Chapter 81: Pleasant Reunion
After an hour of traversal, they managed to make it to the sunken tower in one piece. Though they encountered several Spectors on the way, thanks to the combined efforts of the Z-Streamers they had rescued, no one was fatally wounded.
That is... no one was fatally wounded in recent combat.
Despite being weak and injured, Min-ho and his helper were the first to head inside the tower. They had gotten in through the large windows of the tower up front on the balcony, which now seemed more like a porch due to the tower’s lower half being sunken into the ground.
The inside welcomed Min-ho and his helper to a wide hallway tilted just enough on one side to make traversal annoying. The hallway stretched about 10 meters before being cut off by an elevator of sorts. On either side of the hallway were doors that appeared every few intervals, leading to rooms of varying nature.
As per Ji-su’s confirmation, there were no Spectors in the nearest rooms. Which meant they needed to occupy one immediately and fortify it at once. Spectors were roaming the shattered plains, and it was only a matter of time before they wandered to the sunken tower.
"Searc—"
"They’re dead, aren’t they?"
Min-ho paused his words at the voice. Smoke swirled in the hands of all the Z-Streamers that had been rescued.
Their Z-Eyes quietly losing their lights while still hovering.
While the others were fearful of the voices, Min-ho and his cohorts were mostly anxious, because they knew who those voices belonged to.
"I doubt that. Their leader seems like a very hardy per—" Shin-ji’s voice paused when he came into view.