There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 465

Chapter 465: Chapter 458. Secluded Sanctuary

While Bassena told everyone to rest, and most of them were indeed playing in the lower lake area, there were still some people working above.

On a small clearing not far from the lake, the two defenders were helping Kei put up an office of some sort around the beacon Han Shin had set up before he came down to prevent any lovey-dovey moment from happening. But even after Julian and Banner followed the others to have some fun at the lower lake, the scout still stayed there to transcribe the recording she made into a report.

"You’re still doing it?" Bassena came up to check on the scout after the two defenders came down without her.

"I rest better if I don’t have to think about leftover work," Kei replied without looking off her screen. "I’ll send this first, and we’ll deal with the report on the purple stone later."

Bassena glanced in the direction of the lower lake, where the loud sound of the playing squad members could be heard. "Well, Shin will definitely refuse to do anything today," he said with a chuckle.

"Yep," Kei nodded in agreement. "Ah, we got a message from Hagalaz--it seems they had arrived at the cave we used yesterday, so they’ll arrive here tomorrow."

"How’s the journey?"

Kei leaned forward slightly to read the transcript on the screen better. "It said there’s nothing much happening; some attacks from the sky and the river, but there are almost no enemies on the ground, although they mentioned wight attacks a few times."

Bassena dragged a folding chair over and sat there, leaning back while looking up in contemplation. "The wights probably came from the groups we slayed but had no time to rid of the corpse."

"I agree," Kei nodded. "I’ll mention it in the report. Seems like there’s no regeneration--or it’s slow. Well, they should originally come out of the dungeon just like anything else. I’ll tell Hagalaz to burn off the corpse as they go."

Bassena tilted his head. "If there’s not much fight, shouldn’t they be able to move quicker?"

"The terrains, Commander," Kei reminded Bassena. "Please remember that they basically brought a wagon with them. Hmm...they said they will make a simple bridge first to cross the ravine tomorrow before continuing."

Ah...Bassena turned toward the wall of trees beyond the woods where they were. He failed to think about it earlier, but...they would need a way to get down here with all the luggage tomorrow.

"We should make a path from the cliff down," Bassena muttered.

"What, like a stair? A slope?"

"Both."

"Wouldn’t the beasts use it too?"

Bassena scoffed. "They could already come down even without anything, so making one or two wouldn’t change things. But it will allow our people to get here easier..."

He stopped talking and fell into a silent contemplation as the scout was back into typing both her short summary report and another detailed description of what transpired in the battle, along with her analysis.

Bassena, meanwhile, looked around the place, listening to the sounds of relaxation down there. This place was truly a paradise; there was ample water and even a light. While the temporary safe zone they made from the purification device could be destroyed by a monster attack, malfunction, or run out of energy, this dome’s security had the might of an unbreakable fortress. At the very least, it could withstand an attack of a horde with several commander-class beasts and a Boss. But also, in the first place, the location was actually very secure.

"It’s like a bunker..." he muttered.

A bunker for emergency situations. Yeah, that’s it! They only thought about making relay points and headquarters, but what about an emergency bunker? A place where they could fall back into if they were driven to a corner?

Not to mention, this Operation would probably take years to complete, and staying inside the Deathzone for that long was not healthy for anyone. There would be people who got too stressed out, too tense, or even going crazy in the middle of all the pressure and neverending fights. Those people would need a place where they could heal and recuperate their minds.

This place could be it--on a note that Zein and the core were agreed, and that everyone could open the way.

Kei looked at Bassena silently for a while. He realized what Bassena wanted, and she was also excited about the prospect. But she decided to keep her expectations to a minimum.

He had worked with Radia Mallarc way before Trinity was established, on her mercenary days. She knew the man would have thought about this too, but...the reason it never came up was probably because it hung too heavily on the fact that they would need permission from the host. _{ƒrēewebnovel.com}

The core itself.

It was too unpredictable, and Radia did not like unpredictable things, so he probably scrapped it altogether. It would be better to progress with the assumption that they wouldn’t receive any help, after all.

But both Radia and she hadn’t seen how Zein interacted with the shards directly, so...

"You should talk about it with Zein, Commander," she said. "It won’t work if the gatekeepers don’t give permission."

"I know that much," Bassena chuckled. "Wouldn’t it be great if we could even plant something here? There’s a field down there flanking the river that--ah...the river."