Shadow Slave

1028 The Fall of Falcon Scott (46)

Some time later, the members of his cohort approached the Rhino. Belle, Dorn, Samara, Kimmy, Luster... walking inside, they froze for a moment, studying the upturned interior of the APC and the cracks in its armored windows with stunned expressions.

After a while, Luster cleared his throat.

"Uh, sir... what happened?"

Sunny gave him a deadpan look.

"I had a lady over. She Transcended."

The young man laughed nervously.

"Ah... good one, sir..."

After that, he practically ran to the pilot's cabin to check on the internal systems of the Rhino. As Luster went through the diagnostics, he kept mumbling under his nose:

"Gods... did he crash it into a titan? This damage... oh, my poor baby..."

Sunny shook his head and addressed the rest of his soldiers, speaking loudly enough for Luster to hear, as well:

"Prepare yourselves. Army Command is certain that Goliath will reach the city either today or tomorrow. In any case, we won't be leaving the wall until he does. This... is going to be the big one, guys."

His soldiers grew somber, their eyes full of calm determination. Sunny nodded.

"Don't worry about the titan himself. Colonel Jet and I will take care of the big bastard. However, Goliath is not going to show up alone... and, judging by how Erebus Field fell, there is a big chance that the wall will be breached. I don't need to tell you how important it is to prevent the Nightmare Creatures from getting inside. However, if the situation becomes hopeless, be ready to retreat to the secondary line of defense within the city."

He paused for a moment, looking at them with a serious expression.

be stupid and die an unnecessary death. I need you alive... to fight tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, and the day after that. Dying might

members of his

"Yes, sir!"

"Wouldn't think of it!"

am scared of you way more than I'm

couple of times at that last

Let's go,

drove across Falcon Scott, where a lot of streets were now empty, and a lot were unlit. Snow piled high in some

only the well-illuminated roads, for some reason, which made the progress a bit slow. The wall steadily grew closer

however, Sunny suddenly ordered him to stop the APC. The young man looked back with a

for a few moments, then

for me here.

left the Rhino and walked toward a familiar dormitory tower, which happened to

the snow in front of its entrance, this time. Sunny stood there for a minute or two, staring at the flimsy doors with a grim expression.

city is destroyed, this damned dormitory must

he turned around

he almost stumbled into someone approaching

where you're going, idi...

up, noticing Beth and Professor Obel. They must have been returning from their own shifts — Beth at the volunteer center, the old man at

blinked a couple of times, staring at him with surprise. Before Sunny could come up

"Aren't you cold?"

body. Indeed, it did not look exactly like something a person should

Sunny cleared his throat.

Uh...

Beth scoffed.

something warm on, for Spell's sake... I imagine fighting on the wall with a running nose is not a great idea. Ascended snot is still

looked at her silently for a

a human, that's true. Thanks. I'll try to remember