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…

If anything, it was a relief, since Master Orum was

easiest to access. The fear, the pain, the despair of being caught… but below it all, an eerie sense of calm and cold determination, as if he had been

too great, and Master Orum's memory was not much different from a mundane human, many details of his

completed the royal order with relative ease, finding the details of Orum's clandestine activity. How long he had been relaying information to Song, what methods

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

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

They were his core memories, as well as those memories that had just

without revealing her secret actions to the onlookers. So, Cassie focused even more, her mind spinning on all cylinders to find the pieces

there, finally… she discovered

old memory. Despite its age, however, it was

only a few seconds later, Sunny

—— —— ——

shrouded the streets. Military vehicles lay on the melting asphalt like corpses of metallic beasts, their armor bent and torn to shreds. Here and there, human corpses were sprawled on the ground, as

echoing in the smoke, drowning

«Orie! Orie!»

a slender young man on the cusp of adulthood — had been running for his life, overcome by pain and despair. At the sound of a childish voice calling

on the ground a dozen

moment, cold fear flooded

had not even noticed when her hand slipped out of

her up from the ground and wiped tears out of

alright. It's alright. Come

at them from the smoke, frenzied

of the infected…

Orum froze.