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.

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

would rather never have to use

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do for the next two days. Before leaving the Dark City, Changing Star had anticipated that various things could slow them

knew that they would actually make it to the

had

spear,

heroes that had made an oath to return light to this cursed land thousands of

If so, what was that connection and why

like he and Changing Star were very close now. Sunny had drawn a clear line to denote the nature of their relationship himself.

would she share her secret with

Sunny couldn't help but feel

was her first partner, now, the situation had changed. Nephis had other

only person she trusted on

Everything felt so complicated.

was an invisible line drawn between the core members of the hunting party

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 Kai ended up spending a lot of time together, chatting about this and that and generally having a

couldn't complain. As far as companions went, the charming archer

their conversations

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