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Army Colonel Alexander Yarets smoked and cursed today. After the earthquake happened, he, at the head of the battalion, was sent to the capital, where he saw IT.

From the ground in the Chizhovsky park appeared huge, strange gates covered with a black veil, preventing to see what is behind them. But the giant looked even stranger, dressed in shiny white armor with a huge spear in his hands. According to his estimates, the giant was about 6 meters tall, and his spear was even longer, but what struck the most was the wings woven of blue light behind him. It turned out that he appeared immediately along with this gate, and so far no one dared to approach him and try to talk.

But the authorities ordered to sort out the situation and establish contact with this giant.

- Take control of the situation ... B * ka come and take it under control yourself, how can I deal with the giant angel and the gates leading the hell knows where? The battalion commander cursed quietly to himself.

His subordinates shared his mood, everyone looked towards the giant and the gate behind him with fear. Nothing like this has ever happened in the entire history of the Earth, the soldiers have already learned: their case is far from the only one, dozens, if not hundreds, of such gates have appeared around the world. Having finished his cigarette, the colonel gave the order:

- The first platoon is with me, the others are holding this thing at gunpoint, but without my command, fire cannot be opened.

After that, he headed towards the giant, and 30 fighters of the first platoon with weapons at the ready went after him. The giant turned his head towards the approaching people, which gave them goosebumps, but this was where his movements were limited.

When the giant was 20 meters away, Alexander gave a signal to his people to stop, after which he realized that he did not even know what words to say. Without thinking of anything better, he said loudly:

- Hello.

He almost made a hand-to-face gesture after that.

"There's some alien crap in front of you, and you say hello? Brilliant Sanya, what's next, invite him to dinner? "

"Greetings, man," the giant replied, unexpectedly for everyone present.

The colonel almost got his eyes on his forehead and he stupidly asked:

- Do you understand our language?

"That's right," the giant replied.

Then who are you and where did you come from? And what is this gate behind your back?

- My name is Reuben and I am the gatekeeper of this gate. As for them, behind this black veil are all the creatures that you can imagine and even more of those that you cannot imagine, "the gatekeeper replied kindly, as if explaining to a child.

Alexander frowned at these words.

- What kind of creatures? Monsters? And why did you appear with this gate?

The gate appeared because the seals that my creators installed can no longer hold back the magic in the center of the planet, and now it gradually began to fill your entire world.

- Magic? Your creators? - Alexander, however, like everyone present, began to lose the essence of what was happening.

There was a little chuckle, after which the gatekeeper continued to explain:

- In short, when your species was just beginning to emerge, my creators decided to seal the magic of your world so that you could develop in peace, but now there is so much magic that the seals cannot cope and magic began to seep into your world. And the gate behind my back is the way to a place where over the millennia magic has created many different creatures and things that are not yet in your world. Is it clear now?

Alexander, because of the giant's helmet, could not see his face, but he was ready to swear that he was smiling. He did not know why, but next to him he was even somehow calmer.

- A little, but I still do not understand why the magic was hidden and who are you? And most importantly, what happens next? - Alexander, after all he had heard, had a vague feeling that it would not end well with anything.

- Over time, the world will be saturated with magic more and more, you do not know yet, but each of you has mana - magical power, it just has not yet awakened, over time, mana will awaken in the bodies of every living creature. Those who have it awakened, I would call ... hmm ... I think "Reborn" is the most appropriate word. These people will be able to develop and become stronger, but your world will also change and animals and plants will also awaken mana in their bodies. In general, I cannot tell you about everything, but your world is waiting for dramatic changes, I hope you can cope with them.

Alexander and his soldiers were silent, too much incredible information at one time fell on their heads. After a little thought, Alexander asked the question:

- And this gate, can we enter there?

- Only the "Reborn" can enter, the rest I must block the way.

Alexander was about to ask the next question, but behind the doorkeeper's back a black shroud rippled and a man came out of there. Half of his soldiers pointed weapons in his direction in fright, after the stories of this giant, they were afraid of just this black veil. The colonel looked closely, a young guy turned out to be a man, all his clothes were covered in blood, but he looked calm.

The rivrach turned around and looked at the man, after which he said:

- You are "Reborn", I did not let you in, did you manage to get in before I was away?

The man who appeared was, of course, Elim, who immediately became the center of attention of the entire battalion. The guy looked around and fixed his gaze on the gatekeeper.

- Right, and who or what are you? - Elim replied calmly, he, of course, knew this gatekeeper very well, but he still cannot know this, so he has to pretend to be a fool.

"Reuben, the doorkeeper of these gates, and without my permission you will not enter again," the guard said, leaning slightly to get a closer look at the man.

- And how will you get your permission?

- You have already received it, the magic in your body has awakened, so you can go through, as you already noticed, at your own peril and risk, - said the gatekeeper, paying attention to the blood stains on the guy's clothes.

Elim nodded and began to scan the area around him. The military closed off the territory within a radius of several hundred meters, according to his estimates there was a battalion, maybe two, no more. Then he turned his gaze to three dozen soldiers standing next to the gatekeeper, among whom was, most likely, the commander - the colonel. Noticing the commander, he immediately moved in his direction with a brisk step. Alexander signaled to his people to lower their weapons, after all, this is not a monster, but an ordinary guy. When the guy approached, he silently took out the phone and handed it to the colonel, who at first did not understand, but looking at the screen opened his eyes wide. "I met them inside, they attacked me, I had to fight back," Elim lied insolently, showing the goblins he had killed, "They are not very strong, an ordinary person will cope, but I met one who used magic, scrambled from there at full speed ...

The colonel flipped through the photographs for a while, after which he asked:

- What were you doing there?

"Well, I've read everyone and started playing the spirit of adventurism," the guy replied with a slight smile.

- And magic, the gatekeeper said you can use magic?

- I would not say that ... when I met that goblin who really used magic, I gasped in the opposite direction, only then I noticed that I was running much faster than usual, all my use of magic was limited to this, - shamelessly lied Elim ...

- You will go with them, - Alexander pointed to two of his people, - they will take you to the doctor, he will examine you, and then we will talk to you, - said the colonel, returning the phone to the guy.

Elim nodded and followed the two soldiers.

"And I thought it would be more difficult to get out of here, but everything turned out to be easier than a steamed turnip" - such thoughts were in his head when he walked to the ambulance.