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

did not particularly care about the accommodations at that moment, so he

'No Nightmare Creatures, yet..."

could change at any

had taken a risk by allowing his soldiers to sleep and leaving the Rhino, even if one of his shadows had stayed

Center, it was Nightmare Creature country now.

stumbled on the cohort's

security was a thing of the

that were dangerous. But after leaving the protection of LO49 and its thick walls, he could only choose between different degrees of danger. It was all

then, with his [Fated] Attribute, such calculations were

a hand and then rubbed it. He

am going to take a nap, then. Wake me up

occupied by Professor Obel, Sunny climbed into one

it to

of darkness, he summoned Saint and

was all Sunny

***

exactly the same as it had been before. The raging blizzard enveloped the

drawn a short straw when they were assigned the transport vehicle, since standard pods were a little bit too small

not

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

Belle, Samara -

that they did not even linger to listen

much better than they had yesterday. Even though one night of rest was not enough to

broken instead of rested

"So?"