Chapter 413 Chaos of Void III (2/2)
”... if one is exposed, others might be too,” Lino mumbled. ”Order complete withdrawal.”
”What?! That would set us back years!!” Lucky exclaimed.
”She's right, Lino,” Hannah added from the side. ”I know you're worried--”
”We can always build back up, but the dead can never be raised back into the living,” he said. ”Don't worry. It won't be for long. I'll go over myself and investigate. There's a hell to pay, after all.”
”... I'll come with you.” Hannah said. ”You two coordinate the temporary withdrawal. Use only secure houses and avoid cities. Inform Val and have her help you.”
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”... you two... be safe, alright? You're the voice of reason Hannah. Be one.” Lucky said before Alison and her left the room in a hurry, leaving worried-looking Hannah and angry Lino.
”That didn't take long.” he mumbled.
”You know who did it?” Hannah asked.
”Eh, probably some of the locals,” he sighed. ”Naive fuckers who have zero capacity for critical thinking, doing whatever they are told.”
”... so... the Descent?”
”Probably,” he shrugged, getting out of the bed. ”I don't know how they figured it out, but it's not exactly as though we've built the system with them in mind. Goddamn... those fucking cunts. Involving innocent once more.”
”... I know one of the Descent's quasi-quarters that's nearby,” Hannah suddenly said after a few seconds, surprising him. He turned around and saw a pained and angered expression, turmoil in her eyes. ”Let's make it so that's no longer the case.”
”... like old times, huh? You and I... putting the fear of god back into those who've forgotten it...” he smiled warmly and walked over to the bed, sitting down and hugging her.
”Still be a bigger man, Lino. Give them a chance to surrender.”
”I will,” he added, kissing the top of her head gently. ”But you have to, too.”
”... eh, I'll think about it,” she chuckled. ”I won't if they start insulting you.”
”... I'm sorry.”
”Hm?” she slowly lifted her head up and met his guilty gaze.
”In any other reality,” he said. ”You'd be sitting on top of the world, protected from all its ills. You'd have everything and anything. Yet... here I go, marching you off into one deadly situation after another.”
”Oh, yeah,” she said sarcastically, smiling. ”I was all about staying in my room and being doted upon before you showed up. Man, you completely totaled my life, you know?”
”... aah, I married a maniac.” he chuckled as the two slowly got off the bed. ”You've been a pretty bad influence on me, you know?”
”That was the plan...”
”... let's go raise some hell, then.”
”Yeah,” she nodded, smiling. ”Let's.”
**
A set of deep tunnels crawled through the belly of a spiraling mountain ring, connecting several underground towns in a strange symphony. The tunnels were decorated with embedded crystals shining away in the dark, creating strangely idyllic scenes on the corners where shadows melded together into an eerie compendium.
The tunnels currently had quite a few people streaming through them, moving in-between the towns, largely in silence. Among them was a masked figure wearing a rather eye-catching crimson armor set, his short, twilight-hair looming over the mask, barely covering '8' at its uttermost-left corner
Just as he was about to turn a corner he came to a speedy halt and raised his head, his expression turning downcast. Raising his arms over above, he rapidly drew over a hundred threads linked together in a strange array that lit up golden, stretching into a cage that suddenly shot out and encompassed every single tunnel and every single town within its scope.
Just a breath later, a massive quake shook the foundations of the mountainous ring, as the 'roof' of the tunnels and the towns ripped itself open and crumbled into crumbs, flying up like an inverted rain. The clear sky soon screamed deafeningly before them, all staring with gaping lips. The mountains cleaved themselves off and flew undisturbed, a truly terrifying sight to behold.
”... Empyrean...” Eight mumbled angrily, spotting two figures in the distant sky looming over them. ”This is bad...”