Sword Rankers
Break Gate

The clock shows at 9 am, inside a quiet and stinky alley, Ran sits limp. After his emotions subsided, he became aware of how reckless the actions he was taking were.

You idiot! Why am I prolonging the problem? Damnit damnit! Damnit damnit! Damnit damnit! Again because of the momentary emotion I forgot myself. How's my next fate? Bardolf would've overestimated my actions to get Michael to defend him.

Ran bowed and ruffled his hair, he returned to being a coward after his emotions subsided, the fear of being beaten up made him forget the humiliation given to his mother.

The ring!!! The ring!!! The ring!!! The ring!!!

Suddenly there is an alarm sound throughout the city, Ran is shocked but accustomed to the sound of the alarm. After a few seconds, the voice of the woman announcing something sounded clear.

“Gate Break! Break Gate! Break Gate! It is estimated that there is a Gate Break that will occur in 30 minutes, the location is in the southwest direction of the city, all residents around the Gate, are asked to enter into their respective homes, if anyone is still outside and does not have time to enter the house, please immediately enter the evacuation or the nearest building. We repeat again, there will be a Gate Break in 30 minutes....”.

Is there even a ‘Gate Break? And again, near my house? Damnit damnit! How bad is my luck?

‘Gate Break’ term used to Gate that will be destroyed and put out Monster, in the early years, the, the government can only evacuate people who live less than 5 KM from the gate that appears.

This method is not effective, because evacuations are carried out in a hurry without knowing when the Gate will be destroyed, it is not uncommon for refugees who cannot go home for months because the status of danger cannot be revoked.

Fortunately, now the government has figured out how to predict when the Gate will be destroyed, through the number of cracks that exist on the Gate, because the Gate is formed from cracks in the air, the, the government used it as a benchmark for when the Gate would be destroyed, and over time, they were able to make accurate predictions.

Now the government only needs to give a shelter announcement to the community, because now, every house, has a security system that will wrap the house, using a barrier made of material left behind when the monsters die.

Each material has a very useful and different use.Material used as a barrier, comes from the shield and armor worn by monsters. This material is strong enough to withstand the explosion from the destruction of the Gate and keep the safety of its residents.

Hmh! My home is not so far from here, a 10-minute walk also arrives. But where did my bag try? it seems lost, yasudah.

Ran prepared to go home, but then he remembered something.

Uh but, this guy wants to be flanked huh.?

Bardolf, he is currently fainting after Ran has a blow, and somehow he will wake up, if he wakes up, Ran hesitates if Bardolf knows about Gate Break.

Ran hesitated what he should do to Bardolf, he did hate him, but leaving him alone when the Gate Break was about to happen, felt a little cruel.

But what am I supposed to do? There's no way I should take her home, right?

In a moment of confusion, Ran saw a public toilet a few meters outside the alley.

That's her! Each facility would be covered in a protective veil within 10 minutes before the estimated Gate Break, she was definitely safe in that place!

Ran dragged the body of the bardolf into the public toilet, he was a little troubled because the body of the person who fainted heavier when conscious.

“Hufft..... Hufft..... Hufft..... A little more”

Ran gets to the toilet, he goes into the male toilet and puts Bardolf carelessly in it.

This is enough, right? At least he'll be safe, now it's my turn to take cover

Ran ran home to his house, he ran as fast as he could before the Gate Break occurred, if he failed to get inside his house, he would be in danger.

Although there were many Rankers stationed at the location of the Gate Break, there were still frequent cases of monsters escaping from surveillance, I absolutely could not let my guard down.

Ran glanced at his watch, it had passed 17 minutes since the announcement of the Gate Break, the protective screen will automatically wrap every house and facility, in 10 minutes before the Gate Break occurred. There are only 3 minutes left before Ran's house is closed.

Damnit damnit! For helping Bardolf, now I'm in danger. Please! Hopefully.

2 Minutes passed so quickly.

Only 1 minute left before the active protective screen, and only 30 meters left before Ran reached his home.

Generally, Ran has been able to reach his home despite helping Bardolf, however, the injuries suffered by Ran, greatly slowed him down, Ran can get this far because it forces his body even though it has reached the limit.

As a result of excessive coercion, Ran's body is increasingly damaged and slows down his movements. Right now, Ran's speed was almost no different from ordinary walking.

Almost there!

50 Seconds, 25 Meters

Another bit!

40 Seconds, 21 Meters

It's visible!

30 Seconds, 17 Meters.

In front of House Ran, seen a protective sunscreen that moves from the sidewalk right in front of his house. Security system is starting.

20 Seconds, 15 Meters.

Just broke through the window!

15 Seconds, 13 Meters.

I can fix the window later.

10 Seconds, 10 Meters.

Ran tried hard to drag her tired body, a protective veil began to wrap around her house and had already reached the height of half the door.

5 Seconds, 5 Meters.

Krekkkk!

Ran gritted his teeth, he endured all the pain and forced his body to run, his body felt like it was about to be cut off, the sound of fractured bones was clearly heard.

2 Seconds, 3 Meters.

“Oryyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

Ran shouted to ignore the pain, he jumped up and threw his body like a bullet towards the window of his house, the window was already half-wrapped by the protective veil, but with a hint of hope, Ran jumped up to break through the window.

