddenly remembered the Alice he met while he was unconscious. That Alice, obviously had feelings for him.

What if the current Alice also has feelings for him?

\'If she has feelings for me I better take this seriously. She is a good girl I shouldn\'t ignore her. If that\'s the case.\'

\'Anyway, I\'ll think about that later. I should focus on the more important matters now.\'

While he was unconscious and experience made him certain that he needs to get stronger. If monsters of that level attack us. We are doomed. At least I should have the power to protect myself and my family.

\'I need information first. Let\'s check the internet.\'

Shin started up his laptop and searched all the information or the latest articles he could find.

A lot of things transpired while he was unconscious. He continued looking at these articles for an hour as he henched back on his chair and sighed.

\'Most of the information here is the same as Mom and Dad explained.\'

Alfred and Reina did explain to him some things. But he wanted to search in detail.

The awakeneds have become total addicts to leveling up and growing stronger. Well, that was obvious. These powers are fascinating after all.

They are forming groups and killing monsters trying to level up faster than others. Some powerful awakened mainly lead to other awakeneds. They work together to kill monsters and find ways to fight effectively and efficiently.

Well, they are killing monsters which is a good thing but it is also leading to many controversies.

Monsters were being killed by the awakeneds and the military support. But most of the monsters they are dealing with are a weak bunch.

Many strong monsters couldn\'t be defeated easily. They didn\'t try to fight with them. It\'s good that they are cautious but the military is also pulling back.

Because of this emergency state many places were abandoned. That caused the monsters to rampage more. Victims just hopes that this would end soon. Many relief centers were working nonstop trying to help them evacuate.

Many powerful awakeneds are trying their best to deal with as many monsters as possible. Because of this monsters threat was diminishing. But a new problem was arising. Some troublesome awakeneds or rather freaks who were treating everything as a game and their gamer mindset.

Most of the monsters inside the city were killed by the awakeneds. Aston city is doing far better compared to many. Many cities and towns were either destroyed or abandoned. But with the help of awakeneds and the military. Most of the places were able to reduce the monster numbers.

Many powerful humans also came out in public.

Shin knew this was regarding martial art families sending support. As they are very powerful compared to the current awakeneds. But the tide may change at any time.

\'They must be at the end of their ropes. I\'m certain they will take action soon.\' Shin chuckled with a mysterious smile on his face.

Many strong monsters did retreat to the forests or plains outside the cities. Weaker ones followed after them. Not wanting to get butchered by these leveling freaks. It seems those monsters are creating their territories.

Because everyone wants to level up. They are trying to use any weapon they can get their hands on or use their abilities to defeat monsters.

With powerful abilities, it was easier to deal with monsters rather than weapons. Shin nodded his head in agreement. He also saw how he needed to find any weapon with which he could fight. On the other hand, Alice just uses her ability and creates a weapon, bombs, summons, and also transforms. He is certain that\'s not it. She has much more than that.

Anyway, that explains the need for weapons for the people whose abilities need to use weapons to fight.

Soon the news regarding different types of awakeneds and information about jobs became the hot topic.

Many different types of ability users were found. They were mainly divided into three categories by the public.

Offensive - Awakeneds with attack abilities or power to fight monsters. Like James. He could damage monsters with his golems or stones he shoots.

Support - Awakeneds who could support Offensive users in any way. Their abilities mainly help others in or outside fights. Like Jenny. Her ability was barrier master. She wasn\'t able to attack monsters and deal damage but she could protect otters from monster attacks.

Lifestyle - Shin still hasn\'t met any lifestyle ability users. But from what he read on the internet many new professions are getting popular due to the demand of many ability users or rather the emergency state they are in.

Blacksmiths are in high demand. Ability users are creating many weapons and even formed their groups focusing solely on weapon creation.

Many low-grade weapons and armor are being mass-produced.

If they started a business of it and I am certain it will be in full bloom. From the things that are now, I am sure they will soon.

Shin shook his head dejectedly. Well, what did he expect? People will find any way to profit even in this dire situation. \'It\'s good they are at least doing something. Not like me who slept off these days without a care.\' He said to himself in sarcasm.

It\'s not like he has problems with those people trying to gain some profit. But not being able to profit like others made him sad.

\'Should I plunder an ability like that and make some profit too?\'

\'Nah, it\'s better if I focus on getting strong first.\'

(Many special jobs were created. Alchemy, Magic - Engineering, Potion maker, Herbalists, Blacksmith, Rune maker, Item Appraiser, Pill Maker, Healer, Chef, Builder, Tailor, etc.)

Reading this article, Shin got interested. All these names sounded fascinating. Those names were just like jobs in some games he had played before.

He wanted to know if these jobs are what he think it is. But soon his eyes fell on another article that caused his attention. His eyes turned serious. He clicked on it and started reading it.

While chasing those monsters outside the cities many interesting discoveries were made. The environment has become different from before. The forests were not like they used to be. They seem rich with energy and life.

The normal plants look different and rich in the same energy which is the talk of everyone\'s \'Mana\'.

The Herbalists are finding uses for these new plants which are better-called herbs now. They are very beneficial and will change the world as they say.

But the world is already changed so it\'s good to have some positive changes.

The monster territories are called Field now. The reason is that Awankends are farming experiences from those weak monsters. The stronger ones are also there but there less in number and the places mainly consist of weak monsters so it\'s called Field regardless.

But there\'s another discovery that shook everyone and had a large impact on the masses. The Discovery of Dungeons.

Like fanning the flames in after the cataclysm many dungeons were found.

Huge transparent gates separating the world from something. Whether to protect or to harm. There was a discussion saying some people managed to clear the dungeons and got good rewards. They got good items and also leveled up fast. The items can help to strengthen themselves.

People were a bit skeptical but their greed for power was much more than you can imagine. Many awakeneds formed parties to clear dungeons. After the dungeons were cleared and seeing the reward more and more people started getting interested.

"Interesting, dungeons. I was just thinking about how to level up. Dad didn\'t tell me anything about dungeons. Maybe he didn\'t know. I\'ll ask him later."

"Anyway, it says people are forming groups to clear dungeons."

"Well it\'s true I won\'t risk going in alone for the first time at least." Shin started thinking about something then he muttered.

"Alice and I should be enough. I better talk to her."

After that, he continued reading the article. Reading more information on dungeons. He believed that\'s a good option for him to grow stronger.