Chapter 596: Bury the Light
Erredis brought everyone to the dark side of the moon.
The hidden moon was right there. Much smaller and not so far away compared to the planet. It looked just like the regular moon, at first glance, unnaturally so.
“Is that it?” Alith asked, looking up, “It doesn’t look as dangerous as you said it was… Wait, no…”
“It’s the same,” Sofia said, turning toward Erredis, who was also looking up at the celestial body, “the same as this moon.”
“An Illusion,” Erredis said under her breath, “Moon found this sibling of hers distressing to look at, so she hid it with her reflection… If we are to call me the moon guardian, then this is what I am guarding, more than the moon we stand on,” she explained, “I prevent people from going there, to be exact. But if it’s you, then maybe…”
“If it’s me… Because of the deep, right?”
“Yes… But even then, I am uneasy at the thought of letting you go. I have no advice to give. I could never find the courage to explore it myself, not knowing how dangerous it is… The people we lost to it…”
“It’s that bad?” Alith asked.
Erredis gave a weary nod, “Dragons and gods alike have gone and never returned. Not even their name is left for their family to remember. As far as I know, Moon and Avross are the only two to have ever gone and returned, though that happened long before my birth. It was bad enough that they mutually erased their memories of that expedition, and Moon has been hiding this forsaken place ever since.”