"Master Abe! Where'd you guys go? And where is the vehicle?" Roy exclaimed. He felt both joy that he wasn't actually abandoned and annoyance that the possibility existed in the first place.
But then his mentor's words about the grey snow hit him.
"And… what did you say about turning undead?"
"Exactly as you heard."
The C-Class Executioner carried a rectangular box across his back like a bag. He entered under the opening and set it down.
"We received a warning that the Rank III Gate was about to break right after you signed in. A dark energy surge from it would have broken the APC down. Getting home will be impossible without it. They had to drive it to a safe place."
Roy looked up at the red sky, the red lightning flashes within the clouds, and the falling grey snow. He should have known it was the Rank III Gate. All the signs were right there before him, but he didn't let himself think it.
He gulped.
"What is that?" Roy asked, pointing at the black box.
Tss~ Ch~ Chic~
