*2 weeks after the awakening, every country except Thiren decided that they will have a meeting with each other two times in a year to share the information about the Apocalypse. It was possible to show the Apocalypse manual to others and to make sure that no misinformation is spread it was done by first taking an oath in the name of Gaya. If anyone shows forged manual after taking the oath, they will lose their awakening provided by Gaya.
Today was the day of the first meeting and it was held in the country of Yishtar. Yishtar is a neighbouring country of Zekron and is one of the richest countries in the world. The people who represented their countries were either the NSS head of the country or a top Guild leader. No one had entered a gate above D rank yet, so none of them had any new information, they just exchanged pleasantries and the plans to tackle the situation. The only thing worth mentioning was that every gate discovered till now was circular in shape and was colourless. It was assumed since there is no specific colour of mana therefore the gate was colourless as well since it’s made of mana.
Although nothing much came out of the meeting, it was still a good experience since it was the first time so many countries had gathered together for a common cause. But three countries were absent in the meeting. All three of them were the neighbouring countries of Thiren, according to the information shared by the country of Abrel, all three of them were now under the control of CoT. With this CoT had control over the whole continent where these countries were situated. Everyone agreed that CoT is now a threat that cannot be ignored anymore but since there will be a loss of manpower if they were to wage war, they decided to stabilize their own countries for now.
Zekron declared that they would enter the C rank gate which opened in the market of Gynova (Capital of Zekron). The raid was scheduled on 8th March 2024 i.e., two days after the meeting. This was the first time anyone decided to go for a C rank Gate. The time taken by Gates to break is different depending on their rank. F rank Gates break in 6 hours after spawning, E ranks break in 3 days, D ranks break in 11 days, C ranks break in 3 weeks, B ranks break in 4 months, A ranks break in a year, and it is unknown when a S rank gate breaks in, but it will take more than 3 years at the very least. This was only a speculated time given by Gaya, but since the time taken by D, E and F rank gates matched the speculation, everyone started preparing accordingly. One more thing to notice was that after entering a gate you cannot exit until all monsters are dead. This is why no one has entered high-ranked gates yet.
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The awakeners who will be participating in the raid are – Kristina, Joren and other members of their guild. Although D, E and F gates so far were not much of a threat to A/S ranks, the since nothing was known yet about C rank gates, the two of them decided to work together. And as a measure against unforeseen dangers, Deathbringer and ACZ decided not to take part in the raid to ensure the safety of the country. So far, the monsters which were discovered in the D, E and F rank gates are Goblins, Spearmen, Spider-like monsters, Snake-like monsters, Kobolds, Lizardmen etc. It was assumed that C rank gates might contain a new species of monster.
After 6 hours, the raid team came out of the gate and the gate closed for an hour. After defeating the boss and all the monsters in a gate, the gate closes on its own in an hour. An hour is enough to mine the materials from the gate. It’s almost as if the apocalypse gave humanity that time to mine the materials on purpose. The raid was declared successful. There were no casualties. Joren and Kristina gave a briefing on the raid in a press conference. There was a new species of monster discovered, but it was more like an advanced species of goblin. Hobgoblins and Shaman goblins were discovered. They were significantly stronger than normal goblins and shaman goblins were able to use magic, unlike normal goblins. Unlike the D, E and F rank gates, this gate had a boss monster area. Although it wasn’t much of a threat since there was an S rank in the raid team.
After that, everyone got a rough idea of the apocalypse. And within the next 2 weeks, every country was in a very stable state compared to the chaos which happened a few days ago. Awakeners were clearing the gates in order to prevent gate-breaks. Gates still spawn at random places. So, everyone is busy making sure that tragedy like the day of the apocalypse doesn’t happen once more.*
[ Updated information on Apocalypse Manual:
D, E, F Rank Gates: These gates don’t have any boss area. There are just a number of monsters in these. The number increases as we go from F to D and its strength also increases accordingly. There are mana stones and items found in these gates, although their quality isn’t good compared to the ones found in the C rank gates.
C Rank Gates: Advanced monsters are found in these gates. These monsters resemble the ones found in the lower rank gates. Monsters from lower rank gates can also be found here. There’s a boss area here. And the boss is the leader of the species found in that gate. There are mana stones and items found in these gates which are of high quality. Items found after defeating the boss are also quite useful.]