Shadow Slave

There could not have been a tunnel that stretched under the Antarctic Center for hundreds of kilometers. Not only would a structure like that be a miraculous feat of engineering, but far too many people - especially the army strategist and someone as knowledgeable as Professor Obel - would be aware of its existence.

However, no one had been.

Sunny remained silent for a while, then looked at the old man. Professor Obel simply shook his head.

"I am afraid I can't explain. Which... is not too surprising. After the Nightmare Spell descended, there are many things in the world that science - or rather, our limited scientific understanding - fails to explain."

Sunny sighed.

'Great.'

What was he supposed to do now?

It was clear that the laws of nature were either broken or worked differently inside the tunnel. Space was not behaving as it was supposed to behave... or maybe they had simply traveled to some. strange pocket dimension that was filled with nothing but true darkness.

Maybe they were all under the influence of another mind hex. Maybe they had all been devoured by the swarm of Brood beasts, and were now condemned to an eternal purgatory.

Who could tell?

Sunny cursed silently, then wrapped all four shadows around the Undying Chain to ramp up its mental protection. Nothing changed. The oppressive darkness did not disappear... if anything, it seemed even more foreboding now.

He closed his eyes for a moment.

"Alright. Let's not panic yet."

bang rolled through the tunnel, echoing in the

into

instructions without asking questions. The convoy continued to move forward. However, this time, Sunny made it stop after ten minutes

much faster than the

to put the vehicles in reverse - the tunnel was not wide enough for the Rhino and the civilian transports to

a while, he gave

'...This is bad.'

of course, had not been without

possible to go back to a previously visited spot inside the tunnel - Belle, Dorn, and himself had walked for around six

stop he had ordered was to make sure that the same principle still applied. Indeed, he had been able to return to the marked portion of the wall from five kilometers

something would change with more distance... and it

but there was none. At some point in time. somewhere between five and ten kilometers

Sunny. It meant that they could not return to the collapsed exit from the tunnel.

into the darkness, Sunny felt a

the convoy

close to disaster without even

'I was lucky.'

their strength seemed overwhelming. However, he was as powerless as the rest against circumstances like the one they found themselves in

Simply by existing.

probably preparing for the

'...Damnation!'

tunnel, then at the battered vehicles of the convoy. There were almost four hundred people in them that he had promised to rescue... was he going to become a liar? Sunny tilted his

have always been a

a deep