Shadow Slave

Chapter 184

The mighty huntress stared at the Stone Saint, her hand hovering in the air, ready to grasp the shaft of the spear. Her beautiful hazel eyes were full of tension and dark anticipation.

The contrast between that fierce pose and the fact that she was still comfortably wrapped in a blanket was so funny that Sunny couldn't help but snicker.

"Gee, relax. Haven't you seen an Echo before?"

Effie blinked.

"That thing… is yours? Wait, you got an Echo?!"

He gave her a nod and gestured at the Stone Saint.

"Yes, I did. Meet Saint. Aint' she a beauty?"

The huntress stared at the taciturn creature, then scowled with outrage.

"You lucky bastard! You do know that I haven't even caught a sniff of an Echo after three years in this pit? How dare you get one before me, huh?"

Sunny laughed.

"Actually, this was my second Echo. The first one got killed in the Labyrinth."

Effie glared at him for a long time, then shook her head with an expression of utter dejection. Finally, she turned to the Shadow and studied her.

"Wait… is she what I think she is?"

Sunny nodded.

"Yeah."

the blanket behind, walked barefoot around the Stone Saint. She studied her from all

hell did you manage to kill one of

all angles as well,

out by a group of Fallen. It was an epic clash, to say the least. I just happened to be there in time to finish one off. And here we

stared at the

"What class is she?"

Sunny smiled.

she's an elite among her peers. Anyway, you can see how it's not impossible to hunt three monsters in one

crossed her arms, thought for a bit, then

showing her to me? With how paranoid you are, I'd expect you to keep such a

up, lingered for a moment,

have planned, showing her to you is sort of

grew silent, then gave him a mischievous

get me wrong, I'm up for all kinds of fun. But, Sunny… Nightmare Creatures is where I draw

getting what she

you?! Training! I wanted to use her

huntress

age. In fact, it's quite charming! You don't need to resort to this kind of

Who are you calling inexperienced?! I'm plenty experienced!

with outrage and walked over to the makeshift kitchen while

It's going to be pure self-defense, anyway. A

a sigh, he tried very hard to calm down. When his thoughts returned to their usual cadence, Sunny stood in front of the Stone Saint and slowly

time to

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the cathedral, Sunny

to augment his body with the power of the shadow during his practice with

to bring him a lot of pain in the future, he was adamant about his choice. There were several reasons why he wanted to face

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