Chapter 168: That Which Has Been Preserved
"...And that is how this beautiful face descended from the heavens."
Sunny ended his story by picking a piece of steak with his fork, before surgically placing it within his oral cavity. He allowed it to rest and sizzle on his tongue. He was in no rush. He would savor the juicy, tender meat like a god savoring their creations.
’Is that what the Gods do. Or did? Since they’re dead and all...’
This question lingered on his mind until Bronya coughed into her fist, the movement strangely elegant and captivating.
"You... seemed to have quite the eventful time."
Sunny’s strengthened teeth tore through the steak with powerful force. The steak may have struggled against any other person, but he was an Awakened, and his teeth were no joke now that they were enhanced with Bone Weave.
So, naturally, the steak practically disintegrated with each practiced movement of his jaw, the fat within popping out and flooding his mouth with flavor. In little time, he was able to smoothly swallow.
’Whatever animal was used to make this, I thank you for sacrificing yourself.’
After swallowing, Sunny scoffed.
"Eventful? More like boring. I kill things stronger than me all the time, so that wasn’t exceptionally exciting. Falling into the void sounds epic, but it’s really just a whole lot of nothing. Heaven is also not all it’s cracked up to be. The only living creature I found up there wasn’t even living, and it’s more vile than heavenly."
Besides the corpse of the dead dragon, the Seed of Nightmare he found in the Ivory Tower completely contrasted the pure and pristine beauty of the island.