Shadow Slave
Chapter 1040
1040 The Fall of Falcon Scott (58)
'Right… now, we just have to get to the secondary defense line. Once we're within the city instead of on a plain, evading the abominations should be much easier, so the last stretch of the way won't be as hard.'
Sunny glanced at his companions, evaluating their state. Everyone was exhausted, dirty, and covered in blood — both their own and that of Nightmare Creatures — but alive.
The only problem now was to somehow extricate themselves, and the two hundred surviving Awakened, from the attacking horde.
At that moment, as if to answer his thoughts, Bloodwave turned to look at the mass of abominations. Then, the enigmatic Saint glanced at Master Jet.
"Take your soldiers and go, Soul Reaper. I will hold the beasts back for a bit… tell your commanders to activate the explosives as soon as you're past the defense line."
Sunny stared at him in shock, feeling that these words sounded a bit like... a farewell.
"You… you…"
Bloodwave gave him a strange look.
"Ah… I think you might have misunderstood, Sunless. I am not trying to sacrifice myself. It's just that an explosion like that won't harm a Transcendent too much. The Awakened, however, or even someone like you… better not risk it."
Sunny slowly nodded. Indeed… Corrupted Nightmare Creatures could survive a nuclear explosion without too much trouble, some Fallen as well. Rampart Protocol was not going to kill a Transcendent like Bloodwave, or even seriously inconvenience him.
Master Jet nodded.
"We'll be going, then."
deep breath and started summoning several Memories. Sunny did not know what exactly the Memories were, but judging by the fact that Bloodwave had promised to hold back the horde…
looked at him, then
little, to make sure that everyone who is still alive gets safely out of the blast zone before Army Command begins the party. Expect to enjoy fireworks as soon as we see each other
forced out a pale
to be terribly loud, isn't
her one last glance and turned to
"Come on! Go!"
wall, Master Jet's voice boomed once again, spreading across the whole length of the
"...Retreat!"
attack, they used their remaining strength to momentarily push the enemy back,
There was no order or strategy to it, just a desperate wish to survive. The defense line instantly collapsed, and the soldiers
thing was Bloodwave, who somehow managed to fulfill his promise and stall the enormous horde of Nightmare Creatures all by himself, at least for a
roar
through the abandoned staging
darkness. Many buildings had collapsed, creating a complicated labyrinth of snow and broken concrete. Others still stood, but were charred black by the flames. Some streets were strangely untouched and eerily empty, and of course, there were functioning roads that the First Army had maintained to
dark thanks to Kim, so the lack of illumination was not a problem. Their running speed was not much lower than that of a moving PTV, but nevertheless, he felt a pang of regret for a
to lose the
where they had started their shift. Sadly, the battle had taken them far away from the main gate of the city, so there
whole place blew up, the Rhino would
'Damn it! Damn it!'
his teeth, Sunny continued to run. He had to lead his people to safety… that took
each soldier was making their own path to the secondary defense line. Sunny suspected that most
after another. They ran through the darkness, moving as fast as they could, their stamina long spent and their lungs burning. The
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