First Gate Experience

Gate Nightmare Creatures (Fan art by Santimm)

## Participants

* Mongrel
* 6 other Awakened

* Master Jet
* Cavalry

Sunny:

* Large amount of Shadow fragments
* Several memories
* Learned new battle style

This is Sunny's first battle experience outside a Gate and also Mongrel's first battle outside Dreamscape. The notification was so late that they have no time to evacuate.

## Nightmare Creatures

* First Wave
* Second Wave
* Third Wave
* Gate Guardian

### Third Wave

Just like the ancient hunters, this bison is a wraith. A corpse reanimated by the malevolent spirit of red flame.

### Gate Guardian

**Ability**
His burial mask with three burning red eyes can do mind attacks.

## History

### Prelude

A sudden notification about a gate activity alerted everyone but the problem was there was not enough time to evacuate. The earliest government force would be able to arrive at the Gate was in thirteen minutes after it had opened. Sunny didn't have time to consider things but he decided to fight in front of the Gate as Mongrel.

There are only six Awakened who answered the call, Mongrel together with six other Awakened, one with an Awakened Aspect that enhances agility, two Dormant Aspects centered around endurance and strength, and the last two can perform ranged elemental attacks.

### Battle

For the first few seconds, Mongrel managed to not allow any of the abominations to move past him and escape into the streets. He was to kill as many of the dormant beasts as he could, to bring the augmentation of the Blood Blossom to considerable strength, and throw corpses in front of the gate to make it harder for the stronger abominations to enter the real world. The few that did manage to slip by were quickly finished by the Awakened staying behind.

After six minutes, the situation turned terrible and the other Awakened began to act. They performed well with sufficient coordination and foresight, doing everything in their power to slow down the tide of approaching monsters.

In the end, Mongrel was forced to face the gate guardian in his not-so-good condition and was caught by the monstrous chieftain of the Barrow Wraiths slowly being crushed. Meanwhile on Rain's side, few Nightmare Creature was able to breach the school. Rain was moments away from being eaten by a beast when Saint, who flashed out of the shadows, saved her and killed the abomination. Back to Sunny's side, Jet arrived and saved him from the Fallen Tyrant.

## Aftermath

The government forces arrived, relieving the pressure from the six Awakened who fought at the Gate. In the end, the Gate was contained with no civilian casualties. Master Jet ended up killing the tyrant. When Sunny noticed a team of Awakened enter the school to secure the students, he dismissed Saint.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 484 The Gate
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 485 Lesser Evil
3. ↑ Chapter 487 First Wave
4. ↑ Chapter 489 Second Wave
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 488 A Beast More Terrible
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Chapter 490 Break Point
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 491 Desperate Measures
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Chapter 492 Gate Guardian
9. ↑ Chapter 486 Call of a Nightmare
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chapter 493 Advent of Death
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chapter 494 The Cavalry