What Kinds of Gates Are There?

"Is this Pyongyang?"

I'd heard it was the capital of North Korea, but the atmosphere brought the word desolate to mind.

Especially from the sky, there was a truly enormous Gate where some sort of government building might once have stood, and the surrounding buildings and landscape had long since become ruins.

Even the bridge connecting the two banks of the river had collapsed.

"Even if we deal with the other Gates, we're in trouble if we can't do anything about that biggest one. The mana coming from that super-large Gate is creating the other Gates."

"...Was the Gate black?"

"That's right. Damn, this is why I said we should hurry up, beat the boss, and smash the core. They kept making a fuss about how much there was to harvest and telling us to leave it alone..."

"But why is it black instead of red?"

The super-large Gate in Pyongyang was enormous, but something about it must have changed. Unlike the others, its entrance had turned black, and it was giving off an ominous aura.

Meanwhile, Han Mi-reu tilted her head, wondering why it was "black" instead of "red."...