Chapter 197: Cards Up Your Sleeve
This close to the Tear, the Nightmare Creatures were much more dangerous and vile. Sunny and the Abyss Watchers were currently on the island he had visited before — the one with dozens of stone towers laying in ruins, overgrown by moss, and monstrous worms hiding underground.
They had just fought off a swarm of them, and were now approaching the edge of the isle. Soon, the sight of the gargantuan chain stretching into the distance opened to them, and they heard the sound of rusty metal scraping against ancient iron on the wind.
The Abyss Watchers froze and stared at the distant Shipwreck Island... and the corpse of the metal giant that was entangled in the remnants of a broken chain, swaying slowly above the dark abyss of the Sky Below. They were as stunned by this forlorn visage as Sunny had been when he first saw the mangled remains of the steel colossus.
After a while, one of them said:
"That wound in his chest... what kind of force could have shattered such a creature? And his arm... we saw it already, didn’t we?"
Sunny didn’t respond, since the question wasn’t directed at him, and thus his Flaw remained silent.
Another Fire Keeper lingered, then asked in a curious tone:
"Maybe we should climb down and investigate, after taking control of the island?"
Sunny glanced at her, then shook her head.
"I wouldn’t recommend that. You think the monster in the wreck is bad? The being that dwells on the dark side of the island is much, much worse. Believe me. And that giant is within it’s reach. In fact, I think that it uses him as bait to feed on the Chain Worms... those are Fallen Demons, by the way, and of a very nasty variety. They’re just candy to that thing, though."
The Abyss Watchers turned their attention to the underside of the Shipwreck Island, which was shrouded in darkness. Their faces turned solemn, and after a while, one of them asked: