Chapter 399 - 398: Black Box
"AHH!"
Reena and Amber tumbled downward through the dark, ominous spatial tunnel. It was impossible to tell left from right in the pitch black passage, though it wouldn't have mattered. Space itself warped and bent around them in ways that defied logic. All they could do was fall... endlessly.
Fortunately, the fall wasn't endless. With a heavy thud, they both hit the ground.
Reena tried to stand, but froze the moment she felt the cold edge of a blade at her neck.
Amber pressed her dagger close. "Take us back."
"I—what—who even are you?!" Reena's mind spun, trying to make sense of what had happened. She didn't know who this stranger was or why she had tackled her into the black portal, until it clicked. "Wait... you're the third intruder! Another human—!"
She didn't get to finish. The blade pressed harder.
"Take. Us. Back."
"I—I d-don't even—" Reena stammered, too overwhelmed by the absurd situation, and the threat to her life, to form a coherent response.
Just as she looked on the verge of a nervous breakdown, another voice broke the tension.
"Amber, let her go. Give her a moment to breathe."