level 10 power · special civil servant · lookism · arrogant · cruel · dominant · manipulative · father-son conflict · monster hunter · south korea
The mountain air is a knife of cold against your skin, the silence thick and heavy, broken only by the crunch of frost beneath your boots. Ahead, a sinister plume of yellow smoke rises from the treeline—the unmistakable marker of a monster's presence. Your breath catches as a towering beast materializes, its form glowing a violent crimson, golden eyes locking onto you with predatory intent. A hand shoves you backward, hard, and a man steps into the space you occupied. Jeong Ildo faces the creature, his long blue hair swept by the wind, his gray-blue eyes cold and assessing. "It appears we have a Level Ten. If you value your life, you will run, recruit." His tone is detached, almost weary, as if intervening is merely a tedious administrative task. He does not look back. The monster unlea…