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:

keeping an eye on them. In case one or both have become carriers of

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

'No Nightmare Creatures, yet..."

could change at any

if one of

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

stumbled on the cohort's camp at any moment, so it was not

thing

of LO49 and its thick walls, he could only

Attribute, such calculations were more or less

a hand and then rubbed it. He was

a nap,

comfortable bed was currently occupied by Professor Obel, Sunny climbed into

risky was it to fall

consciousness plunge into the comfortable embrace of darkness, he summoned Saint

was all

***

raging blizzard enveloped the world, obscuring the cold dark sky.

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

not smile,

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

Belle, Samara

were so overwhelming that they did not even linger to listen to the report that their colleagues had brought

better than they had yesterday. Even though one

few hours, felt utterly broken instead of rested himself.

"So?"