Novel & Cerita Escape Cidhna Mine

He barked orders to seal the lower tunnels and move the wounded into the deeper recesses of the well chamber where the stone was thickest. Fenris, the Justiciar who had knelt before Laila, stepped forward. His face was a mask of grim determination, his earlier arrogance replaced by the survival instinct of a seasoned warrior. He told Kaden that there was a secondary exit, an old mining shaft that led out to the western face of the mountain. It was steep and dangerous, but it was hidden from the primary landing zones.

Eliza was imprisoned in a chrome-like cave riddled with jagged spikes and the floor was laced with cobalt minerals. She was suspended inside a scarlet carbonite hive and her face was the only part not cocooned. “Hello there, Miss Yoshida,” Soundhound greeted. He entered the room followed by two gargantuan troll-like Kaiju. “I just wanted to see if you’re enjoying your new accommodations. Should your brother choose not to come, it will be your last.”

“You grabbed that while the building was falling apart?” Aiden shrugged. “Couldn’t resist.” “You’re insane.” “Takes one to know one.” Despite the weight of everything, they both laughed—real, breathy, tired laughter that hurt Aiden’s ribs but eased something deeper. They spread the maps across the table. Aiden plugged the chip into the old laptop they’d salvaged. Lines of corrupted data filled the screen until one file blinked open: C-23: Field Command / Northern Division. “Coordinates,” Aiden said. “This looks like one of Julian’s active facilities. Northern forest, near the border.”