Yet.

Tangggs!

The sound of the tumble is loud, the sound comes from Ran's head clashing with a protective veil that has wrapped his house almost completely.

Ran failed to break through the window, he lost quickly and instead hit the protective veil. He bounced backwards as a result of the collision .

As the saying ‘Have fallen over the stairs’ Ran bounced up to the trash can in front of his house, his back head hit the asphalt with a tight and make him faint.

At the end of his consciousness

“Uhhhhhh.....???? Ga-gal well?”

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“....? Huh uh???? Where's this?”

Ran woke up among the trash in a confused state, he glanced around and tried to remember what had happened.

“As I recall, I was trying to get into the house, but failed and was thrown into the trash. Eh!? A dumpster? Damnit damnit! How long have I fainted?”

Ran hurriedly checked his watch, the time showed at 9:28.

The Gate Break announcement came at 9:03. It's been 25 minutes since the announcement, if it's counted from my late entry into the house, I fainted for 5 minutes. There are only 5 minutes left before the Gate Break. 5 Minutes? At least enough to get away from the Gate Break explosion region.

Ran stood up and wiped his dirty clothes, he prepared to go as far as possible from the area close to the Gate Break, the average Gate Break explosion, could occur as far as 1-2 KM, he said, and a Monster attack could reach a distance of 5 KM could even be more.

The distance of Ran house with Gate Break place is only about 400 Meters, at least it takes 600 meters more to get away from being able to safely from the blast radius of Gate Break.

As Ran looked at the sky, he could clearly see the Gate that was emitting static electricity in the empty air.

I can hide inside the small alleys to reduce the effect of the explosion, if I can dodge well, I will be safe from the Monsters that came out of the Gate. After all, the percentage of Monsters who managed to escape from the supervision of Rankers was few.

Bummmm!!!!

Not yet Ran walked 10 Meters, Gate immediately experienced Gate Break, the explosion was deafening.

Whahuh? Isn't there 5 minutes left? Why explode now? What do you think, the estimate missed?

Gate Break explosion made the air flow around become chaotic, the explosion reached Ran's place. So terrible, Ran crashed forward up to several tens of meters.

Ran landed uneventfully, his already limp hands, unable to hold his body when landing. As a result, Ran's body swiped the rough pavement, clothes until his skin was torn, his chin landed first than his face.

His hands and feet dangled and swiped on the sidewalk, almost his entire body spitting out fresh blood flowing through the sidewalk that Ran passed.

Damnit damnit! It's bruised, now it's hurt like this. If it's in top condition it shouldn't be this bad, but because it was beaten to pieces by Michael and his gang, my endurance decreased drastically.

“Hhhhh.... Hhahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... Huhhhh..... Shit, wake up lousy body!”

Ran took pains to force his body to stand up, he used his hands as a booster to lift his body.

However, even though he insisted on getting up and standing up, he could only sit down.

Ahhhhh.... Ahhhhh...... Hhahhhhhh.

Ran sat down weakly, he was already quite far from his house due to being thrown by the Gate Break explosion, right now, Ran could only hope that no Monsters managed to escape from the hunt for Rankers.

Hopefully, no monsters can fly.

Sometimes hope can betray someone.

Chiekkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!

“Akhh!? What sound is it?”

There was a howling sound coming from the sky, Ran looked up at the sky to check where the howls came from.

“Haha....... You're kidding, right?”

In the sky close to the location of the Gate Break, there was a flying Monster, Mosnter was like a winged lizard, similar to a Pterosaur. Ran could not clearly gauge what size the Monster was.

At least the Monster was 10 Meters in size.

The monster continued to howl while flying around in circles, from the bottom of the Monster appeared blazing fire, lightning that struck, to the red laser, from the bottom of the monster appeared, it seemed that it was an attack from the Rankers who were trying to cripple the Monster.

But, the Monster was able to dodge everything nimbly.

Chiekkkkkk!!!! The monster again howled, it flew higher and higher until it was unattainable by the attacks of the Rankers. Then the monster disappeared.

Whahuh? Gone off? Where is the monster? Did he fall? Nah! He suddenly disappeared in empty air. Don't-don't you?

Ran hurriedly, directly dragging his body, he crawled while dragging his battered body to go as far as possible.

Most likely, the Monster has the ability ‘Tak Kasat Mata’ he can make himself invisible, which is why there are Monsters who can escape from the pursuit of Rankers. I have to run as far away as possible.

Ran as much as possible looking for shelter, his eyes glanced everywhere to find the ideal place to hide.

Then, he sees a small alley hidden between 2 houses, Ran is in a hurry to get into the alley, he no longer even cares about his pain.

Ran reached inside the alley, he sat down on the edge of the alley while letting out a sigh of relief.

It's not 100% safe yet, but at least that damn monster won't see me here right?

But again, Ran's expectations did not go smoothly.

Dummh!!!!

A bang? What's that thing that fell down to sound like that?

At the other end of the alley, a giant bird's leg is seen.

Ran's breathing choked because he knew what the creature's feet were. The leg moved forward and carried a giant monster that was like a nightmare.

The monster was right at the other end of the alley, only 7 Meters away from where Ran was sitting.

You fucking monster!