About fifty people had been mobilized from the Northern Army Guild, including Choi Yeong-Seong, Choi Yong-Su, and Jeong In-Chang. Roughly sixty more were drafted from the other small and medium-sized guilds as well as individual Hunters. Including Lee Jun-Kyeong, a total of one hundred and eleven Hunters had entered the Rhine River Gate.

‘The Rhine River Gate.’

As the dungeon that had given birth to the Hero Gunther, people talked about the Rhine River Gate quite frequently in the future. Like it was mentioned before, the gate had been measured as a B-Grade. However…

[Due to the Gate’s characteristics, the Gate’s mana measurement has changed.]

“What?”

“What did it just say?”

"Damn it!"

“I was never told about this!”

Numerous Hunters who had already entered the Rhine River Gate began to raise their voices at the sudden announcement.

Someone shrieked, “This is impossible! The numbers… it has turned into a B+ Grade!”

Another gasped, “What did you say?”

Fortunately, some Hunters must have entered the gate with a Gate Grader. The gate had changed its mana rating as soon as they had entered into a B+. As a gate that had increased in power to contain a +, it was a given that it had a much higher level of difficulty than a B-Grade. The higher the grade, the more the difficulty would compound, even more exponentially, as the level rose. So naturally, confusion began to spread amongst the Hunters.

‘It’s a little early to fall into despair…’

Lee Jun-Kyeong looked at the Hunters, who were panicking. There was no way that the viciousness of the Rhine Gate would only amount to this. It was too early to be surprised and distressed.

[The gate’s trait has been activated.]

[The entrance to the gate has been blocked.]

No Hunters, regardless of who they were,...