The Unknown Mercenary Episode 1

Chapter 1 Prologue of the story: The Hidden War

What if monsters had been living by your side all along, without you ever knowing?

What if the creatures of folklore—the manananggal, tiyanak, wakwak, kapre, and countless others—were not just stories whispered around campfires, but real beings who had walked the earth for centuries? What if they had blended seamlessly into human society, hiding their true forms behind masks of flesh and bone, waiting in silence for their moment to rise?

Living Among Monsters

To the outside world, the pandemic Covid 2020 was a tragedy of illness and death. But beneath the surface, a hidden war raged. Monsters walked among humans, disguised and dangerous. Those who had awakened to their monstrous nature concealed their identities carefully, blending into society to avoid detection.

The mercenaries knew the truth. They fought not only to slay monsters but to uncover the conspiracy behind the vaccine and the forces seeking to revive the monster era.

For generations, humanity lived unaware, sharing streets, homes, and lives with these ancient predators. The monsters kept to the shadows, their existence a secret guarded by a select few—mercenaries chosen by mysterious spirits to protect mankind from the darkness. These mercenaries were the unseen shield, the last line of defense against a threat most could not fathom.

Then came the pandemic.

In late 2019, a novel coronavirus emerged, spreading rapidly across the globe. The world was unprepared for the scale of devastation it would bring. Cities emptied, economies stalled, and fear gripped every corner of the planet. By the time the virus had claimed seven million lives out of the eight billion people on Earth, humanity was desperate for a solution.

The United Nations, in a rare moment of global unity, announced the release of a vaccine—promising salvation, a return to normalcy. Millions lined up to receive the shot, hopeful that the nightmare would soon end.

But the vaccine was not what it seemed.

The world doesn’t know that the vaccine’s formula had been secretly altered. Mixed into its life-saving compounds was a forbidden ingredient: the blood of ancient monsters, imbued with a curse as old as time. This was no accident. It was a calculated move by an unknown group—a shadowy cabal determined to revive the decreasing numbers of the monster clans, whose presence had been fading for decades and centuries.

For generations, the monsters had hidden among humans, their kind hunted and nearly driven to extinction by mercenaries and protectors. Their numbers had dwindled, their power waning. But now, with the world distracted and desperate, the unknown group seized their chance to restore the monsters’ reign.

Those who received the vaccine began to change. Some transformed into powerful, mutated monsters, their bodies twisted and enhanced beyond human limits. Some died, their bodies unable to contain the monstrous power surging through their veins. Others became hybrids—mutated beings caught between two worlds, neither fully human nor fully monster.

This was the secret war beneath the pandemic—a war for the future of humanity and the resurgence of the monster clans. And as the world reeled from one disaster to the next, the true battle was only just beginning.

The monsters unleashed chaos. They tore through cities and countrysides alike, spreading destruction and death. In a matter of months, three-quarters of the world’s population was wiped out. Governments fell, societies crumbled, and the survivors were left to fend for themselves in a world ruled by fear.

But humanity was not without hope.

From the shadows emerged the mercenaries—those ancient protectors who had long fought in secret. Marked by mysterious symbols and granted superhuman abilities, these warriors took up arms against the monstrous tide. They hunted the creatures relentlessly, offering the remaining humans a brief moment of respite.

This is their story.

This is the revelation of the unknown untold story.