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 a

be the best outcome. The other two possibilities are much more

tired frown appeared on his

and removed the signs of the crime. Considering that it is not easy for a mundane human to kill an Awakened, the most likely

Obel let out a

don't think that one of

at him with a

people... many will inevitably start to break. In any case, we should pay attention to those Awakened that

pursed his lips, but then silently

about the last

for a

somewhere within these walls. Considering that we failed to find any traces at all... it has to be either very powerful, very elusive, or both. Since I am the

for a while,

a plan. However, what

His eyes

no one else disappears. According to the last communication we had 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

spoke, the persistent noise of the Call kept

his 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

least he had something to do

looming somewhere just out of sight, their moods grew even more bleak and unstable. Most held up fine, for now, due

and how important it was

the search went on, new safety protocols went in effect. Mundane humans were

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

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