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Twenty-four hours later…

The search through the forest is ongoing, but so far there's no sign of the artifact according to the initial reports. Backup arrived too late to stop Morgan from leaving with the artifact. Right now, the only thing that you can is to search for any clues as to where they could have taken it, but your initial findings aren't very encouraging at all.

According to Lemurian satellite images, the giant was making its way through the forest one minute, and then the next it suddenly vanished. Scouts on the ground have reported the same thing; the giant was walking along for a while before it suddenly vanished. The tracks that it left behind have confirmed that. It can't be instant teleportation; not even the Fiends are capable of that. So how did they pull this off, is the question on everyone's minds.

For your part, as Altug is still under bed-rest, you delivered your report to another officer, who looks through it thoroughly before setting it aside. "So, you knew Private Lee before this turn of events?" he asks, and you nod, saying that you've known Morgan since boot camp. He nods and says, "Must have been hard, fighting an old colleague like that."