Shadow Slave novel Chapter 3103

Saint was still fighting her fallen kin, while Sunny and Nephis set their sights on the very edge of the ancient city — there, the great river plummeted into the abyssal chasm in the roar of an immense waterfall, and white mist billowed in cold winds. Before they ventured forward, however, Sunny hesitated for a moment. He looked around, at the ruins of the devastated streets around them, and asked in a low tone:

“Should I... leave a tether here? Just in case."

It was unlikely that they would be able to remain in the Underworld for much longer. But even if they were forced to retreat, a tether could help him return here at will. Sunny had doubts, though.

Nephis shook her head.

“You shouldn't."

She wiped the blood off her lips and looked at the scorched expanse of shattered stone where her Dream Gate had stood. Her expression darkened.

“Now that we are facing Cursed and Unholy beings, we need to rethink a lot of things. In the battle against the Cursed Demon, Abjuration, it was able to use my connection to the Longing Domain to target its subjects... this time, the thing from the Abyss was able to destroy my Dream Gate. Who's to say that some Unholy horror won't be able to make use of your tether, as well?"

Sunny's expression turned grim.

Nephis was right. The harrowing deities of the Dream Realm were beyond their understanding and wielded powers that defied reason. It would already be bad enough if the abyssal horror could trace the tether back to Sunny and attack his soul... but what if it could follow him to the other end of the tether, as well?

Imagining that thing extending its tendrils into NQSC or Bastion made Sunny shudder.

"We only have one attempt, then. We'd better not waste it."

Sharing an uneasy look, they moved toward the edge of the city. They had to fly again, landing on the rock outcropping above the swirling white mist — Nephis was still reeling from the dire strain of the battle against the dark copy, but she summoned her wings, gritting her teeth as pain and exhaustion washed over her.

Nether's flying stronghold was now behind and above them, while in front of them, a seemingly boundless expanse of impenetrable darkness stretched as far as they could see — which wasn't far, considering that Saint was on the other end of the city.

Neph's radiance, which usually resembled a brilliant star, seemed like a tiny spark in the face of that vast expanse of cold darkness. Her light didn't reach far, barely illuminating the wisps of mist below.

Beyond that, there was only an endless, inscrutable black void.

The roar of the unseen waterfall enveloped them, the air full of cool vapor. Sunny inhaled deeply, still failing to suppress the instinctual terror that held his heart in an icy grasp. The abyssal horror still hid somewhere in the depths of that black void. Sunny could not see it, could not sense it... he did not know if a towering tendril would rise the next moment to envelop him and pull him down into the darkness.

However, he still forced himself to look ahead, facing the boundless darkness.

And then, his expression changed.

Sunny’s eyes glinted, and he raised a hand, pointing forward.

“Neph, do you... see it?"

She answered in a quiet, reserved tone:

"Yeah."

Sunny let out a quiet sigh.

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