It was 7:00(7am), Bruno just woke up ready to start his new wonderful day.
He called the elevator that took him down to the earth floor where the hotel breakfast was held, he was eating his loved pancakes bathed in maple syrup when, all of a sudden the countless emergency sirens of all the country started blaring at the same time, after a bit , a loud voice suddenly began speaking:"Maximum Alert, the raid of the deities to the black rank gate failed, Russia is now faced with an imminent disaster and cannot assure the safety of its citizens, you are invited to evacuate the country as soon as possible". The voice continued repeating for thirty minutes, afterwards it stopped and it was replaced by the screams and comments of the people:
"What will our country do now that Dimitri is dead?!"
"How could it be?! Two deities united and they still couldn't clear the gate!!"
We should get away as fast as we can!! honey book a flight for two while you still can, no wait, book it for five, let's take our parents with us,"
"Where could we go, Japan?!"
"No Greece"
"Maybe we should go to Iceland"
Bruno just remained seated on his wooden armchair, and when the message ended, he continued minding his own business and eating his pancakes while everyone in the room was screaming and some where having panic attacks.
Eaten his breakfast, he slowly walked to the elevator and continued his day like nothing mattered.
In fact, it didn't matter to him at all, as having the country in a state of panick would meet his interests.
He continued raiding gates everyday, this time switching to a rank eleven gate.
The gate, just like the mana stones dropped from the monsters, was purely orange, without even a little shade of red left.
After another six days, the country fell, it just couldn't bear the loss of the hundreds of thousands of people that emigrated afraid of coming across disaster.
Also, no other forces stepped in to help, seeing the tragic end of the Indian deity, the Hindu mythology was really powerful and large, but other countries couldn't afford the loss of one of their deities.
As the awakened association declared its closure in the once Russian territory, Bruno decided that it was time to leave the country.
For the last few days, he didn't worry in the least about booking a flight since he knew about a more efficient way to travel, it obviously wasn't open to everyone but just for the members of the association.
Between the various services of the association, was also a portal that connected directly every single branch in the world.
The members could use it at any given time, as long as they paid for it obviously.
When he arrived at the association temple, he entered from a lateral door that led to the room with the portal.
Once inside, he found out he wasn't the only one in queue for the portal, there was also the crazy receptionist lady, apparently she wasn't only an employee of the association, but also a member.
There were only two seats in the room, since one was already occupied by the crazy lady, and sitting in the other would've meant staying beside her, he decided that today was a good day to stand on his feets.
After fifteen minutes of awkward silence,
to them, the soft creaking of the door opening sounded like a really loud shot coming from a shotgun.
A skinny guy walked in, he had really big dark circles and his eyes were half closed.
After a loud yawn he took a few steps and stopped in the middle of the room, he watched them both in their eyes and said:"nice to meet you, I'm the ex vice director of the Moscow association branch,it pains me to deliver this message to you, but the gate is currently unavailable and will remain like so for the time being."
They both showed a shocked expression.
"I'm sure you must have some questions and i will do my best to answer them all"
The lady took the initiative and spoke first:" why is the gate blocked, how could this be?!, it never happened before"
The skinny guy responded trying his best to stay awake: "I know it shouldn't have happened, it is not just a malfunctioning of the gate, in fact it was caused by the director of the branch this night, while no one was watching, he sneaked in the portal leaving a timer bomb behind afraid that the people on the other side would just send him back, portals are extremely fragile, and the connection was cut off during the explosion.
To repair it, we would either need someone proficient in the study of space magic or someone with space related abilities, both these cases are extremely rare and the association wouldn't send them here to their death."
She sighted in disbelief as her eyes started getting filled with panic,
not really caring about her, Bruno asked another question:" is there a way we can get out of here on time?".
The vice director answered truthfully: "as of now, we cannot assure your safety if you try to exit the country, even if we gave you a car, all the roads are submerged in traffic and you wouldn't make it on time, however, in the next few days we will do our best to find a way for you two to get to safety without much truble."
Both quiet, they left the association lost in thoughts.