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…

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

below it all, an eerie

many details of his recent past already erased by the passage of time — Cassie somehow sifted through the vast volume of random recollections, zeroing

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

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

of having achieved her goal. Instead, she kept looking into Orum's eyes, diving deeper into his memories… deeper,

too many pages in that book to read them all, but some were more solid and important than others. They were his core memories, as well

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

finally… she discovered

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

seconds later, Sunny understood

—— —— ——

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

the smoke, drowning in the inhuman cacophony of

«Orie! Orie!»

cusp of adulthood — had been running for his life, overcome by pain and despair. At the sound of a childish

sister, whom he had been dragging along, was sprawled on the ground a dozen meters away, having fallen a few

moment, cold fear flooded his

had not even noticed when

he picked her up from the ground

alright. It's alright. Come one,

at them from the smoke, frenzied madness burning in its

was one of the infected… or

Orum froze.