Shadow Slave

Chapter 889

The Awakened warrior was simply gone. The whole facility was swept, both by the soldiers of the garrison and Sunny's shadows, but no trace of him were found. Verne even made the decision to unseal the dome of the old observatory. However, there was nothing but old equipment, darkness, and dust inside.

Sunny then sent his shadows to scour the coastal plain outside the fortress, hoping to discover a clue. He did not.

A sense of unease and foreboding spread through the isolated fortress.

As people were crowding together to alleviate this tension, Sunny, Verne, and Professor Obel gathered in the security center to have an emergency discussion. However, none of them

seemed too eager to speak first.

They simply had nothing to say.

Eventually, Sunny rubbed his face with a sigh.

"Well, there are only three possibilities, right?"

Verne looked at him darkly.

"And they are?"

Sunny hesitated for a moment.

"First... he might have really deserted."

The stern Master simply shook his head. There was no hostility or defensiveness in this gesture, since Verne was not the type of leader to be insecure about his people or himself. He did not have the kind of fragile pride that would make the statement sound offensive.

"That is improbable. I know this Awakened very well. He was... is a stalwart man."

on with

outcome. The other two possibilities are

appeared on

person stationed at LO49. The killer subsequently disposed of the body and removed the signs of the crime. Considering that it is not easy

out a

think that one of these

looked at him with a

pressure Antarctica exerts on people... many will inevitably start to break. In any case, we should pay attention to those Awakened that have Aspects suitable for getting rid of incriminating evidence. Verne, you know your soldiers best, so this task will

lips, but then silently

about the

lingered for a few

hiding somewhere within these walls. Considering that we failed to find any traces at all... it has

remained silent for a

like a plan. However, what happens if neither

His eyes were

with the outside, it will reach us in four days at the earliest, and in eleven at the latest. Surely, we can hold out for

persistent noise of the Call kept scratching, pressing,

eyes for

is what

***

climbed back on top of the Rhino and sent his shadows to explore LO49 for the third time that day. He had little hope of finding anything, but the thought of an elusive, uncanny horror

had something to

threat looming somewhere just out of sight, their moods

and how important it

in effect. Mundane humans were prohibited from remaining alone, and

additional sensors and alarm locks, Awakened were supplied with powerful stimulants to remain

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