There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 510

Chapter 510: Chapter 503. Family Talk

Between the black desert and the dark plains, it was an amalgamation of tens of thousands of acres of flat land. In this flat land, a tall structure pulled the attention of anyone visiting the area.

Tall was one thing; but the structure also looked intimidating. Turrets at the top with dozens of guns, and a glaring shining crystal at the tower’s spire that could be seen from miles away. Perhaps because the tower was built in a Castle, the walls were made of reinforced bricks rather than metal. Another discovery of the Stone Eater provided the builder with an indestructible coating, which turned the tower and the castle into a fortress.

It was in this fortress that the squad of Hagalaz and Ashur Iddina made their home. Along with them was a squad of House Mallarc’s agents and a mercenary group. In total, there were only twenty-four people staying permanently to man the Castle and the Tower.

That being said, as a hub for the plains, people were coming and going to the Tower frequently, especially those in charge of exploring the plains and the underground system that still only around seventy percent covered even after a year.

A while ago, the other hunting teams—especially House Ishtera’s Iron Shield—also visited the Tower frequently on their way. However, these days, all the members of the operation were stationary. Everyone was under the order of staying put as they ’lured’ their enemies to them.

It was a bit of respite in a way. Except during patrol duty, they stayed inside the base. After doing routine training under the watchful eyes of the tireless Commander, they had free time that they could use to rest--or, in Zhan’s case, look for people to battle out of boredom.

Bassena didn’t mind, since it kept the spearman out of trouble, and kept whoever fighting him in an alert condition.

It was also a rest for the guides, who could finally do the cleansing more leisurely. Despite being in the middle of luring dangerous entities toward them, the atmosphere was actually rather peaceful.

"Do you think it’ll work?" Zein asked as he stood on the Tower’s rooftop during their routine inspection.

"If it doesn’t work, there are two possibilities," Bassena narrowed his eyes. "It’s either because there is no fragment left in this whole region, or they found out what we are trying to do."

"The second one will be a cause for concern..."

"Indeed," Bassena glanced at the shining crystal above them. "What did you tell the shard should send out?" _{freeweɓnøvel.com}

Zein looked up and called the shard down onto his palm. "To call for the other shards in that direction," he pointed toward the void across the desert with his chin. "We can’t make it too obvious that it’s a bait, isn’t it? I told this one to make it as desperate as possible--even the other shard and the twins couching it."

Bassena chuckled in amusement. It still fascinated him--and everybody else--to see how Zein interacted with the shards like he was talking to a bunch of completely sentient beings. In fact, he talked to them like they were a bunch of sentient kids, no different from the way he talked to the guides.

Just then, the shards buzzed to tell Zein something, and the guide chuckled. "This one said it tries its best already, and that it’s not its fault if this stuff fails."

"I got it, I got it," Bassena laughed. "Thank you for the hard work."

Another buzz, and the shard hovered near Zein’s head as if whispering to the guide’s ear--even though no one could understand it except for Zein. This was why Bassena always thought the shards were kids. Perhaps because they were fragments of a fragment that were developing ego with limited knowledge and interaction around them. Zein, as the full fragment with a full, independent ego, became their big brother automatically.

"Huh? Is that so?" Zein raised his brow and looked at Bassena in surprise.

"What is it? Does it gossip about me?"

Zein chuckled and shook his head. "No, it’s about that river...ravine...whatever it is where it hid before," Zein shifted his gaze in the direction of the cliff. They could see the bridge that was still under construction even now. "It said the water might lead to the sea."

"What--really?" Bassena turned toward the ravine and narrowed his eyes even more, trying to see far. Naturally, it was futile.

"More precisely, it said ’a larger body of water’ so I could only think it’s a sea," Zein shrugged.

"Oh, fuck--" Bassena grabbed his head. "How couldn’t we think of this? How couldn’t we think about following the water flow?!"