DAYS OF DUST AND BLOOD

GOD

WILD BEAST

GOD

WILD BEAST

An only child born to a key person of certain community foundations and a computer support specialist, thus the most treasured. Bequeathed in his birth may wealth and privilege be, yet stored in his fate, too, was an expectation that weighed that of a torrent. The world would then recognise him as Ilseong, of raw blessing, Park Ilseong.

Park Ilhan and Wan Seongah imposed no excessive demand on their son, yet one would naturally remark, "Your son must be reliable, hospitable, generous, and smart! He will be as successful as you, as a philanthropist, and make the world a better place to live." And so, Ilseong was forged with sheer decorum, brought up well with manners and beliefs. The Park Family, perchance, was made to spill only elixir over a bane-infused river. Hungry mouth against blood-coloured honey.

But then, one shall ask—what may be of rift beneath glass-frail perfection?

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Who was a CEO of community foundations, before greed, if not its prey? His downfall shall serve it the finest of delicacy. Charged with embezzlement and corruption, in 2008, Park Ilhan was then imprisoned. The sin he committed breathed its remains into Seongah's and Ilseong's veins, surging and fusing with their blood.

"No wonder why they can live and keep up with Gangnam's lavish style."
"THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED and hang themselves after subjecting so many lives to misery!"

Condemnations flooded akin to cloudburst and there was no fall in its flow, surging violently and dousing them wet with smouldering remnants of bleeding justice. Worriment grew and gobbled down Seongah therefrom. Palm would then rest upon her son's head. "For this love of mine for you is boundless and all I wish is none but your happiness, we ought to break loose from 'Park' henceforth."

An expanse of Busan Metropolitan City and a newly legalised name shall make a new home. Wan Ilseong, the son of the beauty and the beast, though the latter was not to be mentioned. Despite all, it refuted not the acrimony that had mingled with the flow of his blood. Ilseong grew with dreams of altars where he fell on his knees and reiterated prayers, begging for forgiveness that was impossible to be bequeathed. His father's misdeed was a hunt and his life was but its prey. He scampered only to be put behind irons of wickedness, to be grounded frozen in that of everlasting guilt. Then, would an offer of flesh and bones to your country do penance for the inherent sin you had been retaining, Ilseong?

"I don't know, but if I don't do this, I don't think I can remain alive."

What splayed before him was none other than a path fraught with thorns that would crown him blood. Be that as it may, was it not the price he ought to pray? To be a soldier, to be clothed in national-emblem-kissed shroud; his life may be of worth. Enlisted was he in Republic of Korea Army (ROKA), commissioned as second lieutenant to I Corps 'GWANGGAETO', 25th Infantry Division 'WYVERN'. He originally applied to Korean Augmentation To the United States Army (KATUSA), yet got disqualified in the process of random selection involving lottery. Goddess Fortuna smiled not on him.

In 2017, he got promoted to be first lieutenant and transferred to ROKA Special Warfare Command, enrolled in 707th Special Mission Group. Two years later (2019), Ilseong was subjected to tight surveillance due to his upcoming promotion as a captain. Nevertheless, mayhem was ravenous and knew no mercy—it would annihilate everything that dared linger in its way.

Goseong Fire of 2019, caused by a fall of extra high-voltage wire owned by certain corporation due to high winds, the investigators may dare say—yet what transpired behind the scene was very, very pale against their claim. It was a greed of men that sealed the doom of Goseong County. They deposited four cities altogether beneath tomb of roaring fire, securing their wicked intentions in embers of the living. It was sabotage orchestrated by a group of mercenaries, for they wished to thieve that which had been assigned to his unit. Biological weapons assembly, supposed to be guard safely to US military lab located at Pier 8 in the Port of Busan. A firestorm and bloodshed imposed on the entire unit, all was to obliterate pieces of evidence. And here you are wondering, what if one survived the fire, the bloodshed, and things that may play havoc with their life?

They would be brought and brainwashed; be made assets to secure certain people's future and prosperity.

Wan Ilseong did, but his soul was nowhere to be found. There existed only Yeon Changseok.

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GOD

WILD BEAST

GOD

WILD BEAST

GOD

WILD BEAST