Chapter 267: Acrophobia

Chapter 267: Acrophobia

The archangel sent me to the broken part of the temple that was orbiting the sun from further away

What about them? The whale?

I should worry about myself first. Hows the quest?

Still not completed Come on, this is the last remaining part of the temple, does that not make it count? I only needed to get rid of all the monsters. Unless theres more parasites here? Ill have to check this whole pyramid whenever my mana decides to come back up.

The demon transformation locks that for half an hour I could bypass it by killing something that has mana maybe. But theres only me and you.

Sofia looked at Pareth, who looked a bit restless, compared to his usual skeletal stoicness. Must be worried that a parasite would attack us right now. That would be unfortunate Surely we cant be this unlucky, its alright. My guess about the quest is that it cant update because it cant reach the system. Maybe.

How would it know that I killed all the monsters in the temple when it cannot reach the temple in the first place? Unless Mr. Scribe directly confirms it, nobody knows.

Rather than to explore the pyramid without mana, Sofia opted to wait inside of the module room for a while. She quickly realized that the gravity was changing from second to second, she felt herself become increasingly heavier, and the direction of down was slowly rotating, at this rate, in another five minutes she would be walking on the walls. Gravity was just a detail though, the only more pressing issue was the temperature which was quickly rising. Is this thing actually falling toward the sun?

Just in case, she sent Pareth out alone. After all, he could always teleport back to her, but that meant he had to break the door to get out, potentially letting parasites in. Better this than a literal sunbath. They can already send their swarm through the vents anyway.

Pareth moved out, and all the while, Sofia was worriedly switching back and forth between his and her point of view. The temperature was still rising, but when Pareth made it to the door to the outside, he could see that they were still very far from the sun.

At this rate even if were falling, it would take several hours to get there. Enough to get the fuck out of here. Alright, come back, when I get my mana back we go looking for any parasite here and then

Then

Then Sofia decided to worry about it later and get some rest, because she really needed to let herself breathe for a bit. Even though theres no air again As soon as her mana was back to a sufficient level, she had put on an unlife rune and explored the entire pyramid, not finding anything interesting, and certainly no Deep parasite. After she checked the whole place, she finally got a nice confirmation message for her quest.

[Quest complete, congratulations! Your reward will be delivered soon.]nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.

[ERROR]

[User in Scribe-only mode, please re-enter systemic range to receive your rewards.]

And done!

Yeah, sure, Sofia, scary ground!

Id take a two meter fall without even blinking right now But this isnt even a fall anymore.

The only thing I can touch is the sun. Not exactly the safest place to land, I doubt Ill get away with just a scratch and a free teleportation to the nearest church this time.

Actually, cant the Magisterium call me back right now? Imagine if that shitty class of the church was actually useful for once?

Nevermind, Im so far, it would probably cost billions of mana points without something like Suns godly transmission device of nonsensical teleportations. Half an hour channeling time And I agreed to that?!

Urgh.

The second realm of VPPV better be worth it!

Alright. Do what needs to be done, Sofia. Next time, I will jump, for sure!

She did not.

It took another three laps around the sun until she had repeated her mantra enough time to convince herself to go.

It cant be worse than carving my own heart out, really. So just jump. Do it. DO IT!

The runes all over Sofias arms, torso and wings all lit up, her leg muscles tensed up, and before long, she was gone, leaving the lost southern wing of the sun temple devoid of any life once again.

She pushed her flight to the limit, speeding up as much as she could, away from the sun, all the way until her last drop of mana left her body.

Fuck. Alright. Good! Its done! Over. Now I only need to wait.

Sofia felt almost calm at first, now she could not turn back even if she wanted to, so there was no use worrying about it. She looked down and saw the sun which was still too big to fit in her field of view, as well as the already small-looking pyramid, quietly speeding away, further and further from her. The realization of what she had just done made her heart skip a beat. She did her best to ignore her own internal screaming and go over her next step before it was too late.

Now I need to locate the planet, else I might as well just close my eyes and go in a random direction. I dont see it right now, I must be on the wrong side of the sun. According to the engineer I should be going around it right now. I dont really feel myself moving, but Ill trust him. No choice

Seriously

Im never accepting a quest from a damned god again!