Shadow Slave

1486 Colorful Ribbon

The Chain Breaker was still flying at high speed in the direction it had been expelled from the vortex. Thankfully, Nephis had rolled the ship in time, preventing the members of the cohort from plummeting down… but Sunny was still pressed into the deck, struggling to stand up.

The world was dark, with only the soft glow of the sacred tree illuminating it.

Finally, he rose to his feet, swayed slightly, and called out in a stifled voice:

"Is… is everyone alive?"

He could see Nephis nearby... she was safe. Looking across the deck, he noticed Effie leaning on the sacred tree, a startled expression on her face. Luckily, the huntress did not look injured.

Jet was a bit further away. It seemed that she had used the fifth form of her mist blade, the scythe, as a hook to keep herself in place. Her icy blue eyes were alert and focused.

Cassie had been sleeping in her cabin when the strange event happened, so she was definitely fine — the blind girl might have suffered a few bruises, but she wouldn't have been thrown overboard.

"I'm fine!"

"Alive is a strong word…"

Hearing Effie and Jet answer his question, Sunny let out a relieved sigh. Almost at the same time, Cassie appeared from below the deck, looking a bit haggard.

With each member of the cohort accounted for, he relaxed a little.

They seemed to have escaped the dreadful whirlpool. At least it looked that way.

The twisting tunnel was gone, replaced by a vast empty space. The oppressive feeling Sunny had felt in the depths of the Great River was gone, too, and time seemed to be flowing naturally as well.

Space, however…

a bit

describe the wrongness he felt, but it was definitely there. Humans, after all, were not meant to perceive the fabric of space — why would they, considering that it was meant to be constant

the Tomb of Ariel, many things that he had considered absolute had proven to be less than reliable. The existence of the Tomb was in

space, he could still sense that

going on? No, first…

no sunlight, no glow that

oars, but at the moment, there was nothing for her to do. The ship was still flying… rising?... due to inertia, and it was impossible

and then looked behind her. There was

with her beautiful

too. She hesitated for a

think… we have left

the Great River, so there could very well be a vast empty space inside it. However, somehow, Sunny did not

then? Had they reached the bottom of the Great

In fact… the Chain Breaker was still rising, even

"What the hell happened?"

answer, and eventually said with no confidence

a boundary of some sort. You saw what happened next

to say something else,

few moments later, her

raised a hand and pointed at

"Sunny… behind you…"

behind him — otherwise, he would have felt it through shadow sense. Frowning, he turned around and looked into

had seen before, but

Sunny grew still.

am I looking

he was currently looking, something floated in the darkness. It was like a colorful ribbon painted in lilac, azure, and crimson, with parts

surface

a few moments to realize what the