Chapter 219: Fight Scene
"Looking at this... it should be somewhere around here." Adyr lifted a brow as he hovered in the air, glancing down at the blinking green light on the small device in his hand, then at the emptiness stretching below.
"Seems like it’s about time I get myself an investigative-type skill."
Even though his mutant eyes scanned the terrain below—endless sand and stone—he couldn’t spot anything resembling a headquarters entrance. The relentless rain washing away all traces only made matters worse.
The reason he hadn’t acquired an investigative-type Spark until now was simple. Their prices were absurdly higher than most others, and he had never seen the need to pay that cost.
Compared to the generally cheap Attack and Defense types, Sparks classified as investigative, supportive, or utility-based were noticeably more expensive. Their rarity contributed to this, but the real reason was simple: they were in high demand.
The GPS device in his hand wasn’t giving an exact coordinate either, which was unfortunate, though not surprising. This was a high-radiation zone; interference in electronic equipment was expected. The fact that it still functioned at all spoke volumes about its quality.
Making matters worse, Victor hadn’t bothered to describe what the entrance actually looked like. According to STF reports, the only clue was their vague account of the ground suddenly collapsing beneath them, dropping them into subterranean tunnels.
Circling above the area, Adyr scanned the terrain carefully, searching for any sign of such a collapse. Then, something caught his eye—a small pool of rainwater that looked strangely out of place.
"It seems like it just formed," he muttered. Adyr’s gaze fixed on the edge of the pool. The soil was still loose, cracked, and bore fresh fracture marks. No vegetation or moss had taken hold yet, and the surrounding earth was scattered with freshly fallen debris. The water was murky but lacked any buildup of sediment or leaves on its surface, constantly stirred by the rain. All these signs clearly pointed to the pool having formed no more than half an hour ago.
He found no other unnatural formations nearby, so this had to be the exact spot where Victor and the others had fallen. After the collapse, the ground had settled back over the void, and the relentless rain had gradually filled the hollow, creating the pool before him.