Chapter 68 Beacon Of Death (1/2)

Chapter 68 Beacon Of Death

Sunny, Nephis and Cassie sat on a branch of the great tree, waiting for the sun to set The branch ide enough to accommodate twice asspotted froround Still, they reiantplace

The sound of his footsteps sent shi+vers through the tense bodies of the three Sleepers

Not once since coht to co

They could only proceed with the next step of the plan after darkness had fallen, so there was nothing to do now but wait Sitting with his back against Neph and Cassie, Sunny stared into the distance and tried not to think about anything

Obsessing over pastto dampen his resolve And it was already in short supply

Meeting a setback so early into the plan really through Sunny off his game He still couldn't recover from the sudden loss of the precious Echo Of course, he knew beforehand that irls that there were too many unpredictable elements, and thus it was impossible to reliably predict their chances of success

Nevertheless, he had not expected to lose the strongest e of the plan was supposed to be the safest Things to coerous

Sunny looked at the darkening skies, barely visible through the thick canopy of the great tree's crown, and listened to the noise of the rising sea In the diently squeezed his hand

Her war that the blind girl was just trying to console him, he allowed himself to relax

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But, despite these gruhts, Sunny reluctantly realized that he did feel a bit reassured, with no logical reason at all

Maybe they were going to pull this off after all

If this was their will… who dared to stop the the world in absolute darkness

The Ashen Barrow had beco void of the dark sea The braches of the great tree swayed gently in the darkness, their vibrant scarlet leaves now indistinguishable from the obsidian surface of the wood The leaves whispered and rustled, creating a cal waves

Sunny sighed, knowing that theHe was sure of his plan… as far as it was possible to be sure of anything in this cursed place But he also knew all the risks and all the things that could go wrong

At the end of it all, they were still tossing a coin, hoping that its fall was not going to spell their doom

He felt Neph's position shi+ft She turned her head and glanced in his direction, a calm expression on her face Today, her inexplicable ability to remain composed in any situation, no

Even though Changing Star could not see anything in the pitch-black darkness of the Starless Void, she knew that he would notice her questioning look

Sunny closed his eyes, then opened thein"

The three of the a rehearsed set ofSunny and Nephis space to do what needed to be done Sunny gently placed the seaweed rucksack between himself and Neph, then opened it

His motions were slow and cautious

Inside the rucksack, two large clay containers lay surrounded by several layers of soft seaweed fiber These jars were made by Sunny himself, and as such were not particularly sturdy After all, he wasn't a craftsle day of listening to Teacher Julius's rants about the importance of clay in the development of human civilization

Still, he at least remembered the basics

Inside the jars, all the oil they had gathered fro Sunny's heartbeat unsteady A centipedea different oily substance When mixed, these substances produced an incredibly corrosive, deadly oil that could eat through a scavenger's carapace in seconds

It was also highly flammable

The jars contained the two co their run to the great tree, allowing the components to mix… well, there was a reason why the rucksack was entrusted to Nephis while Sunny carried Cassie despite his inferior physical endurance

The centipede oil was the centerpiece of his plan

Placing the clay jars on the branch, Sunny took out one last thing from the rucksack It was a makeshi+ft torch made out of bone and… yeah, more seaweed Traditionally, torches were supposed to be made out of wood, but on the Forbidden Shore, bones were much more easily found than sticks

In the darkness, he found Neph's cool hand, took it into his own and then placed the torch on her open palm

At that ing Star's hands had touched his body The first ti, his chest crushed by the carapace centurion's bone scythe The other tiion Armor and learned about her cruel Flaw