Shadow Slave

Chapter 439

Sunny stared into the darkness with an incredulous expression, then shrugged:

"Sure. Whatever. Nice to make your acquaintance… Your Highness. I am called Sunless, by the way. Sadly, no title."

Silently, though, he thought:

'...The young prince that the Dreamspawn had taken away?'

Oblivious to his suspicions, Mordret hesitated, then asked politely:

"Sunless? What an unusual name."

Sunny grimaced.

"Yes. My mother had a… on second thought, forget that! Are you going to tell me about the divine flame or not?"

The Prince of Nothing was silent for a bit, then said:

"There is not much to tell. The heat of those flames is absolutely deadly. Unless you have some way to fly, you are in big trouble. Which, I assume, you don't… otherwise, you wouldn't be in this predicament, to begin with. Right?"

'Well… you can't argue with sound logic, I guess!'

Sunny sighed.

"...I can control the direction of the fall, but yes, no true flight."

He hesitated, then added reluctantly:

"For what it is worth, my Aspect Ability allows me to turn incorporeal, as well as teleport for short distances."

He didn't really want to share the details of his powers with the mysterious prince, but currently, there was no other choice. Mordret obviously knew more about the Sky Below than Sunny, so his advice was vital.

thought for a

will help against being cooked by the heat, but it won't save you from the divine flame itself. However, not everything is lost. Even though you can't fly, you do have some mobility. With some luck, you

glanced into the darkness

Tell me something that

The void chuckled.

But only because you

Then, it disappeared.

Sunny's face twitched.

"Goddammit! He's gone again!"

second later, Mordret's voice suddenly resounded from

There is still time. I was

for a few moments, then said

An empty rift in the tapestry of stars where none of it remains. If you find

these days, Sunny tried his hardest to suppress the misplaced anger and calm himself down. When

sooner? How

Mordret sighed.

not like I know where you are, exactly. More than that, I had never managed to find the rift myself. The Sky

exploring this abyss, too. Why?

tilted his head,

it, how

silent for some time. After a while,

should be somewhere near

felt that he was alone in the

for a while, staring into the endless nothingness

"Near the Tear…"

toward the Tear. To somewhere very near its center. If the rift in the annihilating field of the divine flames had anything to do with the golden thread, then Sunny had a much better chance of finding the path through the merciless stars than Mordret

already

sighed and closed his eyes again, returning to the endless routine of circulating the shadow essence through

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