Shadow Slave

As the members of the cohort killed several giant locusts, their repulsive black bodies fell to the ground, raining blood on the walking colossus and the crimson coral of the Labyrinth.

As soon as their corpses hit the ground, it suddenly moved. Dark figures appeared from beneath the mud, rushing at the dead locusts to devour them. Hundreds of monsters were suddenly competing for the few scraps of meat. After several bloody fights broke out and the winners were decided, those who had not gotten to satiate their hunger turned their heads and followed the smell of blood.

…Right back to the moving stone giant.

Looking down with dark resentment, Sunny saw numerous creatures jumping at the legs of the walking statue from the mounds of coral and quickly climbing up. They were headed right to where the cohort was being besieged by the swarm of winged abominations.

He couldn't see the shape of them clearly, but there was no doubt that these monsters were bad news.

'Damnation…'

[...slain an awakened beast, Flesh Reaver.]

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

Turning around, Sunny summoned the Prowling Thorn and hurled it upward. A moment later, using the invisible string as support, he was flying through the air. Grabbing onto the edge of the circular platform, he hoisted himself up and once again faced the carnage.

The kunai flashed, cutting the wing of one of the locusts clean off. Suddenly crippled, the creature toppled and plummeted down, no doubt to be devoured by the horde of Nightmare Creatures approaching from below.

Cassie's staff bought them some breathing room by making it hard

ones. In the chaotic

incredible speed. Still, the abominable reavers were awakened beasts. It wasn't easy for a Sleeper

kunai and spun to avoid a glancing blow from one of the creatures, another one landed on the platform. Two arrows were sticking from its cracked chitin, but the

…Not for long, though.

Neph's sword flashed through the air, slicing it in half. Sending the mangled body off the platform with

kill them!

light of understanding in his eyes, the archer changed

members of the cohort didn't need to slay the locusts. They just needed to make it so

advice. Everything she hit

weapon she could use. Her beautiful

dismissed, that essence returned to the core of the Awakened that had summoned it. However, if it was too far away from them, the essence was simply wasted — unless the Memory had a special enchantment like that of the

this process took time, so one could not endlessly throw their Memories at the enemy during a battle. Especially not once they reached a rank

of spider iron. There wasn't much of them left, however. Once the last dart was gone, she would have to either exhaust her pool of

In the next moment, one of the repulsive creatures crashed into it at full speed…

[You have slain…]

was much heavier than flesh. It was also much harder to rip and slice apart. Once Effie

curses, curse it

Star, Sunny kicked a disgusting piece of a killed creature off the