The Protector Novel

They made this too easy for me! How could they back out last minute? They should’ve kept their plans rolling!

Bruce wanted to capture the mysterious faction, once and for all!

He was actually looking forward to clashing head-on with them.

What a shame. They didn’t dare to show themselves in the end. Bruce shook his head in disgruntlement.

“Come on. Let’s have a look at the sunstones.” He went to check the stones that had arrived safe and sound.

“Yes, Mr. Johnston!”

The rest followed.

The load from five days of mining was enormous.

Every corner of the training base was filled with trunks of sunstones.

“Open it up! Don’t forget to put on your protective equipment!” Bruce reminded his men.

All the men present had their protective gear on whereas Bruce wore a uniquely-made armor to protect themselves from possible harm by the sunstones’ energy.

One of the trunks was unlatched and everyone took a few steps back out of caution.

“Hmm?”

Confusion filled the room as none of the men felt blood-curdling energy waves emanating from the container.

The smallest shard of sunstone would release vigorous radiation, and now with a truckload of it, they expected to see people flying and tumbling.

Yet, they didn’t feel a tinge of energy wave.

Something was off.

“What’s going on?”

the trunk to have a closer look

was inside it, rage permeated him wholly, and his

“W-What is this!”

the verge of losing his sanity because

in the trunk were just

“Grrrr…”

lightning speed, and he almost

too, nearly jumped out of their

“No way…”

something

every single one of it!” Bruce howled

got straight into it, and one by one,

Rumble!

Rumble!

of their carriage were all

All of them!

was no sight of sunstones

“It’s not in here!”

“This one? No!”

“Not here either!”

could find were non-radiative, energy-vacant

Where are the sunstones?

Where did they go?

of latches released and the dribbling of the stones, hearts sank deeper

There was no sunstone.

None!

Where are the sunstones!