Shadow Slave

Chapter 225

Once they climbed all the way to the broad shoulders of the statue and found a suitable place to make camp, everyone looked down without having to say anything.

Far below them, the giant nest was still aflame. The cables that constituted it were melting and turning into rivers of liquid metal, flowing down from the edges into the vast abyss of the canyon.

The turbulent black waters were rising from below to meet them. When the two streams met — one lightless, the other incandescent — billowing columns of hot vapor shot into the air. For a few moments, it seemed as though light and darkness were on equal footing.

But then the cursed sea rose from the depths of the canyon in a surge and washed away the brightness of melting iron away. The flood of blackness crashed into the burning nest, dousing it.

A minute a so later, the white flames were gone. The surface of the dark sea continued to rise, as though nothing had ever happened.

Sunny sighed and turned to Nephis.

Now that they had reached their goal, it was time to face the real danger. With a grim expression on his face, he asked:

"So… now what?"

He knew the general concept of how she was planning to reach the southern edges of the Forgotten Shore in a short time, but not the details.

Changing Star glanced at him, lingered for a moment, and then said:

"We arrived at the canyon faster than I expected. There are still two days left before we can act. So, make yourself at home. We'll rest tomorrow and start preparing for it the next day."

Sunny smiled.

Rest… that sounded swell.

forward to making use of the "fast and comparatively safe" method of traveling through the Labyrinth that Nephis had

fact, he would rather never have to use

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for the next two days. Before leaving the Dark City, Changing Star had anticipated

knew that they would actually make it

wasn't complaining. He had a lot to do and

his tachi, Effie's spear, and the headless statues that

of years ago. Sunny had seen three of them by now: the knight, the graceful woman, and now this

was that connection and why was Nephis so reluctant to share this information with

close now. Sunny had drawn a clear line to denote the nature of their relationship himself. He insisted that he was not

she share her secret

was a logical conclusion, but Sunny couldn't

first partner, now, the situation had changed. Nephis had other people

that Sunny was the only person she trusted on the Forgotten Shore except for Cassie, and then hide her technique

Everything felt so complicated.

core members of the hunting party

one consciously avoided them, but it was clear that the line existed. When all was said and done, the four true members of the cohort preferred each other's company. That's why Sunny and

companions went, the charming archer was not the worst

their conversations were

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