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.

of the "fast and comparatively safe" method of

fact, he would rather never have to use it

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itself with nothing to do for the next two days. Before leaving the Dark City, Changing Star had anticipated that various things could slow them down and padded the schedule

actually make it to

complaining. He had a lot to do and think

example, the mysterious connection between his tachi, Effie's spear, and the headless statues that stood around

thousands of years ago. Sunny had seen three of them by now: the knight, the

with a specific Memory? If so, what was that connection and why was Nephis

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

she share her secret with

Sunny couldn't

the situation had changed. Nephis had other

trusted on the Forgotten Shore

Everything felt so complicated.

drawn between the core members of the hunting party and the outsiders —

was said and done, the four true members of the cohort preferred each other's company. That's why Sunny and Kai ended up spending a lot of time together, chatting about this and that and generally having a

Sunny couldn't complain. As far as companions went, the charming archer was not the worst

their conversations were

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