Shadow Slave

Chapter 408

Sunny crawled out of the simulation pod and lay on the cold floor for a while, breathing heavily.

'How come an illusory arena is so exhausting?'

The designers of the Dreamscape were really weird. The people who frequented the Colosseum were even weirder, though. Sunny couldn't even begin to understand the quirks of their behavior.

'That's how subcultures are, I guess?'

After a while, he stood up and went upstairs to make himself some food and replenish all the energy he had spent during this intense and taxing hour.

Sunny made himself a light dinner, devoured it with wolfish hunger, and then relaxed in a chair while drinking a cup of delicious tea.

As he rested, his communicator buzzed.

He took a sip of tea, then opened the message Effie had sent him.

"Hey doofus! Have you seen this? I think I found a new boyfriend for your girlfriend!"

The message ended with a winking emote and an attached video link.

Perplexed, Sunny clicked on the link… and spit out all of his tea.

Forgetting to wipe his chin, he stared at the holographic screen in front of him with wide eyes.

"What… what the hell is this?!"

The video was… of him.

Of his duel in the Dreamscape, to be precise.

***

Caught in stunning quality, the recording of his short duel against the young man in azure armor was playing on a loop, set to menacing and epic music. The caption read "Mongrel Victorious". Sunny stared at it for a while, then slowly lowered his gaze and looked at the view count beneath the video.

'S—seven… seven zeroes?!'

Was that Leo Striker guy someone famous?

Sunny only came to his senses because of the pressure of his Flaw. Gritting his teeth, he sent Effie a short message:

"I have not seen this."

'What the hell is happening?'

Feeling apprehensive, he went on the network and typed "Mongrel, Dreamscape" in the search bar. Immediately, thousands upon thousands of results showed, all featuring the fearsome image of Weaver's Mask.

Sunny gulped.

"Oh, no. Oh, no."

first link, and almost spat

defeats Leo Striker, Daoist Saifer, and

montage of a bunch of his

two famous as well?! What three

panic, Sunny scrolled through

duels, his identity, and the hidden meaning of his words. It seemed as if they had somehow become convinced that he was some sort of a profound sage,

boards dedicated to

"Oh, no…"

grabbed his head, realizing that the buffoon he had heard being discussed in the cafe… was

this garbage

He groaned.

idea about who Mongrel was. His

was still

the mess he had made, new notifications started appearing in

"Mongrel returns!"

"Mongrel decimates the Colosseum!"

victories in sixty minutes: Lord Mongrel's shocking

[REDACTED]'s

He closed his eyes.

What is this

random link, he read in

there, guys! It was incredible! He was like

Shoe: "Did you

worthless, silence is gold! So profound. My whole outlook

Shoe: "Wow, my dad used to say me the same thing when I tried to talk to him after

#1 Sympathiser: "Wait. Shoe… are you

their name to Mongrel's

"Aren't we

the link and went

than a

'Postneo… what?'

he opened another

to Mongrel's 70 wins! You

And another:

not believe in

And another:

a candid confession of

quietly for a

"Oh, no!"

***

the globe in no time at all. Starved for

were not disappointed by what they saw, to say the

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