assistirfilmes Chapter 2: The Black Gate
Chapter 2: The Black Gate
Chapter 2: The Black Gate
A gate opened in the middle of Seoul but this in itself is not a rare occurrence.
Since Jamsil Gate, Namyangju Gate, Songdo Gate, and others opened across the district 30 years ago, gates in the middle of the city have become commonplace.
The problem is the grade of the gate.
“Black.......”
An “out of specification” rating that is not even considered by the World Hunter Association’s official measurement scale.
Since it is measured by the amount of energy inside the gate, it boasts a 99.9% hit rate.
The Korean Hunter Association was prepared for this. They asked the World Hunter Association for support and asked the country’s leading hunter guilds to enter the gate.
“Fucking assholes... This is the only time they’re busy.”
“It’s not the first time the Hunter Guilds have done this.”
Hunter Han Ha-ri, a member of the Hunter Association, made an expression of disbelief at the words of Kim Jin-soo.
A Black Gate had appeared after 13 years but the big domestic guilds refused to enter and took a wait-and-see approach.
No wonder. The scarlet color of the A-ranked gate alone would cause countless casualties. But a black, non-standard gate that was beyond S-grade?
None of the major guilds wanted to consume their precious power on a gate with an unmeasurable risk.
In the end, the government-affiliated Hunter’s Association was forced to take matters into their own hands.
The vanguard would enter first, assess the danger, and return with as much information as possible to distribute to the larger guilds.
This was the standard method, as it gave players a huge advantage if they had the right information. The problem is the vanguard, which must enter without any prior information.
“Ha-ri...are you okay?”
Chief Kim looked worriedly at Ha-ri, who had followed him as the Hunter Association’s vanguard.
It was a dangerous reconnaissance mission and the association was so determined that they would only select applicants and leave them with a suicide note.
It was a shame that a promising new member of the Association, barely twenty years old, would be sent to such a place.
“It’s okay, I’m the only A-class hunter among the applicants, we should have at least one decent fighter.”
“Even so.......”
Class A Hunters are definitely a big deal. On top of that, the Hunter Association didn’t even have any Class A Hunters since hunters that talented would have joined the sinful guilds.
“For the safety of the citizens and the well-being of the country! Isn’t that the motto of our association?”
“......silly girl.”
She’s one of the Association’s few up-and-comers.
On modern Earth, where the big guilds have siphoned off talent, Hunters who want to become state employees are usually D-or C-class.
She was barely a B-class.
An A-class hunter prospect who applied to join such an association as soon as he graduated from the academy. If she was trained well, she could become the only S-class Hunter outside of the Association’s president.
Part of him wanted to tell her to go back for the sake of her future, but the strength of the vanguard is too low to send her back as it is.
This is the first Black Gate in 13 years. It was a selection mission that required S-class hunters, not A-class hunters, and yet there was only one A-class Hunter, Ha-ri.
“Huh... Let’s hope we make it back alive.”
-We’re going in, everyone, get ready!
* * * *
“Hmm... a field gate.”
The inside of the gate was a mess.
Some of the gates were ravaged, as if they had been destroyed, but the black gate the Association vanguard entered was beyond their imagination.
First, the sky turned crimson but the crimson color of the sky was not the color of the setting sun. It was an eerie red, as if the sky had been turned upside down.
There wasn’t a blade of grass on the ground. The ground is so barren and desolate that you wonder if this place ever really had life.
“My God, I’ve never seen a gate like this before. Where the hell are we?”
“Relax, Ha-ri. An Unmeasurable Gate hasn’t been opened in 13 years so we don’t know what we’ll find.”
“I know... but what is there in this world that can’t be measured?”
“I don’t know... Isn’t there some kind of high-level demon?”
“Don’t be so negative.”
It was then that a message flew to Ha-ri and the other Hunters from the Association.
[Gate Mission]
A mission system window that was created after Gates appeared in the world and Hunters awakened their magic.
It is a valuable system that informs Hunters who enter a Gate of the minimum information about the Gate and the goal of clearing it.
“Chief....”
