Kill the Sun - Chapter 357

Chapter 357 Chapter 357 – Searching

?Nick fully dove into the Swallowing Swamp.

Almost immediately, horrifying faces appeared around him as they bit into his flesh, tearing chunks out of him.

However, even though Nick felt a lot of pain, he wasn't surprised or panicked.

'This confirms it,' Nick thought. 'If I were inside a Force Specter, the Nightmare's power wouldn't work. The fact that I am under the Nightmare's influence means that I am not inside a Force Specter right now.'

Nick quickly came to the surface again, and all the horrifying faces vanished.

Of course, his ability also deactivated since Jason could see him again, and Jason looked at Nick with a lot of interest.

Nick continued to walk forward.

Right now, the Swallowing Swamp was not so deep, but it became deeper the further he progressed.

After walking into the swamp for about ten meters, it became quite difficult to touch the floor without submerging. nove(l)bi(n.)com

Nick started to swim forward with quite a bit of force, his arms producing gigantic waves as they pushed the sludge away.

In water, Nick wouldn't be light enough to float, but the sludge in his surroundings was actually quite dense.

Although, even if it were not as dense, Nick could just swim by kicking the sludge below him.

He swam forward for over a hundred meters.

Nick had no idea how deep the Swallowing Swamp was beneath him, and even though he had been in many scary situations before, it was still not easy for him to keep his cool.

The image of a gigantic beast swimming just a couple of meters below Nick's feet appeared again and again in his mind.

Even worse, that was an actual possibility.

If the sludge was not the Specter but only a byproduct, it was possible that some kind of Physical Specter in the shape of a creature released the sludge.

What if the sludge wasn't meant to be poisonous?

What if the Swallowing Swamp was a Fanatic that released such weak poison to attract Veterans and Experts so that it could more easily kill them with an ambush?

Right now, Nick swam inside a big and viscous dark purple pool in the middle of a wasteland as the orange sun shone down from above.

Instead, he grabbed one of the three big cylinders and walked back to the swamp.

SHING!

After pressing a button, the cylinder turned into a long throwing spear, almost two meters long.

The spear was quite heavy since Nick's ability wasn't active, but he could still carry it without any issues.

As he entered the Swallowing Swamp again, he grabbed the spear by one end and touched the floor with the other.

He continued like this until he was about 50 meters away from the coast.

At that point, the floor was too far away.

So, Nick changed his hold.

He put one of the tips of the spear between his toes on his right foot and grabbed it.

Like this, Nick got quite a bit more reach.

Another 100 meters further, it became too deep again.

However, Nick noticed something.

'The crater is round, and the rate at which it is gaining depth is decreasing.'

'From nothing to a depth of two meters took barely ten meters, but another meter took fifty meters, and another meter took 100 meters.'

'The Swallowing Swamp's deepest spot is probably only about four to five meters deep.'

Nick did a bit of planning and submerged.

'The Nightmare's influence only starts at a depth of about half a meter. As long as I don't dive deeper than that, I'm not in danger.'

Nick kept going forward as he swung his spear back and forth with his toes, constantly scratching the ground.

The Swallowing Swamp had to have a body, and it had to be somewhere in the swamp.

Nick searched.

And searched.

And searched...