Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 1641

Chapter 1641: Escape

"Help! I need help!"

Thomas burst out of the door, feeling the two sentinels stationed outside fix him with piercing gazes.

"It’s urgent! Please—help... now!"

Breathing raggedly, Thomas’ shaky arms pointed back toward the lab.

"What happened?"

"It’s... one of the specimens. I don’t know how, but it got loose. It attacked me. I barely made it out—I just ran!"

The sentinels’ eyes narrowed, their bodies tensing. One turned to the other.

"I’m reporting this. Initiate a lockdown on the lab."

Thomas’ eyes widened in horror.

"Report? Are you serious? By the time you finish reporting, that thing will have torn the entire lab apart! This will set us back months. The High Judicator will have my head for this! Probably yours too, since you’re the ones assigned to guard me."

"...."

"...."

Both sentinels exchanged a silent glance before turning back to Thomas.

"You’re certain only one escaped?"

"Yes—yes! Just one. He only has a single fragment. Hest still disoriented."

"...Then we’ll deal with it."

Moments later, Thomas trailed behind the two sentinels as they headed toward the main lab.

’It worked.’

Thomas clenched his fists. His heart had been racing the entire time, and he had nearly changed his mind a thousand times, but he had actually managed to convince the Sentinels.

Thomas exhaled as the Sentinels burst into his lab, their wills churning violently around them.

They froze the moment they saw the quiet and peaceful laboratory.

Every specimen was in deep slumber.

"What—"

’Now!’

Thomas slammed his palms against the ground and sent his will surging outward.

The Sentinel’s eyes widened in alarm, but before they could move, the ground erupted in a blinding light.

Ancient letters burst forth in swirling currents, circling them before slamming down and binding them to the ground.

"What are you doing!"

The Sentinel will flared violently as they struggled against the restraint.

’No time!’

The restraints would last only a few seconds at most.

Thomas shot deeper into the lab and returned holding two circular artifacts. Steeling his mind, he approached the struggling sentinels and forced them onto their heads.

"You...! Do you think you can get away with this!?"

Reaching the control terminal, Thomas’ arms froze.

He could feel the crushing fear gripping his body. Once he did this, there would be no turning back. The Willguard would hunt him, and once they caught him, death would be the kindest fate he could hope for.

’It’s already too late.’

The image of the young girl flashed through his mind, and he gritted his teeth before slamming his arm against the button.

"..!!"

The circular headsets flared with blinding light, engulfing the Sentinels. Their screams echoed across the lab as a powerful suction force erupted, ripping the will and life straight out of the them.

Their bodies shriveled rapidly, collapsing into lifeless husks that crumpled to the ground.

A deadening silence settled over the lab.

"I... I did it."

Thomas stared wide-eyed at the unmoving corpses of the sentinels. He slowly lifted his trembling hands, staring at them in disbelief.

He still couldn’t believe it.

A second later, panic surged through him.

"Oh stars... what have I done?"

He clutched his head in dismay. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Had he just killed two sentinels?

Sentinels!

’My life is over!’

The Willguard would never forgive him for this! Where on earth could he possibly run to escape them? They were everywhere!

He had made a terrible choice!

’Calm down. Calm down. I can still salvage this. I can just say that one of the fragment bearers escaped. They won’t know it was me.’

Thomas began pacing around the room, his mind racing through countless possibilities.

"T-twomas?"

Thomas froze. Every thought in his mind came to a halt.

He slowly turned and saw a petite girl hesitantly stepping into the hall.

Thomas felt his worries melt away in an instant.

He hurried toward her before she could see the corpses behind him, forcing his calmest smile onto his face.

"Hey... it’s alright, it’s alright, Tia. Are you okay?"

"Mhm."

Tia nodded with a small smile.

"Twomas... sweaty."

"Heh... yeah, I guess I am. I’ve been working."

Thomas smiled warmly and bent down to her level.

"Tell me something... how would you feel about finally leaving this gloomy place?"

"Mhm!"

The little girl’s eyes immediately lit up, and she nodded eagerly.

"Good. Then do me a favor and wait in the hallway for a moment, alright?"

"Mhm!"

Excited, she quickly turned and skipped away.

Thomas remained where he stood for a moment. He exhaled deeply, then his eyes hardened with resolve.

’I’m doing this.’

Steeling his mind, he walked over to the Willguard and began removing his armor.

The artifact had drained every trace of life from their bodies so completely that they crumbled to dust at the slightest touch.

’It’s truly fearsome.’

The artifact was meant to extract the essence of Solvath from fragment bearers. As fragment bearers, their life force had already reached terrifying levels.

To use such a device on a normal mortal, god or not, was nothing short of a death sentence.

As he removed his own clothes, Thomas briefly glanced at the tattoo engraved across his arm and clenched his fists.

’I hope it will be enough revenge.’

Thinking briefly about what he had done to their secret weapon, Thomas couldn’t help but smile.

Eventually, Thomas stepped out of the lab.

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