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."

looked around, then walked to the wall of the tunnel and struck it with his fist. A startling bang rolled through the tunnel, echoing in the darkness. In the

back into your

asking questions. The convoy continued to move forward. However, this time, Sunny

path and ran back into the darkness. Moving much faster than the vehicles had,

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

a while, he gave

'...This is bad.'

of course, had not been

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

applied. Indeed, he had been

stop was to test if something would change with

was none. At some point in time. somewhere between five and ten kilometers of separation, the mark had disappeared

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

a cold shiver run down

the convoy forever? Would they be doomed to wander the darkness

close to disaster without even

'I was lucky.'

he was as powerless as the rest against circumstances like the one they found themselves

Simply by existing.

Sadly, she was far away, probably preparing for the

'...Damnation!'

battered vehicles of the convoy. There were almost four hundred people in them that he had promised to rescue...

what nonsense am I thinking about? I have always been a liar! There's nothing

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