Shadow Slave

Well, actually, it was black. Shrouded in the darkness of the long night, Sunny rode north through the wailing hurricane of snow. To his eyes, which could see through any shadows, the snow appeared as light-grey, bordering on white.

The way back was not long enough to deal with thoughts and emotions raging in his heart, but luckily, Sunny had too many worries about the future to drown in the regrets of the past.

'...Doesn't matter, anyway.'

Verne was dead, and everyone else was also dead. None of the people Sunny had come to know in the past weeks survived. Now, all he could do was make sure that his soldiers, Professor Obel, and Beth did not share their fate.

That was not going to be an easy task.

Soon, the wreckage of the old war machine appeared in view. Sunny dismissed Nightmare, walked into the rusted metal frame and lingered for a few moments in front of the Rhino.

Then, he opened the hatch and climbed inside.

Quentin, Samara, and Belle were keeping watch, each of them tense and ready for battle. Noticing him, the Irregulars sighed with relief.

"Captain. You're back."

Sunny nodded.

"Did anything happen in my absence?"

Quentin shook his head.

"There were no Nightmare Creatures yet. Professor Obel and Miss Beth were both exhausted, so they're sleeping. We settled the Professor in your quarters. I hope you do not mind."

He remained silent for a moment, then added with a hint of melancholy in his voice:

In case

care about the accommodations at that moment, so he simply nodded. The first point of Quentin's short report was

'No Nightmare Creatures, yet..."

change

even if one

wild expanse of the Antarctic Center, it was Nightmare Creature country now. Hordes of them moved through

on the cohort's

thing of the past

and its thick

Attribute, such calculations were

He was too tired

going to take a nap,

bed was currently occupied by Professor Obel, Sunny climbed into one of

risky was it to

the comfortable embrace of darkness, he summoned Saint and ordered her to guard the Rhino

was all Sunny could

***

exactly the same as it had been before. The raging blizzard enveloped the world, obscuring the cold dark sky. He

on the wall of the Rhino slid away, revealing a sleeping niche hidden behind it. Dorn's massive figure could be seen inside. The giant man had drawn a short straw when they were assigned the transport vehicle, since standard pods were a little

did not

Saint did not perceive any threat, he left his niche. Soon, Luster and Kim

Belle, Samara -

even linger to listen to the report that their colleagues had brought from the Dream Realm. A minute

Kim, Luster, and Dorn. They looked much better than they had yesterday. Even though one night of rest was

slept a few hours, felt utterly broken instead of rested himself. However, that

"So?"