Smoke of the Apocalypse
In the world of the future, monstrous beings known as "Calamities" run rampant. This is the apocalypse, but also a golden age of awakened powers. For a hundred years, war has raged without end—fields
All things arise from causes and yield their effects; what is owed must ultimately be repaid.
In the year 2936 AD, Earth’s resources were nearly exhausted. After fruitless attempts to reach into the cosmos, a scientist’s groundbreaking invention became a turning point in human history.
An artificial black hole shattered the boundaries of time and space. Humanity glimpsed a new world—though not the paradise of endless ores and oil-rich riverbeds they had hoped for.
"Calamities"—that was the name given to the unique beings that poured in from the breached parallel world. To call them living creatures would be inaccurate; they were monsters. Their sustenance was not food as humans understood it—they fed on human flesh.
No one knew what they had eaten before the two worlds overlapped, but after their arrival, one thing became certain: they devoured people.
Instead of finding paradise, humanity had opened the gates of hell, unleashing a horde of man-eating demons.
Yet, whether by divine mercy or sheer fortune, when the Calamities crossed over, an unprecedented wave of radiation accompanied them—a radiation with a unique and variable frequency. A small number of humans, exposed to this energy, awakened extraordinary abilities. In the struggle against Calamities, these powers far surpassed the destructive force and combat prowess of any known human weapon. Five years under the Calamities’ dominion passed before humanity could finally mount a resistance. The energy that fueled these abilities was systematically categorized into seven