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."

his fist. A startling bang rolled through the tunnel, echoing in the darkness. In the place where his steel gauntlet had landed, a small impression

back into your

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

Moving much faster than the vehicles had, he

ten tninutes. After that, Sunny commanded them to put the vehicles in reverse - the tunnel was not wide enough for the Rhino and the

he gave

'...This is bad.'

seemingly erratic actions, of course, had

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

he had ordered was to make sure that the same principle still applied. Indeed,

was to test if something

the net of cracks around it, but there was none. At some point in time. somewhere between five and ten

that they could not return to the collapsed exit from the tunnel. The way back, and the second option he had of escaping to the surface,

darkness, Sunny felt a cold shiver run down his

he had led the scouting party a few kilometers further... would they have been separated from the convoy forever? Would they be doomed to wander the darkness alone, for the rest of

close to disaster

'I was lucky.'

worst fears had become reality. Sunny was more than capable of fighting against enemies that he could strike down, even if their strength seemed overwhelming. However, he was as powerless as the rest against circumstances like the

Simply by existing.

like Cassie. Sadly, she was far away, probably preparing for the

'...Damnation!'

then at the battered vehicles of the convoy. There were almost four hundred people in them that he had

am I thinking about? I have always been

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