Shadow Slave

Chapter 1308

Sunny almost choked on his tea.He had grown accustomed to Ananke being helpful and accommodating, so he did not expect her to become philosophical all of a sudden. Worse still, because of his own Flaw, he had no chance but to answer her philosophical question.

'What is life, huh?'

He coughed.

"Well, I don't know. To me, life is all about being rich and comfortable. Throw a little decadence in the mix, and it's even better! If I ever manage to build such a delightful life for myself, I'll be more than happy to never improve or grow... apart from growing fatter, that is..."

The old woman laughed.

"That is a remarkable dream, my Lord."

Nephis threw a burning gaze at him at the mention of decadence, then turned to Ananke.

"Then what about the next step? How does one become Supreme?"

Her voice was tense.

The old woman lingered for a while, then shook her head with a sigh.

"That I don't know... and there is no one left to teach me. I am sorry that I can't be of help."

Sunny shook his head.

"No, no... you've already been very helpful. We learned a lot from you."

Ananke smiled.

"In that case, thank you for this meal, my Lord and Lady. I've been blessed by your grace. Rest well tonight."

She rose and added, her voice tinged with melancholy:

"...Tomorrow, we sail to the center of the city."

After she left, Sunny and Nephis remained silent for a while. Both were thoughtful, pondering the startling truths of how the ancient humans walked the path of Ascension before the Nightmare Spell.

Eventually, Sunny sighed.

"It seems that Awakening took a lot longer before, but was not nearly as fatal as it is with the Nightmare Spell."

He scratched the back of his

about something else, though. If it is possible to Awaken without the help of the Spell, then why

She frowned.

nothing to do with the Dream Realm, and functions... functioned according to a different set of laws. Or maybe there were Awakened in

shook her head and added, her voice

gaining the ability to sense your essence - require some kind of knowledge. Forming the core, refining essence, expanding the soul... you wouldn't be able to do it blindly. For the ancient humans of the Dream Realm, it was not too hard to gain that knowledge. All they had to

Sunny nodded.

is a good theory. The theory that

After

Spell infected our world, and why. But, personally... I

She shook her head.

Awakened creature on Earth before

silent for a while, thinking. Then, he

it was created as a sanctuary... or an ark. If so, then perhaps it is precisely because there

with

our world is the only place that was drastically different from the Dream

shook his head and rose to

any case, I am tired, and it is

him a long

a particular

almost dropped the dirty

room you chose,

huffed, glanced at her, and

"Although..."

was

"Goodnight!"

moments later, she was

a while, alone

Eventually, he sighed.

the only one

"Look!"

bow, staring into the distance curiously. Nephis was a

voice, she opened them and

city was slowly appearing

Weave.

Sunny had imagined, with countless artificial islands connected together to form a single whole. There was a network of canals between the various districts that served as roads, and a forest of narrow towers rising into the sky. Most of them were windcatchers, just like the tower

scarlet fabric fluttered in the

pavilions of sun-bleached, bright silk. There were districts with homes and houses, groves of fruit

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