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.

for

being cooked by the heat, but it won't save you from the divine flame itself. However, not everything is

glanced into the darkness with a

out myself. Tell

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 resounded from the

still time.

a few

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

his emotions these days, Sunny tried his hardest to suppress the misplaced anger and calm

tell me sooner? How far

Mordret sighed.

would I know? It's not like I know where you are, exactly. More than that, I had never managed to

this abyss, too. Why? What's out there, beyond the fake

tilted his head, the

you never found it, how do you

remained silent for some time. After a while, when Mordret spoke again, his voice

it should be somewhere near

the darkness again.

sat motionlessly for a while, staring into

"Near the Tear…"

in the annihilating field of the divine flames had anything to do with the golden thread, then Sunny had a

already half-found

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

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