CHAPTER 16: MISSION GATE

Gates; one of the many things unnatural things that had appeared after the great cataclysm. It is an entrance to small, fragmented dimensions that houses different types of living beings that are hostile to humans.

There are two types of gates; the dungeon-type gate that requires killing the boss monster present in the gate for it to collapse (they are ranked from SSS to F) and the mission-type gate.

The mission gate required the Megas that entered it to complete an objective or die trying… there is a third option of killing every single monster in the dungeon to force the dungeon to collapse, but it was not a highly recommended idea (they are also ranked from SSS to F, with SSS being the highest rank and F being the lowest rank).

The gates were one of the things that could throw the world into ruins at any moment, they could appear anywhere, and at any time, and if they weren't dealt with within a month of their materialization, then the inhabitants of the gate could break out and come into the world of Leivandage to wreak havoc.

Yet, the presence of gates was one of the main reasons why Leivandage hadn't plunged into war. After various research and continuous gate clearings, all the inhabitants of the world (both new and old) realized that the gates had a deeper threat than they seemed to let off. A threat so mysterious, yet so seemingly dangerous, they couldn't afford to be caught in a war of hegemony over the new world and then later be caught lacking if and when the threat decides to strike.

That, and many other things, is why the world hadn't descended into a mad free-for-all war among all the various intelligent species now present in this new world of Leivandage.

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"Shit," Davies sighed as he realized what happened as he saw his status screen pop out.

"What's happening?" Arnim's voice came from behind Davies, he sounded a little freaked out at the chains appearing on the gate and locking it up, preventing their exit.

"It can't be right?" a black-haired, black-eyed boy by the name of Jonas Edge, asked, unsettled by their situation.

"Shit, it's a mission gate," Teresa also realized their situation, and it didn't look good for them.

"Mission gate or whatever, I can take on all the monsters here without breaking a sweat," Anthony Joshua said boastfully.

"... err, what is a mission gate?" Tisha, the enthusiastically smiling blue-haired girl asked with a pondering look on her face as if she had never even heard those words in her life.

"..." everyone in her group looked at her with shocked eyes before their faces changed to realization as if it were to be expected.

While all this was happening, Davies was still lost in his thoughts, with his back turned to them, 'Just as I thought this day could not get any worse…' he thought as he rubbed between his brow, his eyes darting around at the snow-covered area all around them, as even though he was deep in thought, he hadn't dropped his guard.

[Fate really doesn't like you at all, or is it your luck that is shit?] Miya said, but even she was shocked at this turn of events. Mission gates were so rare that the number of mission gates that humanity had found out about wasn't up to a hundred in the eighty years since the cataclysm.

Though the number of mission gates that had appeared was probably more, as humans could not explore every single gate that had appeared, not to mention that humans only occupied a small part of Leivandage, and gates appeared in other lands that belonged to other species.

'That doesn't matter right now, can you sense the new rank of this gate?' Davies ignored her question and asked as he needed to know the new danger level as even though he was quite strong and was able to easily defeat Joshua, compared to the more dangerous existences in Leivandage, he was an ant that could be easily swatted to death, so he didn't dare to underestimate anything or anyone that could be a danger to his life.

[The rank of the gate has elevated from D-rank to a B-rank] Miya told him after sensing the mana in the atmosphere of the gate.

'B-rank huh? It's not that bad, while I can't say it's as easy as slicing through butter with a hot knife, it's not dangerous enough for me to fear for my life… unless the gate's mission is annoyingly unreasonable,' Davies thought deeply, bringing his hand to his chin,'

'The only problem is the kids, I wouldn't mind leaving them to their own devices while I focus on the gate's mission, they could die for all I care, but… since they are a part of the Imperium League and by extension work for me, it'd be a waste to let them die uselessly here,'

'Can't have my investments wasted,' Davies thought as he turned to look at them as they argued among themselves, forgetting that they were in a gate.

"I don't know whether to be impressed by the fact that you are not pissing your pants in this situation, or to be stunned by your idiocy," Davies said, loud enough for them to hear, thereby interrupting their conversation.

The B-Squad looked over at their "new captain" after hearing his words,

"Be impressed," Jack Ryan said with a bold smile, earning silent appreciation from his comrades for being able to talk back to Davies.

"Nah… I think I'm more stunned at your stupidity," Davies replied with a blank stare.

"You guys are presently in a B-rank mission gate, and while we can argue that this was unexpected, you didn't bother to survey the area to look if any enemies are in the vicinity,"

"You didn't bother to check the mission that you'd have to complete to leave this place, neither did you even bother to consider your surroundings' current climate as I fail to see how you plan to survive just a few hours at a temperature below zero in those clothes,"

"...and worst of all, you even began to cause a racket, virtually attracting any monster that is around this area to yourselves while you are not even prepared," Davies stated all their major mistakes, but didn't bother going into more details as now wasn't the time for such lessons, not to mention, he wasn't really all that interested in babysitting the little group.

Their faces turned ugly as they realized that everything, he said was right, but they didn't get the time to ponder much on his words or even make corrections as their status screens rang out.

Gate mission#

Kill 10000 monsters.

"Ah shit, fate really is a cold-hearted bitch…" Davies felt a headache coming as he read those words.

**Meanwhile, outside the gate. Somewhere in Yorkshire city**

Inside a rundown house in a terrible neighborhood, Lee Jung could be seen raging around inside the self-contained room that he hadn't managed to pay the rent for in the last 3 months, "How dare that bastard fire me for something that wasn't even my fault,"

"How could he be so unreasonable to expect me to use my body to protect his car…"

"Ahhh… I'm not reconciled! He is even forcing Miss Jessica to go out with him,"

"I wish I had the power to go against people like him,"

"I'll trample on him…" Lee Jung was in the middle of his ranting fantasies when a sudden voice from inside his head interrupted him,

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