Shadow Slave

The surface of the cursed sea seethed and boiled, then exploded into the skies. Following the disappearance of the gargantuan tentacle, six others appeared from beneath the black waves. They rose and loomed above the marching colossus like twisted mountains, blocking the clamor of the storm for a fleeting moment.

Sunny gritted his teeth and stared at the terrible image, trying to comprehend the scale of the approaching battle.

How were tiny humans supposed to survive the fight between titans?

A second later, the tentacles collapsed from the skies to assail the stone giant. Because of their size, it seemed as if they were moving in slow motion. However, Sunny knew that it was just an illusion.

Four of the arms of the unseen leviathan submerged back under the water to coil around the legs and the torso of the colossus, while two remaining ones slithered toward his hand.

The ancient statue continued to walk south, seemingly unperturbed by the furious assault of the terrifying dweller of the depths. It batted one of the tentacles away, and allowed the other to wrap around its wrist.

"Hold fast!"

Sunny didn't register whose shout that was, but followed the advice and grabbed onto the Stone Saint even tighter.

'Curse it all!'

In the furious roar of thunder and blinding lightning, the stone giant suddenly staggered and slightly careened to the side. The tentacle that was coiled around his wrist had tensed, trying to pull the hand down.

was so harrowing that several cracks appeared on the surface of the ancient stone. It almost looked as though the wrist

his palm and grasped the tentacle, then squeezed it in

moments, it wasn't clear which creature was more devastatingly powerful. But then the fingers of the colossus slowly submerged into the black flash, sending rivers of dark, fetid blood spilling

the tentacle was torn to shreds and had to

the black waters of the cursed sea, but he could vividly imagine two of them coiling around the legs of the ancient statue,

pace of the walking statue slowed, as if it had to struggle against an unimaginable weight that was dragging it back. The colossus staggered once more, then suddenly lurched forward,

'Not good…'

feel the vibrations running through the ancient stone. The giant was trembling, as if straining to move his colossal body with all

crushed into the cohort, pelting them with rain and seawater. The thunderclaps

the ancient statue shuddered and changed its angle. It was almost as if… as if the colossus was bending his

He instinctively understood what was about to

wasn't the

command and fell to her knees to thrust a hand

under!

'Here we go again!'

colossus leaned forward and dove under the turbulent surface of the

had time to inhale deeply. Then, the cohort was once again in the cold embrace of the cursed sea. Only, unlike the previous day when they had to cross the canyon, this time they were being pulled deep

and waited. If he was right about what the colossus

the circular platform suddenly stopped and swayed lightly. Despite being submerged deep

'Gods, gods!'