Shadow Slave

Sunny's bed trembled slightly, and he felt the wind blowing across the room. Still mostly asleep, he sighed and tried to pull the blanket higher. However, that damned thing was nowhere to be found.

'Where the hell is it…'

Reluctant to let go of sleep, he blindly searched for the blanket. Instead of finding it, though, Sunny suddenly felt his whole bed careen to the side. Startled, he opened his eyes… and saw nothing but darkness surrounding him.

'What the?! Oh… right.'

He wasn't in his small room in the Sanctuary. He was plummeting into a lightless abyss atop the corpse of a Fallen Devil, instead.

Sunny stared into the darkness for a bit.

Then, he yawned.

'Well. At least I slept well.'

Indeed, he was feeling rather refreshed. Most of his aches had either disappeared or grown milder, and even his wounded mind felt soothed. He felt rested, energized, and much better overall.

The only problem was, he was still falling into the endless void of the Sky Below.

Sunny scratched the back of his head, though about this predicament, then summoned the Endless Spring and drank some water. Then, he concentrated and tried to assess the situation.

was absolutely

nothing had changed while he slept, and there was nothing he could do about

stared at the treasure chest beneath him.

I kill this poor bastard, I even went so far as to take a nap on top of its dead body. Talk

down, down below, false stars shimmered with white

he slept for about

to be correct, that would mean that he had left the Sanctuary six days

golden String of Fate, but

luxurious sleeping pod in the basement of his house. The pod would

Would anyone miss him?

not. Kai and Effie were used to his long ventures into the Dream Realm, and even if none of them had been as long as this one was going to be, they would

of keeping a detailed record of who went in and out of the Citadel. The most anyone was going to think about him would be when Cassie arrived from the Night Temple, and he wasn't there to help Saint

was

no one was really going to care that he was

hand, Sunny remained motionless for a while, then dismissed it and

have my

***

the dead Mimic with his one functioning hand, Sunny summoned the

down with incredible speed, his body felt pleasantly light. Sunny

of his fall was going to increase exponentially, which meant that at some point his body was bound to

air moving past him as he fell through it