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."

moved on

the best outcome. The other two

tired frown appeared on his

The killer subsequently disposed of the body and removed the signs of the crime. Considering that it is not easy for a mundane human to kill an Awakened, the most likely suspect would be

let out a

that one

looked at him with a

step away from turning into monsters. With how much pressure Antarctica exerts on people... many will inevitably start to break. In any case, we should

lips, but then silently

the

for

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

remained silent for a while, then said

sounds like a plan. However, what happens if neither of us discovers

His eyes

disappears. According to the last communication we had with the outside, it will reach

the Call kept scratching, pressing, seeping into his

eyes

that is what we will

***

third time that day. He had little hope of finding anything, but the thought of an elusive, uncanny horror hiding somewhere within the confines of the fortress, waiting

had something to

sight, their moods grew even more bleak and unstable. Most held up fine, for now, due to

all about hope and how

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

were fitted with additional sensors and alarm locks,

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