The Furnaceback Centipede continued tearing through the earth.
Stone scraped across its armour in a constant roar, while the tunnel behind it collapsed almost as quickly as its enormous body passed through. It had descended deep beneath the cracked lands and travelled several kilometres from the convoy.
And Simon knew exactly how far.
The ShadowEye beneath Wagon Eighteen remained connected to him, but its view was no longer as clear as before. The Eye itself had not disappeared. Distance alone would not destroy it, but maintaining a clear connection beyond roughly six kilometres required far more mental and shadow energy.
The edges of the battlefield seen through the Eye had begun to blur.
Simon narrowed his eyes.
'The connection is approaching the limit I can maintain comfortably. If I let this beast travel much farther, I will either have to abandon the Eye or waste energy keeping it active.'
Neither option appealed to him.
