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.

even know what is tracking

later, the shadow was safely hidden in the darkness of a ruined building, observing the crossroad that one would have to pass to follow

in tense silence, then

are you? What

a Nightmare Creature, they would either have to fight it or try to throw it off their scent. However, if the creature turned out to be one of the truly horrifying existences that stalked the

also another possibility. And that was that they were not being pursued by a monster, but by humans instead. A team of Hunters might have been sent by

that was the case… honestly, Sunny didn't know what would happen. However, he was sure of their ability

seemed to

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 in appearance, was strangely crooked, with a dark unadorned cloak hiding its limbs and

felt cold

those glassy, lifeless eyes. The hideous pale face that terrified so many

torn Jubei apart with his

he had in the grand hall of

dozens of Hunters to ambush Changing Star. Instead, he sent

Sunny shivered.

it. Why… why am I so afraid of

he knew why. It was because, deep down, he felt that they were alike. Harus was the personification of everything that Sunny was afraid to

walked forward and glanced at Nephis. Then, he

that… that damn hunchback.

the air. Without having to look, Sunny knew that

let alone his Flaw. All that was known about this terrifying man was that he was very powerful, and that not

Neph frowned.

"Is he alone?"

Sunny nodded.

"Yeah."