“Fuck.......”
However, the Hunters who checked the system window had pale complexions and shivered.
[Hunt all demons]
Demons remaining: 117 / ????????
“Demons.......”
A race that occasionally appeared in high-grade gates among the countless gates.
Six years ago, a high-level demon, Kanbala, appeared at the Vermilion Grade Gate and killed a Korean S-class Hunter, Ko Jin-hyuk.
The appearance of the Great Demon Skazakari or a monarch-level demon in China 22 years ago always caused a terrible disaster.
“What...?”
Ha-ri scrambles to the ground, her mind racing as she realizes what has happened.
“What the hell.......”
Something had fallen, and Ha-ri recognized it instantly.
“Ah.......”
Something huge came into view as a torn wing, an axe far beyond human size with rotten skin and a gaze that she didn’t want to see, even in her dreams appeared.
“Ahhh.......”
An Archdemon, the nightmare of the Demon Gate that tore even S-class Hunters alive.
“Move aside, lesser ones, before I kill you all!”
The demon overwhelmed the Hunters with a creepy sonic boom and the Hunters dared not move, stifled by the aura he emitted.
“Off, it’s over.”
Unmoving legs and rushing breaths, despair and fear overwhelmed them all.
“Oh, no. If he crosses over to Earth.......”
It has to be stopped. If a monster like that causes a dungeon break in the middle of Seoul... ten million citizens will be in danger!
“No.”
Ha-ri raised her sword. She dragged her unmoving legs forcibly and stood in the face of irresistible despair.
“A lowly human being...!”
The Archdemon clicked his tongue at the sight of Ha-ri before him, but strangely enough, the only emotion she felt was urgency.
“Move, bug!”
He throws a light blow, literally shooing the bug away but Ha-ri focused all of her magic to block the blow and.......
“Huh?!”
With a single blow, she bounced all the way to the gate.
“Black...!”
The ground, which had become a weapon in itself, slashed at Ha-ri’s body, and she realized with a single blow that she stood no chance against the Archdemon.
“Hmph.......”
As the dying embers flickered precariously, a figure stopped in front of her. At first, she thought it was Chief Kim, but then she realized it was the Association’s Hunters, immobilized by the power of the Archdemon.
Director Kim, a veteran, was also frozen in place as the Archdemon’s head rolled on the ground.
“Huh?”
Rolling in front of her right now...is that the head of the Archdemon that had just destroyed her?
“No, Lionheart King! No! No!”
The Archdemon screams in agony as his body burns from the cut but he wasn’t the only one, the demons around him were also shivering in fear.
“Huh?”
The Archdemon’s appearance was strange. In the recorded footage, the Archdemon was spitting out curses against humanity, heralding its resurrection, as it always did.
But what about the one in front of her?
“No! No! The holy law...! My soul... is... extinguished!”
It screams and struggles desperately, as if it’s actually facing death.
“Ah.......”
I get it.
The demons aren’t here to cause a dungeon break. They were rushing the gate in a desperate attempt to survive... to get away from someone.
Who? Who could make those brutal demons, those infinitely resurrecting demons, tremble?
“This is the last of you.”
It was a naked man.
Am I seeing things?
A man who wore nothing but his bare body and the hilt of a worn longsword. And yet, the light from his halo is graciously holy and brilliant.
“Rise, brave one.”
The words are archaic, almost dignified, coming from the mouth of a madman.
The tone, the demeanor, the posture...everything overrode the man’s attire.
Just hearing the voice rekindled the dying embers.
“Ha, ha, ha.......”
What the hell is this? What the hell is the man in front of me.......?
“Now is not the time to go down... stand up and fight back.”
Just hearing his voice made me feel empowered as a surge of energy and vitality lifted my injured body.
“You... who are you?”
In response to Ha-ri’s question, the brilliant blonde man spoke with a stern expression.
“I am the Lionheart King, King of the Holy Knights and agent of the Will of the Pantheon. I am Leon Dragonia Lionheart.”
The man raised his sword.
[All the demons were slain]
Demons remaining: 0 / ????????