Kill the Sun - Chapter 303

Chapter 303 Chapter 303 – End of the Ladder

?Nick didn't move for a while.

That sounded like Kiara, but he wasn't sure if that truly was her.

The way the people laughed was unlike their usual laughter, making it sound alien.

Because of that, Nick couldn't be sure whether or not that was Kiara.

He just hoped that it was someone else.

He wanted to shout and ask, but Nick didn't dare to.

If he did, his voice would almost certainly cause people to look in his direction, which would kill them.

Sadly, this meant that Nick had to continue with uncertainty.

Some seconds later, Nick was done putting the last grip on the ceiling and started moving back to the central support of the Inner City.

He moved past the part where he had messed up and continued.

Ding!

Nick touched the wall of the central support and took a deep breath.

Then, he dropped down without looking.

He landed on the platform, and only then did he dare to open his eyes.

Nick looked around and saw a couple of people standing around.

They looked exhausted, which meant that they were probably very low on Zephyx.

Surprisingly, all of them were eating some kind of stark white bread, which Nick hadn't seen before.

The next moment, Nick's eyes met the assistant's eyes, and the assistant walked over.

The assistant noticed the limp sack hanging from Nick.

"How many did you lose?" he asked, referring to the handles.

"I dropped two handles and four nails," Nick said.

The assistant's eyebrows rose in slight surprise.

"You put all the other ones onto the ceiling?" he asked.

Nick nodded.

The assistant turned to look at the "ladder" Nick had created.

He couldn't see its end through the red mist.

"You were in there for quite a while," the assistant said. "You seem to have a good Barrier."

Nick nodded.

His Barrier had cost over five million credits.

"Sure, but be quick," the assistant said.

"Thank you," Nick said before jumping to Kiara's ladder.

Then, he "climbed" it.

"Kiara," Nick said carefully as he kept climbing.

He kept climbing.

And climbing.

Nick's heart rate increased as he kept climbing.

There was no answer!

Eventually, Nick couldn't feel the next grip.

He touched the ceiling in many different places.

There were no more grips.

He was at the end of the ladder.

Nick just looked at the metallic wall in front of him.

He felt horrible.

Another one was gone.

Trevor, Kiara, Cryon, Jonathan...

All because of the Crimson Sea.

All because of Nick...

As Nick thought about Kiara, he remembered the little girl they had saved a couple of years ago.

Kiara had been taking care of the little girl.

A couple seconds later, Nick moved back towards the center again.

He landed on the platform with a forlorn expression.

"I take it she jumped?" the assistant asked.

Nick sighed and nodded.

"Sorry for your loss," the assistant said neutrally.

Nick didn't answer.

After a bit, he just grabbed one of the big sacks leaning against the central support and went back to his own ladder.

Nick didn't feel comfortable just sitting around.

He wanted to do something to distract himself.

Nick quickly went past the place with the weird grips and reached the end of his ladder.

Then, he just continued fixing grips to the ceiling in silence.

A minute later, Nick's mind was occupied with working again.