Maximus gasped heavily after he had lost his breath from the horror of what had happened earlier. He could not do anything as he had been on his knees since he fell in pain.

He examined his body inside out searching for injuries or problems because of what had happened before, strangely enough, nothing existed as if everything that happened was nothing more than an illusion or a dream.

'It can't be an illusion or a dream; does it have anything to do with the book? That damn book!'

He cursed the Book of Knowledge and insulted it in many ways until an idea passed through his mind like a fleeting spring breath. He remembered what was written on the last page of the book, which refused to open until he had mastered most of the book.

'Why now of all the time? Last page... Everything in the world has a price and even knowledge has a price that you must pay, whether you like it or not. Whenever you know about something you shouldn't know, you pay an appropriate price for that knowledge.'

The statement literally came true as if it knew what would happen in the future, adding to the doubt in Maximus' heart, which he immediately extinguished to avoid the possibility of an accident similar to what happened minutes earlier.

'Everything is in time; I will leave these thoughts in a corner of my mind until the time is right for them. I can't threaten the future of the world just because I want to know the answer.'

Maximus returned the cup of tea to the kitchen and went upstairs to his bedroom with one idea: at least the little ones should enter the gate tomorrow.

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The next morning, at eight o'clock in the morning, the stones glowed simultaneously and like the first time, they broke them and they were immediately in the teacher's office who was waiting for them.

'Good morning everyone, how did the two-day break go?'

'At best, my parents are sending you their thanks, teacher.'

'Me too.'

'....'

'....'

The situation lasted for a short time until Maximus stopped them to get to the point.

'You remember what I told you in our first meeting?'

'If you mean about prophecy and the like, then yes, we remember.'

The heavenly magician sighed and leaned on his desk as he explained the current situation to everyone.

'That was a lie. I wasn't able to tell you the truth before.'

'What!!? A lie...'

A deep sense of betrayal hit them like a stonewall. If the reason is not convincing to some extent, it will demolish the relationship that lasted a little more than a month.

'It's not a prophecy, I went back in time. Everything I've told you other than that is true.'

The feeling of betrayal turned into a deeper trauma than before... The tongue could not express the situation that even the mind has not yet accepted it.

'If I had told you this earlier, you wouldn't have believed it. There were no better solution. I have even more bad news for you.'

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'What could be worse than the current situation?'

'The catastrophe that have occurred in the future thirteen years from now.'

'What's bad about it?'

Orion posed a well-placed question, as this statement clarified neither the problem nor its essence.

'You're right, the problem is that the future has changed and the disaster is ten years ahead of expectations.'

The situation is turning for the worse, turning down into a much deeper abyss. As the dangerous information accumulated, their thinking speed slowed down considerably.

'Hmmm, is the situation under control or not? If it is under control, I don't think it is much of a trouble.'

Tai Min added a few words inquiring about the situation: if it were under control, there would be at least no major catastrophe.

'It can be said that it is under control at the moment. This cannot be guaranteed by the information I have.'

These few words brought great relief back, but it was not absolute relief, as there is no guarantee that the future will be safe at the moment.

'The plan is going very well so far. We can continue along this path without worrying about the future significantly.'

Words help comfort, but Maximus' current expressions did not support it. He appeared to them nervous and annoyed, as if he was still hiding something very serious that prevented him from resting. He gripped his hands behind his back firmly, his movements seemed stiff, and even his tone was somewhat different from usual.

"Something is not going well."

"Should we intervene or should we do nothing?"

Everyone stared at each other and none of them wanted to interfere with the teacher's affairs. Dante advised them not to interfere while Maximus was absent-minded. This wandering lasted for seconds and then returned to normal after remembering what awaited him.

'The rest of the training will take place in another world, the entrance to which is called the Bloody Gate. I won't supervise you then, each of you has to find his own way, that's why I was so harsh on you in training.'

'The Bloody Gate... Gate... Bloody... Was that you that day, Master?'

'You seem to have an excellent memory, little Eric. It's me and it has to do with my preoccupation yesterday.'

"The teacher wasn't just training us; he had many other duties to ensure the safety of the world."

Maximus sighed due to the noise and then clapped once and silence fell in an instant, the 'mute' technique of assassin kings.

'We'll go now without further delay, I'll tell you more later.'

Maximus mediated the disciples who stood in a ring around him to activate the long-range teleportation spell. Its color differed from the usual spell, which contained mainly orange colors as well as many green symbols. Its color gradually turned from orange to red until it became dark as blood, the spell became troubled and began to spin on the floor.

"Is it under control? If the teacher does not say anything, it is no problem... Isn't it?"

Several thoughts came to the minds of the disciples, as the spell seemed to those who saw it as a time bomb about to explode. Her spin speed increased dramatically and then stopped in an instant making a terrible sound, the sound of dozens screaming from a very distant place that was audible from the spell that was glowing fiercely on the wooden floor of the office.

'The spell is ready, close your eyes so you don't get hurt, this spell is different.'

They closed their eyes on demand, the sound of one knock on the wood was audible and then the air was completely different.

'You can open your eyes now, welcome to the Gate Island. An island isolated from the world as it lies two thousand miles off the southeast coast of the continent, no one has ever set foot before you for at least hundreds of years.'

'The atmosphere is so terrible, even the smell of blood can be found in the air.'

'It's the gate effects on the island; let's head towards the gate now.'

With a snap of his fingers he teleported them from the shore towards a cave in the center of the island.

A cave with one entrance with the shape of an arch a few meters in diameter, above the entrance, there was a fairly large tree, but what distinguished it was not its size but its appearance, a tree with grayish-white bark and leaves between two colors, fiery orange and bloody red. Its roots extended to an important part of the hill as well as into the interior of the cave, covering the entire interior. In the middle of the cave is a magic gate made up of the same roots and inside it is a bloody red smoke that does not dissipate and cannot be touched, it is the bloody gate...