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 few

you from the divine flame itself. However, not everything is lost. Even though you can't fly,

darkness with

Tell me

The void chuckled.

only because you

Then, it disappeared.

Sunny's face twitched.

"Goddammit! He's gone again!"

a second later, Mordret's voice suddenly

no. There is still time. I was

for a few moments, then

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

his hardest to suppress the misplaced anger and calm himself down. When he spoke, his voice

didn't you tell me sooner? How far am

Mordret sighed.

where you are, exactly. More than that, I had never managed to find the

was exploring this abyss, too. Why? What's

his head,

how do you know

while, when Mordret spoke again,

be somewhere near the

alone in the darkness again.

while, staring into

"Near the Tear…"

the divine flames had anything to do with the golden thread, then Sunny had a much better chance of finding the

had already

returning to the endless routine of

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