Chapter 45: The battle of Invictus (9)
Deep within the fortress, a one-eyed enforcer—his left eye torn out by an old grandmother—was walking slowly, torch in hand, guided by a voice.
"Keep going straight, then turn at the end of the hallway. There, you’ll see a crack in the wall. That’s where you must go to find the star."
"Major, are you sure that old legend is true?"
"Executed, soldier. Your mission is not to ask questions, but to obey," the voice snapped sternly.
"Yes, sir."
"And without that star, we won’t be able to save the innocent civilians trapped under this crude illusion. For your comrades still fighting above, you must act fast."
"Understood, Major. My bad."
Of course, if an outsider had witnessed the scene, they would’ve been shocked to see the man talking to himself... And why did he seem to be answering the Major, when the latter was still fighting outside?
Regardless, the young enforcer picked up his pace, more determined than ever to complete his mission, no matter the cost.
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Meanwhile, Sirius was scanning old blueprints as fast as he could while Lucy and Iris chatted about what had happened outside. Suddenly, as if struck by inspiration, he raised an old map like a trophy.
"I found it! The fortress was built above the crater, and normally, it would have been architecturally impossible to build such a massive structure over empty space. To make it work, they must have—"