Shadow Slave

Chapter 755

Master Jet's nonchalant attitude was in stark contrast with the gravity of her statement. Sunny froze for a few moments, then slowly put his cup on the table. When he spoke, his voice sounded a little hoarse:

"What?"

She sighed, then looked around the cafeteria. It was slightly surreal, to be discussing something that concerned the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the safety of this tranquil place.

Several instructors were enjoying their meals, and there were members of the staff going about their business. None of them knew of the approaching disaster. This contradiction was chilling, too.

Soul Reaper did not seem to mind.

"I have told you about the Obel Scale once, right? It is a very complicated spelltech system that the government uses to predict the appearance of Gates across the globe. Well… I was not entirely honest when I said that a bit of maintenance and calibration would solve all the problems it had been experiencing recently. In truth, the problems we've been having with its readings are not as trivial as I implied. They are just a symptom of a much bigger problem."

Sunny's eyes widened slightly.

"Kurt… Shadow Blade Kurt. He mentioned something about the Obel Scale. It was the reason he had given up and gone mad… one of them, at least."

Master Jet nodded, an expression of mild contempt appearing on her face.

"Yes. However, Kurt was broken and weak. He really blew the issue out of proportion."

The corner of Sunny's mouth twitched.

wouldn't call losing an entire continent

She shrugged.

would I. But is not the end of

calmly took a sip of

after that, everything went back to normal. However, a few years ago the government noticed growing irregularities in the readings again. After studying these

She pursed her lips.

Instead of one gargantuan Gate, there is going to be a… a chain reaction, of sorts. Hundreds of smaller Gates are going to open in relatively quick succession, allowing countless Nightmare Creatures

of tense silence passed before she finished

"...In Antarctica."

felt his mouth turn

you… you just said that Antarctica is the

Master Jet nodded.

around nine hundred

for a

cascade failure. And that Antarctica serves as a logistical hub between the four continents and South America, where most

Soul Reaper smiled.

itself, to a large degree. We've learned our lessons. Yes, losing the connection to South America will be a painful blow, but humanity will survive. There will be a big change, of course… I think you have already guessed

not let go of

living in Antarctica? What is the government doing?

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