Gates (Mortal Realm)

Gates are magical rifts on Earth linking the Mortal Realm to dungeons filled with monsters. Do not confuse with demon Portals to clan subspaces — see Demon Clan Realms.

Related: Bloodline · Gate Biomes · Stat & Rank · Heaven

Overview

A Gate opens into a dungeon — an enclosed alternate reality.
Closing a Gate (defeating its Boss) keeps monsters from spilling into the real world.
Gates have always appeared on Earth; pure Angels historically contained them so the public would not farm Gate monster XP.
Contained Mana from Gates contributes to animal demonization; humans cannot demonize from Gate exposure alone.

Appearance

Shimmering, fluctuating rifts — cities, forests, buildings, anywhere.

Standard dungeon

Topic	Rule
Inside	Monsters + Boss at the end
On success	Gate collapses; dungeon vanishes
Dungeon Break	Boss not killed in time → Gate destabilizes → monsters flood the real world

Field ecology: Gate Biomes.

Void gate (exceptional type)

Gate rules are absolute — strength cannot bypass; only the clearing condition exits.

Topic	Rule
Nature	Eternal fall — no Boss
Clearing condition	Stay sane after 100,000 years
Reward	Deepest desire fulfilled
Val (Present)	Cleared → full timeline regression to January 2009 — see Rewind, Bloodline — regression

Gate rank (E through SSS)

Same scale as Stat & Rank except no F rank — Gates start at E.

Topic	Detail
Meaning	Monster danger + emitted Mana
Not the same as	“One hunter of that rank clears alone”
Party rule	To usually clear with few casualties: ≥1 hunter of the Gate's rank + ≥10 one rank below, or ≥3 one rank above

Experience (Gate monsters)

Level comes only from Gate monster kills inside a dungeon.

Topic	Rule
XP scaling	Higher Gate rank → more XP per kill
Level-up	Str / Agi / Sta / Int per Stat & Rank
Rank	Separate — from Combined stats

Present era (Awakened vs public)

Layer	Gates / power
General public	Unaware Gates exist
Awakened insiders	Association factions farm Gates; full rank/class ladder

Subgates (Present)

Subgates — smaller rifts tied to institutions or territories; same XP rules at their local rank. Sect authorization: Awakened Association and Martial Arts Sects.

Tess's gate search (Pre-Rewind only)

Scope: [Pre-Rewind] only — did not occur on Present.

After learning Val was in a Void gate, Lateresa conquered and closed Gates across the mortal plane for 100,000 years — never found him. June (head maid) ran City 2 in her long absences.

Gate loot

Loot	Notes
Equipment	Wearable gear — Equipment
Magical Crystals	Demon realm upkeep; tradable resource
Seed of Rebirth	Legendary tier — class path reroll; see Class Overview
Elixir of Life	Restores torn wings; divinity class reroll fork — Bloodline — wings