The shadows surged forth. Just like all the times before, the darkness covered Mathew's vision, locking him out of what he considered to be his reality.
'This is really taking a while,' the young man thought, bored to the hell out of his mind while waiting for the shadows to complete their job.
Thankfully, the time that Mathew wasted for the subspace to establish itself wouldn't influence the passage of time in the real world. After all, no matter how long he would spend within the merchant's subspace, barely any time if any would pass in the real world!
"It's good to be back," Mathew muttered once the subspace finished forming. And just like all the times before, there were only a few pedestals with the few items the local merchant offered.
