Shadow Slave

Chapter 1928: Dawn of a New Era. Chapter 1928: Dawn of a New Era.

The old man possessed a formidable mind —which was not surprising, really. As a member of the First Generation, he had endured the darkest era of humanity, facing countless dreadful ordeals and overcoming them with great tenacity and determination.

The fact that he had lived to his respectable age was proof enough of just how much willpower he possessed.

However, today, the old man encountered an ordeal that he would not be able to overcome…

It was Cassie.

Kneeling near the bloodied prisoner, she pulled off her blindfold and looked him into the eyes — of course, Cassie's had marked him already, so what she actually saw was herself.

The old man smiled darkly, and finally spoke.

«Song of the Fallen. I've heard about you.»

She responded quietly:

«And I you, Master Orum.»

She knew that he might attempt to commit suicide if given enough time — in fact, he would have done so already if the nature of her Aspect had not been a closely guarded secret. So, there was little time to waste, especially considering that there were several other captured spies she would have to interrogate later.

But this one… this one was more valuable to Cassie, because he had lived a long life, and would know many secrets that had nothing to do with the clandestine side of the Domain War.

Looking into the man's eyes, Cassie activated her Transcendent Ability.

Master Orum's formidable mental defences crumbled easily under her tyrannical attack…

in turn was reliving the memories of the old man. If anything, it was a relief, since Master Orum was very much human — his point of view was

caught… but below it all,

the war. The span of time was too great, and Master Orum's memory was not much different from a mundane human, many details of his recent past already erased by the passage of time — Cassie somehow sifted through the vast volume of random recollections, zeroing in

royal order with relative ease, finding the details of Orum's clandestine activity. How long he had been relaying information to Song, what methods he used, which secrets he had shared, who were his

his most precious secrets, and how helpless the stalwart old man was in

after learning everything the King of Swords wanted to know, Cassie showed no sign of having achieved her goal. Instead, she kept looking into Orum's eyes, diving deeper into his memories… deeper, deeper, and deeper still, until his whole life was laid open in

read them all, but some were more solid and important than others. They were his core memories, as well as those memories that had just got stuck in

fathom in a short span of time, without revealing her secret actions to the onlookers. So, Cassie

finally…

old memory. Despite its age, however, it was incredibly sharp and vivid, hinting at how important these events were to Master

few seconds later, Sunny

—— —— ——

metallic beasts, their armor bent and torn

echoing in the smoke,

«Orie! Orie!»

life, overcome by pain and despair. At the sound of a childish voice calling out to him, however, he stopped and

sprawled on the ground a dozen meters away,

cold fear flooded his

even noticed when

her up from the ground and wiped tears out of

Come one, with have

from the smoke,

one of the infected… or whatever these demons

Orum froze.