"It's common for gates to appear in long intervals," Katar explained to everyone that day. "So you may not see another gate for a long time."
They were seated tiredly after concluding their training for the day when Matt finally voiced the question that had been bothering him.
"But you said we need mana essence from the spawns to increase our potentials. If there are no gates, how do we do that?" he asked.
"We join the raiders," Icard suggested casually.
"Raiders?" Reya asked.
"Yeah. I took a stroll around yesterday, and I saw a notice requesting people to join a raid outside our vicinity."
"Hmm. Raids," Katar muttered. "It's common for vicinities to host raids outside their territories."
"What does that mean?" Alia asked.
"Raids are carried out for different reasons," Katar said. "For young vicinities like this one, the goal is usually to gather resources. For older and stronger vicinities, raids are used to hunt spawns for mana essence and core stones."
