There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 511

Chapter 511: Chapter 504. Eye of The Storm

"Welcome back," Zein welcomed Bassena back with wide arms and a kiss two days later. He had fun watching the fight captured by the Tower’s camera from the command center, which honestly, looked rather easy for the seasoned hunters.

Bassena received the kiss and the hug with a wide grin and an arched brow. "Feels like newlyweds."

"Take it as practice," Zein shrugged, and Bassena raised his arched brow higher.

He tilted his head and narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "You’re going to ask for something reckless, do you?"

"Maybe?"

Bassena glanced at the two hovering lights behind the guide that had been following Zein while buzzing like excited children. Or anxious ones. It was the first time they came down to move along with Zein, and Bassena could feel it wasn’t just for a change of pace.

"Where?" he sighed. "We can’t travel the river yet. I still have to put on a proposal for Radia."

"I know," Zein gestured with his chin and walked away from the stadium. "I just got fed up waiting for a path through the underground tunnel, so I thought we could just go through the surface."

It had been almost a year since they found the underground system, and still, they hadn’t found any exit toward the other side of the desert. It wasn’t the scout’s fault, of course. The system was just too vast and confusing; it was as wide as Althrea and they no longer had a compass to point the way for them.

Radia did say all those things about marathons, but

Again, Bassena glanced at the shards, which were already warming up to him instead of being afraid--after all, he was the ’guardian’. They did not reject him in their proximity, unlike with other humans.

"Are you thinking of going with them?"

Zein smiled and patted the esper’s cheek gently with the back of his hand. "How clever, my baby."

"You’re very generous with your words," Bassena chuckled. Well, he still gleefully accepted it.

"They told me they can try to protect us in the desert against the tornado," Zein explained. "Of course, it still hasn’t been proven yet, but--"

The two shards buzzed heavily and Bassena laughed in response. Even if he couldn’t understand them, he could guess easily. "Seems like they don’t accept that."

Zein scoffed and flicked the twin shards like he would his other kids and Bassena. "I didn’t say anything wrong; it hasn’t been proven," he said. "Still, I am willing to bet on your confidence."

The shards buzzed again, but this time softer. They rubbed themselves on Zein’s side as if nuzzling the guide.

"Anyway, they said they saw a dangerous-looking dungeon spawn in the middle of the desert--which was the reason they got in hiding," Zein continued. "It was before the tornado going around terrorizing the desert, so..."

Bassena tilted his head. "Are you thinking that...the dungeon caused the tornado?"

Zein stopped and turned around while blinking. "I...didn’t think about that, actually."

"Huh? Then..." Bassena paused and frowned as he got his brain churning. The amber eyes gleamed as realization hit him. "Are you thinking about the Fallen Star?"

Zein nodded. "The shards wouldn’t run away just because of a normal dungeon. They must have sensed the trace of their--what did you say--anti-thesis?"

"Yeah."

"That," Zein snapped his hand. "It was a long time ago though. I don’t think It’s still there."

"Obviously," Bassena shrugged as he took out the tube with the fragment of Fallen Star inside. "It would already come to us if It’s still there."

The twins shrieked and ran to hide behind Zein, trembling. "Ah, sorry about this," Bassena smiled wryly. Just like Zein said, their trauma ran deep.

"You don’t need to be afraid with us here, do you?" Zein chuckled and patted the shuddering twins. "But you should go to him for now, since I’m going to get rid of it."

Without hesitation, the twins shot toward Bassena, peeking behind the esper’s shoulder as Zein dragged the tube away. They were at the edge of the main base, a space they left empty because it was a weak point. No one came there except for the patrol, so it was a perfect place to get rid of the fragment--especially a small one.

This fragment was only half the size of the one harassing the twins. In fact, no other fragments were bigger than that one. It strengthened their theory that the one chasing the twins was one of the strong ones--the high ranking among the fragments. Perhaps one of the three big fragments Zein saw in the vision.

That being said, Zein didn’t like the smaller fragments; they usually had no vision, so Zein would feel like wasting a lot of energy with less reward.

This one, however, was not a disappointment.

"Haa, fuck--" Zein pressed his lips to prevent himself from cursing more in front of the innocent twins.

"What is it?" Bassena held the guide and helped him stand up, taking out a bottle of mineral water for Zein.