Chapter 497 Unexpected Turn (1/2)
Chapter 497 Unexpected Turn
Eventually, Sunny climbed out of the bath, dressed hi to eat
After the intense gauntlet of the Gate battle, he was hungry like a wolf Ravenous, really
Cooking calmed him down a little, and the pleasant smell made his mood a bit better Now that Sunny had soht
Yes, his hope for Mongrel to be forgotten was utterly shattered But there was a bright side to this fiasco — now that he had completely failed to keep a low profile there was noShadow Dance in the Dreamscape, and hopefully master its second step before winter came
He just had to rethink how he viewed the persona of Mongrel
Initially, Sunny had planned for it to be unseen and anonye he would put on to accos that were inconvenient or too dangerous to be tied to his own name
Well, that shi+p had sailed He was pretty sure that fro to be at the center of people's attention
But that wasn't necessarily bad There ays to reht In fact, soicians knew that the secret to pulling off a flawless trick was not to become invisible, but to direct the crowd's attention toward so the switch
Sunny was not a ician, but he did consider himself to be an experienced cheat The principle was more or less the same
ReadNovelFullht, the rel received, the more freedom he would have to oals under everyone's noses with no one being the wiser
"Maybe…"
Such a thing was hard to accoreater reward So, not all was lost
Plus, he had protected Rain That was the only thing that reallyelse paled in coenerous dinner and rimaced a little due to pain, and took a sip of tea
He was suddenly in a great mood And ouldn't he be? It was finally tiht have been hard and had al
Su of thements: [1814/2000]
'Incredible…'
In just ten or so ments than he usually did in weeks
Frohtmare Creatures in front of the Gate Granted, most of the cores, but still, it was a monumental accomplishment
It made him think back to the first abo's Larva How tense and terrifying that fight had been, how convinced he was that the perverse creature would kill hiht that one day in a not-too-distant future, he would be able to slaughter a hundred Night torn to pieces?
Sunny had colanced at the runes describing his Merin
'Oh, I was so lucky today…'
Without even counting the obsidian spear he had gotten and then swiftly lost to the tyrant, there were six new Memories in his arsenal, most of them of the Awakened Rank
Sunny studied the to the conclusion that none were better than his current ones or perfor he wasn't already capable of, dove into the Soul Sea
He fed the Memories to Saint and looked at her runes, satisfied hat he saw:
Shadow Fragments: [179/200]
'So close…'
At this rate, he would probably be able to reach the full two hundred before having to go into battle with the vine creature inhabiting the wreck of the ancient shi+p If Saint grew even e a lot of things
Sunny drank his tea in the peaceful silence of the terrace district, gri from time to time because of the pain in his bruised body But even the pain couldn't spoil his ood day…"
He watched Rain be brought home in a PTV, irl could be after experiencing a close brush with an opening Gate… and went inside
He was due for so, when the sun hid behind the horizon and the street laht, Sunny was resting in his living rooh the pages of a popular webtoon and appreciating the twists and turns of its simple story
'Crazy Do people really think about such stuff?'
His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a strange sound It took Sunny a couple of seconds to realize what it was, since he had never heard it in this house before
So on the door
'What the hell…'
Who could be visiting hi the communicator away, Sunny sent his shadow to take a look and scratched the back of his head in confusion
…Standing on his porch was none other than Rain, wearing her cozy ho uncharacteristically nervous