Chapter 15: S rank portal
Chapter 14
"It’s an S-rank portal! It’s red—emergency classification!"
The scout’s voice cracked through the hall like lightning, panic riding on every word. In the dim-lit outpost just outside the eastern zone, his shout instantly shifted the air. Guards jolted upright from their posts, crystals flickering alive across the wall, pulsing with red hue as they all released mana into them, the universal sign of catastrophe.
"Quick! Alert Black Veil Guild!"
The communication rune flared with urgency as the alert was sent directly to the guild tower located in the capital. It wasn’t just any guild. Black Veil specialized in high-risk portal containment. Made up almost entirely of A-rank and S-rank hunters, it was one of the very few that had government-level clearance to deal with S-rank portals.
And within seconds the message was sent, they responded.
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Ten hunters gathered at the portal base zone where crimson light bled into the sky from the swirling red portal in the distance. The ground around it had already begun to decay. Grass withered, air thinned. It wasn’t stable, a sign of powerful high level beasts lurking inside.
S-rank Fire Hunter - Rael Vorn stood at the front of the team. His crimson cloak fluttered gently with each breath of wind. His arms, sleeveless, bore burn scars that shimmered like runes in the light. Rael wasn’t just fire, as a high-tier fire realm user, he wielded advanced elemental techniques, including lightning blaze, meteor lash, and soul combustion.
Beside him was his long-time companion and fellow fire realm S-rank:
S-rank Fire Hunter - Nyra Cael, younger but no less deadly. With dark skin and braided crimson hair, she specialized in swift strikes and chain-fire techniques. Her mastery over high-speed flame control made her infamous for melting enemies before they even saw her move.
The third among the elites was: