Shadow Slave novel Chapter 440

Chapter 440 Merciless Stars

After more than three weeks of falling into the Sky Below — at least Sunny thought that it had been that long — he sighed and stood up, balancing on the dangerously swaying treasure chest.

His hair was wet with sweat, and his skin glistened in the piercing white light of approaching stars. By now, they did not resemble white dots in the boundless darkness of the abyss. Instead, each was the size of a fist, surrounded by a furious, blinding halo.

The heat permeating the void was suffocating.

Sunny stared down, at the ocean of white flames beneath him. If this was what remained of the inferno of heavenly fire after thousands of years of burning in an empty void… he shuddered to imagine what it must have looked like right after the hammer of divine punishment had fallen on the ancient land.

His gaze was locked on a small empty space between several radiant stars.

The rift.

This was his goal.

As Sunny stared darkly at the tiny patch of emptiness amid the vast field of flame, the void suddenly spoke:

"Have you… huh? Is that a… uh… what a large tattoo you have."

Sunny glanced at the darkness, then shrugged.

"What about it?"

Mordret lingered for a few moments, as though not sure what to say, then asked with amusement:

"Sunless… are you sure that you are a research assistant?"

Sunny grinned.

"Of course I am! Do you know how many contribution points they give me every month? I scribbled a few words about this and that, and that bought me a house. An entire house! Maybe being a researcher is not as swell as being a prince, but it's still a sweet gig… with all due respect, of course. Your Highness."

The void laughed.

"You are such an interesting person."

Sunny stared into the void with an incredulous expression.

"You are a bit of an enigma yourself, are you not?"

Mordret remained silent for a bit, then asked:

"Are you ready for what is about to come?"

Instead of answering, Sunny pointed to the ocean of merciless stars.

"Look there."

When the lost prince spoke, his voice was strangely regretful:

"I can't really see that well. What is it?"

'Oh… right.'

Sunny hesitated for a few seconds, then said:

"I think I found the rift you told me about."

Mordret asked with surprise in his voice:

"...Really? You found it?"

Sunny shrugged.

"We'll see. You said that it should be somewhere under the Tear, right? Since I fell right into the Tear, there's a chance that I'm right."

The void lingered, then said in a somber tone:

"What if you're not?"

Sunny smiled.

"Then it has been nice knowing you. Anyway… anything else you want to tell me before you go? I doubt that we'll have the opportunity to speak again before I reach the stars."

He shook his head. _{fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm}