Chapter 1439 Desperate Times

Chapter 1439 Desperate Times

By the time Sunny returned with Jet, Cassie had already explained the situation to Nephis as best as she could. That had already saved him some time — not that it mattered during this revolution. For now, his goal was to get Cassie up to speed. Updated from n0velb(i)n.c(o)/m

As they left the Chain Breaker and headed toward the bone orchard, Sunny started to describe the perils of Wind Flower to her in detail. Jet and Nephis listened, too, growing grimmer with each minute. "The Devouring Beast is here as well?"

Hearing Jet's somber question, Sunny nodded.

She lingered for a moment. "Who is Devouring Beast, though?"

'Oh...'

Soul Reaper only knew who Undying Slaughter was because they had met. She had no concept of who the Six Plagues were, and no explanation to how a Defiled version of her could exist on the island. Sunny explained the things briefly... not that he knew much more than her. "...We don't know how they exist, or why. These future versions of ourselves are known as the Six Heralds of the Estuary, of the Six Plagues. And two of them are here, on the island — the future version of you, and the future version of Effie."

He lingered for a moment before adding:

"We also don't know how the two of them ended up here. My theory is that they were exiled to Wind Flower to contain their Flaws, but... it's just conjecture."

Jet's face remained impassive. She nodded silently and did not say anything about his indirect castigation of her Flaw.

Who would like hearing that her personal curse was so terrible that even the Nightmare Creatures had chosen to banish her corrupted future self into isolation?

Sunny let out a quiet sigh and continued explaining things to Cassie. The blind girl was listening to him attentively, seemingly not having trouble with digesting the incredible amount of information. From time to time, she asked him small, but poignant questions.

"...But that was back when I was the only one with the detailed knowledge of the loop. Now that there are two of us, the situation might change."

Cassie did not answer for a while. Then, she slowly shook her head. "No. It won't change."

Sunny was taken aback. He stared at her tensely, then asked, his voice even:

"And why is that?"

The blind girl sighed. "It's because I am not strong enough to make a decisive difference. Sure, with my help, you can save an hour or two... but that is not enough. Even if we separate, the scope of the things I can accomplish is limited. If this island is too dangerous for you, Sunny, then it is certain death for me."

She frowned.

"Even if we somehow manage to make everyone in the cohort remember the previous revolutions, it will still not be enough. Not that having Nephis, Jet, and Effie slowly being driven mad by that cursed sword of yours is an option."

Sunny's face darkened. He scoffed, then looked away. "So what are you suggesting we do, then?"

Cassie shrugged. "We explore every opportunity. The things we've learned offer us no solution. So there is no other choice but to turn to things we've yet to explore, and hope for the best. Starting with..."

She leaned forward slightly and pointed to the map. Sunny lowered his gaze and looked at where her delicate finger was pointing. His expression changed subtly. 'Of course it's that place...'

The place the blind girl was pointing at was at the very center of the map.

There, a crude image of a tall tower was drawn, surrounded by a wide moat.