442 Fall and Rise - XIII
"Let's quickly get the gifts, meanwhile I will contact my servants to make sure the preparations are done," Elena said.
They moved in the opposite direction towards the area that faced the open grassland.
Elena was messaging and making sure to gather information about Leonard as well at the same time. Knowing, that Kevin was excited about the surprise party, she didn't want anything to get in their way.
Around half an hour later, Kevin and the rest were coming out of the shop when they heard a lot of people gather around their faces looked anxious.
"What happened?" Kevin frowned.
Seeing the anxious look on people's faces, Kevin looked around and stopped one of the people.
"Hey, can you tell me what happened?" Kevin hurriedly asked the middle-aged man.
The man was in a hurry, but he couldn't get out of Kevin's grip he looked behind Kevin and could see the group of beautiful girls, but he could judge that they belonged to rich families judging from their attire and looks.
"A-A Red Gate has appeared and some young people have entered there," he said hurriedly.
"Let me go, I need to leave this place before that gate breaks," he said trying to remove Kevin's hand.
But Kevin let him go willingly, as he looked around in the direction where the man pointed.
"We need to check that place," Kevin said and immediately hurried to the place leaving the rest of them behind.
"Wait, Kevin!" Elena followed him, and Eva, Ria, and Lishia did the same.
Moving at a high speed, Kevin jumped over the buildings and saw the open grassland where a few people were standing in front of a Red Gate, and he rushed over.
"Hey, stop right there!" One of the Hunters said as he tried to stop Kevin who was rushing towards the gate.
"Who are you?" he immediately asked with a loud voice.
"Can you tell me about the situation here, I am a student from World Academy," Kevin tapped his ID Bracelet and showed the hunter present there his identity.
"Kevin Whiteheart!" The Hunter exclaimed as his voice gathered the attention of the others.
"Can you tell me what happened here?" Kevin asked again but his voice was louder.
"Ah, some people saw a group of young 17-18-year-olds enter this dungeon gate, and we were alerted as it transformed into a red gate," He explained.
"17-18-year-olds?" Kevin said as he frowned.
"Sir, they were wearing similar bracelets as the young man here," An old man pointed at Kevin as the Runemaster working on the Red Gate turned to look at Kevin.
Kevin who heard this frowned as the only people with similar bracelets like his ID Bracelet were the students of World Academy.
"Excuse me, you are a runemaster, right? Can you tell me about this red gate?" Kevin pushed the hunter aside easily and asked the Runemaster.
The Runemaster had heard the identity of the young man before him, Kevin Whiteheart who was famous across the world to be the best of his generation, so it was obvious that he couldn't ignore his words.
And following the rule of conduct where the Runemasters weren't allowed to withhold information regarding Yellow or Red Gates if a Hunter in a vicinity asked.
"There are 24 people limitations, and only 1 B Rank Hunter can enter, the rest have to be below B Rank," The Runemaster explained.
At this moment, Elena and the rest of the girls caught up with Kevin as they came closer.
"A Red Gate," Elena muttered as she looked at Kevin.
"It's not good guys, the people inside are the students of World Academy," Kevin looked at them.
"What?" Eva said out loud.
Out of nowhere a dungeon appeared in the Royal Capital, and it became a Red Gate that would break if it wasn't cleared soon, and it would result in a monster breaking out after a big explosion.
And to their shock, the people stuck inside were the students of World Academy.
Before Eva or anyone could think about the situation or do anything, Kevin took out his spear as he wore the artifacts.
"I am going in," Kevin said as he pushed everyone aside with his B Rank Mana.
"NO! Kevin, it's too dangerous," Elena held back Kevin's hand.
She wasn't sure if Leonard Tarvian was involved in this or not, but she wasn't going to let Kevin enter the Red Gate.
A Gate that would never open until the Boss or the Altar was destroyed, that's the only way of making sure the Red Gate disappeared.
"We can't leave them there Elena!" Kevin said as he looked at her.
"There is only 1 B Rank Hunter who can enter, and I am the only one here who can fight at a higher level than my rank," Kevin said.
"Wait, we can't let you guys enter this gate," The Hunter presented their tried to stop them.
"We are still in the process of requesting support from the Guilds," He tried to explain.
But Kevin knew that official procedures would take time and he was confident in himself. He had entered Dungeons so many times and fought against monsters, and above all he was confident in his abilities.
As the strongest student of the year, and also the person who was called the Greatest Talent of his generation, it would be shameful if he turned his back here.
"It would be too late," Kevin used his mana to push everyone back.
His mana already rivaled B Rank Hunters and could even compare to B+ Rank Hunters even without using lightning aura.
A bit far from their location, a couple of masked men were observing all this.
"Kevin Whiteheart is there?" A voice came out of the communication device one of them was holding.
"Should we stop them from entering Young Master?" One of them asked.
After a moment of silence,
"No, let them enter and keep blocking all lines of communication,"
"As you wish," They all replied in sync.
Soon enough a few of them spread around as they circled the area to make sure no one who wasn't part of their plan entered the Dungeon.
In another part of the Royal Capital,
Leonard turned off the communication device as he started walking the busy streets while attracting a lot of gazes due to his looks.
"Hmm, things got a bit interesting," Leonard muttered.
Kevin Whiteheart wasn't part of their plan, but now that he was somehow involved there was a chance thing wouldn't go as smoothly as possible.
"But even he wouldn't be able to stop that enhancer," Leonard said to himself.
Unlike the ones that were available on the market or were going to be introduced in the future, this particular enhancer was something no one was aware of apart from a select few.
At the same time, Leonard looked at the notification he had just received.
"Our guest has arrived finally," Leonard said out loud as he turned around.
Inside the Dungeon,
"What should we do Alan?" One of the students shouted as he used his magic to kill another monster.
Alan clenched his teeth as he didn't know what was going on.
"Shut up! Let me think," Alan shouted.
The portal's disappearance and the slight change in the dungeon's environment was a clear sign that the Dungeon had changed into a Red Gate.
However, the chances of anything like a Blue Gate turning into a Red Gate were extremely rare.
But right now, Alan could only curse his luck as he and the rest of the students were stuck in the dungeon.
"Doesn't that mean the Rank of the Dungeon will fluctuate?" One of them pointed out.
"Dammit! I shouldn't have entered,"
"Calm down, we just need to move forward!" Alan shouted again.
This time he let out his mana to assert his dominance over others.
"Move forward? We should just wait for someone to send help, even if it's a Red Gate they might still be able to enter," One of them stepped up.
"So what?" Alan countered.
"They will still spawn at the other end of the Dungeon," Alan said.
"The portal has disappeared they will not meet us until we reach the Altar area," Alan explained.
"Yeah, he is right,"
"That makes sense,"
Alan looked at the faces and he could finally convince them to move with him.
Even if things went wrong, Alan knew that he needed to go forward with the plan, and to ensure that his safety was guaranteed, he needed all of their support.
And if the support from outside was able to enter inside, the plan would fail.
'I need to deal with that bitch before they get inside,' Alan thought in his head.
He knew Alyssa was already inside the dungeon, and he was not going to slow down and let the plans they made fall.
'If things get dicey, I can just use them as bait,' Alan thought in his head.
