Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2699

'What to do, what to do...'

Clinging to the crumbling shell of the void chamber, Sunny peered at the vaguely noticeable item hidden in the heart of the dying star. The world was coming undone around him as the hungry maw of the Shadow Realm devoured it. The integrity of the imploding chamber had been compromised a long time ago, allowing air to rush in - because of that, he could hear once more.

What surrounded him was a deafening, penetrating, dreadful hiss that was low and loud enough to sound like a fierce roar. It was as if he heard the otherworldly voice of the Shadow Realm itself... and since the Shadow Realm was the corpse of the God of Death, Sunny wondered if that was what his voice had sounded like, as well.

The metal was groaning as it was torn and pulled apart.

What Sunny remembered while looking at the dying star of the Eternal City was not the Shadow Realm and its cold expanse, though. He remembered the conflagration of divine flames burning in the endless expanse of the Sky Below, and the pain he had suffered after being burned by them. Was he going to burn once more today? 'Even if I am... let's do it, I guess:

Gritting his teeth, he summoned a pair of black wings and then let go of the chain. Immediately, the pull of the Gate of Shadow grasped him like an inescapable vice. Sunny found himself plummeting down — or perhaps up — with awful speed, barely able to control the direction of his fall... or ascension.

As he drew closer to the dying star, terrible heat washed over him.

Then, the heat became unbearable.

And then, it became impossible.

"Argh!"

Sunny regretted inhaling, because his lungs were instantly seared.

His wings caught fire first, black feathers igniting and turning to ash a moment later. The Jade Mantle withstood the stellar radiance for a while, but then, incandescent cracks slowly spread across its surface.

The outward layers of the stonelike metal began to melt.

The shadow of Nightwalker grew smaller, shielded from the blinding light by the towering figure of the Shadowspawn.

..And it all hurt like hell, naturally.

'Ah, damn it! I miss Antarctica!"

Sunny wanted to be buried in ice.

He wanted to go on a snowy expedition with Silent Stalker again.

Instead, nearing the ferocious white orb of the dying star, he gritted his teeth and spread his burning wings to fight the pull of the Gate of Shadow. His fall slowed, even if only for a moment.

But that moment was enough for Sunny to steel himself... and plunge his arm into the stellar flame.

The stonelike metal of the Jade Mantle finally melted.

His flesh melted, too.

However, even with his bones showing through the blackened flesh, Sunny still willed himself to grasp the fragment of Weaver's lineage hidden in the core of the dying star.

He tore it out and wasted a split second to look at what it was.

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