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…

reliving Cassie's memory, who in turn was reliving the memories of the old man. If anything, it was a relief, since Master Orum was

the despair of being caught… but below it all, an eerie sense of calm and cold determination, as if he had been prepared

than these fresh experiences were the memories of 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 on only the most important

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

was eerie and frightening, how easily she had learned his most precious secrets, and how helpless the

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

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 his mind for

onlookers. So, Cassie focused even more, her mind spinning on all

finally… she

however, it was incredibly sharp and vivid, hinting at how important these

few seconds later, Sunny understood

—— —— ——

of metallic beasts, their armor bent and torn to shreds. Here and there, human corpses were sprawled on the

the smoke, drowning in

«Orie! Orie!»

adulthood — had been running for his life, overcome by pain

along, was sprawled on the ground a dozen meters away, having fallen a

cold fear flooded his

not even noticed when her hand slipped out of

a hurry, he picked her up from the ground and

Come

from the smoke,

infected… or

Orum froze.