Chapter 573 Hunger (1/2)

Stepping over the corpse laying at the doorstep of their cell, Sunny and Cassie entered the dark, empty corridor and stopped for a few shortsilence that reigned over it, and then cautiously moved forward

Most humans would have felt lost in the impenetrable darkness, but neither of the softly, they walked toward the entrance to the closest stairwell, the shadows gliding ahead of theers

Sunny didn't let the shadows go too far, though, knowing that he ht need their help at a moment's notice

In the past weeks, he had learned everything that Cassie knew about the Night Temple, so there was a clear mental picture of its interior in his head — the parts of the great cathedral that the blind girl was familiar with, at least

Currently, they were at the lowest levels of one of its seven belfries, deep below the outward ring of the main structure There were two other belfries in the outward ring, and both the ring itself and the three towers descending from it remained uninhabited They were e rooms, workshops, and other facilities the Lost used to maintain the Citadel

…Still, there was no way of knohat ed inside the teer lay ahead, in the darkness

Theysoul Here and there, signs of battle could be seen — the furniture was smashed to pieces, the walls scraped by sharp blades or cracked, a few of them completely shattered The floor was stained with blood, but there were no more corpses around

All they found were a clump of torn, bloodied clothes and several overturned tables, as though someone had desperately tried to build a barricade Whoever it had been, it didn't seeh they succeeded — the makeshi+ft barricade was broken, and there was a lot of blood on the floor, the walls, and even the ceiling behind it

Sunny and Cassie walked past, their expressions turning somber

After a while, Sunny finally discovered a storage room full of wooden crates behind one of the locked doors, each containing hundreds of tubes of synthpaste His mouth instantly watered

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'Food…'

No ht now, he was ready to kill for a single e roo they had picked up from the body of the sentinel, entered it, and then locked the door behind the, but before Cassie had a chance to grab a tube, Sunny stopped her

"Don't eat more than one And eat it slowly"

She hesitated, then turned to hiry"

He shook his head and sat down on one of the crates

"If you eat tootiirl tilted her head

"What? Why? How do you know?"

Sunny opened a tube and shrugged

"Seen it happen"

That was just general knowledge a the street kids in the outskirts However, Cassie had probably never faced real hunger — even in the Dark City, the inhabitants of the outer settle party during her time there

Sunny was surprised, actually, that normal children didn't learn about such stuff in school

The blind girl lingered for a few moments, but listened to his advice in the end

Each of them slowly ate one tube of synthpaste, and then rested for a while After that, Sunny summoned the Covetous Coffer, patted it on the lid, and loaded a couple of crates into the sood little box you are! Good job, Coffer!"

Then, feeling refreshed and energized, the strength slowly returning to their starved bodies, theythe