Shadow Slave

"Something is following us."

Sunny's frown deepened. Not wasting any time, he moved forward and caught up to Nephis, Caster, and Effie. The huntress glanced at him and slightly tensed.

"Did your shadow notice an enemy?"

The shadow was currently a few hundred meters ahead of the cohort, scouting for any signs of danger.

He shook his head.

"Cassie felt that we are being followed. I'm going to withdraw the shadow and sent it back to take a look. Stay vigilant."

Effie gave him a nod. Of course, as the pathfinder of the party, she was always vigilant. He was just warning her so that she could adjust her approach.

The two of them were well accustomed to working together, so there was no need to waste words.

Sunny commanded the shadow to return and fell back to the rear of the party. Once there, he concentrated on the shadows that surrounded them, trying to feel if there was something there that could not be seen.

But there was nothing.

Ahead of him, the rest of the cohort was silently preparing for the worst. Not wishing to let the unknown pursuer know that they were ready to act, no one summoned their weapons yet. No one had even turned their head. However, Sunny could see from the tension in their muscles that this peacefulness could explode into a storm of movement at any moment.

Changing Star and her hunting party did not earn their fearsome reputation by mistake.

Finally, the shadow was back. Not letting it rest even for a second, Sunny immediately sent it to observe the streets that they had just left. His perception was split between its vision and his own.

The feeling of vulnerability he experienced when the shadow was away heightened. Sunny sighed with grim resignation. The fact that he was at the back of the cohort and, as such, would be attacked first if anything happened did not help one bit.

don't even know what is

in the darkness of a ruined building, observing the crossroad that one

passed in tense silence, then a

are you?

their response would be different. If it was a Nightmare Creature, they would either have to fight it or try to throw it off

were not being pursued by a monster, but by

was sure of their ability to withstand an attack from the Host,

others seemed to share the same

a few minutes passed, the shadow finally noticed movement. Someone was slowly walking in the middle of the street, not even trying to hide their presence. At first, Sunny thought that it was one of the revenants that populated the Dark City. The figure, while human

cold fear grip

recognized those glassy, lifeless eyes. The hideous pale face

Harus. The murderous butcher who had torn Jubei apart with his bare hands, Gunalug's cruel executioner and hidden

hall of the Bright Castle on the day

ambush Changing Star. Instead, he sent

Sunny shivered.

I so afraid of that

that they were alike. Harus was the personification of everything that

walked forward and glanced at Nephis. Then, he said in a

that damn hunchback. He's following

having to look, Sunny knew that everyone's faces grew

that was known about this terrifying man was that he

Neph frowned.

"Is he alone?"

Sunny nodded.

"Yeah."