The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 464

Chapter 464 Escape From The Facility

Cassian pressed a small key into Benedict's hand and said quietly, "The exit to the ventilation shaft is locked. You can use this to open it.

"Now listen-remember the route. This place has thirty floors. You'll need to crawl all the way down to the first floor before you can get out.

"If you hit a junction, always go left. That'll take you to a wire gate with a padlock, and then..."

Before sneaking into the lab, Cassian had already hacked into the facility's intranet, pulled the entire blueprint, and memorized every exit.

He now described the precise path through the ducts in full detail.

Benedict nodded and took the key, though his eyes shimmered with worry as he looked back at Cassian. "But what about you? Once they realize I'm not upstairs, they'll come back here."

"I can't fit through the vent," Cassian said, lifting his arm with effort. He ruffled Benedict's soft hair and added with a weak smile, "Only if you make it out can you come back and save me."

As he spoke, he pulled out his phone and handed it over.

He said, "There's no signal within fifteen hundred feet of this facility. Once you're past that range, you can call for help. Dial the first contact-it's a woman named Raven."

"Raven?" Benedict's eyes widened in shock.

Up until now, he'd only suspected Cassian might be his father. But this... this all but confirmed it.

Before he could say more, the sound of rapid footsteps echoed from the hallway.

"Someone's coming. Go, now!" Cassian urged, mustering the last of his strength to push Benedict toward the duct.

into the shaft, crawling forward a few paces, but couldn't help glancing back. "Wait for me. I'll come back with help, I

could toward the exit-he couldn't waste the chance

ducts was thick with the stench of decay, and his fingers occasionally brushed against the cold, shriveled bodies of

Benedict pressed forward without flinching, clutching the phone

against the jagged metal, but he didn't slow down. His small

long he'd been crawling. His limbs had gone numb when, at last, a faint light appeared in the

It was the exit.

using both hands and feet to propel himself

a

into the padlock and clicked it

his head out of the shaft,

down

beyond the exit, where the main road ran five hundred

"There! Over there-it's him!"

kid, Mr. Kuroki," one of the uniformed techs said into a

crackled coldly through the device.

if thinking twice, he added, "But no

rest in the facility's

send the entire operation up in

boy had to

sir, the tech

Successfully unlocked!

the group surged

expression hardened as he saw

Escape From The

on his heel and bolted in the opposite