Chapter 159: Leaving Nothing Behind
For the next few days, Sunny’s life became rather monotonous. He would meditate while circulating the Shadow Essence through the coils of the Soul Serpent to enhance the speed of its recovery, pour it into the obsidian arch... and repeat the process.
With each cycle, the runes surrounding the portal became brighter and brighter. The portal was slowly coming to life, feeling Sunny with hope so intense that he struggled to contain it. He had no doubt that he would be able to activate the arch.
And then... he would go to the Ivory Tower, find a way to descend back to the Chained Isles, somehow, and return to the real world.
Sitting on the stone floor of the highest level of the Ebony Tower, Sunny looked at the Covetous Coffer, which stood nearby, with a resentful expression. He knew full well that there was no meat left there, or any other kind of food.
Who knew he would miss the vile flesh of the Mordant Mimic one day?
’I guess one should never say never...’
Sunny was close to fully replenishing the Shadow Essence, so his thoughts began to wander.
Out of boredom, he dove into the Soul Sea, stared at the shadows for some time, then paced around, then summoned some of his Memories and read their descriptions for the hundredth time, then stared at the looming black suns of his Shadow Cores, then paced some more, then summoned a few other Memories.
’Boring... so boring...’
After a while, something finally attracted his attention.
The runes of Weaver’s Mask... had apparently changed a little.