Chapter 69: CHAPTER 69 – The Special S-Rank Gate.
"I see why it's called a special gate now..."
Alex spoke as he observed the special S-rank gate in from him.
Unlike normal gates where the color of the gate could tell the rank and the base could tell the terrain, this gate had nothing at its base, rather, it was floating 2 meters above the ground.
It was indigo in color, clearly telling everyone that it was an S-ranked gate, but there was no indication of terrains, which was not normal, and anything that was not normal was weird.
If something is weird then it's special and dangerous, that's how it has always been when it came to gates.
Alice, Ann, Noctura, and Alex were walking together, while Frank and his group were right behind them, followed by a group of healers that were led by Nick.
This was the line-up for the raid and even though the Raiders from Crimson Lotus were scared they still followed the orders.
Other than Frank who was confident to survive in the gate with his S-rank powers (He thinks that), others were scared and it could be seen in their eyes.
Everyone in the world knew what had happened to the people who entered the other Special S-rank gate. Many people died in the gate as they tried to scout the gate and that's what they were supposed to do in this gate- Scout.
When they heard that they got a scouting mission from the Association this time, everyone in the guild was happy but the happy atmosphere broke like fragile glass when they heard that the gate they were supposed to scout was the only S-rank special gate present in this world right now.
Now some of you would have a question – What do you mean this time?
To answer that question, the Association allocates a task to every guild one by one and those tasks are compulsory to do for public security. After all, the Association owns much more place in the country than any other guild could dream of, and it can't look after all of them.
So, the Association gives out some of its work for the guilds to do and the guilds have to do it for free and the only rewards they can get are the boss drop and the mid-boss drop, that's all. Anything other than that goes directly into the Association's pocket.
The guilds can deny some tasks if they don't like it or if they think that it's not worth it for them. But that can only be done twice as they have to accept whatever task they were given the third time.
The Association had the power to threaten the guilds and although Stephan was dead it still had that power, that's the only reason why the Association is still not destroyed.
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Alice stood on the stair-like platform attached to the gate.
The gate was 2 meters high in the Air after all, and even though a raider could just jump in it, wasn't it better to just create a stair? Yes, it was.
Alice stood atop the platform with Alex and Ann on either side and although Frank looked at Alex with hateful eyes, he could just do that as it was supposed to be his place and he was the one who stood there before Alex came.
To everyone else, it was normal as Alex was the honorary guild master which gave him similar standing to the guild master. As for Ann, well, everyone knew that she was Alice's secretary.
Alice looked and everyone and spoke with a serious expression.
"Remember to stay together, no one is supposed to wander out alone, and the most important thing is to always stay on high alert.
We are entering an unknown territory with no prior information about it, so you better be ready for some not-so-good surprises.
Let's enter, shall we?"
The raiders of Crimson Lotus, although scared, still followed their guild master's lead, and shouted.
"YES!!"
Every one of them gave a last glance at the crowd of unconscious reporters and raiders in the surroundings and finally entered the gate.
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The media had been very busy for a while as there had been many things going on in the world, but just when things were calming down a bit they heard another piece of information that could be turned into breaking news.
The information said that the Crimson Lotus guild which is one of the top guilds in the Orange Country if not the world was given the task of scouting the only S-ranked Special gate in this world.
But the thing was that they didn't even deny the task and accepted it without a problem.
This raised many questions and many speculations, but overall it was a hit breaking news that was still sitting on top of the trending news list.
Every news channel wanted to be the first one to get answers from Alice. That was the reason they arrived in front of the gate, and tried to intercept the Crimson guild members and Alice before they entered the gate.
The reporters being what they are, directly jumped on the guild's bus just as they arrived, it was hard for the members of Crimson Lotus to even come out of the bus, but they somehow did.
As they got out of the bus, the raiders from the Crimson Lotus Guild tried to talk it out with the reporters to make way, but the reporters didn't listen, instead, they started making commotion just then a voice was heard.
A single word, that sounded calm and deadly at the same time.
The voice was domineering, overbearing, calm, serene, and commanding. The voice was so powerful that it even made the Air in the surrounding still.
"Enough."
It was not a shout or an exclamation, but a simple word. However, for the reporters, be it normal unawakened humans or raiders, it felt like a bloodthirsty beast looking at them.
It was getting hard for them to breathe as they felt the air around them getting heavy, when suddenly an unawakened reporter fell to the ground, unconscious.
Slowly each and every reporter lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
It started from the weakest reporter and the last to fall was a B-rank raider who worked as a reporter. But just before he fell unconscious, he scanned the members of Crimson Lotus Guild as if printing their image in his mind, until his eyes were shut and he was on the ground, unconscious.
However, their camera that was still working recorded everything, and to the camera, instead of looking like a bloodthirsty beast the owner of the voice looked more like a prince that would save the princess from the bloodthirsty beasts.
At that moment when the video was streamed live, many females, be it a young child or old granny, fell for a single guy. Unlike the reporters who fell on the ground, they fell on him, and that guy in question was none other than Alex.
However, neither Alex nor the guild members of Crimson Lotus knew about this as they were facing their first challenge right after they entered the gate.
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