Chapter 60
"What exactly is a Black Portal?" Chief Morel asked, his brow furrowed in confusion. The question seemed harmless enough—at least to him.
But the room's atmosphere shifted instantly.
The other heroes—those whose names struck fear and awe across nations—went pale. Eyes once calm were now hard, grim. Some clenched their fists. Others looked away entirely.
To Chief Morel, the world only knew of four portal classes: blue, green, yellow, and red. Blue being minor disturbances, green and yellow representing serious threats, and red… cataclysmic. A red portal break was the nightmare scenario—the kind that could wipe out entire nations.
So why were these titans reacting as if the word Black Portal was death itself?
"What's wrong?" he asked cautiously, sweat beginning to bead on his forehead. He could feel it—the weight of their stares. Any one of them could end him in a second. And right now, it felt like they might.
